Brian McFadden 2013

KIAN EGAN 2013

HIS son Koa might be only 13-months-old but doting dad Kian Egan is already planning baby number two.

our son, is 13-months-old now," said the 32-year-old former Westlife star.

"He's a perfect baby, but I'm sure our second one is going to make up for it. We'll probably wait until Koa is two or three before we try for another."

The Voice judge said the birth of his son had a profound effect on him and his wife Jodi.

"Koa was a great newborn. He'd wake up smiling; have a feed, then go back to sleep.

"We've been through a lot. I lost my dad before Koa was born, and Jodi's mum has been battling cancer for the last year but she's doing quite well now.

"When you have a child your perspective changes. All the stuff we worry about, you realise this is what matters – being there for that child, guiding his personality in the right direction." And former Hollyoaks actress Jodi Albert (29) says she feels an automatic bond with mums.

"I think the best thing that has happened to me since having a baby is the connection I actually feel with other mums who have been through the same thing," she wrote on her blog.

"I am never stuck for conversation with other mums. I talk about stretch marks, that my boobs are dropping a little bit and I can chat about it all day".

Kian married Jodi in Barbados in 2009. And Kian says he will never forget their Big Day.

"I was flabbergasted to see my fiancee walk up the aisle. I remember being gobsmacked, getting that butterfly feeling in my stomach and thinking 'Oh My God, this is real. This is it."

The new series of The Voice of Ireland
a new coach Jamelia joining returning coaches Bressie, Sharon Corr and Kian Egan for the first of this season's 'blind' auditions, where the coaches can hear, but cannot see, the hopefuls.

KIAN EGAN

Not content with TV stardom former Westlife star Kian Egan apparently now has his sights set on a solo career. Following the news that former band-mates Mark and Shane have penned solo deals of their own it now seems Kian wants a bit of the action. The singer is said to already have a few tracks in the bag which he has produced with boyband McFly and his Voice of Ireland co-star Bressie. But Kian, who is planning on shopping the tracks to various record companies, isn't putting all his eggs in one basket. Egan is still keeping up with his TV work making regular appearances on This Morning as a presenter. The star is also said to be shooting a documentary for ITV about US music but has denied that he and former Wonderland star wife Jodie Albert are filming their own reality TV show. Rumours were rife that he and Jodie were to begin shooting a 'fly on the wall' style show but Egan insists that allowing camera's into their everyday life with his wife and baby son Koa is not something he is keen on. I can't say I'm not a little disappointed, who wouldn't love a peek at the lives of the rich and famous.

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Westlife singer Kian Egan has told of how he's enjoying living a "normal life" since the band retired.

The Voice' coach has embarked on a presenting career since the popular music group hung up their microphones last summer.

Egan splits his time between Ireland and the UK with wife Jodi Albert and their son, Koa, who celebrated his first birthday on December 20.

The father of one told the Irish Independent that he's adapting well without the band and can't wait to embrace more of life's simple pleasures, like making a cup of tea and putting his son to bed at night.

"Life is at a nice pace now. I'm not travelling as much and I'm getting to spend more time with Koa and Jodi, which is amazing," he said.

"But I'm still working hard. It's a shift in life, but feels good. I'm looking forward to settling down that little bit more again and having a normal life because since I was 17, before Westlife, I haven't had that.

"I want to wake up at home every day and spend time with my family."

After a successful stint on 'The Xtra Factor' and ITV's 'This Morning', Egan has been taking on more work in TV.

In what may be his biggest project yet, the 33-year-old was in the US with an ITV crew in December to film a programme which explores American music of the south.

He also admitted that he and wife Jodi would love to have more children in the future.

"Fatherhood is amazing. It surpasses anything else you've ever done," he said.

"We definitely do want more kids down the line, as we wouldn't want Koa to be an only child -- but not yet."

A SECOND Westlife star has run into house problems.


KIAN Egan will have to take down a timber fence from around his Sligo home after falling foul of planners.

But unlike bankrupt Shane Filan, who cannot get any offers for his mansion even at the knockdown price of €999,000, Kian and his wife, Jodi Albert, have simply been ordered by to take down a timber extension to the boundary stone wall.

The couple said they wanted the fencing for two years until landscaping and foliage matured to hide their home from the road, but Sligo County Council has refused their application

The luxury home is just half a mile from a beach where Kian indulges his passion for surfing.

The home's impressive kitchen was custom-made and features Asian fretwork door with distressed antique mirrors.

In the past three years, the couple have extended and modified the five-bedroom house at Carrowdough, Strandhill, building into the attic and fitting out a music and entertainment room. They've doubled the bungalow's size to 5,231sq ft.

Antique

Kian is a judge in RTE's The Voice of Ireland and Jodi starred in the Channel 4 series Hollyoaks in her native England before settling in Sligo.

The couple married in Barbados in May 2009 and their first baby, Koa, was born on December 20, 2011.

