Que horror, parecia uma missão impossível! Levei quase 1h para conseguir decidir-me...!!! Depois de uma longa (e penosa) reflexão, aqui fica:
1- Rule the World 2- Never Forget 3- Nobody Else (lindaaa!) 4- How deep is your love 5- Back for Good 6- Shine 7- Why can't I wake up with you (versão do Everything Changes) 8- Wooden Boat (ai, aquela letra...) 9- I'd wait for life 10- Patience
Ok, agora é que entrei em histeria! Não sei como é possível, mas já há vídeos do DVD de Abbey Road...!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!
São eles o "What is love", "Julie", "The circus" e "Greatest Day"...
Se alguém quiser aguardar pelo DVD, o melhor é não ver... mas provavelmente não vamos resistir, né???
Pessoal, já há vídeos "oficiais" das actuações do Children in Need no canal da Polydor no YouTube (provavelmente da transmissão de ontem da BBC1).
Por enquanto ainda só está disponível:
- Take That - Greatest Day
- Snow Patrol & Cheryl Cole - Set The Fire To The Third Bar
- Snow Patrol - Chasing cars
- Leona Lewis - Run
- Paul MacCartney, Take That & guests - Hey Jude
- Take That & Lily Allen - Who'd of known / Shine
ai k bom!!!tirando a kiss fm há k séculos que nao oiço TT no airplay portugues!!.. snif
-sofi
Não sei se alguém já se apercebeu, mas a KissFM já não está no mesmo formato que estava... Agora têm um "conceito inovador"(segundo eles): 1h seguida de música de um artista, tipo "best of". Ainda não sei se gosto, se não… Até porque assim acabaram-se as músicas dos Take That 5-6 vezes por dia… e a hora "coca-cola light" (como eu chamo às 15h), seeempre com uma musiquinha dos nossos babes… snifff…
A parte boa é que realmente é 1h seguida de músicas do mesmo artista e ainda ontem, estava eu encalhada no meio do trânsito, quando começa a dar 1h só de Robbie Williams. E segundo já me disseram, já deu 1h de Take That…! Ainda não ouvi, mas parece que repete, porque na semana passada deu 1h de Britney e ontem estava a dar outra vez… por isso é porque vão repetindo ao longo do tempo…
Os Best Of's que já apanhei foram: da Madonna, Michael Jackson, Robbie Williams, U2, Simply Red, Britney Spears, Rod Stewart, Celine Dion, Xutos & Pontapés, Bee Gees, e já não me lembro de mais…
Jornal Económico: Pedro Tojal está de regresso ao mundo da rádio com a compra da Rádio Kiss FM Lisboa, confirmou o próprio ao Diário Económico. Quanto ao projecto, não quis adiantar pormenores, apenas confirmou a mudança de nome da estação de rádio e deixou uma promessa: “Vai ser uma rádio diferente. Vai ser muito mais do que uma rádio”.
Na Blitz já tinham dito que eles já tinham gravado qualquer coisa juntos (ver post de 6 Novembro), mas não com este "piqueno" pormenor de "the songs are absolutely amazing"... AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Devem ser mesmo UM ESPECTÁCULO!!! Aliás, SÓ PODEM ser um espectáculo!!! E agora estiveste bem, Sofia... bem que podiam estar nos extras da Abbey Road... ahhhhhh, era U-I-N-D-O!!!
Robbie Williams de volta aos Take That: confirmado [vídeo]
Depois de muita especulação, Williams diz que já gravou com a boys band que o apresentou ao mundo. Robbie Williams vai voltar aos Take That. Foi o próprio cantor britânico quem confirmou aquilo que se especulava há meses: "Já nos juntámos e gravámos algumas coisas. Não posso dizer muito" foram as declarações de Williams num programa de televisão da BBC. Recorde-se que Robbie Williams se tornou conhecido nos Take That, tendo abandonado a boys band britânica em 1995. O final da banda chegaria apenas um ano depois, tendo os antigos colegas de Williams voltado ao activo em 2005.
Joanaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
Queres que me dê uma coisinha mááááá!!!!!
Isto já é do DVD!!! Mas... mas... mas parece ter sido tirado de um programa de tv... mas como...??? Isso pode ser??? Oh meu deus, quando é que temos o DVD nas mãos?????
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! (*hiperventilar*)
Take That will officially launch one of the largest cinema screens in Europe at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo later this month, the entertainment retail chain said
7 hours 56 mins ago
HMV and Universal Music Group said the band will introduce a preview screening of the DVD of their 2009 stage show The Circus Live on November 18.
It will also mark the launch of the auditorium, which has been restored after a 25-year absence.
HMV chief executive Simon Fox said: "We're absolutely thrilled that Take That will be the very first artists to use the restored cinema screen facility.
