BOYZONE LED US ASTRAY Gary tells of boozy night in Paris
album called Odyssey, which will include three new tracks.
The lads admit that they have become bigger divas with age.
Gary said: “I like a scented candle in my room. I do like (Paris-based luxury candle maker) Diptyque.”
Mark, 46, added: “Now we have our own dressing rooms but before we were all together.”
Pre-gig warm-ups nowadays include meditation – and Mark said they are going to bring back their famous ice baths.
But despite selling more than 50mil- lion records and touring the world, Take That have never performed at Glastonbury. With Kylie now on the bill, are they keen to play Pyramid Stage? Mark said: “It’s something I’d love for us to do as a band. I love that festival.” He also told of how the past 12 months have been a “reflective” time as the band put their new greatest hits record together. He said: “When we first sat down and listened to the record I was like ‘Wow, look what we’ve achieved’. Now it is exciting for us doing this tour.”
And Gary insisted the best showbiz event of their career was their first MTV Awards bash in Berlin.
He said: “George Michael, Prince, all the supermodels were there in George Michael’s room.
“Naomi Campbell, Tom Jones, it was an absolute wall of fame and then us.”
Boyzone have told how they turned to drink after founder member Stephen Gateley died in 2009, aged 33.
Ronan, 41, has said of their gigs after Stephen’s death: “It’s the worst tour we’ve ever done. Alcohol stayed with us for quite some time even after the tour. It became a habit.”