Ronan Keating’s performance at the 2024 Melbourne Cup was brutally shut down by disappointed Australian fans.
The Boyzone singer, 47, took to the stage at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday to perform alongside singer Ricki-Lee Coulter ahead of the big Melbourne Cup race.
He released his hit When You Say Nothing At All before New Zealander-Australian star Ricki-Lee, 38, joined him to sing Lovin’ Each Day.
However, fans watching from home branded the performance ‘desperate’ and took to social media to share their disappointing reactions to Ronan’s performance.
‘How desperate is it that the #MelbourneCup2024 brings in Ronan Keating, there was no one else available?’ one person wrote to X – formerly known as Twitter.
‘When an Irishman apologizes to Melbourne because Ronan Keating makes random noises. You can keep him. We really don’t want him back,” wrote another.
“Ronan Keating is so random entertainment,” another added.
However, others seemed to enjoy the performance as they defended him on social media.
Ronan Keating’s performance at the 2024 Melbourne Cup was brutally shut down by disappointed Australian fans
The Boyzone singer, 47, took to the stage at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday to perform alongside singer Ricki-Lee Coulter ahead of the big Melbourne Cup race
“Great performance from Ronan Keating and @TheRickiLee,” one gushed.
Ronan will take the stage for a second time at the VRC Crown Oaks Club Lunch on November 6 and again as part of the Crown Oaks Day festivities on November 7.
Ronan’s appearance at the Melbourne Cup comes after he confirmed he has moved to Australia with his family.
The Irish singer said he and his Australian TV producer wife Storm have moved to Sydney with their children Cooper, seven, and Coco, four.
“We are mainly in Sydney and we will be here until next year,” he told 9News.
“We’ve reevaluated life a bit and the plan is to spend more time here in Australia and around family, we love being here.”
The couple – who married in 2015 after meeting while the former Boyzone star was a judge on The X Factor in 2011 – wanted to give their children an ‘Aussie lifestyle’.
However, fans watching from home called the performance ‘desperate’ and took to social media to share their disappointing reactions to Ronan’s performance.
Ronan’s appearance at the Melbourne Cup comes after he confirmed he has moved to Australia with his family (pictured with wife Storm)
The Irish singer said he and his Australian TV producer wife Storm have moved to Sydney with their children Cooper, seven, and Coco, four
Storm is from Australia and grew up on a cattle station in Far North Queensland before moving to Los Angeles where she interned at HBO.
“Storm and I generally enjoy being in Australia first-hand, but being here this week and especially in Melbourne and at the Melbourne Cup,” he said.
‘It is very special, the efforts that everyone makes and the pure beauty of this place. It’s really beautiful.’
Ronan also shares three adult children – Jack, 25, Missy, 23, and Ali, 18 – with his ex-wife Yvonne Connolly, to whom he was married for 12 years.