"This very special screening will enable fans to experience the magic of the Circus tour once more.
"Aside from its already outstanding live music gigs and comedy shows, the HMV Hammersmith Apollo will become an ideal venue for major screenings and premieres, and will be the ultimate destination for any rock or music films."
Up to 1,000 fans who pre-order the DVD at HMV's online store will win a pair of tickets for the screening.
Cá em portugal bem que podiam fazer algo do género... Assim toda a gente levava com eles nos cinemas... Sempre viam umas boas imagens no preview do DVD, de certeza... Ai.... sonha, Tânia, sonha... Cá não querem saber deles para nada... sniff...
Mas uma coisa é certa, os Take That sempre foram a minha banda favorita, e agora tenho uma musica que adoro, giríssima pah, já devem ter ouvido... Aquela do Pingo Doce... looool
-freira
Epá, nem me digas nada! É que essa música fica mesmo entranhada na cabeça...!!! Há dias que dou por mim a cantarolar a música o dia TODO!!! E não sai!!! LOL
Eu já tou tão cu-cu da tola (isto é da espera pelo DVD) que até já acho que vi uma bandeira portuguesa no minuto 2.41 cá em baixo no público... ou se calhar era a italiana e a parte branca estava dobrada e não se via... ai, ai, esta cabecinha...
Eheheheh, foi só mesmo para a freira ver se conhecia alguma... Alguma ela conhece, de certeza!
Mas, claro, isto tudo só mesmo para reforçarmos a ideia que NÃO HÁ COMPARAÇÃO MESMO!!! Em nada: música, aspecto, simpatia, boa-educação... os nossos babes são os genros que qualquer mãe desejaria para as suas filhas...!!! (então não...!!!!)
Epá, agora clipes dos babes... que ainda não tenhamos visto... está muito complicado...! Para compensar, só se for mesmo os concertos dos babes em mp3! Neste momento é a única coisa que posso oferecer para me redimir, eheheheh... Então nestes últimos dias tem sido cá uma nostalgia, minha nossa! Tem sido só ouvir os concertos no carro e no leitor de mp3! Deve ser a ânsia do DVD que nunca mais sai!!!!
Sim, basicamente na altura eram os babes e os East 17 a rivalizar (se bem que nem se podia considerar rivalidade, porque a partir de uma certa altura deixou de haver "rivais" à altura), e depois apareceram os Boyzone... Os East 17 (sobretudo o feioso do vocalista) estavam sempre a falar mal dos Take That, eram super mal-educados (tinham a mania que eram bad boys) e gostavam muito de ofender os nossos babes... Mas, lá está, tal como a Carina, também acabava por gostar de algumas músicas deles... Mas, freira, lembras-te de certeza, eles até tinham algumas músicas conhecidas... Vê lá se reconheces alguma:
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Ok, à medida que fui fazendo esta lista é que me fui apercebendo que eu até gostava de bastantes músicas deles...! Bolas!!! Tenho estas todas algures em cassetes antigas e provavelmente tb em VHS... Lá está, era uma relação amor-ódio com todas as outras bandas que não fossem Take That: odiava-os, mas as músicas lá se entranhavam e acabava por gostar delas! Mas os East 17 eram particularmente odiáveis! O Tony (o da dor de cotovelo) até era inofensivo, os outros 2 eram uns coitados mais feios que sei lá e nem cantavam, mas o Brian (que até tinha uma voz jeitosa) conseguia ser um estupor e atacava os Take That sempre que podia... um nojo, nem conseguia olhar para a cara dele, irritava-me!!! Mas, pronto, ao longo do tempo viu-se quem tinha qualidade e quem saiu por cima.... Ah pois éééééé!!!!!
Mas, sim, Joana e Carina: basicamente MUITO FEIOS!
Ex-East 17 songwriter Tony Mortimer has admitted that he finds it hard to observe the continued success of his former boyband rivals Take That.
Both groups competed for hits in the mid-1990s but while Take That's 2005 reunion has resulted in two number one albums, East 17's comeback the following year dissolved after a single gig.
Mortimer told The Guardian: "The boys still tour as E-17, singing my old songs. I was angry with them for a long time, especially when we tried to reform and it didn't work out.
"Now I say good luck to them. I've got my own life, I've played good gigs recently, and I'm writing new music, which will be released next year."
He added: "It's hard seeing bands like Take That get big again, though, especially when they're releasing singles with bloody ukuleles all over them.
"We were a big deal in the 1990s. We made great records. It makes me sad that people don't remember."
Pa
rece que vamos ter "Rule the World" versão Bee Gees, eheheheh... espectáculo, só os nossos babes mesmo...!
