nu westlife is gestopt - wie van WL blijf jij volgen
westlife forever
23-11-2013
1 ex westlife - brain mcfadden
brain 12 april een ram dus ..
de Ram is een energiek en geïnspireerd persoon, een initiatiefnemer die risico's niet uit de weg gaat. Omdat hij onafhankelijk is ingesteld, heeft hij de goedkeuring van anderen niet per definitie nodig. Hij verzet zich dan ook sterk als andere mensen hem denkwijzen of werkmethoden proberen op te leggen.
Zijn temperament is groot. Hij kan snel boos worden, maar is dat nooit lang: zodra hij zijn boosheid geuit heeft, is het over. Hij is een mens die snel vergeet en vergeeft. Inherent aan een dergelijk temperament is zijn directheid en het gegeven dat hij te hard van stapel kan lopen. Hij gelooft in directheid, duidelijkheid en volstrekt eerlijk zijn.
Hij doet de dingen die gedaan moeten worden het het liefst alleen. Werkt hij in teamverband, dan heeft hij moeite met het feit dat anderen de dingen anders of langzamer aanpakken. Hij kan op dergelijke momenten snel zijn geduld verliezen. Het gevoel dat hij gehinderd wordt door anderen is dan sterk
Brian McFadden (Dublin, 12 april 1980) is een Ierse zanger, vooral bekend geworden als lid van Westlife.
Biografie Brian begon zijn muziekloopbaan in een tienerbandje genaamd Cartel, maar hij werd beroemd als lid van de groep Westlife met wie hij in Engeland 7 opeenvolgende nummer-1 hits scoorde, genoeg om in het Guinness Book of Records te komen staan.
Hij was getrouwd met Kerry Katona (van de Britse meidenband Atomic Kitten), met wie hij twee dochters heeft: Molly en Lilly Sue.
Op 9 maart 2004 kondigde hij aan Westlife te verlaten, omdat hij te weinig tijd kon doorbrengen met zijn gezin. Al snel begon hij met het maken van een solo-single Real to me, waarmee hij meteen weer een nummer-1 hit scoorde in Engeland. Enkele maanden later verscheen zijn eerste solo-cd Irish son.
Zijn huwelijk liep echter in deze tijd op de klippen en ze besloten te scheiden.
Nu is hij gedumpt door zijn platenmaatschappij. Reden hiervoor zouden de dramatische verkoopcijfers van debuutalbum zijn.
Brian's eerste solosingle, 'Real to me', was een nummer één-hit in Engeland. Poging twee om door te breken als internationale soloartiest mislukte daarentegen. Zijn tweede single 'Everybody's someone' die hij opnam met countryzangeres Leann Rimes was niet erg geliefd bij het publiek.
Eerder al heeft McFadden geprobeerd zich weer bij de formatie Westlife te voegen, maar deze zeggen nu gewend te zijn aan het performen met 4 man. Brian McFadden - Real To Me Brian McFadden Anonymous @ Westlife's HMV signing
Brian Mcfadden - Irish Son
Brian McFadden - Sorry Love Daddy
Brian McFadden-Can you tell us about the tattoo
nog samen met westlife
Westlife with Brian
Brian Leaves Westlife
Wednesday March 28th, 2007
Brian McFadden: marriage to Kerry Katona was a showbiz sham
Former Westlife star Brian McFadden has admitted he only married ex-wife Kerry Katona for the big party - and the money from selling the photos.
The couple were reportedly paid a six-figure amount by a magazine for the 2002 wedding and had two daughters together before separating in 2004.
Brian told Reveal magazine recently: ut wasnt a real wedding. We were getting married to have a big party and get loads of money for it - and to appear showbiz.
The day my marriage ended was on the stag night [when Brian had a one-night stand with a lapdancer]. That was the time I felt this is not supposed to be. At first, I denied the lapdancer thing, but then I was taken to court for calling her a liar.
Me and Kerry didnt even see each other on our wedding night.
If we hadnt had kids, the marriage wouldn,t have lasted as long as it did. I was too young to understand what having kids meant. Having a child was like getting a dog.
