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Boyzone in drunken scrap with Rihanna

Posted Wed 12 Nov 2008 4:57PM GMT by Mitch Carter in The Guestlist

Recently reformed Irish pop band Boyzone have reportedly been involved in a fight with members from Rihanna's entourage after a boozy evening in an Australian nightclub.

The fight allegedly took place after one of lads chatted up a girlfriend of one of the members of Rihanna's band. A witness told the Daily Mirror:

"Her boyfriend took offence and all hell broke loose with fists flying everywhere

"The boys held their own despite being unsteady on their feet. Security came to break it all up. They got a stern talking to."

Later in the evening Boyzone's Stephen Gately admitted: "Well, we did get into a fight - certainly more than a difference of opinion. We are
keeping up that fine image of the Irish and too much booze.

"It was over a girlfriend of one of Rihanna's band members. We just wanted to chat and be friendly and this guy tries to rough us up.

"It was his girl and then all the other guys from the band start getting fresh with us - so it was on there and then."

Shane Lynch also admitted he "hadn't slept for two weeks".

Aside from a sting of hits in the late 1990s, Boyzone are also famous for an embarrassing clip of their very first TV appearance back in 1993.

Watch the clip below and let us know what you think of the Irish crooners.

143 Comments

21. taff -
If they were crap, as they always are, I might have had a go at them. And I am 76

22. meyer -
talentless joke...

23. john -
hmm strange... i ctualy like boyzone now lol

24. christina -
just so happens they have a record coming out...did someone say publicity stunt???...oh yeah actully ...I DID

25. Patricia -
Ha ha... I remember that! Soooo funny! It's priceless!!!

26. Sean -
Isnt it a wonder

27. DAVID -
Rihanna who? She should teach her groupies some people skills - its not all about power and violence!

28. Royston -
I don't think I've ever read quite such an obvious piece of PR invention.

Wake up people, all this stuff is just marketing.

29. dirk -
PS..And as for them being being hard..the only one who could do you any damage would be steven gately...if you turned your back on him and bent over that is

30. Sue -
who taught the boys 2 dance lol cool! nottttttttt

31. Yahoo! Music User -
Shouldn't the heading read, Boyzone is drunken crap?

32. Yahoo! Music User -
Go Irish - finger up to Rhianna - stupid rep of misogyny and yet another bad role model for little girls - eating body-image disorder anyone??

33. paul e -
dirkmadden,how very warm and friendly of you!!you possibly need to ease up on the caffeine mate.

34. joyce -
That is so funny !!
Sorry to read they were in a fight,- not good.

35. Yahoo! Music User -
I hadn't seen that before and probably because im not old enough to remember it lol. But im very ill at the moment and that has made me really laugh. Thanks for posting it! And as for the drunken scarp, It must be the luck of the Irish!

36. margaret -
Talentless then and talentless now. Anyone can throw a fist. Not clever, plain stupid. Booze makes idiots of everyone

37. donna -
Wind your neck in, just cos you are Irish does not make you hard. Also these boys say they are role models to young kids and they are doing that. They should be ashamed.

38. Yahoo! Music User -
boyzone suck and their dancing hasn't improved since then

39. Yahoo! Music User -
"It's hard to believe they were so lame."

not at all.

40. Yahoo! Music User -
Wish I could have seen that fight all of them mincing about.
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