Keith's Public Appearances

6th July 2010

Catch Keith at public appearances around the country in the coming weeks/months

July 31st - Broadway Boulevard, Llandudno
August 13th - Cotton Club & Shuffles, Wishaw Scotland
August 21st - Truckfest, Driffield
September 25th - Enigma, Market Harborough
October 2nd - Marilyns, Evesham

Source - http://boyzonebrotheralbum.com/news.php?item=123

Coronation Street: Ciaran & Michelle to get steamy!

2nd May 2010

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/gameon/view/133378/Coronation-Street-Kym-Marsh-hooks-up-with-Keith-Duffy/

STREET star Kym Marsh is getting to grips with one of soapland’s hottest hunks – while preparing for her real-life wedding.

The sexy actress, 33, who plays Rovers barmaid Michelle Connor, has been filming steamy scenes with Boyzone singer Keith Duffy, 35.

But when she’s away from the cameras, she’s been busy organising her marriage to ex-Hollyoaks actor Jamie Lomas, 30.

And while Kym is heading for happiness in her personal life, Michelle could be facing a rocky ride with charmer Ciaran McCarthy.

A Corrie insider told the Daily Star Sunday: “It’s been a while since she had a love interest, so who better to change all that than Ciaran?

“When Ciaran first returned to Weatherfield, Michelle was the girl who really caught his eye.
There was definitely a chemistry between them but after a few flirty scenes together it was decided to wait a while before getting them together.

When Ciaran finally makes his move, Michelle is pretty smitten – and who can blame her.

“But she’s not stupid. Michelle knows he has a roving eye and knows exactly what she is letting herself in for.

The writers are going to have a lot of fun with these two.

They’ve got some great stuff coming up but everyone will have to wait and see whether or not he strays.”

The pair are both nominated at Saturday’s British Soap Awards – for Sexiest Female and Sexiest Male.

Corrie: Ciaran organises speed dating night‎

28th April 2010

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/132705/Coronation-Street-Keith-Duffy-sets-up-speed-dating-night/

POP hunk Keith Duffy will turn the Rovers Return into a Boyzone in a bid to find all the single fellas a girlfriend.

The 35-year-old singer’s cheeky character Ciaran McCarthy turns Cilla Black by setting up a speed dating night in the local boozer.

He thinks he is on to a sure-fire winner because not only will he help couples get together, he can also bring in more cash for landlady Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard, 53).

Ciaran convinces her by moaning: “This place is like God’s waiting room.
“Speed dating is sure to treble the number of punters, not to mention the ticket sales at a fiver a time.”

He hires Rosie Webster (Helen Flanagan, 20) to help drum up support.
Dressed in hot pants and roller skates, she heads to the High Street with fliers.
But Ciaran’s plan does not go down well with everyone.

Shopkeeper Norris Cole (Malcolm Hebden, 70) tells Liz: “Speed dating is like fast food, instant gratification with a greasy aftertaste.”

Keith talks about The Door

23rd March 2010

http://www.rte.ie/arts/2010/0323/duffyk.html

Boyzone singer and 'Coronation Street' star Keith Duffy is taking time out of his busy schedule to participate in a new two-part show for ITV called 'The Door'.

Six celebrities take on the challenge of enduring a multitude of tests, all designed to instil in them a mix of emotions, from fear to total confusion, as they discover what lies behind The Door.

Duffy's Coronation Street castmate Jennie McAlpine also takes part as well as actors Dean Gaffney and Louisa Lytton, presenter Michael Underwood and singer Frankie Sandford from The Saturday's.

So what is The Door?

The Door is a difficult show to try and explain as the concept is quite unique. People kind of love seeing celebrities stuck in a box full of rats, for some reason, so there's loads of stuff like that! The set is fantastic and it's very impressive.

Were you scared about taking part?

I'm pretty easygoing and there's nothing I wasn't looking forward to, but the one thing that got me more than anything was claustrophobia and being in the dark. That was the thing that really got my heart racing.

So how was it?

Doing The Door was great fun. Everybody has different limitations as to the extremes they can put their bodies and minds through and, for some of the celebrities, it didn't take an awful lot for them to freak out.

Are you competitive?

I've trained in sports for most of my life so I'm competitive in that respect but it wouldn't break my heart if I didn't win. I gave it my all and enjoyed myself but I'm not competitive to the extreme. I'm just competitive as people generally are. We had to work as a team when we were entering through a new door and the first part of the challenges and then we become individuals and work against each other. It kind of plays with your head a little bit. The Door kind of shows you a really nice side where you're helping people and working together as a team and then shows your not so nice side where you're out for yourself.

Was it a pleasant experience?

Yeah, absolutely, we had a really good time. We really got to know each other quite well. Dean Gaffney I have known for years, so we had fun together. And Jennie, we're in Coronation Street together, so we're good mates. I'd never met the others before but they are all really nice.

How tough was it?

Some of the challenges are very physical but it was great fun doing the show. When viewers see the programme on the television, the way it's lit, the amount of cameras, it is huge.

Will there be lots of tension?

There's plenty of screaming from Dean Gaffney, and lots of retching!

The first part of the two-part special, The Door hosted by Chris Tarrant and Amanda Holden, can be seen on ITV on Friday, 2 April at 9pm.

Keith Duffy: "Success is bittersweet"

Keith Duffy has spoken of his delight over Boyzone's recent chart success.