Kerry had previously said that Brian dumped her but Brian now claims it was a mutual decision: Kerry had taken the kids and was living with her mum. I was in New York and she phoned me and asked Don,t you love me any more? I said: Not like I did at the start. She said: Neither do I. We have to end it.
I left it at that, then got another call [from Kerry] saying um having a press conference to say weure separating. I want to move on with my life.I felt relieved, although I felt sad for the children.
After the press conference she phoned again and said um having nothing to do with this, you ure the one leaving me. I don,t want to break up.I said Are we getting back together? And she said No. Then it spiralled out of control. All of a sudden it was: He didn,t love me any more, and wants to break up.
I dont talk to her now. But if I had to, I only do it for the sake of the kids.
My private life became as artificial as my pop life in Westlife, but I couldnt see it at the time. We became a showbiz couple, and everyone was talking about us. That swept me off my feet.
After we had the first baby, bought a house and spent time together, I woke up one morning and realised 8this is not what I want to do with my life. We dont have anything in common.
Brian is now dating former Neighbours star Delta Goodrem while Kerry married Mark Croft in a private ceremony in Gretna Green last month.
Brian McFadden calls ex-wife Kerry Katona an unfit mother. Tuesday May 23rd, 2006 at 4:09 pm by Heather
When it came to getting custody of their children, Brian McFadden promised to drop bombshells when the case got to court but it sounds like he already started launching attacks on ex-wife Kerry Katona.
Kerry has a different best friend practically every month and recently she seems to have a different man just as often. She,s an unfit mother, he told Star magazine.
She lays down crazy demands about when I can visit, designed to make it impossible for me to see them.
If we can,t sort this out and I have to do it in court it will be a miracle if a judge doesnt give the girls to me.
Kerry is, naturally, denying his claims: um happy for Brian to see the girls but he got to understand theyre at school and have their own routines. All I want is for Brian to be reasonable but he wont.
Kerry Katona woedend op ex-man Brian McFadden Kerry Katona heeft uitgehaald naar haar ex-man Brian McFadden. De oud-zangeres van Atomic Kitten zegt in The Mirror dat haar ex-man door en door slecht is.
Kerry Katona heeft uitgehaald naar haar ex-man Brian McFadden. De voormalige zangeres van Atomic Kitten zegt in de Britse krant The Mirror dat haar ex-man door en door slecht is. Zij reageert op uitspraken die de ex-Westlifezanger volgens haar heeft gedaan.
McFadden zou haar gezegd hebben alleen met de 26-jarige zangeres getrouwd te zijn vanwege het feestje en het geld dat de media voor de foto's van het huwelijk betaalden. Hij zou verder de komst van hun twee dochters, Molly en Lilly-Sue, hebben vergeleken met de aanschaf van een hond.
Katona laat de krant weten dat hun kinderen uit liefde geboren zijn. "Ik kan niet geloven dat Brian zo gemeen en harteloos is", zegt ze. "Je kinderen met honden vergelijken is wel het gemeenste wat je kunt doen."
McFadden kan zich niet veel negatieve publiciteit meer veroorloven. Eerder liet Westlife weten McFadden niet meer terug bij de band te willen, en tot overmaat van ramp werd hij door zijn platenlabel Sony BMG gedumpt.
Katona en McFadden trouwden in 2002 in Ierland en vierden hun huwelijksreis op Mauritius. Ze kregen in 2001 hun dochter Molly en in 2003 Lilly-Sue. Het stel scheidde in 2004 na amper drie jaar huwelijk.
Delta's true blue Brian June 11, 2008 12:00am
IRISHMAN Brian McFadden wants to call Australia home. He told Confidential he would seek Australian citizenship after he married Delta Goodrem.
The former Westlife singer told Confidential he would seek Australian citizenship after he married his fiancee, songbird Delta Goodrem.
"Absolutely, yes," he said when asked if he would eventually become an Australian.
"When Delta and I get married and some day we do have kids, we see Australia as the place we want to raise them. When I do get married I will apply for citizenship."
McFadden said he would keep his European passport.
The singer hosts Foxtel's Football Superstar show and is filling in for two weeks on the FOX FM breakfast shift.
