No Matter What FIRST LOOK: Boyzone star Mikey Graham reveals why he swapped pop stardom for a reclusive life in Ireland... while one band-member admits he hasn't spoken to him in FOUR years
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For a time, he had the world at his feet. With six number one UK singles, five number one albums and more than 25 million records sold across the globe, Boyzone were second only to Take That as the boy-band phenomenon told hold in the mid-90s. But for disillusioned founding member Mikey Graham, the band's chart-topping glory days are best left in the past.
![[Graham enjoyed prolonged success with Boyzone throughout the 1990s and early 2000s]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/14/94081553-14283615-Graham_enjoyed_prolonged_success_with_Boyzone_throughout_the_199-a-51_1736866692145.jpg)
In a first look at a forthcoming three-part Sky Documentaries series charting the Irish pop group's creation, breakthrough and commercial success, Graham admits he grew tired of the music industry before walking away for good. Now 52-year old, Graham lives a nomadic existence in his rural Ireland, a life far removed from the glitz, glamour and relentless globetrotting of his youth.
![[Now 52-year old, Graham lives a nomadic existence in his rural Ireland, a life far removed from the glitz, glamour and relentless globetrotting of his youth]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/14/94081831-14283615-image-a-52_1736866699118.jpg)
'I just wanted out,' he admits in a first trailer for No Matter What. 'And get away from that toxic environment.'. Mikey Graham admits he grew tired of the 'toxic environment' in Boyzone while discussing the band in new three-part Sky documentary, No Matter What.
![['I just wanted out,' he admits in a first trailer for No Matter What. 'And get away from that toxic environment']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/15/94082213-14283615-image-a-61_1736867042505.jpg)
Graham enjoyed prolonged success with Boyzone throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. Elsewhere former band-mate Ronan Keating admits he hasn't spoken to Mikey - famously referred to as 'The Quiet One' during his time with Boyzone - in four years. The three-part show, which is set to air on Sky Documentaries and NOW on February 2, gives fans a look at the 'fame, fall outs and tragedy' of the Irish band, who formed in 1993 before splitting seven years later.
![[The new trailer for Boyzone 's upcoming documentary No Matter What shows the band's former manager Louis Walsh 's reaction to Stephen Gately publicly coming out]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/15/94077165-14283615-The_new_trailer_for_Boyzone_s_upcoming_documentary_No_Matter_Wha-a-66_1736867383383.jpg)
