Boyzone "nearly shelved" new album

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The surviving members of Boyzone have admitted they considered shelving their new album 'Brother' in the wake of Stephen Gately's sudden death last October. Keith Duffy explained:

"We started work on this album over a year ago and Steo played a big part in choosing songs - he was seriously excited about making it.
If people asked us why we didn't release the album and we said, 'It's because Stephen passed away,' he'd be there looking down saying, 'Don't you blame it on me you little f**kers!' He would never have forgiven us."

It must be so tough, I don't know how they'll handle the promotion and endless questions :-(

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