Yesterday, on his first day, he arrived half an hour late at 5.30am, but the group made light of it. According to FOX, he didn't sleep in; his schedule said 5.30am and not 5am.
Goodrem is spending most of this year promoting her records overseas, and it's been tough for the couple being apart.
"We have done everything together the last four years, and it's difficult to do all these things on our own.
But it's something that is only short term, and hopefully in a few months we will be back together," McFadden said.
The couple's wedding probably won't be this year.
"We have to decide where we're going to have it. Until we've set a destination, we won't start planning at the moment. We have to think through the right time, so all our family can be there."
McFadden is enjoying the good reception he has had from Australians.
"I've been here since February, and I've already made so many friends and have been offered all these gigs. Maybe they like the Irish accent."
Brian McFadden doesn't like the way his daughters speakBrian McFadden: I hate my daughters' skanky accents Former Westlife star doesn't like Molly and Lilly-Sue sounding like their mum Kerry Katona
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
Brian McFadden has revealed he hates his children's northern accents.
The former Westlife star has 2 daughters with ex-wife Kerry Katona, 27 Molly, 6, and Lilly-Sue, 5.
But Brian can't stand their Warrington twang.
'It's horrible the way they speak,' he tells the Daily Star. 'They have skanky northern English accents.
'It makes me want to scream.'
And Irishman Brian who's engaged to 23-year-old Aussie singer Delta Goodrem doesn't mince his words when talking about his ex, either, describing her as 'a disgusting human being'.
'Me and my family have been put through hell by her. She uses my two girls as a weapon in her childish games. She is an embarrassment to me, my family and my children.'
Brian, 28, is currently seeking custody of his daughters.
Brian to write autobiography?
Brian McFadden has apparently threatened to unleash a war of words against ex-wife Kerry Katona. The former Westlife singer is in talks with a ghost writer about writing his first autobiography and has vowed to reveal all about his relationship with the 27-year-old mother of his children. The pair are currently embroiled in a custody battle over daughters Molly, six, and Lilly Sue, five, and have traded many insults in the papers. Brian told New! magazine he has resisted writing a tell-all book until now but said: "I am pushed into a corner really and I have taken years of personal attacks. I don't care what the public believe but all I ask is that they give me this one chance." The 28-year-old singer is engaged to Australian singer and former Neighbours star Delta Goodrem, 23, and hopes to win custody of his daughters.
McFadden in his own right Wednesday 30 July, 2008
HE may be better known in Australia as Delta Goodrem's fiance but Brian McFadden is a star in his own right.
An original member of the chart-topping pop band Westlife, he left the group in 2004 to embark on a solo career.
Now he's bringing his musical talents to Rooty Hill RSL on August 8 to help promote his debut solo album Set In Stone.
With two hit singles already from the album Like Only a Woman Can and Twisted McFadden says the response to his music in Australia has been amazing.
"Twisted has been getting some good airplay and everything's going better than expected," he told the Mt Druitt-St Marys Standard.
"I'm delighted. I wasn't expecting it (the album) to get going as quickly as it has."
With Set In Stone McFadden said he wanted to show some depth and variety.
He said Twisted ("a pure pop song with raging power") showed a lighter side of his music.
He said it was especially chosen from the more than 150 songs he wrote for the 10-track album because of its energy.
McFadden's creative input is evident in every song, something he's been allowed to do only since leaving Westlife.
"I much prefer being on my own. You're more in control of where you go and what you do," he said.
"There are a lot of people that help me like my manager, Delta and friends. I need that network but I still work on my own."
McFadden said his relationship with Australia was something he cherished.
He was recently the host of FOX8's Football Superstar, which gave him a chance to explore his second love football.
He said playing a pre-season game with Sydney FC was a highlight.
So with a marriage to Delta sometime in the future, would the Irishman settle in Oz?
"I don't think I could settle anywhere," he said.
"I have kids in England (from a previous marriage) and I will always be between here and there. I've been doing that all my life."
Brian McFadden interview Friday August 08, 2008
Former Westlife singer Brian McFadden is to perform in New Zealand.
