London
(ANI):
Pop
band
Boyzone
got
tangled
up
in
a
brawl
with
band
members
from
Rihanna's
entourage
after
a
six-hour
booze
bender
in
an
Aussie
nightclub.
The
ruckus
was
reportedly
sparked
at
a
pub
Down
Under
after
one
of
the
Irish
lads
chatted
up
a
girlfriend
of
one
member
from
the
Umbrella
singer's
band.
Apparently
the
boyfriend
'took
offence'
and
'all
hell
broke
loose'.
"Her
boyfriend
took
offence
and
all
hell
broke
loose
with
fists
flying
everywhere," The
Mirror
quoted
a
source
as
saying.
The
source
said:
"The
boys
held
their
own
despite
being
unsteady
on
their
feet.
Security
came
to
break
it
all
up.
They
got
a
stern
talking
to."
Later,
Boyzone's
Stephen
Gately
joked:
"Well,
we
did
get
into
a
fight
certainly
more
than
a
difference
of
opinion.
We
are
keeping
up
that
fine
image
of
the
Irish
and
too
much
booze.
It
was
over
a
girlfriend
of
one
of
Rihanna's
band
members.
We
just
wanted
to
chat
and
be
friendly
and
this
guy
tries
to
rough
us
up.
It
was
his
girl
and
then
all
the
other
guys
from
the
band
start
getting
fresh
with
us,
so
it
was
on
there
and
then."
Gately
revealed
that
before
the
brawl,
he,
along
with
other
Boyzone
stars
Ronan
Keating,
Shane
Lynch
and
Keith
Duffy,
went
boozing
with
Kerry
Katona's
ex-husband
and
former
Westlife
singer
Brian
McFadden,
who
lives
in
Sydney.
Shane
Lynch
said
that
they
'hadn't
slept
for
two
weeks'
due
to
partying
hard.