2010-03-17 13:39:03 -

Irish boyband BOYZONE have vowed to toast their tragic bandmate STEPHEN G ATELY this St. Patrick's Day (17Mar10), on what would have been his 34th birthday.
The No Matter What hitmakers, who are top of the U.K. album charts with their

new record Brother, admit celebrating Ireland's annual holiday wil l be "bittersweet" without Gately, who died in October (09), as his birth day always coincided with the day.
But they will pay tribute to their late pal by raising a toast to his m emory.
Ronan Keating tells Britain's Daily Star, "It will be a difficult day f or us as it's bittersweet. Steo would have been so, so happy about the su ccess of the album because he was truly excited about making it.
"He'll be smiling wherever he is and we'll be having a birthday drink o f Guinness for him today."