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June 2005 News Ronan’s love of Portugal The Resident - Weekly Algarve Edition - June 30th 2005
Ronan Keating gallery updated Lifesaver Ronan coming to the castle - Thanks to Stacey! Ronan: Getting the attitude right - Music with a nice attitude Thanks to Stacey! Ryder Cup venue to stage 2005 Gary Player Invitational June 29th 2005 - Lyrics updated Vote for Ronan as Hello Magazine's most attractive man for last week! Ronan to host radio coverage of the Live 8 concert on Saturday Evening Standard - June 28th 2005 Ricky Gervais, Ulrika Jonsson
and Johnny Vaughan are among the stars signed up to host radio coverage of
this weekend's Live8 concert. Thanks to Regina! Click here for the Schedule times of the Live 8 Radio broadcasts Win evening out with Ronan Keating!
IC Croydon - June 27th 2005 See more photos of Ronan Keating the Bayern 3 Festival at KBUMM Thanks to Conny! (and Bert from the German message board)
Tracklisting Baby Can I Hold You (German Mix) Get it now from Amazon.de and Universal Pop
See photos of Ronan Keating at the Bayern 3 Festival (Above photo courtesy of Bayern 3) Thanks to Regina! SKY Showbiz Top 50 Handsome Men
Thanks to Conny! Watch Ronan talk about his mother, how important cancer awareness is, his recent walk across Ireland and Kylie Minogue - and read a transcript of the whole video here Thanks to Conny for the video link!
Hello! - 21st June 2005 During his years as frontman of the chart-topping band Boyzone, Ronan Keating was adored by millions of young pop fans all over the world. The Irish singer has now become a bona-fide hero, however, after saving the life of a woman who was choking. The 28-year-old performer was eating at a restaurant in Northern Ireland when one of the other diners suddenly found herself unable to breathe. "As I swallowed some bread I laughed at a joke," explained 38- year-old Sam Wright afterwards. "The next thing I knew I was gasping for air. I felt my lungs emptying. I stood up and tried to gasp for air but I couldn't - I was scared." Ronan immediately sprang into action, performing the Heimlich manoeuvre to clear the woman's airway. "Everyone was watching me," said Sam. "Then Ronan jumped up, came behind me, put his thumbs under my ribs and pulled back. The bread popped out and I could breathe. Thank God Ronan was there." The Westlife founder was in Northern Ireland as he continued his epic charity walk. Ronan and his entourage are aiming to trek the entire length of Ireland in order to raise money for cancer charities and thereby save more lives. Ronan's a (West) lifesaver: Singer rescues choking diner See photos of Ronan performing at the Red Cross concert in Switzerland at Enzo Capaccio Photographie and Faute Au Graphe Thanks to Carla and Janina! Fantastic photos of Ronan Keating in Papenburg added Thanks to Bianca! NDR 2 Festival Papenburg - Saturday 18th June 2005 Photos courtesy of NDR2 where more photos can be found.
Schedule updated - Click here Biography updated - Click here Watch Ronan featured in the latest Make Poverty History ad, courtesy of his official website. BPI Entertainment News Wire-June 16 IFPI postpones July 12 Platinum Awards The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has postponed the 5th IFPI Platinum Europe Award to avoid a conflict in schedules with Bob Geldof's July 2 Live 8 concerts. The IFPI event was due to take place in Brussels on July 12. "The concerts have meant that artists have had to re-arrange their schedules at short notice," says the IFPI in a statement. "The Platinum organizing committee therefore took the decision to postpone the awards ceremony to avoid any possible conflicting demands on artists' time." The IFPI says that the committee, chaired by EMI Continental Europe chairman/CEO Jean-Francois Cecillon, will "meet again in the near future to discuss plans for a re-scheduled event." No other details were given as to the time-frame for the re-scheduling. The IFPI Platinum Europe Award is a biennial event celebrating artists whose recordings have shifted more than one million units in Europe. The prestigious gala was due to be hosted by Irish pop singer Ronan Keating in the presence of top officials from the European Commission and members of the European Parliament. Thanks to Regina! Ronan Adds Nashville Star to His Line-Up Irish Mirror 16th June 2005
