Former Boyzone member Ronan Keating is set to perform at the Coca-Cola Arena on March 18 and is excited to see his fans again. In an interview, the singer opened up about how hard it has been to not perform due to the pandemic.
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00:00I have missed live performance greatly and it has affected me mentally and I'm very eager to get back
00:05on stage again and so, you know, this show on the 18th is very important to me. This is the start of
00:11the shows for the rest of the year.
00:15It's quite emotional to be honest. I'm so excited about it, getting back at it. It's been two years
00:22since we've had live music, live entertainment in our lives and I'm very eager to get back. I've
00:26struggled to be honest mentally with the lack of performance and, you know, entertainment in my,
00:34you know, live entertainment. So I am really eager to get back. I cannot wait. I have a brilliant
00:39show put together for the night in Dubai and it's the first of, you know, the rest of the year for
00:45me. The first show of the year and I'm very excited. If you're coming to my show, it's when
00:49you say nothing at all. Life is a rollercoaster, loving each day and boys on are no more. So when
00:53I do shows now these days, I like to tip the cap out of respect for the band that got me where I
00:58am today. So I do a bunch of boys own songs as well. Very special night, so many memories, so
01:03many good times, so many wonderful memories. You know, I miss the camaraderie. I miss the boys a lot.
01:09But things change when you grow up and you get older and, you know, you need change.
01:16We all need change. That's just the human way of what we do and this is, you know, we're
01:22all doing different things now and this is what I do. A singer, a performer, that's who I am. Singer,
01:27songwriter, whatever title you want to put on that, but that's who I am. That's what I am. That's what
01:32I've been since I was 16 years of age. So all the other things that you pick up along the way,
01:37whether it's acting or TV host or radio host or whatever, I mean, they're only spinoffs of
01:43what came first, which was singing, performing on stage as a band member or as a soloist.
01:49You know, singing with Elton John in Madison Square Garden or singing with Pavarotti or
01:53opening the World Cup in Berlin or, you know, there's been millions, so many brilliant moments
01:59with Boyzone and solo. I've been very lucky. I'm very lucky to sing with incredible people on my
02:05album, the 2020 record, which came out two years ago, to sing with Shania Twain and Robbie Williams and
02:11Emily Sandé. I mean, just all of those different people across there. Ed Sheeran performing on it.
02:17It's just incredible. I'm very lucky, very blessed. I guess your family, your experiences in life,
02:24you pour all of that into your songs and your music. That's what, that's all consuming. You
02:29know, that's what consumes me is my family, my family life. And I love it. And I pour that,
02:34all that love and feeling into songs. I feel very inspired all the time. And I think you can get
02:41tired and that switch goes off. But as soon as you're re-energized again, as a writer, as a
02:48creator of songs and music, that always stays there bubbling all the time, I think. I'm going to start
02:54writing a new album, but it's going to be a long time before it comes out. I feel a little bit
02:58that I've pushed out two albums in two years and it's time for a break.