The 48-year-old discussed Boyzone’s upcoming concerts in June, during which the full band will reunite for two nights at London’s Emirates stadium, the first time since their five-night run at the London Palladium in 2019.
Speaking on BBC radio show Tracks Of My Years, Keating said the band do not want to tour again, and described the two shows as a way for them to say goodbye, adding: “This is it.”
Formed in Dublin in 1993, the group was made up of Keating, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch, Mikey Graham and Stephen Gately, who died in 2009. They went on to secure six UK number one singles and five UK number one albums.
The group first broke up in 2000, with members going on to pursue solo careers, before reuniting in 2007.
The upcoming one-off shows, called Two For The Road, will follow on from their 2019 farewell tour, Thank You And Goodnight.
Keating said: “It’s our way of writing the final chapter, saying goodbye.
“It’s a farewell tour. There’s no new music. We’re not getting the band back together again. We’re not touring across the world.
“There are offers coming in left, right and centre to go to Asia, to go into Europe. It’s a blanket ‘no’.”
He said the band “feel very similar” about the fact they do not want to go on tour, calling it a “difficult environment”.
He said: “It would be incredibly unhealthy for us to do it. We would take a massive step backwards in our lives. And to come away from that then, there would be a lot of work on rebuilding ourselves individually to the strong people that we feel we are now.
Ronan Keating said the two London shows will give Boyzone the chance to say goodbye to their fans
“We all have our own lives and careers away from the band, but we can come back for that week.
“It will be spectacular. We’ll put on all the fireworks and make it magic. And there’ll be tears, but we’ll go out on a high and that will be our final chapter written.”
The Dubliner also reflected on the group’s previous farewell tour, calling it a “toxic environment”. He spoke about how the band had a “huge blow-up” on the Tokyo leg of the tour, and got different planes home.
Keating said: “We met up a week later in London to do the Palladium, the five nights that we did, the final shows, or as we thought were the final shows. And we all had different dressing rooms for the first time in our careers.”
Speaking about the upcoming reunion, he said: “It’s kind of nice that we’re coming back to do this.”
Last February, the band reunited to promote their documentary series, Boyzone: No Matter What, which explored the height of their fame, the issues they dealt with as their success grew and their break-up.
Last week, the group came together for the BBC One special, Ronan and Friends: A New Year’s Eve Party.
Boyzone’s reunion shows, Two For The Road: Live At Emirates Stadium, will take place on June 5 and June 6.
Vernon Kay’s show, ‘Tracks Of My Years’, is broadcast on BBC Radio 2, Monday to Friday, from 9.30am to 12pm