Boyzone star Mikey Graham made a welcome return to the stage alongside his fellow bandmates this summer
Boyzone star Mikey Graham didn’t think he would ever return to the stage.
The iconic boyband member had completely retreated from the public eye following Boyzone’s 2019 split, choosing to lead a quite life in rural Ireland. But he made a welcome return to the stage in June 2026, joining his bandmates Ronan Keating, Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy for their farewell shows at London’s Emirates Stadium.
However, the band had become concerned that Mikey wouldn’t show up at all after he failed to attend rehearsals. A new Sky documentary called One For The Road dives into everything that was happening behind the scenes, including Mikey’s anxieties surrounding coming back into the spotlight – and the moment he decided to bite the bullet.
Speaking in the new film, Mikey, 54, explained: “I never thought I was going to get well enough and strong enough to do all of this stuff. There was a time in the last couple of years that it was a massive struggle to just get my foot out of the bed. I was just after finishing a divorce, selling my home of 30 years, and my mother dying, and I was absolutely crippled, emotionally crippled.”
Despite his mental health battles, the celebrated singer was afraid he would regret missing out on the band’s final shows together. “I had to do some soul searching,” he shared. “I asked myself the question, ‘Are you able to live with the regret of not doing this?'”
He ultimately decided to give fans what they had been waiting for. “I thought to myself, ‘Yeah, do it. Do it,'” Mikey said. And it seems he made the right choice as he later revealed that “it felt amazing” to be back on stage.
“To walk away from this with my head held high. I feel healed,” he admitted. Mikey’s fellow bandmates are shown panicking about his absence throughout the new documentary, available to stream on NOW.
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Sky’s synopsis for the film teases: “Following the group’s efforts behind the scenes as they prepare for the final shows of the band’s career, Boyzone: One For The Road will trace the decades of their shared personal history and tension and allow the group to get it out in the open once and for all.
“In a raw and heart-warming final trip down memory lane, the special will explore the lasting bonds of friendship, cementing a legacy, and finding peace and forgiveness.
“Having previously said goodbye to the band in 2019, this time they want to do it on their own terms – and in a way they, and the fans, deserve.”
Boyzone: One for the Road is streaming on NOW.
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