You Should Know This. But I Bet You Don't...

I know it's annoying when you get bombarded with charity causes, awareness campaigns, causes etc etc etc. This month is Prostate Cancer Awareness month. And the sad fact is that you only ever really get involved or take notice of a campaign until it affects you directly. I had no idea about Prostate Cancer and how common it was until my Dad was diagnosed with it. Not enough is done to recognise this!!

PROSTATE CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON CANCER IN MEN

Did you know that?

My Dad lost his battle to this hideous disease 2 years ago. I don't need to go into details about the illness. To be honest, what I'd rather do is talk about how awesome my Dad was!! And the fact is-he was one of lifes true gents, a legend. And everyone says that about their Dad, but seriously....my Dad was a Pilot! Not just a commercial pilot and well respected intructor....but an aerobatics pilot!!!! That is cool....plus he used to look like this...What a stud....

My Dad was super healthy-didn't drink, smoke etc and this happened to him. It still shocks me and I miss him everyday. Breast cancer and so many other cancers have got the coverage they deserve....lets do the same for Prostate Cancer.

http://www.prostate-cancer.org.uk/

Amy
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Backstage with a Hungover Ronan...

We met up with da lovely Ronan Keating last week! Boyzone are currently on their world tour and playing in Nottingham so headed to their hotel to have a chat. When we turned up I was amazed to see at least 10 women waiting patiently outside the hotel. Not teenage girls...grown women...still desperate to catch a glimpse of the boys or just an autograph! The receptionist informed us they'd been there since 4am in the morning?! It was now mid-day. Wow. All I could think was...'don't they have jobs?!' That is serious fan commitment!

When Ronan walked into the room, initially he was wearing black shades and I initally thought 'alright Diva, here comes Bono', however when he removed them I could see exactly why he had been wearing them. Ronan was looking pretty rough! It was his birthday the night before, and he'd gone to bed about 4 hours ago...he'd had about an hours sleep!! The Boyzone boys had had one big Irish booze up, good effort. Not quite the rock n roll behaviour you'd expect, I was impressed! If only the girls waiting outside would've known they were all still up partying at that time when they were outside shivering in the cold...

Despite being incredibly hungover, he was very sharp and a really interesting guy and just lovely! He's just recorded an album with none other than legendary crooner Burt Bacharach, how random! Had some great stories from the World famous Capital Studios in LA...Burt's in his 80's now and still on fire apparantly! He also revealed he's turning his hand to acting next month although this isn't the first time he's tried. He revealed he was second in line to play Christian in Moulin Rouge! He, of course, missed out to Ewan McGregor. Thats pretty impressive! Well..it is my favourite film...

I'd noticed on his Twitter that he was a fan of the Eddie Stobart trucks...so as it was his birthday, we bought him a minature Eddie Stobart truck which he seemed very happy with!! Who wouldn't be?! We only buy the best gifts.... Listen to the full un-edited-drinking tea between takes-interview below!

Ronans Birthday Gift.....

To hear the full interview click here......

http://www.gem106.co.uk/shownews/sam-and-amy-speak-to-ronan-keating/