Take That let it Bee
Vocal heroes ... the boys perform The Circus at Abbey Road studios
THE TAKE THAT boys never stop surprising me - now they've got a secret BEE GEES karaoke tribute act, the GBs.
Their amusing alter-ego - a pun on GARY BARLOW's initials - comes to light on the lads' new live DVD, which I got to see yesterday.
Gary, MARK OWEN, HOWARD DONALD and JASON ORANGE sing a version of their own hit Rule The World in the high-pitched style of the Gibb brothers at the Abbey Road studios.
It's priceless.
Sadly, it won't ever come out as a single. But the man band are sure to get a double No1 with the DVD and the audio CD.
They are massive fans of the Bee Gees, and once covered their hit How Deep Is Your Love.
Take That Present: The Circus Live DVD, comes out on November 23.
If you're struggling for a Christmas present for the missus, your mum, auntie or sister - this is it. There's no shame in blokes owning it either. It's a two-disc masterpiece.
On the first disc is the brilliant Circus tour recorded at Wembley. It's a chance to relive the live show, which has to go down in history as one of the best.
Treasure chest ... the Bee Gees in their Seventies heyday
The second is a slick film of the boys at Abbey Road doing a stripped-down version of The Circus album, with interviews between songs.
The session is shot beautifully in black and white.
The album version - just the music - comes out a week later, on November 30.
There are a few nice moments in the film when the lads banter between takes. Here are some of the highlights.
Gary: "When I was 15 I entered a comp to win a session at Abbey Road studio to record a song and then watch it being cut on vinyl. I won it. So one of my first ever recording experiences was here. It's been downhill ever since!"
Howard: "We've got a much bigger friendship now than we ever did. Gary used to write everything at such a rate we were always catching up. It's different now, with all of us sharing the writing."
Gary: "I throw gems, diamonds into the air, and they are all thrown back at me!"
Jason: "I'm the most negative in the band, asking, 'Can we do it better?' all the time. I always question if what we are doing is good enough."
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Mark: "I was apprehensive about going into the studio to write together. Sometimes one of us has to go down a certain path with an idea before we all decide it's s***."
Jason: "The whole thing is greater than the sum of the parts. That realisation is a great thing. We need each other."
Mark: "I have written some great songs in my sleep. I sing lyrics into my phone. I'll wake up in the night and sing into my Dictaphone and try not to wake the missus.
"When I wake up in the morning it's just me mumbling and falling asleep - but when I'm dreaming I hear all the string arrangements and everything."
The sell-out Circus tour was seen by an incredible 1.2million people earlier this year.
Now there's every chance Take That could have the Christmas No1 DVD and album. Good luck to them.
THE Bee Gees reached No3 with their classic How Deep Is Your Love in 1977. When Take That released it in March 1996 - weeks after announcing they were splitting - it went to No1.
Launching into his classic hit No Regrets, which is about his split from Take That, Robbie poignantly changed the lyrics at the end to huge cheers from the crowd.
-joanaflp
Opá, quando ele diz "I guess the love we once had is officially... ALIVE!" (em vez de "dead") até me vieram as lágrimas aos olhos...
Opá, opá, opá... nem tenho palavras... Que alegria, que fofura, que querido... sei lá!!! Fico tão contente por ele demonstrar cada vez mais que os nossos babes são muito importantes para ele...
Por acaso lembro-me de quando ele era júri nos "Ídolos" (aquele onde apareceu uma menina de alcunha "Borboleta" e que depois se transformou em Floribela...), dele dizer que tinha trabalhado com o Robbie... Claro que na altura ele gabava-se de ter trabalhado com tantos nomes sonantes que o pessoal dizia que ele era mas é um grande mentiroso...
... e afinal, cá está a prova!!! Sempre era verdade...
Só não sabia que ele tinha voltado a trabalhar com ele...
Boa, Luís!!! Um tuga a trabalhar com o Robbie!!!
Alguem conseguiu bilhete?
Desde que a venda de bilhetes seja outra vez num sabado optimo...desta vez não vou cair
-gaz20
Eu consegui bilhetes: de 125€ e de 57€ (vamos dividir-nos, uns vão para a bancada e outros vão para o relvado), mas foi duro consegui-los...! Cheguei mesmo a desesperar! A partir das 10h em ponto o site crashou completamente, nem sequer se entrava no site da Blueticket, dava logo o écran em branco com a mensagem "Server too busy"... Depois, passada uma meia-hora (e sempre a carregar no "refresh" de 5 em 5 segundos), passou a aparecer a mensagem "Server unavailable"... Tava mesmo a ver: era toda a gente ao mesmo, como é que aquilo havia de aguentar...!
