Boyzone tattoo tribute to Gately

CountingCrows · 16-10-2009 02:53PM #1

Boyzone tattoo tribute to Gately

http://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/boyzone-tattoo-tribute-to-gately-430473.html

Wonder what image they'll use?

jebuz · 16-10-2009 02:55PM

tat'll-too with the Gately threads now

16-10-2009 02:58PM

Stephen Gately sticky?

Max Power1 · 16-10-2009 03:05PM

rarnes1 wrote: »

Stephen Gately sticky?

probably is tbh

donmeister · 16-10-2009 03:11PM

Fair play to them!

General Zod · 16-10-2009 03:15PM

Watch out for the Boyzone Christmas single. And a new album from Ronan.

My name is URL · 16-10-2009 03:20PM

Pity the ones still alive are absolute twats

humanji · 16-10-2009 03:38PM

When I want to remember something I use my memory. It saves me a fortune on tattoos.

phantom_lord · 16-10-2009 03:54PM

what a bunch of ****tards.

Gone Drinking · 16-10-2009 03:55PM

A bunch of knobs.. is what the tattoo will be id say.

CountingCrows · 16-10-2009 03:56PM

humanji wrote: »

When I want to remember something I use my memory. It saves me a fortune on tattoos.

With an attitude like that you won't sell many records. Everything has to be made public to cash in...

CountingCrows · 16-10-2009 03:57PM

Gone Drinking wrote: »

A bunch of knobs

:eek:

Ballerina · 16-10-2009 03:57PM

The tatoo is visible in that picture in the link although its a little small to make out the tatoos.

They are "76 09" indicating the year of Gatelys birth and death

Im not into tatoos but meh

walshb · 16-10-2009 03:57PM

I was going to post this on the Gately rememberance thread but thought I 'd get lambasted for it, but the lads from Boyzone will try to get as much mileage and publicity from this death as they can, wait and see!

mikom · 16-10-2009 04:00PM

Altogether now.....

I had a picture of you on my arm
Never knew it could be so wrong
Why'd it take me so long just to find
The friend that was there all along

Morlar · 16-10-2009 04:04PM

General Zod wrote: »

Watch out for the Boyzone Christmas single. And a new album from Ronan.

So long as it's not the PG version of fairytale of new york.

NabyLadistheman · 16-10-2009 04:10PM

They must have gone on the piss in Santa Ponsa & decided to got spur of the moment tatts. Only explanation

FlutterinBantam · 16-10-2009 06:43PM

walshb wrote: »

I was going to post this on the Gately rememberance thread but thought I 'd get lambasted for it, but the lads from Boyzone will try to get as much mileage and publicity from this death as they can, wait and see!

Spot on B, from the word go the sad event seems to be milked for all it was worth.I'd say a certain Mayo man went into overdrive.

Make no mistake there is a very well organised and well thought out PR campaign in motion to maximise the return from this sad event.

Well spotted, I spotted it as well from the get go.

dr.bollocko · 16-10-2009 06:51PM

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Spot on B, from the word go the sad event seems to be milked for all it was worth.I'd say a certain Mayo man went into overdrive.

Make no mistake there is a very well organised and well thought out PR campaign in motion to maximise the return from this sad event.

Well spotted, I spotted it as well from the get go.

The Jackson family went a similar way. It's pretty pathetic to milk the publicity on somebody's death. I reckon their earnings will soar as a result of this. They certainly seem to be trying to make sure that that happens.

ScumLord · 16-10-2009 07:09PM

walshb wrote: »

I was going to post this on the Gately rememberance thread but thought I 'd get lambasted for it, but the lads from Boyzone will try to get as much mileage and publicity from this death as they can, wait and see!

I thought it was strange they went to collect the body. The only reason for it as I can was for the press conference. They're using his death for publicity.

wudangclan · 16-10-2009 07:13PM

maybe.
maybe they really are close friends.
and maybe he's deserving of a good showbiz send-off (including inherent publicity).

MarkR · 16-10-2009 07:14PM

Depends on how close they are. If a friend of mine died abroad, and I felt I could help, I would do all I could do to help the family.

Unless it was somewhere cold. Or wet. I've enough of that here.

Basically, if a mate dies on a nudie beach somewhere, i'm there.

walshb · 16-10-2009 07:26PM

ScumLord wrote: »

I thought it was strange they went to collect the body. The only reason for it as I can was for the press conference. They're using his death for publicity.

For the record, all the guys I am pretty sure are upset a lot and will miss
Stephen very much. Ronan and Keith and Mikey seem really decent and genuine and likable lads. I'm not all that taken by Lynch. He comes across as a complete tosser.

There is just somethin' tellin' me that this will be milked for all it's worth. I have to say, what the hell did they look like when they flew to Spain? I mean, c'mon, one of their close mates had died, and they were dressed appalingly. Complete posers, but not really right considering the situation. The bowler hats, shades and all that crap.

Anyway, watch this space, you will be seeing more and more of Boyzone and you can bet the gigs and appearnces will be fast and furious for many months
to come.

stovelid · 16-10-2009 07:30PM

They're only tats
but that's not all we have
to continue making hay

Louis is on the case
cause a month is all we have
to sort out a pay day

Get cracking on the words
and a Christmas song we'll have
only 9 weeks away

ScumLord · 16-10-2009 07:44PM

MarkR wrote: »

Depends on how close they are. If a friend of mine died abroad, and I felt I could help, I would do all I could do to help the family.

That's fair enough anyone would but what help could the family really need? Are the rest of boyzone going to lift the coffin into the plane? No, there's people that do that, I'm sure the only reason that the family may have to go to collect the body would be to sign off on it and I'm not even sure they'd have to do that.

It just doesn't seem to make any sense that they'd go over there and do a press conference. All their doing is attracting the press down on the family while they're there to collect their dead relative. Maybe they where there as a diversion for the press?

Jesus Wept · 16-10-2009 08:04PM

tats?
boyzone are so edgy these days

I

IT!

Venom · 16-10-2009 09:06PM

The band members really do seem to be milking Gately's death for all its worth with the flying over to where the guy died, staying with the coffin all night in the church and now tattoos.

You can buy publicity its seems but you can never buy class.

phasers · 16-10-2009 09:10PM

I heard they got his face on their arms

Jesus Wept · 16-10-2009 11:51PM

Venom wrote: »

The band members really do seem to be milking Gately's death for all its worth with the flying over to where the guy died, staying with the coffin all night in the church and now tattoos.

You can buy publicity its seems but you can never buy class.

Quite unfair I think.
Whether or not they are 'milking it' is far too hard for any of us to tell imo and I'd be inclined to give them a large dollop of the benefit of the doubt - one of their best friends has died suddenly and surprisingly, a friend they spent many years with in close quarters, together experiencing something quite unusual.

The instant tats are bit cringy though.

Clare Bear · 17-10-2009 12:14AM

They spent 16 years with the guy, they shared memories none of us could dream of, they were, as they said, like brothers. They're staying overnight with his body in the church tonight to have one last night together as the five of them. And you think they're milking it for all it's worth? Their best friend has died, I'm sure everything they are doing is for the right reason. Why do some people have to always think the worst of others?

citizen_p · 17-10-2009 12:37AM

bit odd that no one on the news etc has talked to his family instead of boyzone or louis walsh

Boyzone tattoo tribute to Gately

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