'Twisted' video - courtesy of Universal Music 'Like Only a Woman Can' - Universal Music Interview with Brian McFadden Our celebrity gossip blogger, Myrddin Gwynedd, caught up with former Westlife singer Brian McFadden this week for a chat about his new single and album.
McFadden, currently in Auckland to promote his new album, Set In Stone , revealed that he plans to bring his Live & Twisted tour to New Zealand in October.
The pop singer will play two intimate shows in Auckland and Wellington.
Fans will get up close and personal with the Irish singer-songwriter at Wellington's Bar Bodega on Friday, October 3, and in Auckland at the Transmission Rooms on Saturday, October 4.
McFadden last visited New Zealand in April, and recently completed a stint as co-ost on Auckland's
Is McFadden really anti-gay?
Published: Today
BRIAN McFADDEN has sparked outrage by saying heterosexual men should not wear pink. The ex-WESTLIFE star shocked listeners on a New Zealand radio show, saying: "If you are not gay, a man should not be wearing pink.
"Saying pink is a form of red is the same as saying homosexual is a form of male."
Understandable, gay rights activists have accused the singer of homophobia.
A local Auckland charity have spoken out, with Rainbow Youth co-ordinator Robert Marshall saying: "It's the sort of stuff that gets said every day in the schoolyard. A lot of young people are quite impressionable, and when they see celebrities saying stuff like that, they think it's OK to say it themselves."
Life without Brian ... Westlife
Meanwhile Brian revealed the moment he wanted to quit his former boyband was when they were asked to record a cover of BARRY MANILOW's Mandy.
The Irish singer announced his departure just months later and started making plans for a solo career.
He said: "We never got any respect as artists because we didn't write all the songs and we weren't a self-producing product. We were being controlled more like puppets than anything else."
But despite his fizzling career, he's the last one laughing having traded in KERRY KATONA for DELTA GOODREM.
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McFadden apologises for gay remarks Wednesday, September 3 2008,
Brian McFadden has apologised for causing offence by claiming that only gay men should wear pink clothing.
The former Westlife singer said he was only having a "light-hearted conversation" on the radio when he made the comments and insisted that they were not meant to be taking seriously.
Speaking at UNICEF's Soccer Aid event, McFadden told DS: "I made the joke when I was on a radio station in New Zealand.
"Some woman rang in and said my husband wears pink. I was winding her up, saying, 'He must have a dark secret'. But then it got completely taken out of context.
"It went on every bloody gay website in the world and people called me homophobic. It's ridiculous!"
He continued: "It wasn't a big deal on the day, people were laughing. One person got offended, put it on a website and everyone jumps onboard.
"I apologise if I upset anybody, but it was supposed to be a light-hearted conversation."
Saturday, August 16 2008 McFadden reveals Westlife frustration
Brian McFadden realised that he wanted to quit Westlife when the group were asked to record a cover of Barry Manilow's 'Mandy', he has revealed.
The Irish singer announced his departure just months later and started making plans for a successful solo career.
"We never got any respect as artists because we didn't write all the songs and we weren't a self-producing product," McFadden explained. "We were being controlled more like puppets than anything else."
Speaking about 'Mandy', he continued: "They were formulating how to get a No.1 record. I wanted to write my own songs and sing my own music."
McFadden's debut solo song 'Real To Me' topped the UK singles chart in 2004. However, his album Irish Son and future single releases suffered as a result of the backlash surrounding his marriage split with Kerry Katona.
"That has shaped my career," he admitted. "Hero to villain literally in one weekend."
Brian has released his second album Set In Stone in Australia, where it has been a top five hit. The LP will hit shops in the UK next year.
brain mcfadden kids molly & lilly
The new life of Brian
5/11/2008 1:00:00 AM BACK in July, Irish musician Brian McFadden made an appearance on ABC1's music trivia comedy Spicks and Specks.
It wasn't his first time on the show, but for the many Australians tuned in, his tongue-in-cheek treatment of Guns N' Roses' Patience was significant.
