It Was An Accident, Honest!

When keith joined Boyzone on stage at Eurovision for a triumphant version of a brand new tune, Let The Message Run Free, he was nursing a poorly arm. While Keith wanted to keep mum about how he'd managed to mangle himself, Shane was happy to confide in us.

Keith made us promise not to tell our manager Louis the real story, but hey, I can tell TOTP. Basically Keith was mucking around before going on stage in Germany. He was punching a black curtain backstage pretending to be a boxer. He gave it his best right hook - but there was a scaffolding pole behind the curtain. You could hear the crack all over the hall. He tried to laugh it off, and because he could move his fingers, he did the show. He was meant to go to hospital but decided he was fine. The next day, his hand was really swollen and it turned out he'd shattered a bone right in the middle of his hand. Keith being Keith, he took the plaster off after a few days instead of waiting four to six weeks, so it's not healing as well as it should!"