Irish singer Shane Lynch didn't hesitate when he was asked to strip for the new Boyzone video - because he saw the saucy scenes as a chance to mess with the band's clean-cut image.
In the promo for Love Is a Hurricane, Lynch shed his clothes, and he admits it was a deliberate ploy to move Boyzone in a new direction.
He tells Britain's Live From Studio Five, "I actually suggested it. Me and the boys have always done tame videos and I said to the lads one day, 'We need to get naked!'
"The album we've released is a different step forward for us boys, it is an obvious transformation musically. The video was a visual transformation. I just said, 'Let's push the boat out and do things differently.'"
In other Boyzone related news star Ronan Keating has missed out on a race to Venice, Italy from London in a classic Jaguar sportscar - because the owner wouldn't let him get behind the wheel.
The Irish singer helped launch a car versus train race across Europe on Thursday morning (29Apr10) - between a 1956 Grand Prix Jaguar D-type and the Orient Express.
Keating had to settle for a seat aboard the Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express train, which is favored to win the race to Italy, after he was told driving the car would not be an option.
Before the train left Victoria Station, the singer said, "I asked (to drive it) but they wouldn't let me."
The car's owner, Jonathan Turner, will share the responsibility of getting the car to Venice ahead of the train with Octane magazine editor Robert Coucher, who organized the race.
Both the train and the classic car are expected to arrive at their destination on Friday evening (30Apr10).
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