The couple named their son after the Hawaiian koa tree. "Some of the best surfboards are made from its wood, so when Koa was born it just suited him," says Kian.

Westlife star Kian Egan is enjoying living a normal life and spending time with his nearest and dearest since the boys disbanded last summer (12).

The hunky singer has now tried his hand at TV presenting, becoming a judge on the Irish version of hit talent show The Voice alongside The Corrs stunner Sharon Corr and sultry songstress Jamelia.

Kian splits his time between Ireland and the U.K. with his wife, former Hollyoaks star Jodi Albert, and their gorgeous son Koa, who celebrated his first birthday on 20 December last year (12).

Since Westlife hung up their microphones, the star admits he is embracing life's simple pleasures and is looking forward to having more kids in the future.

He tells the Irish Independent newspaper, 'Life is at a nice pace now. I'm not travelling as much and I'm getting to spend more time with Koa and Jodi, which is amazing. But I'm still working hard. It's a shift in life, but feels good. I'm looking forward to settling down that little bit more again and having a normal life because since I was 17, before Westlife, I haven't had that.

'I want to wake up at home every day and spend time with my family. Fatherhood is amazing. It surpasses anything else you've ever done. We definitely do want more kids down the line, as we wouldn't want Koa to be an only child - but not yet.'

 

 

 

 

'VOICE of Ireland' judge Kian Egan has been ordered to take down a 'privacy' fence which he erected around his country mansion.

The Westlife star and his wife, Jodi Albert, put up the wooden fence on top of a stone wall around their Strandhill, Co Sligo, home and then applied to Sligo County Council for planning permission on February 1.

Despite no listed objections to the fence being lodged, the council has refused the singer and his actress wife permission to retain the fence around the perimeter of their home.

No reason was given for the refusal of planning retention for the fence.

The couple must now decide either to appeal or be obliged to take down the fence as soon as possible.

In their application, which cost €102 to lodge, the couple claimed the fence was only to be in place for two years, to give shrubbery time to mature and develop as a natural screen.

"The fence provides protection to the landscaping as well as providing security," the application stated.

The house is located on the outskirts of the popular tourist and surfer town of Strandhill.

Over the past six years, the couple have lodged four separate applications for planning permission, as they constructed their large home on the site of a former house and constructed a gateway and access route to the house.

The celebrity status of the couple frequently draws fans to the perimeter of the largely stone dwelling, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Westlife crooner or his 'Hollyoaks' actress wife.

One local said he was surprised that the council refused permission for the temporary wooden fence.

"It's not exactly an eyesore and nobody has ever really passed any remarks on it," he said

"Kian and Jodi keep themselves to themselves and never cause anybody any real bother,"he added.

THEY may have survived the gruelling battle rounds, but Kian Egan has sent out a warning to the contestants on this year’s series of ‘The Voice’ – as every judge will be forced to cut their teams by a third in the first two weeks of live shows.

The former Westlife singer was speaking to Ryan Tubridy when he revealed the shake-up to this year’s live shows.

“We will all have three contestants for the first week, the audience will put one through and it will be down to us to decide who stays”, he said.

“That will happen again the following week. For the first two weeks we lose a contestant each — people are going to go home very fast."

The Sligo native said the changes were made to keep the show fresh and different from other talent show rivals.

“Last year it kind of felt like we got into the live show and it was just another live show with the contestant coming out on-stage.

“It was pretty generic and became very similar to all the other shows on TV, but now we are going to get to see the real talent really standing up.”

The talent show has been a ratings smash for RTE, regularly pulling in just shy of a million viewers every Sunday night.

 

 

 

 

POP hunk Kian Egan has admitted the reality of Westlife’s break-up still hasn’t hit him yet.
The band went their separate ways last summer following a sell-out Farewell Tour.

But the singer, 32, has revealed how the finality of the split hasn’t sunk in — because he’s busy working on The Voice of Ireland.

He said: “Ask me a year or six months from now and I’ll feel a lot different about it.

“But whenever I do feel nostalgic, I remind myself we had 14 amazing years together.”

Here we go again!

(3:20) Westlife, Nicky

   

 

Nicky
Naam voluit Nicholas Bernard James Adam Byrne
Geboortedatum 9 oktober 1978
Kleur ogen blauw
Kleur haar Blond
Lengte 1,76
Broers en zussen 1 zus en 1 broertje
Woonplaats Dublin
Instrument leert piano
Vorige Baantjes Keeper bij Leed utd
Favo - Film Armageddon
- Actrice Cameron Diaz
- Acteur Brad Pitt
- Boek ?? (Tell me!!)
- Kleding Designer Gucci
- Westlife nummer Moments
- Ballad Against all odds
Slechtste WL songtekst?

I have a dream...a song to sing..."

en de zin: "We had joy we had fun.."
Kenmerken Litteken op elleboog
Huisdieren? geen
Favo - "catch" phrase ??
- Lichaamsdeel (zelf) ogen
- Lichaamsdeel vrouw ogen
- Kleur blauw/wit



Nicky: Liam is obnoxious
2007
Nicky would never want to be Liam,

it seems Westlife's Nicky Byrne has apparently

revealed that whilst he loves Oasis

he would never want to swap places with Liam Gallagher.

