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Rockin’ Ronan

Ronan Keating wows the crowd at Haigh
Sun Jul 11 2010

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THE final night of the huge Tuned In concert proved to be a fitting end to the spectacular five-day event.

Crowds turned up in their thousands to watch Irish crooner Ronan Keating wrap up the festivities.

In what was possibly the biggest crowd-puller of the week, the Boyzone singer pulled out all stops to impress.

He flew in from Australia following his stint in the Aussie version of the X Factor and he put all his past troubles behind him to perform classic hits Love What You Do, Time After Time, and Last Thing on My Mind.

Fans bellowed to the chorus of If Tomorrow Never Comes at Ronan’s request and females went weak at the knees and screamed for his attention as he came down from the stage to shake hands with people.

But the Irish lad was humble over his recent heartache and told the audience: “Thanks for the support you have given me over the last month and the last 12 months. I have had dark days, so thank you very much. I really appreciate it.”

And he dedicated a song to bandmate Stephen Gately, who died more than a year ago.

Although the audience consisted mainly of women swooning over the Irish legend, a few men were dotted in the crowds, seen rocking it to a few tunes.

But a big surprise on the night was Orrell-born singer, Simon Jones, who promises to be the next big thing.

He warmed up the crowds ready for Ronan, with a good mix of cover versions and his own-penned tunes, helped along by his guitar.

The 26-year-old proved he has what it takes to make it big, telling the crowd: “I’m from Wigan, so it is great to be playing here. It’s really special.”

He played to a mellow crowd, singing The Script’s Man Who Can’t Be Moved, a tune which rocked the festival three days ago when N’Dubz covered the song.

He almost had the audience revved up to sing along to Jame’s Morrison’s duet Broken Strings, but due to a technical glitch, he had to abandon that and play his final song – Leave This Town, which was just as good, if not better.

Speaking after the concert, Simon said: “It was nerveracking, but I really enjoyed it. It was amazing. I think Ronan is a great artist. I had a chat with him and he was really nice.”

Despite the slight downpour which threatened to dampen spirits, the Tuned In festival ended on a high.

Pete Gascoigne, executive director of libraries, heritage and arts at Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust, said: “I am very sad it is the final night. It has gone brilliantly. We have had such warm crowds. Everybody seems to have gone away with a big smile on their face.

“It might be the last night of the Tuned In Festival, but we still have the Jazz Festival and eight days of fantastic music.”

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Ronan Keating at the Henley Festival 11 July 2010

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POP star Ronan Keating took the opportunity of his appearance at the Henley Festival to thank fans for supporting him during the breakdown of his marriage. Keating was on a flying visit from Australia where he is filming a version of the hit TV series, The X-Factor. He flew back down under on Monday morning after headlining the festival on Sunday. The former Boyzone star, 33, told hundreds of mostly female fans: “These past seven weeks have been scary and dire for me. Thanks for all your support.” Keating left his wife of 12 years, Yvonne, 36, because of his relationship with a dancer on his boy-band comeback tour last May. His short set at Henley — he was only on stage for just over an hour — seemed muted and restrained, as if he had other things on his mind. He was whisked up to the floating stage in a Mercedes car along the towpath flanked by security people. And at the end of the evening he was whisked away again in the blink of an eye. In the interval in between arrival and departure he sang with an air of professional commitment that somehow lacked engagement, though there was no faulting his strong voice and almost rigid determination to give people their money’s worth. His fans at Henley were there all right in their hundreds but there were empty seats in the grandstand. Keating had nothing like the impact of last year’s Beatles tribute band. Henley Festival people actually like to rock and although his set included some belters, it seemed to me there was a surfeit of heavy, emotional ballads. Of course, Keating is Irish and this shone through with the Celtic twists and turns in the songs, interspersed with favourites. He sang his top pop tunes, Tomorrow Never Comes and Time After Time, to acclaim but what was striking was that in his performance there was no trace any longer of the boy-band star. Keating is now an accomplished balladeer whether he likes it or not. He appeals to an audience that loves soft rock and big production country and western weepies. There was no doubt that the audience enjoyed his show greatly but there was not the fire of a rock concert or the true intimacy of a big romantic singer on show here. Keating is a big name and the kind of star performer

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