Boyzone’s Keith Duffy, 49, rushed to hospital in Dubai with knee injury but delays surgery just hours ahead of concert with Brian McFadden: ‘The show must go on!’

Keith Duffy has taken to his Instagram Stories to reveal he has been rushed to hospital in Dubai with a knee injury just hours ahead of performing as part of Boyzlife alongside Brian McFadden on Thursday.

The former Boyzone singer, 49, shared a snap of himself bandaged in his hospital bed as he thanked the staff for all their help in getting him back on his feet.

Keith said that after a ‘little patch work’ the ‘show must go on’ and revealed he would delay any surgery until getting home.

He captioned the post: ‘A huge thank you to all the doctors and nurses at Dubai’s mediclinic who helped me back on my feet for tomorrows big show in Dubai’.

‘Surgery on hold till I get home but a little patch work and some pain management and the show must go on’.

Brian and former Westlife singer Brian, 43, formed Boyzlife in 2016 and have released numerous singles as well as touring the world.

After being discharged the duo shared a glimpse of them rehearsing for the show at the massive Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium.

Writing: ‘Soundcheck time at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium. Fine-tuning for a night of great music. Who’s joining us tonight?’.

It comes after Keith said he believes the spirit of his late Boyzone bandmate Stephen Gately joins him onstage as he performs with Brian.

The singer detailed how he ‘feels the presence’ of his former bandmate Stephen, who died from a pulmonary oedema due to an undiagnosed heart condition in 2009 aged 33.

Former Corrie actor Keith also explained how Stephen use to experience ‘spirits’ when he was younger.

Keith told the Daily Star in 2022: ‘Brian and I made a pact when we started every time during our shows we would dedicate part to Stephen.

‘I absolutely feel his presence and we joke about what he would think of us on stage.’

Discussing Stephen’s previous paranormal experiences, Keith said: ‘Stephen would feel spirits – it would upset him, the flat he grew up in he told us how a woman used to sit at the end of his bed, Easter eggs flew off the top of a wardrobe and a hairdryer that wasn’t plugged in went off.’

One Boxing Day, Stephen stayed with Keith over Christmas when the chart topping bandmates went for a dog walk at night.

Keith said: ‘There was a graveyard 1km from my old house and on St Stephen’s Day (Boxing Day) night 14-15 years ago we went out with the dogs.

‘On the way back I saw my neighbour Malachy doing something in his bush but when he turned around it wasn’t him, it was a ghost – and blew over us.’

Stephen passed away at his holiday home in Port D’Andratx, Majorca, on October 10 2009.

His death was later determined to have been caused by a pulmonary oedema resulting from an undiagnosed heart condition.

Stephen’s funeral, held at St Laurence O’Toole Church in Dublin in October 2009, was attended by Boyzone manager Louis Walsh, fellow Irish band Westlife and Elton John’s husband David Furnish.

The group achieved international fame as well as six UK No.1s – including Words, No Matter What, All That Matters To Me and You Needed Me.