No fórum português, os experts diziam que já se previa uma situação dessas, que era tudo fachada, que era tudo de própósito para que quando tudo estivesse restabelecido e se conseguisse entrar no site aparecesse logo tudo esgotado (apara saírem usn quantos bilhetes pela porta do cavalo, para amigos, amigos dos amigos, patrocínios e afins)... Beeeem... tanto que se insultou a promotora naquele fórum... até em queixas à Deco se falou...!!! Pelo meio, houve a informação que o servidor do site estava completamente atulhado (a sério??!!??? ninguém tinha dado por isso... dah!) e que os informáticos iam fazer alterações técnicas, nomeadamente mudar de servidor... Sinceramente!!! 1º: já deviam ter previsto que hoje aquilo ia entupir de gente, portanto se quisessem mudar o servidor, tinham-no feito ANTES e não DURANTE a compra de bilhetes! 2º: eu posso não ser uma expert em informática, mas percebo o suficiente (e outros quantos no fórum também comentaram isso) para saber que não se "muda um servidor" assim do pé para a mão...! É tanta incompetência e desorganização neste país, minha nossa! Claro que foram chamados mais uns quantos nomes (feios) no fórum... obviamente!
Enfim, já eram 11h30 (e, com a minha paciência de santa, sempre a fazer "refresh" de 5 em 5 segundos), quando já se conseguia entrar no site, mas não se consegui fazer a compra: assim que se clicava no local do estádio que se queria, crashava logo...! Bem, não sei se foi sorte ou persistência, lá no meio consegui que me aparecesse a imagem dos lugares e consegui escolhê-los, mas em cada passo para prosseguir com a compra dava sempre erro...! Enfim, a muito custo lá consegui finalizar a compra.
Depois precisava de voltar a tentar com o registo do meu marido (pois precisávamos de mais uns quantos bilhetes para a família) e aí é que foi o caos... Umas vezes apareciam umas zonas disponíveis, logo a seguir deixavam de estar disponíveis, depois as que já não estavam disponíveis (o que nos fazia desistir e tentar outras zonas) passavam a estar disponíveis... outras vezes simplesmente não nos deixavam clicar nas zonas... bem, não lembra a ninguém!!! Nunca vi nada assim... De repente, num espaço de pouquíssimos minutos deixaram de estar disponíveis quaisquer bilhetes, apenas os da Red Zone (260€) e os de Mobilidade Especial... Ou seja, foi quando pensei: "pronto, desta é que esgotaram...!"
E ainda desisti por uns minutos, mas como continuava a cuscar o fórum (a ver o que se dizia por lá, se havia confirmação ou não de 2º concerto) acabei por voltar a insistir (sou teimosa!) e comecei a ver que começavam a aparecer novamente umas quantas zonas disponíveis, mas as que não me interessavam (2º anel, ponta oposta do estádio, etc)... comecei a desconfiar e pensei: "Se for como há bocado, que umas vezes estavam disponíveis umas zonas e outras vezes estavam disponíveis outras, não há nada como tentar...!" Olhem, fui tentando, tentando, até que me apareceu novamente a zona do relvado disponível... ainda por cima, como provavelmente muita gente tinha desistido no meio daqule caos, o site estava muito mais rápido e não crashou em nenhuma vez para prosseguir a compra... para meu espanto!!!
Olhem, nem sei como consegui a segunda leva de bilhetes, mas consegui! Já tinha dito à minha cunhada que não tinha conseguido bilhetes para ela(ainda por cima eram para oferecer no Natal ao meu cunhado), quando passada 1 hora e tal lá lhe dei a alegria...! Mas se querem que vos diga, não sei como consegui, no meio daquele caos todo. Muito pouca gente conseguiu via internet (pelo que me apercebi no fórum) e o pessoal está muito revoltado com a maneira como as coisas decorreram... Realmente neste país não se compreende que aconteça (novamente) uma situação destas...
Mas no meio disto pode ser que ainda tenhamos a boa notícia do 2º concerto... Era bom para todo o pessoal que não conseguiu bilhete... e aposto que enchem novamente!
Os nossos babes acabaram por não ir ao funeral (o que também seria de esperar, uma vez que tb estão a chorar a perda de um ente querido... que raio de semana...!), mas mandaram as suas mensagens de condolências.
Quanto ao funeral em si, apesar de não terem autorizado câmaras na igreja, colocaram altifalantes para as milhares de pessoas que estavam lá fora ouvirem a cerimónia fúnebre. Os Boyzone cantaram e dedicaram uma música ao Stephen (Ronan sempre irrepreensível, mesmo com as emoções à flor da pele consegue cantar na perfeição...!), e que música...! Bem, e quanto ao discurso do Ronan... é de partir o coração... posso dizer que chorei baba e ranho a ouvir a parte final do discurso...