The Westlife singer has confessed he finds the frontman

"obnoxious" -

and was shocked when he met him for the first time.

"I love Oasis, they are proper musicians

and songwriters and I'm a fan of their music,"

he told The Sun.

"But I'd never want to be Liam -

I could never be as obnoxious as him and

I couldn't lead his lifestyle.

"I met him once.

We'd only just started out and we

assumed all pop and rock stars

would be nice to each other.

We were naive.

"We were at the opening

of a Tommy Hilfiger store in London and we saw Liam and said, 'We're from Westlife, Ronan Keating's new band'.

"He looked at us, and just went,

'F*** off'.

Nowadays I'd probably give something back but I was just left speechless."

Nicky wins award

The Peter Marks VIP Style Awards were

held at the Shelbourne hotel last weekend,

and Nicky won for Most Stylish Man.

Afterwards, star studded after party

held at popular Harcourt Street venue Krystle nightclub.

Nicky and Georgina were among the partiers,

 

 SHANE

Nicky is a top guy, and the person I talk to the most. We have a similar personality, the same taste in cars and girls. If I meet a girl, and I've been out with her a few times, I'll always ask Nicky for his opinion. He's good at spotting girls for me too. Both of us like very sexy girls with long legs and high heels, and when we're out he'll say "Shane you'll like her over there" and I won't notice her. Or he'll be sitting at the bar chatting to a girl and shout "Come over here Shane, there is someone you should meet" He's nearly always right - he's matched me up with a girl a few times! Nicky is definitely the most daring when it comes to fashion. He brought a £1.500 pair ofsky blue leather trousers recently, and he always wears these stupid, lucky irish green socks. He's got about ten pairs, all covered in shamrocks. Nicky's a great guy. We're always planning stuff together - we'd love to open a restaurant or club together. I can talk to Nicky about anything - he really listerns and gives me proper advice. He's like an older brother, and I look up to him an awful lot. He loves to shop just as much as I do, we're the same taste in clothes.

MARK

Nicky's the romantic one of us all. He was once away for Valentine's Day and he and his girlfriend Georgina were bitterly disappointed that they weren't going to see each other. He never said anything to her, but he flew back to Ireland and when she was in the shower he sneaked into her house and went up to her bedroom and filled it with balloons. So when she came back into the room all upset that she wasn't going to see her boyfriend, there he was lying on the bed with a box of chocolates! It's one of the most romantic things I've ever heard of and I've always wished the story was about me and that I'd done it for a girlfriend of mine. Nicky is quite sensible and mature normally, but he's definitely got a wild streak and he changes the most in drink. When he's got a few beers in him he gets very brave. He'll come up and give you a punch on the jaw just to be friendly. He thinks he's being playful but it really hurts. I think out of all of us Nicky was meant to be famous. He missed out on playing football for Leeds United because they dropped him when he was 16. He was destined to be a star.
Nicky has become much more laid back in the recent months. He used to worry about everything, but he's much more chilled now. And he's very stylish. He loves clothes, and, even if the rest of us look like we've been dragged backwards through a hedge, Nicky keeps it together

KIAN

Nicky's got a lot of phobias. He gets scared in lifts and he doesn't like small spaces. We can't resist teasing him, we do it all the time. We'll get in a lift with him and jump up and down to make it move or pretend it's broken. He really freaks out and if the lift gets crowded, he starts pleading with people to get out. I'm just in tears laughing at him. He worries about mobile phones and bought an earpiece in case they give you cancer. He's frightened of flying and he's got all these strange superstitions. He insists on ringing every person he knows just before they get on a plane and again once they've landed.
Nicky's very committed to the band and feels strongly about things. He's very headstrong. If he makes a point and then realises he's wrong, he'll still argue that he's right. This week, we were discussing whether to do a new dance routine on a TV show next week. The rest of us thought we should wait because we didn't know it well enough, but he was determined that we go ahead. He kept saying: "We have to do it, we have to do it." I reckon Nicky's most likely to get married first. He's been with his girlfriend for six years. They really love each other and he's very lucky in that

Nicky on Cool FM

No new mum looks like this. It's all fake... admits Jodi Albert as she lashes celeb mothers who starve to lose their baby weight