The band, who released new LP Brother last week, beat Gorillaz to secure the number one slot in the UK album chart last Sunday.

The record is their first as a four-piece since Stephen Gately died last October.

Duffy, 35, said: "It's number one - it doesn't get much better than that!"

The singer also said a number one album is "bittersweet" but a "fantastic tribute" to Gately, who would have celebrated his 34th birthday today.

To see a short video interview with Keith click on the link below
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a209171/keith-duffy-success-is-bittersweet.html?rss

Keith Duffy teases Corrie love plot

17th March 2010

Keith Duffy has revealed that he doesn't mind which Coronation Street regular his character settles down with.

Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, the Boyzone singer, who plays Ciaran McCarthy on the ITV1 soap, hinted that his alter ego may be linked to Sunita, Michelle and Leanne in coming months.

Asked about possible love interests, he replied: "I'm sure there'll be one than one! [He's] possibly [still got feelings for Sunita] but I don't know whether it's feelings of a sexual nature, or whether he just cares about her.

"He's been chatting [Michelle] up. A lot of my dialogue has been charming her. She seems to be coming round a bit, so I don't know whether that's a sign of things to come..."

He added of a potential romance with Peter's girlfriend Leanne: "I don't know. I don't like that side of him! You shouldn't be messing with your mate's women!"

To see a short video interview with Keith click on the link below
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3/coronation-street/news/a209165/keith-duffy-teases-corrie-love-plot.html

In a taxi with... Boyzone star Keith Duffy

20th February 2010

The singer on coming to terms with the loss of his bandmate Stephen Gately

Keith Duffy has just flown in from Dublin, where he lives, and nice cabbie Steve from Islington is taking us from Heathrow to BBC Television Centre for a guest slot on The Alan Titchmarsh Show. The reason he’s speaking to us, and then to Alan, is because his character Ciaran McCarthy has returned to the Coronation Street cobbles after a gap of nearly five years. ‘Is he going to be back to his good old womanising ways? Yeah, baby. He’s a bold boy!’

But Keith is well aware that, apart from the interest in Ciaran, people will want to ask him about Stephen Gately, his former band mate in Boyzone, who died last October.

‘It’s awkward. Ronan [Keating] had his album out in Australia over Christmas and the press kept asking him about Stephen. Then people said, “Does that guy not talk about anything else?” I don’t want to parade on Stephen’s misfortune. But I miss him, he’s my mate.’

Apart from anything else, he says, coming back to work in Manchester five days a week on Coronation Street has provided a welcome distraction. ‘The past few months have been horrendous. Corrie’s given me a focus, something to get my teeth into, different surroundings.’

You have to know a little bit about Boyzone to understand why Stephen’s death has been so devastating. Keith is 36 next month, but Boyzone came together when he was 18, and he was the second eldest of the group. All of them – Ronan Keating, Shane Lynch, Mikey Graham, Stephen Gately and Keith – were young men who grew up within a five-mile radius of each other on the Northside of Dublin. Then Louis Walsh decided to put together an ‘Irish Take That’.

‘We grew up in a pretty rough area of Dublin,’ Keith explains. ‘We went through a lot of life-changing experiences: Ro was very young when his mother passed away. That was tough for him and we were there to help him. So we were close.’

As Keith describes it, Boyzone found fame the hard way, slogging their way round Ireland, ‘travelling around with our pillows, in a van with no windows!’ He remembers their television debut, a disastrous slot on Ireland’s The Late Late Show that is now a YouTube classic: ‘Jedward look like the Rolling Stones compared to us!’

Westlife, the boy band Louis Walsh created next, had it simple, he says: ‘When it did come good for us we’d earned it. It was easy for them to start off – they went straight on to our stage with a sold-out audience.’

What he’s saying is that Boyzone are close because they’ve always had to struggle. ‘Anything we’ve achieved, we’ve achieved together – there’s a great bond between us.’ And that bond has grown stronger since Stephen died. ‘It’s made us realise how close we actually are.’

Keith has two children with his wife Lisa: Jordan, 14 (‘I was so young when he was born that we’ve kind of grown up together; we’re more like friends’), and Mia, ten next month.

Mia has autism so, Keith says, she has a different way of dealing with her emotions. She provided a welcome tonic when he returned from Majorca, where Stephen died, to arrange his friend’s funeral. ‘I walked into my kitchen and she said, “Hi Dad, Stephen died so now you guys are only four. You’ve got to finish the album because Stephen said you’re bringing a new album out in 2010 and you can’t let Stephen down.”

I said, “She’s right – we have to do this for Stephen.” The lads all agreed.’

So Boyzone will release the single ‘Gave It All Away’ on 1 March as a tribute to Stephen, followed by a new album a week later. Keith says that it would be nice if it sold well, but in the main he’s been thankful for the experience of recording the song and making the video, both of which feature Stephen. ‘It’s actually helped me deal with the grieving process much better than I was. I was struggling to move on for a while.’

But move on he has, to Coronation Street, and, he hopes, further fields. ‘I’m very ambitious but I’m the wrong side of 35. I’m enjoying my time in Corrie but, to be honest, what I’d really love to do is American TV. I’m on the best show in Britain at the moment, but American TV just has that special shine to it. I love The Wire. I’d love to be in something like that.’

Source: You Magazine