Stephen Gately funeral: Ronan Keating breaks down in tears as he pays tribute to Boyzone star
Boyzone star Ronan Keating today performed a moving musical tribute at the funeral of former bandmate Stephen Gately. The star sang In This Life as friends and family gathered to say farewell to the singer at the St Laurence O'Toole Church in Dublin. Later, surrounded by bandmates Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy, Keating delivered a stirring eulogy, paying tribute to the man they called their 'little brother'. He broke down in tears as he said: 'The world has lost one of its brightest stars. We have lost a brother and I have lost my wing man. 'For Stephen, we will carry on but it will never be the same without him. 'Forever young and never forgotten. A man, a friend, a brother, a son, a husband and a hero. 'We are going to miss you brother, we love you and we always will. We know you have found peace, perfect peace.' He also told Gately's civil partner Andrew Cowles that he now had 'four new brothers' and Gately's parents Martin and Margaret they had 'four new sons', adding in a light moment that they should expect an expensive Christmas now they've also got 'eight new grandchildren'. He also revealed Gatley's loved ones would 'by hook or by crook' finish a book that he had nearly completed about his life.
Band mate Graham added: 'He brought colour to the band - and that band now feel black and white without him.' Gately was found dead on the sofa in his apartment in Port Andratx after a night out with Mr Cowles and Bulgarian clubber Georgi Dochev. A post-mortem examination found he died from natural causes, the medical report recording pulmonary oedema or fluid on the lungs.
Ronan Keating (front left) and Boyzone members Mikey Graham (front right), Shane Lynch (back right) and Keith Duffy (back left) carry the coffin of Stephen Gately from St Laurence O'Toole Church in Dublin after today's funeral service
Fans showered the coffin with white roses after the ceremony
Ronan and Keith were comforted by friends after the emotional service
Gately's parents Martin and Margaret and his devastated civil partner Andrew Cowles
Thousands of loyal Boyzone fans lined to streets to farewell the pop star
A devastated Louis Walsh, who managed Boyzone for 16 years, said outside the church: 'It's a difficult day but we have to celebrate his life.' 'It's an incredible atmosphere in the church, all his best friends are there, his family are there, it's what he would have wanted. He was just a great person.' In a written tribute, the X Factor judge added: 'Stephen was one of life's positive people with a lovely nature and he was someone who always had a smile on his face. He loved to laugh and joke and was always the life and soul of the party and would give everyone he met his time. 'He would always thank me for the success he'd gained through Boyzone but on reflection I should be the one to have thanked him as he brought so much into my life, and the career I've loved in pop music is largely down to Stephen and the rest of Boyzone.
'I have still not come to terms with the fact that I won't see Stephen again, I keep expecting him to just turn up with a big grin on his face and deliver a cheeky wisecrack. 'I and all of Boyzone are completely broken, I've lost one of my best friends and Boyzone have lost a brother. The bond between the five was just amazing.
'They were always there for each other and always supported each other in everything that they did. The way the four guys have rallied around each other, Andy and Stephen's family this week is testament to the brotherhood of the group, I've truly never seen such closer bonds between anyone.'
Ronan, who performed his track In This Life, was joined by his wife Yvonne and their children
IN THIS LIFE - Ronan Keating
'Let the world Stop turning Let the sun Stop burning Let them tell me love's Not worth going through If it all falls apart I will know Deep in my heart The only dream that Mattered had come true In this life, I was loved by you'
Furnish, who introduced Gately to his civil partner Andrew Cowles, said: 'I just feel incredibly sad, it just seems so unfair, I just can't make sense of it. I know when Stephen died he was the happiest he's ever been in his life.' Of his partner Sir Elton, who will miss the ceremony because of commitments in Switzerland, Furnish added: 'He's completely bereft.' Boyzone last night staged a vigil with Gately's coffin in the Dublin church. They spent the night beside the body at the request of Gately's mother, who said he 'didn't like to be alone'. The band emerged from the church at 6.30am this morning where they greeted somber fans, many of whom had slept outside. Local resident Bernadette Manly, who was among the fans outside the church, said they had come out in support of Gately's parents, brothers Mark, Alan and Tony and devoted sister Michelle. 'You couldn't get better people,' said Mrs Manly. Westlife issued a statement last night that read: 'We are here today as friends of Stephen, not as popstars.''It's a shame that today we have to say goodbye to him like this. Our love and support goes out to Andy and the rest of Stephen's family. Also to Keith, Mikey, Ronan and Shane, who have lost their best friend.'
Westlife stars Kian Egan and Shane Filan turned out to farewell the boyband star
Nicky Byrne and Mark Feehily, also of Westlife, came to pay their condolences to Gately's family
Jason Donovan reads messages left by fans outside the church
The St Laurence O'Toole Church where the service will be held today
Boyzone pay tribute at Stephen Gately's funeral:
Ronan Keating pays tribute at Stephen Gately's funeral:
Boyzone sing "In this Life" at Stephen Gately's funeral:
Stars pay tribute to Stephen Gately at funeral of Boyzone singer
Celebrities have joined friends and family of Stephen Gately at the former Boyzone singer's funeral in Dublin.