Posing in sexy patterned stockings and the shortest of short tops, Jodi Albert looked as glamorous ? and as svelte ? as she ever had.
Amazingly, the glamorous shoot ? for the portfolio of an up-and-coming fashion photographer friend ? came less than three months after she gave birth to her first baby, son Koa.
The online reaction after she tweeted the pictures was phenomenal. Most responses were congratulatory but the undercurrent of envy and, occasionally, despair was impossible to miss. It is this undercurrent, perhaps, that has prompted the actress and singer into a guilty confession.
Family: Jodi Albert, with husband Kian Egan and baby son Koa
For today, Jodi reveals that the glamorous images were ?not real? ? and insists ?edited? pictures set a false standard that ordinary women cannot possibly live up to.
Those celebrities who really do lose weight instantly are ?barely eating? while exercising ?like lunatics?, Jodi says ? and setting an unhealthy and disheartening example.
In an exclusive interview with the Irish Mail on Sunday, the former Hollyoaks star says she is determined to tell other mothers that celebrities struggle with losing baby weight too and confesses the pictures of her were ?not reality?.
?I did a fashion photoshoot for a friend and basically she put the pictures on Twitter and they got a bit of a reaction,? she says. ?One of the papers picked up on it, saying that I was winning the fight against the baby bulge.
?But I don?t want women to get disheartened: the shoot was fun but it wasn?t reality. I don?t wake up every morning looking skinny. As someone who has always been honest, I felt like I really had to let them know that I am struggling. It is hard.?
Jodi, pictured shortly after giving birth, reveals that the glamorous images were 'not real' - and insists 'edited' pictures set a false standard that ordinary women cannot possibly live up to'
The 28-year-old wife of Westlife?s Kian Egan says another recent spread in OK! magazine also made her look unrealistically glamorous. Jodi is seen cuddling up to Kian and baby Koa ? and the new mother looks flawless.
She refuses to say which images are airbrushed ? and which are just cleverly lit or angled.
?Let?s say the photographer is very clever; he can change things and he knows what he?s doing,? she said.
?I appreciate that photography flatters sometimes because I have lots of lumps and bumps ? but at the same time, I want to be honest about it to women,? she adds.
The actress admits that she has been heavily airbrushed throughout most of her career, saying that she didn?t even recognise herself when she graced the cover of men?s magazine Maxim.
?Most of my pictures have been airbrushed. When I was in Hollyoaks, I didn?t even know what airbrushing was. I started doing these photo shoots for Maxim and I would look at myself and I would think, ?Oh, I look very different. Why do I look so weird??
?And it was because the photographer airbrushed the s*** out of me. I didn?t even recognise myself any more,? she says.
The performer ? who was also a member of now-defunct girl group Wonderland, co-managed by Voice mentor Kian ? was quick to point out that she is not like many other celebrity mothers. She said influential women like Victoria Beckham were starving themselves to lose their baby weight.

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MARK   feehily

mark- against all odds

Thats life 2007-12-07

Theyve clocked up 36 million record sales worldwide and only the Beatles and Elvis have had more number ones. This week, Westlife show why they are one of the worlds biggest pop acts when they celebrate eight years of chart success with a live show on ITV1.

Hosted by Holly Willoughby and featuring surprise guests, the show sees the band perform some of their 14 uk number ones, including the five classics that topped a fan poll on itv.com

The group has come along way since Irish schoolfriends Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, and Shane Filan first performed together in an amateur version of Grease. Signed by pop manager Louis Walsh,who recruited new members Nicky Byrne and Bryan Mcfadden, the boys secured a record deal with Simon Cowell and are still at the top today, despite the departure of Mcfadden, who quit the band and went solo in 2004,


MARK - LIFE AS I KNOW IT -
Mark, 27, is part of chart-topping band Westlife. His partner is former boyband singer Kevin McDaid.


If I could change anything about myself I' have a six-pack. I do go to the gym and I'm trying to get myself in shape, but I'm nowhere near there yet.

The most romantic thing anyone's ever done for me was when my partner, Kevin, got me a massive chocolate chip cookie with "Happy birthday" engraved on it. We were in California and he popped out to the local mall to get it made for me.

Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at tennis. When I was at school I played tournaments, but singing gave me even more of a buzz so I gave up sport for rock'n'roll.

To wake myself up I finish my shower with a blast of cold water. That always does the trick.

Last thing at night I always wet my hair to get rid of all the products in it.

When I have time to myself I write songs, but they're for myself rather than for the band.

When I'm feeling down I have to get out and about. I'll go for a walk and head for somewhere busy, like the West End, to take my mind off things.

My best friend is Kevin, and also a lad back home in Ireland who I've known since I was at school.

My "happy place" is when I'm in a room full of friends having a few drinks, chatting and catching up.

The best thing my parents taught me is to have manners. One thing I can't stand is when people don't have the common courtesy to be nice to you.

If I can I always try to avoid confrontation. I've become better at it when I need to stand up for myself, but I'm usually laid back and don't get into arguments.

It's not good for my image but I like crepes with Nutella on them. They're not good for my image because they give me a big fat belly.

If I could pass any law I' stop certain taxes, like when you want to give your parents money and the taxman wants a big chunk of it.

The song I can never get out of my head is Mercy by Duffy. It's so catchy and she has a great voice.

I drive a Mini Cooper and also an Audi Q7 jeep.

If I could be anyone else I'd be Jim Carrey, just to see how he comes up with all those crazy comedy ideas.

