1st Boyzone Appearance on The Late Late Show in 1993.
1st Boyzone Appearance on The Late Late Show in 1993. from ireland
1st Boyzone Appearance on The Late Late Show in 1993.
1st Boyzone Appearance on The Late Late Show in 1993. from ireland
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Keith Duffy will be along shortly to call you a bollocks.
This never gets old.
As ridiculous as this was, sure didn’t it work out alright for them in the end…
Wonder where the other two lads now, and was Mikey Graham a later thought
six lads who dance like they’re avoiding wasps
Could have done with a capsule of cyanide for everyone in the audience that night.
Blindboy has a podcast episode recently enough with Keith Duffy.
I started listening as sceptical as fuck about the whole thing (I’m firmly in the Boyzone are a dose camp) but came away with a totally new found respect for him.
Also, did you know Colin Farrell was originally in Boyzone?!
First ten seconds of this video are comedy gold and out of context I could see it going viral hahahaha.
Gay Byrne was some patronising cunt in fairness to him
Just need to loop the first 8 seconds.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEA4bRzy2pE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEA4bRzy2pE)
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the boys did not appreciate Tubirdy replaying this clip…..
Are we not tired, as a nation, of seeing this bloody clip pop up all the time? Yeah, they’re cringy AF but we’ve all seen it a million times at this point
When I was younger than them I found this so cringe, but the older I get I find it so adorable, like ah they’re just kids
Louis Walsh is a snake. There’s a thing called business ethics. You don’t fuck over your business partners or clients, which is exactly what Louis did with Boyzone.
My sister went out with Mark Walton’s (one of the original members in this video) older brother and got the inside scoop.
It was Mark Walton’s idea to form the band and one day he knocked on Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch’s door and asked them if they wanted to be in a boy band as they were the biggest posers in the area at the time and all lived local to each other, which was Donaghmede not Raheny. They laughed at him asking him if he was serious. Mark then organised a meeting with Louis Walsh and auditions proceeded. Then an interview on Rock 104 and then the Late-Late gig.
Richard was dropped because he was caught with drugs. But Mark was replaced because he had a good business head on him and made Louis feel inferior as Louis wanted full control of the band so he dropped Mark, who was utterly gutted after the work he had contributed.
Louis didn’t even have confidence in the band going forward so he got John Reynolds (Pod Nightclub Dublin) to become a silent financial partner and share the risk.
The band took off quicker and faster than expected so Louis was doing all the running around while Reynolds sat back collecting cheques.
They were all tone deaf and talentless when it came to instruments, including Louis, except for Ronan and Mark who can pull off a note. Stephen, may he rest in peace had great choreographic tallent.
Mark Walton went on to start another band called “Only Us” managed by Julian Benson which was not much of a success. Then went on to create another band called “Fifth Avenue” which did ok until the unfortunate death of Beverley O’Sullivan who died in a tragic car accident on holiday in India. He also helped out with the band “B*Witched” pop band (Shane Lynch’s younger sisters) who actually had great choreographic skills. Mark has great determination and a good head for the music business. He now manages one of the serious players in the music producing business and has done very well for himself. But took a lot of hard work and time to get there. Before his success he had to witness the growth of Boyzone and Louis careers in news paper articles, interviews and album releases. I’m sure it was a bitter pill to swallow and witness this.
End point – None of them including Louis the snake would not be where they are today or have a pot to piss in without Mark Walton.