The Brother Tour was the first tour by
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
boy band
A boy band is loosely defined as a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform Love song, love songs marketed towards girls and young ...
Boyzone
Boyzone were an Irish boy band, created in 1993 by talent manager Louis Walsh. Before even recording any material, Boyzone made an appearance on RTÉ's '' The Late Late Show''. Their most successful line-up was composed of Keith Duffy, Steph ...
following the death of
Stephen Gately
Stephen Patrick David Gately (17 March 197610 October 2009) was an Irish singer, who, with Ronan Keating, was co-lead singer of the pop group Boyzone; all of Boyzone's studio albums during Gately's lifetime hit number one in the United Kingdo ...
.
Background
At first the band were uncertain about promoting Brother but due to the album's success they decided to go on tour. The act included their entire discography as well as the newer songs from the brother album. They promoted the tour on various television shows.
The band attempted to have a hologram of Stephen Gately but this wasn't possible.
Show incidents and events
Keith Duffy
Keith Peter Thomas Francis Julian John Duffy (born 1 October 1974) is an Irish singer, actor, radio and television presenter and drummer who began his professional music career as part of Irish boy band Boyzone alongside Ronan Keating, Mikey ...
fell through a trap door at the Cardiff show but he continued the performance. A subsequent check at the hospital revealed nothing broken.
Support acts
*Barbarellas
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Wonderland – (Select dates)
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Guy Sebastian
Guy Theodore Sebastian (born 26 October 1981) is an Australian singer and songwriter who was the winner of the first '' Australian Idol'' in 2003, judge on Australia's ''The X Factor'' from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2015 to 2016, and coach ...
– (Select dates)
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The Saturdays
The Saturdays were a British-Irish girl group based in London, England. The group formed during the summer of 2007 and have been on hiatus since 2014. The lineup consists of Frankie Bridge, Una Healy, Rochelle Humes, Mollie King, and Vanessa Wh ...
– (Edinburgh)
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Shayne Ward
Shayne Thomas Ward (born 16 October 1984) is an English actor and singer. He rose to fame as the winner of The X Factor (British series 2), the second series of ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor''. His debut single, "That's M ...
– (Inverness)
A Huge contribution to the background and lead vocals has come from backing vocalist Jo Garland who has sung with
Ronan Keating
Ronan Patrick John Keating (born 3 March 1977) is an Irish singer. He debuted in 1993 alongside Keith Duffy, Michael Graham, Shane Lynch, and Stephen Gately, as the co-lead singer (with Gately) of Irish pop group Boyzone. His solo career start ...
in his solo ventures since 2001 and with Boyzone since 2008, her vocals have been more prominent often covering for vocals that
Stephen Gately
Stephen Patrick David Gately (17 March 197610 October 2009) was an Irish singer, who, with Ronan Keating, was co-lead singer of the pop group Boyzone; all of Boyzone's studio albums during Gately's lifetime hit number one in the United Kingdo ...
sung.
Setlist
#Too Late for Hallelujah
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Love is a Hurricane
#Picture of You
#All That I Need
#Ruby
#Words
#When the Going Gets Tough
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Gave It All Away
#Better
#One More Song
#Til the Sun Goes Down
#Love Me for a Reason
#No Matter What
#You Needed Me
#Love You Anyway
#Lovin' Each Day
#Let Your Wall Fall Down
#Right Here Waiting
#Baby Can I Hold You
#Life is a Rollercoaster
Tour dates
Box office score date
References
External links
{{Boyzone
2011 concert tours
Boyzone