Former Boyzone star Keating and now highly successful solo singer with sales now exceeding 20 million, is known for his fondness of Country music and he has also recorded in Nashville. Since leaving Boyzone to start a solo career, Ronan has always included some Country songs on his albums and made them his own, such as When you Say Nothing At All, If Tomorrow Never Comes and most recently, I Hope You Dance. Towards the end of last year Ronan also released a duet with Lee Ann Rimes, inset. However, this is the first time that a Nashville artist will participate in these big and very special summer concerts. Delighted to be part of the Keating line-up, Heatherly said: "It's been some years since I performed in the UK. "When my manager told me about these shows, I was totally blown away by this opportunity to return under these circumstances. "I'm thrilled and honoured to be sharing the stage with such a great artist as Ronan and in such beautiful, historic surroundings. "Not only that, but I've heard from so many people that Ronan is a terrific person so I'm really looking forward to working with him." Prior to departing for the UK at the end of June, Eric has just performed at the annual CMA Festival in Nashville. Thanks to Regina! Ronan Keating celebrates reaching end of the road Message from Ronan sorry everyone for taking so long to get a message up. its been nuts here. i'm in the studio with gregg and james - haven't had a minute to catch my breath even. its been weird getting back to normal. steve and i had a few texts just saying how hard it is to get our heads together. still, its been nice being at home again and the old feet are OK again. i can't believe we made it. it seems like years ago already. thanks for all the support - i know i've said it loads of times before but i mean it. hope you will be coming to some of the summer shows - i'm looking forward to gettin back into it see you soon god bless x ro Ronan Keating gallery updated - Click here Schedule updated - Click here Gary Player international hosted by Ronan Keating - Thanks to Debbie! The search is on to find Ireland's
Greatest Living Entertainer as part of the 2005 ESB/Rehab People of the
Year Awards. Categories include light entertainment, film, drama, music,
TV and radio and comedy. Thanks to Regina! March 2005 archive updated - GMTV and GMTV Entertainment today, March 2nd 2005 screenshots added - Click here 'Baby can I hold you' has gone up from no.30 to no.21 in the German radio airplay chart! Lines open for Tartan Live 8 gig Tickets for the star-studded Live 8 concert in Scotland have been made available by text lottery. There are 42,000 pairs of tickets for the gig in Edinburgh's Murrayfield stadium on 6 July - the same day as Live 8's "million rally" in the city. Travis, Snow Patrol and Dido are among the headline acts who will perform at the event. Comedians Lenny Henry and Peter Kay will host the concert, which takes place on the same day as the G8 summit. The gig will be the climax of Live 8 organiser Bob Geldof's Long Walk to Justice march on the Scottish capital for a massive anti-poverty protest. Participants in the text competition must answer a simple question, which is: Where will the Long Walk to Justice conclude on 6 July? A) Murrayfield, B) Macclesfield, C) Madrid. Entrants aged 16 and over must send the answer to 84599 before midnight on Saturday, 18 June. Entries are £1.50 plus the usual text message charge. More than a million people have entered the text competition for the Live 8 event in London's Hyde Park, featuring Madonna, Robbie Williams and Sir Paul McCartney. Live 8 promoters expect a huge response to the lottery for the Scottish gig, which is being called "Edinburgh 50,000 - The Final Push". The figure is a reference to the number of people who die of poverty every day, said anti-poverty campaigner Richard Curtis. "Some 50,000 people are dying of extreme poverty each day, and the crowd at Murrayfield represents Edinburgh, which represents the world, asking the eight men in one room at Gleneagles to begin, at last, to make poverty history." Annie Lennox, Texas, Ronan Keating, Sugababes, McFly and African artists from Peter Gabriel's WOMAD will also perform at the event. All the funds from the text competition will go funding event costs, with any surplus going to an African schools building programme, said organisers. Ronan Keating gallery updated - Click here Star Sunday -June 12th 2005 By Ken Sweeney Kylie to Follow in Ro’s Footsteps-Babe’s Note to Keating Ronan Keating has revealed he received a note from cancer-stricken Kylie after he finished his 361-mile charity walk across Ireland. The superstar -recovering from a breast cancer op- wrote to Keating to say she plans to join the battle to raise cancer awareness. “It came totally out of the blue,” said Ronan. “Kylie must have heard or read about what I was doing and got in touch to give me her support.” She also thanked him for his efforts to raise awareness of the disease. Currently recuperating in a Melbourne