My favourite love song is Nothing Compares 2 U, but the original Prince version. His vocals are amazing on it.

When I was a child I wanted to be either Jan-Michael Vincent from Airwolf or Lee Majors in The Six Million Dollar Man.

My biggest regret isI honestly don't have any. I've been very lucky in life and nothing bad has happened so far, touch wood.

My proudest moment was when I heard we'd sold out Croke Park in Dublin. We're playing there in June and the only bands who have sold out the place before us are huge acts like U2 and Bon Jovi.

The shop I can't walk past without buying something is the Vans in Covent Garden. The trainers are so cheap you can buy loads of them.' It's silly how many pairs I have around the house.

The most expensive thing I've ever splashed out on is two portraits of the performance artist Leigh Bowery. They cost me a lot of money but I know they'll be worth even more in the future.

I always laugh at South Park and Shameless, although the latter was better when it first started.

I know I'm having a bad hair day when I've let it grow a bit. Hairdressers say I have the weirdest hair - it goes all over the place and is very unmanageable - so I try to keep it short.

The best day of my life is impossible to say, I've had so many great days, but I remember having a barbecue in Ireland last summer, with all my friends and family around me, and that felt pretty wonderful.

My favourite restaurant is anywhere where they serve Japanese food, like Wagamama and Itsu.

The last film I saw was... The Simpsons Movie. I liked it even better than the IV show.

On my last holiday Kevin and I went to Amsterdam for a weekend recently. It was cold and crisp and it's such a beautiful city to walk around.

My last meal would be my mum's full-on Sunday roast, followed by the biggest lump of chocolate fudge cake imaginable.

by Claire O'Boyle, Daily Mirror 26/03/2011

After 12 years, Westlife are still one of the biggest boy bands around but as they're settling down and having kids you'd be forgiven for thinking it could all be coming to an end. Not if their fans have anything to do with it though...



On being heart throbs in their 30s and playing for crazy fans...

One of the most successful boy bands ever, Irish heartthrobs Westlife have been around for years.

They've had a drama or two along the way not to mention their fill of snotty critics but none of that matters with legions of die-hard fans.

With a cool 44million album sales and in the middle of their 11th tour across the UK and Ireland, the boys Nicky Byrne, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan and Shane Filan know who they're trying to please, and it certainly ain't their critics.

The fans are fantastic, grins Shane, 31. The banter we have with them from the stage is one of the best things about touring. Most have grown up with us, so you expect them to calm down as they get older.

But the older they get, the madder they are.

And it seems the fans don't care too much about the boys
wholesome image. Some of the banners we can see from the stage are hilarious, laughs Nicky, 32. You name it, they write it, and when you think it could be some woman in her 50s holding it up, it's so funny.

We even had the very subtle Ride me Shane!. They're hilarious. I picked the girl out of the crowd and said to her You don't f*** about do you sweetheart?
Brilliant.

With so many millions of women convinced the lads are dreamboats, do their own other halves swoon every time they see them?

Hardly! laughs Nicky, who is married to Georgina Ahern, daughter of the former Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

She sees me first thing in the morning and last thing at night, warts and all. The whole swooning thing would end very quickly if people saw what I'm really like!

On temptation on tour and staying out of trouble...

With each of the guys in a solid relationship Nicky with wife Georgina, Shane with wife Gillian, Kian with actress wife Jodi Albert and Mark engaged to partner Kevin McDaid how do they manage to keep themselves on the straight and narrow when they're off working for weeks at a time?

Well for a start, our other halves are on tour with us a lot of the time! laughs Mark, 30. That takes away some of the temptation! But even without that, you just got to trust each other.

Unfortunately people falter from time to time, but that's life. Even if someone goes off to work in the morning and comes back at 6pm, you still don't know for sure.

After the spate of stars caught out cheating last year including fellow boy band stars Ronan Keating and Mark Owen do the lads feel more on their guard?

Life's hard enough without constantly worrying about keeping out of trouble, says Nicky. I think if you really love your other half you be alright and you do your best. But these things are just human error too.

On feeling homesick and balancing fame with family life...

As much as the guys love life on the road and their sell-out arena gigs, they admit being away from home for weeks on end can be tough.



When you're starting out in a band, the tour part is what you dream of, says Kian, 30. it's always been one of the best bits. But after a while it's hard getting up every morning when you're not in your own bed.

You want to be able to make your own cup of tea and a slice of toast, but you're in a hotel, living out of a suitcase. People think it's all glitz but sometimes you want to be at home!

Dad-of-three Shane agrees. In fact, he's managed to arrange work (and a private plane) so he can fly home a couple of days a week to see his family.

Touring the UK is totally do-able now with the family, he says. Around the world over the years has been more difficult, but now I get home for a night here and there in the week.

For now, Nicky's managing because his three-year-old twin boys Rocco and Jay can still join him on tour. This will probably be the last time before they start big school, he says. It's amazing having them there, and last year they came up on stage. But being a dad has given me a different outlook we're not kids anymore. You know it's not just a laugh, you got a proper goal and your family's on your mind the whole time.

