Ronan & Yusuf Hug It Out...

We love a bit of openly affectionate and unabashed man love here at ShowBiz.ie - so we were definitely in the right place the other night when Ronan Keating joined Yusuf 'Cat Stevens' Islam on stage in the O2 Arena. Hug it out boys, hug it out...

Yusuf Islam & Ronan Keating

It'shh notshh time to make a change, jushh relaxshh, take itshh easy... Yup. You guessed it folks, our Ro jumped on stage this week at The O2 and duetted his wee hole off with Yusuf Islam on a rendition of that saccharine infused classic Father & Son...

Yusuf Islam & Ronan Keating

And sure why not? Poor aul Ronan hasn't had a wink's sleep since his bandmate Stephen Gately tragically passed away recently so we hope getting to sing in public for the first time since Stevo's death with his idol, the former Cat Stevens, constituted as an open therapy session. Hopefully our Ronan caught a few zeds after the Dublin performance.

Yusuf Islam & Ronan Keating

For the first time in 33 years Yusuf performed properly on stage at The O2 last Sunday and honoured the Boyzone singer with the Father & Son duet... All you geezers in the know will know that the Boyz had a hit with a cover of that tune back in 1995. Poignant or what? Not a dry eye in the house.

Yusuf Islam & Ronan Keating

But all did not go swimmingly for poor Yusuf at The O2 folks. The renowned singer debuted his 'Moonshadow' musical during the sold-out stage show, much to the dismay of a small portion of the crowd only interested in hearing his classic hits... Apparently much booing and walk-outs ensued during his surprise ten-strong cast production add-on. Gas. You can't please all of the people all of the time.

Yusuf Islam's Musical Performers

So there you have it folks - Cat Stevens, Ronan Keating, surprise musical theatre, and mass walkouts... All in a night's entertainment. Where would ya get it?

Yusuf Islam