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The singer, who scored three solo number one singles, claimed he always intended to reunite with his bandmates, but he didn't realise how "crazy" his life would become away from the group.
He told Hello!: "A lot of people felt I was the reason Boyzone broke up. But it was the five of us that decided Boyzone was taking a break. Yes, I led the break-up, but I fully intended to come back; we all did.
"And then my career took off. I wasn't expecting it to be like that. It went crazy for me and it was an amazing time - I was riding the crest of a wave and I couldn't drop it."
Keating reunited with Stephen Gately, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy to perform a medley of hits on Children In Need last year.
The reformed boyband will tour the UK this summer.
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