2000

Neil and Chris are in the studio working on ‘Positive Role Model.’

2006

The Fundamental Tour comes to Miami Beach.

2009

Still in Buenos Aires following their concert the night before, Chris and Neil watch television coverage of the funeral of former Boyzone singer Stephen Gately. On their official website they write, ‘We got to know him a few years ago and he was always such fun to be around. A very sweet guy gone far too soon.’ Later the Boys fly to Lima, Peru, where fans greet them at the airport. They are then driven directly to a TV studio for a live evening appearance on El Show de los Sueños (‘The Show of Dreams’). They perform two songs—‘Love etc.’ and ‘Always on My Mind’—and are interviewed by host Gisela Valcárcel.

2011

They work all day in the studio on the song ‘Odd Man Out.’

2012

Neil and Chris make a live appearance at the Rough Trade East record store in London to sign copies of an exclusive seven-inch vinyl single of ‘Leaving’ as well as copies of their most recent album Elysium.

2015

Neil and Chris attend Cliff Richard’s concert this evening at London’s Royal Albert Hall. They share a box-seating section with Chris’s mother and sister.

The girl’s perfection
inspires affection
It’s queer
that here
he can’t cast his spell
in her direction
Somewhere near
One senses fear
Casanova in Hell

The girl is naked
The boy is naked
He hides
inside
a secret chamber
There to gape
through a velvet drape
and dream of rape
Casanova in Hell

Her sharp suggestion
he couldn’t get an erection
came as a shock
He finds himself
a laughing stock
His ageing fate
to contemplate
Casanova in Hell

Back in the library
his revenge is his story
What he will write
will recall the bite
of his wit
and legendary appetite
The sybarite
Casanova is well

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