It was only recently that we were telling you about Ronan Keating's comments about a potential Westlife/Boyzone supergroup at some point in the near future.

Well, it seems that Keith Duffy and Brian McFadden have stolen his thunder and plan to form a new duo themselves, after discussing it at Keating's wedding last year. They're calling it 'Boyzlife', and are going on a UK tour in October.

"We all had a chat, the lads," McFadden told The Sun. "We said it would be amazing. Not even just performing together, but can you imagine the craic? Nine of us Irish lads on a tour bus together, going round the world together."

Yes, we can imagine the craic, all right.

He added: "We could end up adding more people to the next one. Right now this is about me and Keith but the door is always open.”

Duffy, meanwhile, said: "It might end up on TV and we’ll record a documentary of it. We might end up writing some songs together. There’s no limit to this. We’re going out there with our ears and eyes open."

While several of Boyzone would be at a loose end (i.e. Mikey Graham and Shane Lynch), it's unlikely that Keating would join them anytime soon, as he is currently a mentor on the Australian version of The Voice. Shane Filan and Markus Feehily both have solo careers bubbling under, Kian Egan is on The Voice of Ireland and Nicky Byrne is representing Ireland in the Eurovision this year, as well as presenting his own 2FM show.

Having released a comeback single last year, 'Call On Me Brother', McFadden was gearing up for a new album release this year - but it's not clear whether that has now been put on hold.

Their 12-date UK tour kicks off in London in October, although it has not been announced whether they will also play in Ireland. 

In the meantime, let's cast our minds back to the last pop duo that Duffy was a part of:

Update: Keith Duffy just tweeted out the first slew of dates and pre-sale codes.