hospital, the former Neighbours star went on to tell Keating that she is on the road to recovery. “Kylie told me she was feeling much better after her operation and that when she got back on her feet that she’d be doing the exact same sort of thing I’m doing now,” said Ronan. To date, Keating’s walk –which began on The Giants Causeway in Co. Antrim on May 16 and ended last Monday in Kinsale- has raised €110,000 for cancer charities. You can still make a donation by texting Walk 05 to 57786. Ronan said: “For younger women who thought that breast cancer was something that happens to older people, Kylie’s diagnosis was a wake- up call.” After resting his sore legs, Keating is preparing to get back into the studio and do what he does best –make music. Star Sunday can exclusively reveal that the former Boyzone singer is in talks with super-producer Trevor Horn to do his new LP. Horn has worked with some of the biggest acts of the eighties and nineties including Frankie Goes to Hollywood and ABC. Keating said: “The songs we’ve got to work with are amazing. I did all of them with Gregg Alexander who did Life is a Rollercoaster-we’ve eight more as good as that,” said Ronan. He also revealed that he is planning to follow his duet with Leann Rimes with another double act-this time with Shania Twain. He hopes it will help his planned US assault. “My Greatest Hits album did very well over there and as a result we’ve hooked up with a new company who want to market my next record in the States and have a big budget to do it,” said Ronan. Thanks to Regina! Ronan Keating gallery updated - Click here 10 Years of Hits will be released in the USA on July 6th 2005 Biography updated - Click here US album for Ronan Irish Sunday Mirror - June 5th 2005 By Tina Calder IRISH popstar Ronan Keating is set to crack America this year - but the former Boyzone star says he will never move to the US for the sake of his career. The singer, who finishes his length of Ireland walk in aid of the Marie Keating Foundation and Cancer Research tomorrow said: "In my career my big dream at the minute would be to break America. My album comes out in four weeks over there." Last year Ronan signed a lucrative record deal with Curve Records in the US to release his debut American album. And so far he's pleased at how it's going. He said: "Tomorrow Never Comes is on the radio in the US at the minute so there's a big push going on there, but I've been let down before. I had high hopes for my first album and then I got let down badly so I'm not going to build it up this time." He added: "I could never move there like Robbie Williams. The Irish and UK markets are too important to me. My fans here are just too important to me." Thanks to Regina! Irish Sunday People interview added - Thanks to Regina! Schedule updated - Click here Brasher Rescues Ronan By Jon - Outdoor Magic (in association with MacPac New Zealand)
Apparently Ronan - the quavering voice that launched a thousand boy bands - is off on a 22-day fundraising trek around Ireland to raise money for the Marie Keating Foundation and Cancer Research UK. Heart-throb Keating and crew had managed only 40 miles of their mega- trek starting from the Giant's Cuseway, when Ronan complained that his socks were wet with perspiration. Fortunately Mid Antrim Camping was at hand and following advice from the staff there, Keating resumed his trek kitted out with 12 pairs of Brasher's two-season socks. We're not going to bring up the old joke about the Irish man who followed advice to put on a clean pair of socks every day only to find that he couldn't get his feet into his boots by the end of the week, because that would be crass. Nick Alexander from Mid Antrim Camping told Hello!, sorry, OUTDOORSmagic, that "Brasher's 2 season sock was the ideal solution to Ronan's problem. They're ideal for light hiking and walking in the warmer seasons and contain Coolmax to wick moisture away from the foot while the air channels in the socks assist in keeping the foot dry and cool. He seemed very happy with the products we sold him and I can guarantee he won't be suffering any more with sweaty feet as he walks his way around the country!" Another member of Ronan's entourage - great word, entourage - splashed out on a brand new pair of Brasher boots after his original boots reduced his feet to a mass of blisters... Well done Ronan and good luck with your walk. Next week, we visit Brian Blessed in his lovely house and talk to his cat about love, personal grooming and tuna. Universal Pop (Germany) There is great news on the official
Polydor Germany website!!! The new vesion of Baby Can I Hold You is
in the top 30 of the German radio airplay charts! - That´s fantastic!!!
