Post by Helen on Feb 23, 2005 21:10:47 GMT
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By The Journal
Ronan Keating releases a greatest hits album today, celebrating a decade of chart-topping tracks from his days in Boyzone to his solo material.
The Irish singer's North-East fan base will be able to hear Ronan give renditions of all of them when he returns to the Metro Radio Arena in December.
And it's not beyond the realms of possibility that he could be joined on Tyneside by his wife, Yvonne and their two children Jack, five and three-year-old Marie - once again illustrating the happily, stable family picture which is doubtless the envy of many in showbiz.
"I've never found it hard," said Ronan. "You take one day at a time really. But I've never done anything else, so I don't know what it's like being a dad when you're doing another job. I just get on with it.
"Yvonne understands the job I have to do and she lets me do it. I get home as much as I can. I spend most of my time commuting between London and Dublin. I get back and I'm there in the morning for the kids. We spend a lot of time together."
Ronan married Yvonne, a model, in 1998. "It's only hard if you want it to be," says Ronan. "It's not for me. We got married to be together and we are and it works for us. We're very happy and very normal.
"You never know what's around the corner but I'm very lucky to have Yvonne. We're very good together, a very good match and we hope to be together the rest of our lives."
And that's why you might catch the Keatings on some sort of family outing when Ronan's tour takes in Tyneside on Sunday, December 12.
"They'll be with me as much as possible," he says. "Jack's in school now so it's a bit more difficult. But when he has holidays and at weekends they join me."
They'll be helping Ronan celebrate as well, for this tour, as well as his forthcoming greatest hits collection, marks the singer's 10th anniversary in the business.
Since bursting on to the scene as one fifth of the "Irish Take That" - Boyzone, Ronan has rarely been out of the charts.
He and the boys notched up seven No 1s, and sold 15 million albums worldwide. That popularity still lingers today.
By The Journal
Ronan Keating releases a greatest hits album today, celebrating a decade of chart-topping tracks from his days in Boyzone to his solo material.
The Irish singer's North-East fan base will be able to hear Ronan give renditions of all of them when he returns to the Metro Radio Arena in December.
And it's not beyond the realms of possibility that he could be joined on Tyneside by his wife, Yvonne and their two children Jack, five and three-year-old Marie - once again illustrating the happily, stable family picture which is doubtless the envy of many in showbiz.
"I've never found it hard," said Ronan. "You take one day at a time really. But I've never done anything else, so I don't know what it's like being a dad when you're doing another job. I just get on with it.
"Yvonne understands the job I have to do and she lets me do it. I get home as much as I can. I spend most of my time commuting between London and Dublin. I get back and I'm there in the morning for the kids. We spend a lot of time together."
Ronan married Yvonne, a model, in 1998. "It's only hard if you want it to be," says Ronan. "It's not for me. We got married to be together and we are and it works for us. We're very happy and very normal.
"You never know what's around the corner but I'm very lucky to have Yvonne. We're very good together, a very good match and we hope to be together the rest of our lives."
And that's why you might catch the Keatings on some sort of family outing when Ronan's tour takes in Tyneside on Sunday, December 12.
"They'll be with me as much as possible," he says. "Jack's in school now so it's a bit more difficult. But when he has holidays and at weekends they join me."
They'll be helping Ronan celebrate as well, for this tour, as well as his forthcoming greatest hits collection, marks the singer's 10th anniversary in the business.
Since bursting on to the scene as one fifth of the "Irish Take That" - Boyzone, Ronan has rarely been out of the charts.
He and the boys notched up seven No 1s, and sold 15 million albums worldwide. That popularity still lingers today.
