Boyzone to wow Jakarta on A Different Beat Tour

JAKARTA (JP): Boyzone makes a second stop here next month on their A Different Beat Asian Tour 1997.

The performance, coming off visits to India and Singapore and a visit here in January, will be held at Bengkel Night Park on Sept. 9. Ticket prices will be announced later this month.

One of the crop of boy groups to emerge in the last few years, Boyzone's hits began with Love Me For A Reason, followed by Father and Son and Key To My Life.

Java Musikindo, the sponsor of Boyzone's performance in Indonesia, said the upcoming concert would mainly attract young adults.

The group is also performing in Surabaya on Sept. 12 at Gedung Go Skate. Tickets for Surabaya will be around Rp 22,000.

Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, Keith Duffy, Michael Graham and Shane Lynch became a group when they beat out 300 competitors in a Polygram audition in Ireland.

Said and Done was released a year later. Nearly 1.5 million copies were sold worldwide, with approximately 50,000 of these in Indonesia.

Their second album, A Different Beat, includes a reprise of the popular Bee Gees tune Words. The song has performed well on the U.K. charts.