Ronan Keating was told he couldn t sing

London March 27 (IANS) Singer Ronan Keating was initially told by a producer that he couldn t sing and he was nearly dropped from Irish group Boyzone.

The When you say nothing at all hitmaker who has enjoyed huge success with Boyzone and as a solo artist worked hard to prove the producer was wrong reports femalefirst.co.uk.

My music career started with getting cigarettes and bottles of beer thrown at us... A producer kept saying The blonde one can t sing - get rid of him and I knew I could be dropped in a heartbeat. I had to prove them wrong Keating told The Sunday Times magazine.

Keating now wants to try his luck in acting.

I m genuinely excited about it. It s been an issue I ve had for most of my career. When you re in a boy band you re fitting the mould that people want you to be. I spent years foolishly trying to prove myself trying to make everybody happy. I should have concentrated on the people that mattered to me.

It s a career I ve been trying to do for years and years and years. I ve been trying for almost as long as the other career he added.

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