By Rebecca Lefort Published: 1:20PM BST 17 Oct 2009
Members of Boyzone paid a moving tribute to bandmate Stephen Gately at his funeral in Dublin. "The world has lost one of its brightest stars, we have lost our brother," Ronan Keating told guests at St Laurence O'Toole's church.
Keating frequently broke down as he delivered his eulogy, at one point apologising to the congregation.
Boyzone sang Westlife track In This Life during the service before carrying the coffin out of the church. Jason Donovan, Vanessa Feltz, Sir Elton John’s partner David Furnish and Christopher Biggins were among those who gathered at the St Laurence O’Toole Church, which was surrounded by thousands of Gately's fans.
Messages of condolences have already been received from George Michael, David and Victoria Beckham, Simon Cowell, Take That, Westlife, U2, Robbie Williams, Cheryl Cole, Colin Farrell, Sharon Osborne, Brian McFadden and Delta Goodrem. Furnish said: "I think sometimes God wants the good pure souls early and that's the way I think of it. I can't make sense of it any other way because he was such a good man."
Sir Elton, who is on tour, sent a bouquet of yellow flowers left just outside Laurence O'Toole Church, close to the main entrance.
Boyzone's manager and X Factor judge Louis Walsh arrived at the church half an hour before the service and was greeted by cheering fans. "He would not believe the reception he's got today. He was living his dream," Walsh said. "It's a fantastic feeling here today – we have to celebrate his life, he would absolutely love what was happening here today. "He was always professional, he was so likeable. I wouldn't be where I was today if it wasn't for Boyzone. We're all in this together." Gately's former band mates Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham and Shane Lynch were joined members of another Irish boyband, Westlife.
The church could only fit 550 mourners, but around 3,000 fans standing outside the church could listen to the ceremony via loudspeakers. Mr Biggins, who stared in the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with Gately, said: “He loved to work, he loved being with Boyzone, he loved singing, he loved everything. “He was such a giver and that is what we will miss.”
Former Irish PM Bertie Ahern, father-in-law of Westlife star Nicky Byrne, said: “While this is very sad for the lads, people are so happy he achieved so much. “It is nice to see so many people care about him.”
Gately, 33, was found dead on the sofa in his apartment in Port Andratx in Majorca last weekend after a night out with his civil partner Andrew Cowles and friend Georgi Dochev.
Boyzone show new tattoo tributes to Stephen Gately as police reveal his final few hours
Bulgarian's statement to authorities revealed Gately, husband and Dochev were 'intimate' on night he died
Dochev had seen Gately smoking cannabis joint in flat
Boyzone's Stephen Gately was given an emotional homecoming last night as the pop star made his final journey back to his working class roots.
Heartbroken parents Margaret and Martin joined the singer's four devastated bandmates and manager Louis Walsh to pay respects at a private prayer vigil and wake in Dublin's north inner city.
About 300 local people and fans lined streets near St Laurence O'Toole Church paying their own tribute to the West End star with a gentle applause.
Boyzone bandmates of Stephen Gately carry his coffin into St Laurence O'Toole church in Dublin last night, seen here, Ronan Keating (R) and Shane Lynch (L)
The coffin arrived at the church for a private ceremony ahead of today's funeral after Gately's body was flown from Majorca earlier yesterday
Local resident Bernadette Manly said they had come out in support of Gately's parents, brothers Mark, Alan and Tony and devoted sister Michelle.
'You couldn't get better people,' said Mrs Manly.
Irish boyband Westlife joined mourners in paying tribute to Gately last night. 'We are here today as friends of Stephen, not as popstars,' the band said in a statement.
'It's a shame that today we have to say goodbye to him like this. Our love and support goes out to Andy and the rest of Stephen's family. Also to Keith, Mikey, Ronan and Shane, who have lost their best friend.'
The star's mother Margaret and one of his brothers pictured arriving at the Jennings Funeral Directors in the Seville Place area to the view the body
Also present was his father Martin and Gately's civil partner Andrew Cowles
Bandmate Keith Duffy and manager Louis Walsh
Earlier yesterday, the four remaining members of Boyzone arrived in Majorca to take Stephen's body home, revealing matching tattoos in his memory.
All of them have an 'S' for Stephen and the numbers 76 09, the years of his birth and death.
Ronan Keating, whose tattoo was visible on his right bicep, paid an emotional tribute to the singer, saying nothing will ever be the same again after his tragic death.
