Liam Bradley - Drums and backing vocals
James McNally - Piano, accordion and whistle
Paul Turner - Bass guitar
Steve Jones - Guitars and backing vocals
Kieran Kiely -Keyboards and accordion
Janet Ramus - Backing vocals
Jo Bryant - Backing vocals
Ronan's own comments about his band:
They're the best band I've ever worked with. They're an amazing band. They're real, real musicians - they're fantastic. It's a pleasure to work with them. Calum comes from the McColl family - A very famous musical family. He's my musical director and a brilliant musician who plays guitar in the band. His father wrote "The first time ever I saw your face", which is one of the most beautiful love songs ever. Brother to Kirsty McColl, Lord rest her, who died last year. It was great to find him. I'd met him many, many times working with different bands on the circuit, we got to know each other and became good friends. I admired his work, and I wanted him to come on tour with me. It's great to have him on board.
Right behind him is Steve Jones - Jonesy - who likes watching snooker, we found out on this tour, which we can't figure out really! Can speak Japanese fluently. He's about 6 foot odd, he's huge. You can't miss him! And he's a great guy, solid as a rock, comes from Ireland.
Kieran Kiely, standing beside Steve Jones, is on keyboards, accordian, also plays tin whistle. Kieran - another Irishman - played with the Pogues, has done some stuff with Wyclef Jean. You know, a very talented musician again. Great Guy. Would also be playing a lot of the strings and stuff through the keyboards, so the beautiful strings you hear on "Once Upon a Lifetime" and all those songs, they all come from Kieran.
To his right, we have Liam Bradley on the drums. Liam I know very well, another Irishman. Solid as a rock, a real genuine person, you know, a good person. If I could put anyone on "Who wants to be a Millionaire, it would be Liam Bradley. I've never met anyone who knows so much about everything. It's unbelievable.
James McNally, who plays keyboards, tin whistle, bodhran and accordian. James is part of the Afro-celts, a very famous musical group. He's wild, James is the real wildman of the band! Quirky, you know, mad as a brush! But again, real top bloke, fantastic musician. To watch any of these guys play is unbelievable you know. You work with some people and they have to hit a transpose button to make the key change, but these guys, just by hitting a different set of notes, it's amazing, to work with these people, it's a dream.
Then to his right is Paul Turner. Paul I've known for years, he played with Boyzone years ago. He's on base. Solid guy, mad as a brush. Game for a laugh. Always on for a laugh! You can always hear him laughing before you see him - that's Paul Turner, a good geezer.
And finally the two girls at the front, Janet and Jo, who worked with George Michael. They're inseparable the two of them. That's why I say "Janet and Jo", because the two of them are like Ming and Ping, you know. Two fantastic vocalists, you know, really an inspiration to work with them. When you stand back and listen to them sing, the power in their voices. You know, they're great people, a good laugh. You know, they know what's going on. They're clued in, good vibey people, you know, great to be around. And again, like I said, great musicians.
