The eagerly awaited new release of Ronan Keating's new album is set to hit the shops on Monday the 16th of November. The album called 'Winter songs' is expected to be a huge success.

Ronan has been working on this solo project for some time. His last project was with Boyzone earlier this year called 'songs for my mother'. Its the first album he has released since the tragic death of Boyzone band member Stephen Gately.

The Boyzone star has worked on several solo projects over the years. His new album contains backing vocals from Stephen Gately who sadly passed away last month.

After the death of Stephen Gately, as a mark of respect Ronan postponed all promotion of his new album, obviously Ronan took the death of the fellow band member as a huge blow.

Ronan Keating has been in the music scene for 13 years now, he has sold over 20 million records and has released 9 albums. He has also made appearances in the Guinness Book of Records.

He is expected to be touring in 2010 and many dates have been released. However it is relatively unknown when he will be back performing with Boyzone at the moment. Although there have been talks of Boyzone appearing on X-Factor - It's been said that it would be a fitting tribute to Stephen Gately's death.

 Ronan Keating fan Melanie Roberts from lancashire is excited about the latest news too.