A forlorn-looking Ronan with wife Yvonne Connolly
Shane Lynch and wife Sheena arrived at the funeral home hand-in-hand
Each of the band members - Shane Lynch, Keith Duffy and Mikey Graham - joined Keating who read a statement before flying back to Dublin today.
Lynch, who is already known for his heavily tattooed physique, had the etching done on his left hand.
A source said: 'The tattoos were done as a mark of respect for Stephen.'
Mikey Graham and Keith Duffy dressed in pinstripe suits
Keith, wife Lisa and Louis Walsh arrive at the Dublin church for the vigil
Keating, 32, Shane, 33, Graham, 37, and Duffy, 35, and Gately's husband Andrew Cowles brought the body home from Majorca today. They arrived in Dublin late this afternoon.
The band plan to keep a vigil overnight in the church where the service will be held and will carry the casket alongside Gately's relatives.
They will also sing at the service in St Laurence O'Toole Church.
Keating said today in Majorca: 'Last Saturday our world changed forever when we lost our friend and brother Stephen.
On the verge of tears, he continued: 'Stephen lived to perform and truly loved being centre stage.
Poignant: A wreath of flowers read 'Our Steo'
Police form a ring around the waitng crowd outside the church
Locals look on and light candles as they stand next to banner
'You can be sure he's looking down on us now wishing we'd move over so he could flash his smile for the cameras one more time.'
He thanked fans for their support, adding: 'What the future holds for the four of us is too hard to think about. We know that nothing will ever be the same without our dear friend Stephen. Farewell brother.'
The funeral will be a very musical affair as the family believe 'it's what he would have wanted'.
Moving tribute: Ronan Keating revealed a tattoo tribute to Gately on his arm as he paid tribute in Majorca today before flying home the body of his beloved friend
Tattoo tribute: Ronan has the year of Gately's birth and death inked on his bicep, and Shane has the same date etched on his hand
Much of Dublin is expected to join in the emotional farewell for a favourite son.
As preparations continued, the exact details of what happened on the night of his death emerged for the first time.
A Majorcan police statement taken from Bulgarian Giorgio Dochev, 25, who was in their holiday apartment that evening, reveals that Gately had smoked a cannabis joint and that the trio had been 'intimate'.
Gately's civil partner Andrew Cowles at Majorca airport yesterday
Gately, 33, was found dead in the living room of the £1m flat where he and internet tycoon husband Andrew Cowles, 32, were staying.
He died of natural causes after a fatal build-up of fluid in the lungs, thought to have been brought on by a heart attack.
Police said there were no suspicious circumstances regarding his death.
Gately's body was flown home yesterday ahead of today's funeral
Gately and Cowles had met Dochev at a gay club called The Black Cat, in Port Andratx, in the south-west of the Mediterranean island, and taken him back to the apartment.
The police statement after Dochev's interview last Saturday reads: 'Last night at around 1.30am, the witness found himself in a bar Euphoria in Palma.
'He stared a friendship with a couple of lads whose names he does not know. That after a while, in this bar, they left together to another bar called Black Cat, staying there until approx 4am - and they invited him to accompany them home to carry on having a few drinks.
Georgi Dochev, who found the body of Steven Gately, will attend his funeral
'Afterwads at around 4.10am, the three of them took a taxi and went to the address of the couple he had met in Port Andratx. Once at the residence, they were talking and became intimate, until 5.30am.'
Giorgio at this point went to a bedroom, leaving Stephen and Andrew on the sofa. The statement added the couple were both sleeping.
Five hours later, at around 10.30am Giorgio heard a long, loud doorbell but stayed in bed.
Around half-an-hour later he got up and saw the couple still on the sofa. One had his feet stretched out and the other was curled up.
Giorgio went back to bed, then heard Andrew get up and go into the main bedroom.
The Bulgarian wandered back into the lounge to have a cigarette and saw Stephen was still sleeping on the sofa.
'He then went into the bedroom where the other boy was until 1pm,' the statement read.
At that point, Dochev described getting up, having a shower and getting dressed being sitting on the sofa.
The police statement continues: 'He sits next to the boy on the sofa and looking at him gets the feeling there's something wrong as he was very motionless and he could see no breathing movements or little snores.
'He then took him by the hand and tried to wake him up without success.
'He headed quickly into the partner's bedroom and woke him up, saying there was something wrong.
'Both of them headed to the lounge and tried to sit him up, seeing that he was very stiff and in a foetal position with his face on the cushion.
Gately's funeral will be held at St Laurence O'Toole's Church in Dublin
'On sitting him up they saw his lips and face were blue and that liquid was coming out of his mouth.
'As they thought he might have swallowed his tongue, his partner put a finger in his mouth. At this moment, they realised he was dead so they called the emergency services at between 1.15 and 1.30pm.'
