12 November 2007 12:26

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BOYZONE - BOYZONE: 'SPICE GIRLS ARE COMEBACK COPYCATS'

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BOYZONE: 'SPICE GIRLS ARE COMEBACK COPYCATS'

Irish pop group BOYZONE insist they were the first band to consider a comeback - and TAKE THAT and the SPICE GIRLS copied their idea. The five-piece first considered plans for a reunion last year (06), but were stunned to discover other bands were also planning a return to the music industry. And frontman Ronan Keating, who has put his solo career on hold for the Boyzone reunion, is convinced someone was leaking their ideas to the other bands. He says, "We've been trying to find the right moment to do this for a long time - before Take That considered it. "In one of our meetings last year we were thinking, 'Well, the Spice Girls aren't gonna do it as two of them are pregnant.' We never expected them to come back." He adds, "A lot of what the Spice Girls did was what we talked about. So maybe there was someone in the room that spread the word."


12 November 2007 12:26


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kara85 Click for more info (2)

posted on 12/12/2007 19:57


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I was a fan of Boyzone bak in the day, but making petty comments about who's idea it was to make a comeback 1st sounds like somethin from a playground. It sounds as though they already realise that the chances of making as big a comeback as take that are slim. 2 words, "sour grapes."




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posted on 13/11/2007 09:25


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It is true that Boyzone were considering to comeback long before either the Spice Girls or Take That. I can recall conversations from AT LEAST 3 years ago about a Boyzone comeback, if not longer. As Ronan Keating was really the only one from any of these bands who's had a completely successful solo career he has obviously had other commitments to fulfil, so a comeback was not as starightforward as it has been for the other two bands. There has been much more to consider.







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