And now Ronan and the record company are convinced that it´s definitely a
HIT!!! And therefore he will release it as a Maxi single, only in Germany,
nowhere else!. The release date is Monday July 4th Thanks to Conny! Ronan finishes his walk off... Biography updated - Click here Marie Keating Foundation awarded €6,300 grant by DeCare International Walk Ireland day 22 updated - review of the finish with fantastic photos Thanks to Ali! We would also like to congratulate Ali, Karen and everyone else who helped to raise much needed funds for the Marie Keating Foundation as well as also raising awareness about cancer. Keating raises over €110,000 in charity walk - Thanks to Janina! Ronan Keating gallery updated - Click here Family gallery added - Click here Walk Ireland day 19 updated - Ronan talks to Ireland’s 2fm Breakfast show with Rick and Ruth - The transcript Pink page updated, Marie Keating Foundation events added - Click here Midge Ure announces line-up for
Edinburgh's Live 8 concert Walk Ireland day 16: Rest day updated - Ronan turns to leading outdoor performance footwear manufacturer - Click here The team's finish is featured on GMTV Today and Ronan talks to them on the phone Tuesday June 7th 2005 - Click
here to see the
screenshots Ronan wraps up marathon cancer awareness walk
Irish Independent - June 7th 2005 Ronan and his team finish Walk Ireland 2005 - click here to see photos Thanks to Debbie for the VIP Ireland Link!
Congratulations to Ronan and the Walk
Ireland 05 team from Eternally Ronan! The walk ended at 2.41pm on
Monday June 6th 2005. Signed Ronan Keating t-shirt
Breast Cancer Network Australia Singer Ronan pays secret visit to Mournes Walk Ireland Day 22: Monday June 6th Five Mile Bridge – Riverstick - Belgooly
Ronan talks to Channel 9 Today
entertainment news in Australia Thanks to Ang for the link to the video! Walk Ireland Day 21: Sunday June 5th Cork City plus a message from Ronan Ronan answered questions put to him by Steve from the fans, and thanks to Steve for posting the answers on his official Walk Ireland 2005 site So I asked the man your questions and here is what he had to say... Thanks to Lisa for filtering through the millions of questions! How about a live or acoustic album? Possibly next year. What are your future tour plans? Do they include Australia, Scotland, Switzerland and other European destinations? Well, as you know, I'm in the studio at the moment recording the next album. I hope to have it finished by early 2006, so the next tour plans are for late spring/summer 2006... definitely the whole UK, Europe and hopefully further afield. I'd love to go back to Australia - I loved it out there. Is there going to be a DVD of this tour, or maybe recorded at one of the summer gigs? Well, again it’s possible that next year we might be doing something. There will definitely be a cool DVD of the whole Walk Ireland 05 experience, which I'm really excited about. You have obviously done many live performances, solo and with Boyzone, is there one that really sticks out in your memory and if so why? My solo gig in Johannesburg on the South African tour, July 2002... just a magic venue, and 12,000 people losing their minds. Also Belfast when I lost my voice at the end of the Destination tour - the fans were just amazing that night and pulled me through the worst night of my career... which became one of the best. If you could have a 'groundhog' day, which day would you choose and why? The day Yvonne and I got married in the Caribbean. I read in an interview that your next single will be "connected" What kind of music is it. Is it a ballad or more up-tempo? Whoa!! Its not confirmed that it will be the next single! Its a great track though (Steve: I agree - cool tune) and quite up tempo - just gets in your head. What's the last concert you have visited yourself? And what was your favourite concert ever? Last one - Bryan Adams, best ever, U2 in Madison Square Garden on the "Beautiful Day" tour. Can u touch your nose with your tongue? Yes If I could stand u a drink sometime - what would it be? A) pint of guinness B) jd & c? C) frangelino? JD, no contest. What do you take with you wherever you go and can't live without? (other then the wife and kids)? my PowerBook and mobile!! I know you haven’t even finished Walk Ireland 05 yet but what can you see yourself up for in the future? Ask me on Monday afternoon. Do you have any particular favourite songs to sing live? Do you prefer singing your more upbeat songs or the ballads? I love singing the Long Goodbye. I was surprised that