The Irish boy-band superstar, who quit Westlife in 2004, flexed his sense of humour and further endeared himself to a country's people who tend not to pander to musicians who take themselves too seriously.
"That was just a bit of fun. We had a laugh," McFadden recalled before going on to explain the welcome embrace of Australians.
"It's been amazing. It makes you really feel at home you know, especially after the treatment I got in England with the press."
Formed in 1998, when McFadden was 18, Westlife stormed the UK charts with 14 number-one singles - the third-highest in UK history. Only Elvis Presley and The Beatles prevented Westlife from taking the top spots.
The UK boy bands of the era, such as Take That and Boyzone were pop-culture phenomenons. Spawned by the success of the Spice Girls, all-female groups like The Sugababes and Atomic Kitten were also created.
The "treatment" by the UK press McFadden referred to was part of the fallout after his 2002 marriage to Atomic Kitten's Kerry Katona ended in 2004, and his decision (also in 2004) to quit Westlife.
"To come to a new country and be so welcomed it's like a safe haven now for me Australia. It's like my safe place to go to."
His relationship with fellow musician and former Neighbours actor Delta Goodrem started after his split from Katona, but the UK press went with different stories and the accusations flew.
McFadden has since enjoyed an extended stay in Australia and his new album - made both in the UK and Sydney - reflected that.
"I've spent a lot more time than I expected to spend here," he said.
"I originally came over just to release my album here, maybe spend five or six weeks and do the album in the UK."
With his life splashed all over the media, it's hard not to read into the emotional, sometimes bitter, lyrics of his new album Set In Stone.
"All my songs are quite personal," McFadden answered when asked of his lyrics' autobiographical nature.
"I can't write any other way. I write songs and whatever comes out comes from the heart. I find it hard to manipulate a song with something I'm not really feeling.
"If I don't believe it how can anybody else believe it? I have to believe it first."
Goodrem has songwriting credits on Set In Stone and McFadden said working together again was a pleasure. They initially collaborated on Together We Are One which they wrote, along with Guy Chambers, for the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.
"We decided we worked well and we ended up writing a couple (of songs) for my album and doing half her album and I think that's how we are going to work for the future - do a lot together.
"Especially at the moment, being in different parts of the world all year. It gives us a chance to spend time together as well."
Goodrem has spent most of 2008 in the US while McFadden has happily carved out a niche for himself in Australia.
"I got here and had so much fun ... and ended up doing the football show. I just never really got a chance to leave," he laughed of the circumstances that led to him hosting Foxtel's Football Superstar.
With the first season in the bag he said he is in talks about doing a second.
"I didn't have any interest in doing TV presenting at the time ... and they said you get to play football everyday. And I was like `I'm in, I'm in!'," he laughed.
The 28 year old said he is not really longing for home because Australia reminds him of Ireland.
"The only thing that's different is the weather. The people in Australia are pretty similar to the Irish - the same kind of humour, fun-loving people."
On Set In Stone, Goodrem's father Dennis is included on McFadden's list of thankyous and he agreed when asked if his fiancee's dad wasn't the only one he felt he had to win over when he fell for Goodrem.
"I had a lot of things to prove when I got to Australia ... I'm doing my best to live up to her good name."
Brian McFadden will appear at Wrest Point Entertainment Centre, Hobart, November 14; and Launceston Country Club, Launceston, November 15.
McFadden 'dumps' Katona designer gear Tuesday, January 2009,
Brian McFadden has revealed that he gave away all of Kerry Katona's clothes to his relatives.
The former Westlife singer admitted that he got rid of all of Katona's designer gear by giving it to members of his family.
"I invited all my sisters' friends and all my cousins around to the house and literally opened up the wardrobe and said, 'Have what you like'," he said on his Fox FM breakfast show.
"All my cousins, they live down in the country in Ireland so they live on farms and stuff, are all walking around small villages in Dolce & Gabbana dresses and Gucci shoes and the like.
"She [Katona] did not know, but she knows now."
McFadden recently denied claims that he will seek custody of his daughters
brain mcfadden - twisted (live)
McFadden signs up for TV role again Former Westlife star Brian McFadden has signed up to present a second series of the Australian reality television show 'Football Superstar'.