Giorgio, who also said he had seen Gately smoke a cannabis joint in the flat, claimed last night he had been invited to the funeral at St Laurence O'Toole Church in Dublin. Louis Walsh, who is missing X Factor this weekend, Sir Elton John and members of Take That are expected to join Gately's parents Margaret and Martin among the mourners.
They have been inundated with messages and condolence cards.
The couple said last night: 'It's been a great deal of comfort through this terrible time. All of your kind throughts and prayers have helped us to get through this horrendous ordeal.'
Last night Dochev, who is in the third year of a psychology degree, told a Bulgarian radio station he was traumatised by the death - and that he knew his attendance in Dublin might prove controversial.
'I don’t know what the people will tell about me going to the burial, because I know there will be some talking — if I’ve been his lover or not.'
'I feel bad, I don’t feel good at all.
'You don’t find a dead man in the house every day . . . Do you understand what I mean?
Happy times: Cowles and Gately after their civil partnership in 2006
'I’m a strong man, the time heals everything, my boyfriend is here and with time passing everything will be healed. Everything will be clear when I do the interview for the British press.'
Dochev is in negotiations to sell his story for upwards of 70,000 euros.
Earlier this week, the Boyzone band members were flanked by security as they discussed the funeral arrangements at the St Laurence O'Toole Church with local police.
Local children cheered as the solemn-looking singers walked from a school adjoining the church before being driven out in the back of a police van.
During the poignant visit to see where Gately's body will be brought during his final journey home, Graham walked about the small churchyard with officers.
His three bandmates stood back, hidden in the darkness of the church doorway.
Friends of Gately have revealed he was a regular user of Class B drug cannabis.
'Yes he did enjoy smoking cannabis quite often but his lifestyle was far from rock and roll,’ said one.
Margaret Gately also revealed yesterday that there was a family history of heart problems.
The family’s lawyer, Gerald Kean, said: ‘There is a heart condition on his dad Martin's side of the family. Stephen would have had no idea he had this condition.
‘As soon as I heard he had died I knew it was a heart problem. It has lifted a huge burden off our family's shoulders,’ he added.
After seeing several family members die of heart problems, Gately's relatives will now undergo checks to see if they have any similar health issues.
Já se fala num segundo concerto dos U2 cá (resta saber se é verdade)... Vou citar o que se diz no fórum português dos U2:
Sexta Out 16, 2009 6:02 pm
Pessoal
Vamos ter calma vai haver bilhetes para todos, até porque já está certo o segundo concerto em Coimbra no dia Outubro 2010 assim como já foi confirmado o segundo concerto na Filandia o que acontece pela primeira vez.
Se não fosse para haver dois concertos em Portugal tinham escolhido um estadio maior ai sim seria só um.
Em Avalade estiveream 60 mil e em coimbra vão estar 45 mil em cada um dos concertos.
Vai haver bilhetes para todos como tem acontecido durante esta Touné com um dois ou mesmo tres concertos seguidos.
Quem se vai tramar são aqueles que estão a comprar bilhetes para depois vender a preços elevados, vão ter que ficar com eles ou então vender a baixo do preço de custo como aconteceu no primeiros concerto em Barcelona em que não houve procura de bilhetes na condonga nem nos leilões , os 180 mil bilhetes deram para toda gente.
Volto a dizer o que disse há pouco, vamos ter novo concerto no dia 3 (fonte da notícia no interior da R&B), nada de stress! Se não for verdade, podem-me expulsar !!
quem se vai tramar são os candongueiros como eu vi em Dublin a 'oferecer' bilhetes a 30€
Sofia, os amarelinhos da planta do Estádio ou os amarelhinhos a 94€...?
Houve uma grande correria às pré-vendas para os registados pagantes no site oficial (entre eles muuuuitos estrangeiros, sobretudo os nuestros hermanos, claro), mas parece que ainda há cerca de 42000 bilhetes à venda amanhã. O problema é que o pessoal já está a acampar nos locais de compra desde ontem... Vai ser bonito, vai... No fórum português contam que nestes 2 dias de pré-vendas o site crashou montes de vezes e que se foi assim apenas com os compradores registados no site oficial, como será amanhã ao público em geral...??? Minha nossa, vou penar, já tou a ver... Não sei se me viro para o Media Markt de Alfragide, se para as Agências Abreu, se me fico pela net... acho que vou ter de chamar reforços para nos desdobrarmos...
Aqui fica a lista completa do nº de bilhetes disponíveis nos vários locais de venda:
Neste momento é a única coisa que posso oferecer para me redimir, eheheheh... Então nestes últimos dias tem sido cá uma nostalgia, minha nossa! Tem sido só ouvir os concertos no carro e no leitor de mp3! Deve ser a ânsia do DVD que nunca mais sai!!!!
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