Overview
- Keating shared a throwback photo and wrote that he misses his “friend” and “wing man,” adding he feels Gately is “there” as the band enters a new chapter.
- Duffy posted a video montage honoring “our brother Steo,” captioned “16 years an Angel” and noting Gately remains in their hearts and every song.
- Gately died on October 10, 2009 at age 33 in Port d’Andratx, Majorca, with a coroner’s inquest finding pulmonary oedema as the cause.
- Boyzone will play One For The Road: Live at London’s Emirates Stadium on June 5–6, with a formal on-stage tribute planned for Gately.
- Renewed attention follows the Sky documentary Boyzone: No Matter What, with tickets for the London dates on sale via Ticketmaster and promoted as the band’s biggest standalone shows.