According to TV Tonight, the singer will co-host the show with Lee Furlong later in the year.
McFadden previously hosted the Fox8 programme last June.
AdvertisementSpeaking about the show, he said: "I had an absolute blast filming the first series and am really excited to be back at the helm again."
"We uncovered some serious talent in season one which is testament to the growing popularity of football in Australia. I can't wait to see who we discover this year."
McFadden is set to marry his long-term girlfriend, singer Deltra Goodrem, next Christmas.
Delta and Brian call wedding off
May 24, 2009 12:00am
SINGERS Delta Goodrem and Brian McFadden have put off their Christmas wedding, but have insisted their relationship isn't onthe rocks.
McFadden told The Sunday Telegraph he was still madly in love with Goodrem, but simply too busy to walk down the aisle.
Gallery: The many faces of Delta Goodrem
"We were sitting down to try to organise the wedding and we were thinking, `We're never going to get this wedding organised by Christmas','' said McFadden, 29.
Gallery: McFadden McMaddened
"I know if we don't get married, everyone is going to say there are problems because we pushed the wedding back.
"But we want to get married and take a nice block of time off, like three months, enjoy our families being there and have a nice honeymoon ... not get married between gigs.''
The pair spent much of the past 18 months apart as Goodrem based herself overseas, attempting unsuccessfully to break into the competitive American market.
Now back in Australia, Goodrem is getting ready to begin work on her fourth album.
And McFadden is about to launch a new music project named Wall Of Sound with former Savage Garden producer Rob Connolly. He is also busy filming the second series of Foxtel's Football Superstar.
"Since Christmas, we've only spent about one day apart, which is great,'' said the former Westlife singer. ``Hopefully the rest of the year it will be like that.
"I know she's going to go back to America and she's about to get knee-deep into her new record, so we're planning each week as it comes.''
The pair announced their engagement in November 2007, having met two years earlier while working together on a duet, Almost Here.
McFadden was then married to former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona, with whom he has two daughters: Molly, 7, and Lily-Sue, 6. He and Goodrem have carefully kept the details of their planned nuptials secret.
Even close friends and family had been kept inthe dark on the wedding and invitations were expected to be sent out at the last minute to protect their privacy.
"I've been waiting but nothing's arrived,'' said one close friend, who did not want to be named.
"It's going to be in a magazine so they are keeping everything secret.
"Maybe I'll just get a text a few hours before.''
Earlier this year, Goodrem even indicated she may design her own wedding dress.
By Melanie Finn
Wednesday September 02 2009
Brian McFadden helped his elder daughter celebrate her birthday after flying back home from Down Under.
The former Westlife star flew back in the wake of ex-wife Kerry Katona's alleged meltdown.
And the devoted dad made sure to pay a special dedication to his daughter Molly as she marked her eighth birthday.
He sent special wishes to his elder child on his popular Twitter page, where he first revealed his plans to fly back to Ireland. "Happy birthday baby girl X," he wrote on his home page.
Brian has been on red alert for the past week, since Kerry was snapped allegedly taking drugs at her home -- in Warrington, England -- which she shares with her hubby Mark Croft and four children.
But the singer became so concerned for the plight for his two children, Molly and Lilly-Sue (7), that he jetted back over the weekend.
An incriminating video of the former Atomic Kitten star emerged just after Brian's two children returned to Britain after spending a three-week holiday with their dad in Ireland.
Just a few days later, Kerry was arrested by police after her accountant David McHugh claimed she had assaulted him during a heated meeting in his office.
After returning to her Cheshire home, she collapsed in hysterics and threatened to slash her wrists.
Her arrest came soon after she lost her €300,000 contract with Iceland, her last high-profile job after MTV axed her reality show.
Now Brian is said to be gearing up for a custody battle with the troubled reality star, as he has expressed his hope of bringing his daughters back to live in Ireland.
"He may live in Australia, but he's mad about his two girls and would do anything for them," said a source.
"He feels like all this bad stuff is unfolding around them without being able to do anything about it, and he's sick and tired of reading about the latest saga in Kerry's troubled life.
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