Boyzone plan Gately tribute album

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The group said Gately was "so excited" about making the album and the remaining four band members will take comfort in being together as they complete it.

During their first interview as a "four piece", Ronan Keating told Sky News: "When we're together we feel Stephen's here, so as much as possible we feel the four of us want to be together.

"We just want to really get our teeth into this album, get moving on it and get it made."

Gately died of natural causes due to a pulmonary oedema on October 10 at his holiday home on the island of Majorca. The remaining band members - Keating, Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham and Shane Lynch - have decided to continue in his memory but say it will not be easy.

"We have decided that what we do now is we're going to make the next album for Stephen," said Keating. "We want to stick together because we find comfort in being together at the moment."

Keating added: "We have a couple of songs with Stephen's vocal on it so that's a saving grace. Thank God we have that, that's very important to all of us and we know the fans would really appreciate that too."

Keating said the band hoped to "keep his memory alive when the four of us perform, if we can do that. We don't know that we can but we'll try."

Lynch said the band had been given a number of tracks to consider for the album and said Gately was "so excited with the different songs".

"He loved being an entertainer. He loved this industry. That's what he was born to do and the fact that Boyzone were coming together for an album was just his world, it really was his world," he said.