Shane Lynch<\/a>\u00a0and Keith Duffy.<\/p>\nMany fans were quick to notice that Mikey Graham was absent from the lineup \u2013 but were delighted when he made an appearance later on in the show. Graham, who stepped away from the group after their 2019 tour, joined the stage for three songs, as well as the encore of Life is a Rollercoaster.<\/p>\n
It is the first time the group has performed together since 2019, when personal relationships are understood to have soured after a five-night stint at the London Palladium.<\/p>\n
But for many, the most emotional moment came when Shane Lynch led the stadium in the Lord\u2019s Prayer, in memory of late lead singer Stephen Gateley.<\/p>\n
Gately, who fronted the band alongside Ronan Keating, passed away in 2009 aged 33.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know him so well, and I know how much he would want to be in this room tonight,\u201d Keating said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank God, his family is here tonight, Michelle and Tony, his nieces and nephews. Thank you for coming. Our brother\u2019s spirit is alive and well.\u201d<\/p>\n
One fan told\u00a0Premier Christian News<\/em>\u00a0it was a \u201cspecial moment\u201d.<\/p>\n\u201cThey\u2019d asked fans to submit the names of family who had died, and they were played on the big screen. At the end of the song, we were led in the Lord\u2019s Prayer \u2013 it was really lovely.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Quote of the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/prayer.png\")
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
No Matter What -featuring Boyzone written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman Taking another week off from sharing Mustard Seed videos as I recently read this story in Christian Premier News. I am not a great boy band fan and it is my wife, not me that is \u00a0soon off to a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ken-shearsmiths-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3826,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3820\/revisions\/3826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Boyzone.webp\")
<\/p>\n