Ronan Keating marks 20-year solo career with album and tour
The Boyzone star released his first solo album in 2000.
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Ronan Keating is marking the 20 years of his solo career with a new album and a tour.
Entitled Twenty Twenty, the singer’s latest offering will be released two decades after he unveiled his self-titled debut solo album.
Fans will get to hear music from the album – which Keating described as “a greatest hits of brand new music” – when he takes it on a summer tour of the UK and Ireland in June.
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The Boyzone star has collaborated with other musicians for the album, with their names due to be announced. It also features reworked versions of much-loved tracks such as Life Is A Rollercoaster, Lovin’ Each Day and When You Say Nothing At All.
“There’s not a lot of artists that have been lucky enough to do 20 years and still be here,” said the singer.
“I’m very honoured to have had that, so I wanted to mark it with an album like this.”
The first single, One Of A Kind, is out on February 13 and sees the star duet with Emeli Sande.
Keating said: “I was completely honoured when Emeli Sande said she’d love to do it.
“I was just blown away by her vocal.
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“She’s obviously got a brilliant voice, and she’s a lovely, warm person, so the personality she’s brought to the song is just incredible.”
The singer will be on tour from June 5 to 27, with stops including Dublin, Manchester, Sheffield and London.
Twenty Twenty is set for release on Decca Records on May 1.