On fatherhood and following in Elton John's footsteps...

With two of his bandmates already doting dads, Mark, who came out in the Daily Mirror in 2005, says he would love to become a father one day.

Becoming a father is one of the biggest things you could ever do, he says. I love to think I'll be in a place one day to have a kid, 100%. I;m not saying I'm planning to have kids right now, but they'll definitely be part of my life.

It's always something I've been sure of since I was 14 or 15. Even knowing I was gay and before I came out I knew I love to be a father. You know the way you think things like When I have a kid, I'll tell them this, or take them there, or whatever.

And after Elton John and David Furnish had their son Zachary with a surrogate mother last year, has Mark given any thought to how he like to do it?

I would take some serious time to look into all the options, he says. Everybody's got their own circumstances, so there's no simple answer about what's going to be right for you or the kid.

I like to think I'd be a good dad. It's the dream for me that surpasses everything else, to nurture and bring up a kid and try and teach them all the right things.

But before all that, Mark and fiance Kevin have to tie the knot. We're not one of those wham bam couples that need to rush into everything, says Mark. We're best friends and we live together and we're going to get married soon. I can't wait but we haven't finalised the date.

On controversial old friends, and what's to become of Westlife...

For years the biggest boy band around, Westlife were scuppered a bit by Take That's phenomenal comeback, and then again by their reunion with Robbie Williams last year.

But would Westlife think about welcoming old bandmate Brian McFadden back into the fold?

I don't see Brian ever coming back, says Kian. He left because he was unhappy, so why would he come back? He didn't like what we do.

To be honest, our relationship is much better now he's away from Westlife. He's just difficult at times. He might decide one day to not turn up at the studio or not come to a meeting and it was hard. Brian's not a bad person, there's not a bad bone in his body, but he's hard work.

Some of the others are a little more forgiving. Whatever happened it wouldn't have the same impact as Take That and Robbie anyway, says Nicky. We didn't have a huge fall out like they did, Brian didn't go off the rails, into rehab, and become the biggest pop star on the planet. We didn't break up for years before the biggest comeback in history.

But I love to get Brian back in the studio. The other lads will probably kill me for saying it, but I genuinely believe it's an option down the line.

We had an amazing 12 years, and if you told me 10 years ago we still be doing tours and selling out arenas I wouldn't have believed you. We have to thank our lucky stars but I don't think we'll be around in another 12 if I'm honest. Not at this pace anyway.

CHERYL Cole had to apologise to Westlife Mark Feehily after insulting his band in a row with their manager Louis Walsh.



On Saturday Cheryl urged band JLS not to become like Westlife not knowing Mark was in the studio watching.

Louis, 56, shot back: Westlife have had more hits than you.

A source said: Louis took Mark to Cheryl dressing room and made her apologise. She was embarrassed and looked like she wanted the ground to swallow her.

Nicky's Surprise birthday gift to dad
05 Jan 2009 by Villy


Westlife star Nicky Byrne managed to reduce his dad to tears at the weekend, when he surprised him with a Harley Davidson motorbike.

The popstar and his family threw a huge bash to celebrate dad Nicky Snrs 60th birthday in the Regency Hotel in Dublins Whitehall on Saturday night.

More than 200 friends and family were there to see Nicky blindfold his dad before revealing the extravagant gift. Bike lover Nicky Snr a well known musician and singer on the cabaret scene dissolved into tears of joy at the sight of the dream bike.

"This is the ultimate motorbike for anyone that knows their bikes" said a source "It was the last thing he expected."

Nicky's dad was also thrilled by live performances by stars such as Sonny Knowels and Aslan at the belated bash.

He actually turned 60 at the beginning of December but Nicky and wife Georgina were away at the time so they held it at the weekend instead.

The bowled over dad was surrounded by other family including wife Yvonne, daughter Gillian and younger son Adam.

Source: Irish Star

Thursday October 08 2009

She boasts a bulging designer wardrobe most fashionistas would kill for, but not even red-carpet regular Georgina Ahern knew what to wear to the biggest VIP bash of the year.

The Dublin mum-of-two has revealed her famous hubbie Nicky Byrne came to her rescue when she faced the inevitable crisis of choosing the perfect ensemble for Simon Cowell's A-list birthday party.

The Westlife crooner narrowly saved his wife of six years from experiencing a Cinderella-like fashion disaster by hitting the shops to buy her a dress just two hours before the bash kicked off.

Gorgeous Georgina wowed onlookers at the X Factor judge's star-studded 50th birthday party by stepping out in a jewel-embellished silver dress, which was a last-minute present from Nicky.

A friend of the couple, who are parents to two-year-old twins Rocco and Jay, told the Herald: "Nicky picked it up for her in a boutique in London about two hours before the party."

The short-sleeved designer frock is certain to have set the chart-topping star back a few bob, given that world-famous glamazons Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Cheryl Cole were just some of the other couture lovers contending for the unofficial title of best-dressed guest at the lavish event.

