Boyzone isn't competing with One Direction

Los Angeles: Boyzone band members insist there is no rivalry between them and One Direction members because their music is “more grown-up” than the latter. The Irish boyband, who first rose to fame in 1993, claim they aren’t worried about the “Story of My Life” hitmakers, One Direction, stealing their fan base. [caption id=“attachment_1389695” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Courtesy: Facebook[/caption] “One Direction are 20 years younger than we are and I hope they’re still around in 20 years time, but our fans are very different to theirs. Boyzone have an incredible fan base, which is built on a foundation, a solid rock,” contactmusic.com quoted Shane Lynch of Boyzone as saying. The 37-year-old, who is part of Boyzone with Keith Duffy, 39, Mikey Graham, 41, and Ronan Keating, 36, added: “We don’t compete with any of those youngsters anymore for number ones.” " We’re a bunch of 40-year-old men and that’s reflected in our music. It’s more grown-up now and on our new album we have a sound we are proud of that reflects where we are today.” IANS