it was the fans favourite in the vote but I'm happy about that. I love both the ballads and up tunes. How many tattoos do you have now (that you want to mention) why did you get them and what do they mean? And did you scream when you got them? I've got 3 - one's a celtic cross, one is the Japanese symbol for love and the other is a Maori design. No I didn't scream (liar) Is there anything you can tell us that you think that the fans don't know about you? Probably, but you guys seem to know an awful lot. Even things I don't know about me (laughs). I've got long toenails. You often do "covers" on your tours, but they don't often appear on your albums (Train - Drops of Jupiter springs to mind) Is there one cover that you would really like to record or perform that you haven't done yet...? I'd love to record the New Radical's track "Someday We'll Know". Its just a fantastic track and I always loved the version we did live a few tours ago. If you had one wish which will be fulfilled immediately, what would it be? That my kids will grow up strong and have long and healthy lives. Have you still got the car the Boyzone lads bought you for your 21st / the bike that you and Yvonne arrived on to your party? What about the teddy Andi Peters showed to the world on tv, Treggs? No, no and no... I'm not much of a horder. With the next addition to the Keating family on the way and so much success since the 'Life is a Rollercoaster' book do you have any plans to write the next instalment of your autobiography? Well, I'm hoping to do a photo-driven book quite soon. Just some shots that sum up life as it has been over the past while... ‘those’ moves to Lovin’ Each Day were the planned originally or a spur of the moment action? What are you talking about? What moves? Ronan's walk was featured on CDUK news Saturday May 4th June 2005 - Click here to read about it and see screenshots From Ronan's latest official email.
Tickets for Ronan's open-air summer shows are now limited, if you want to see Ronan perform live this summer, the final tickets are available via the box office number 0870 444 5556. You can also phone the Summer Nights Credit Card Hotline on 0870 400 0688 or visit the Get Live website. You can also book your tickets at Ticketmaster, If you have managed to get tickets to the shows you'll see Ronan's specially selected support act Beulah, visit here website Plus there will be an additional opening act for the shows on July 1st and 2nd from Eric Heatherly, an American singer/ songwriter. to find out more visit his website
Singer and cancer research campaigner Ronan Keating, was joined on his walk through Mullingar by Majella Mahoney from Castlepollard, as part of his walk around Ireland, raising funds for the Marie Keating Foundation last week. On Tuesday June 7th 2005, Ronan will be phoning GMTV to tell them how his 361 mile walk round Ireland to raise money for the Marie Keating Foundation went. He finishes the walk on Monday June 6th 2005. Walk Ireland day 19: Friday June 3rd Mitchelstown-Fermoy-Rathcormac
Read Steve Jones' journal on the official Walk Ireland 05 website about Ronan and the team's trek into County Cork and read the latest message from Barrie Knight. Click on the Walk Ireland logo above. Ronan Keating arrives in Limmerick Vote for Ronan in Ireland's Big Buzz Awards 2005 in the following categories: Sexiest Irish male There is no need to vote in all categories, after you have voted, you will automatically be entered into a draw to win prizes, good luck! Thanks to Mary! Walk Ireland day 18: Thursday June 2nd Kilbeheny-Mitchelstown Pink page updated - new event - Click here April 2005 News updated - Photos of Ronan at the Trade Justice rally at Westminster Abbey Walk Ireland Day 17: Wednesday June 1st Littleton-Horse and Jockey-Cashel - Click here |
ALGARVE’S
KISS FM radio station was at Ronan Keating’s concert held last Thursday at
Freeport in Alcochete (Lisbon). 
Watch
Ronan's new video for the new German Baby
Can I Hold You single
RONAN
KEATING SAVES WOMAN FROM CHOKING 
EUROPEAN Pop icon Ronan Keating has
added Nashville singer/songwriter and guitar virtuoso, Eric Heatherly,
below, to open two of his special "Summer Nights" concerts in the UK at
Leeds Castle, Kent on July 1 and Harewood House, Leeds on July 2.
In
true Hello! magazine stylee we can reveal that Brasher has saved the
gorgeous, pouting feet of legendary warbling Irish pop star Ronan Keating
from a fate worse than death. 
Ronan
talks to Channel 9 in Australia about Walk Ireland and sends a special
message to Kylie Minogue.