Georgina kept her long hair and diamond accessories simple and understated to let the glitzy frock stand out.

Westlife manager Louis Walsh claimed the group "stole the show" after performing at the party.

But it wasn't all work as the friend revealed the band, who were all accompanied by their wives and partners, had a great time.

"They had a really great time and Westlife performed two songs at the party," she added.

Georgina, who has not yet returned from Britain since last Saturday's party, is believed to have had a different ensemble ready for the event, but it seems she couldn't resist wearing the unexpected eye-catching gift from her husband.

The friend hinted it's not the first time Nicky has bagged his wife some crowd-pleasing clobber, so perhaps he deserves the credit for her fashionista status.

"He has good taste; he always has," the friend added.

Meanwhile, Georgina and Nicky are still recovering from the party by enjoying some downtime in Britain.

The friend said: "They are still over there because Westlife are doing a few bits and pieces in the studio."

29th October 2009

Westlife are hoping to catch the World Cup while touring


WESTLIFE are aiming to combine their love of football with touring next summer.



The Irish heart-throbs hope a visit to the World Cup will be on the cards during their six-month road trip.


We will tour more next year and go places we haven't been much like South Africa said Shane Filan, 30.


That way we can cheer on Ireland at the World Cup.


But that's only if the Irish beat France to qualify.



Kian Egan, 29, added: We play better against good teams so I'm sure we get through.

Westlife Debut Music Video for Single 'Safe'
November 2010

While Kian Egan comes to Mark Feehily's rescue, Shane Fillan and Nicky Byrne save women from getting beaten and committing suicide.

Westlife save people in a music video. Shane Fillan stands up for a woman when her boyfriend is about to lay a hand on her, Nicky Byrne prevents another female from jumping off the rooftop, and Kian Egan helps Mark Feehily in a car accident.

"There's a bit of acting for us to be doing and we're getting involved in all different scenes," Shane said in an interview with OK! Magazine. "We're kind of flipping the word safe and making it 'unsafe' - trying to stop people from being 'unsafe.' We're the heroes - although we don't have cloaks (laughs). It's real life stories put into a video."

All the scenes in the "Safe" music video, including the car accident, were done without any stuntman. "It was the most fun we have had shooting a video," Mark shared to the Daily Star. "We wanted to do the stunts ourselves and management let us."

The song is taken from the boyband's new album "Gravity" which is due November 23 in the United States.

Kian Egan - Kian Egan And Jodi Albert Want Baby Daughter
20 March 2012 11:00:11 AM


Kian Egan And Jodi Albert Want Baby Daughter


Kian Egan and Jodi Albert want a little girl to complete their family following the birth of son Koa in December.



The Westlife singer and the former 'Hollyoaks' actress are closer than ever following the birth of their son Koa in December and would love to give him a sister in the future.

Kian said: ''A little girl would melt my heart now but every man likes the idea of having a little boy. I'm looking forward to taking him surfing, golfing - he's going to be an outdoorsy little dude. But we do want a little girl, hopefully next time.

''I think no matter how many boys we have, we'll keep going until we have a girl too!''

Jodi added to OK! magazine: ''Kian has said he wants four children but I don't know about that. If he's putting the pressure of four on me, I'm going to put the pressure of a girl on him. I've got my little boy. I want girl next but not any time soon.''

Kian also revealed Westlife manager Louis Walsh - who doesn't have any kids of his own - has surprised him by his interest in the baby.

He said: ''Louis hasn't seen the baby yet but he does continuously ask about him, which is so sweet. Louis doesn't strike you as the type of person to talk about children much, yet he's asking loads about Koa. Maybe he's getting soft in his old age.''

Kian is preparing for Westlife's final tour and admitted he and Jodi are looking forward to taking some time off to travel the world with Koa.

He said: ''Jodi and I would like to get back to the sunshine and spend some time travelling and living a lifestyle that we haven't lived in a few years. We'd love Koa to see the world, having a baby really puts things into perspective.''

LUXURY Kian and Jodi?s Sligo home is designed around surfing themes

THIS is the beautiful new seaside pad of Voice of Ireland judge Kian Egan. The Westlife star's luxurious bungalow in surfing town, Strandhill, Co. Sligo boasts stunning views of the surrounding sea and mountains. It is located in a scenic spot at the foot of Knocknarea Mountain, yet can be clearly seen from the main road.
Kian (31) who previously owned a modest dwelling in the same area, recently moved into this spectacular house with his beautiful wife Jodi Albert (28) and their three-month old baby boy, Koa. The five-bedroom love-nest is modest in size compared to band mate Shane Filan's ?1.5m two-story country mansion nearby in Carraroe.


Despite their massive wealth, Kian and Jodi, who wed in Barbados in 2009 and also have a property in London, decided to opt for a singlestorey residence that blends in with the local landscape. Kian, who is currently battling it out on The Voice Of Ireland, revealed recently that his new dream home took four years for the couple to design, and they are delighted to have finally moved in.
"It's a big house with lots of small rooms," Jodi explains. "I'm not from a wealthy background, so I didn't want the rooms to be too big."
The home's décor reflects Kian's love of surfing. It is open-plan, with lots of imported Indonesian furniture, while huge windows provide plenty of light. Friends say they wanted to create a laid-back, chillout zone to unwind in. The impressive kitchen was custom-made and features Asian fretwork doors with distressed antique mirrors. Kian said that becoming parents had brought the happy couple closer
together.
"We've never argued much, but the things we used to argue about before are out the window now. We have a good routine going on and we're just so much in love."
Doting mum Jodi said: "When you have a baby it goes to a whole new level. I didn't think I could love Kian any more, but I do.."
The couple named their son, Koa, after the Hawaiian Koa Tree. "Some of the best surfboards are made from its wood, so when Koa was born it just suited him and our little vibe as a family" says Kian.
"Koa means bold, brave and fearless. Koa's a chilled out little dude, we're very lucky," said Jodi.
But Kian also reveals that there is an element of sadness after the group he co-managed with Louis Walsh,Wonderland, which featured Jodi, was disbanded after it flopped. "My heart was broken at the end of Wonderland," he admits.
"I gave my heart and soul to that band and put in a huge amount of my own finances, time and effort. It became quite thankless in the end."
Conor McTernan

Nicky Say's.


I never thought that west life play two nights at Lansdowne road to 80,000 people.
My favourite west life moment was meeting the pope and our dads performing on our T.V show she's the one.
The other's would say that I'm the longest in the shower.
My favourite west life track is world of our own.
My favourite west life video is world of our own
When I m not working I like to spend time with my wife and walk our little pups
My motto is smile, enjoy life, live every day like its your last.
I would describe myself as thoughtful, reliable and trustworthy.
The phase I often use is Le Gra( With Love in Irish).

 

Nicky Byrne insists Mary Byrne is NOT his aunt



Nicky Byrne set the cat among the pigeons earlier this month, when he claimed on Twitter that X Factor finalist Mary Byrne was actually his aunt.

The Westlife singer tried to retract the joke soon after but has admitted that many fans, followers and journalists swallowed the story hook, line and sinker.

He told BANG Showbiz: I was watching X Factor
the first live show I think and I was tweeting.
I just put something like Good luck to my auntie Mary, she's my favourite auntie,%u2019 in a p**stake, sarcastic kind of way.



I did see a lot of feedback coming back, not your average person who replies but I was getting journalists coming back to me going No way, is this true?
So I was looking at all of this going Oh f**k, this isn't good, I better fix it!

His manager and Mary's X Factor mentor Louis Walsh was dragged into the furore, when journalists started interrogating him about the story.

He said: I actually tweeted no just for the record she's not my auntie,
but that didn't seem to do the job.
Then Louis called me the next day to ask what was going on. He actually forwarded me a text from a journalist saying
If this is true and you haven't told us before Louis, we need to f**king know about it.

Needless to say Nicky and Mary are NOT related as far as he knows
but he isn't ruling the possibility out altogether.

He said: She f**king could be if you look back down the bloodline, she's from Dublin, she's from Ballyfermot, my dad's from Cabra, which is not far away.

 

Mark Feehily's Jet Ski Drama


Irish singer Mark Feehily was once stranded in the middle of a lake for two terrifying hours after his jet ski malfunctioned.

The Westlife star often takes to the water for fun trips with friends, but one journey turned into a nightmare after a rope got "stuck" and jammed the engine of his vehicle.

Feehily was left stranded away from the shore until his father contacted a local search team - and the singer has commended the work of his rescuers.

He tells Britain's The One Show, "I have (been rescued). I have a jet ski and sometimes I take it out on a lake. We kind of have one of those inflatable things - other people sit on it and pull it and it's a lot of fun, but the rope for that got stuck up in the engine in the jet ski and we ended up getting stranded for two and a half hours on the lake.

"It started to get dark and very worrying and very cold but luckily I brought my mobile phone with me. Everyone said, 'Don't bring it, it'll get wet!' Luckily I did because if I didn't I wouldn't have been able to call my dad and he went off and got somebody, a local search and rescue team. You don't appreciate it until something like that happens, you realise these people are just waiting (to help)."

In an interview with the Mirror Feehily, who came out in 2005, said: "Becoming a father is one of the biggest things you could ever do. I'd love to think I'll be in a place one day to have a kid, 100%. I'm not saying I'm planning to have kids right now, but they'll definitely be part of my life.


"It's always something I've been sure of since I was 14 or 15. Even knowing I was gay and before I came out I knew I'd love to be a father. You know the way you think things like 'When I have a kid, I'll tell them this, or take them there', or whatever."


Asked if he had given any thought to how the couple might become parents, Feehily replied: "I would take some serious time to look into all the options. Everybody's got their own circumstances, so there's no simple answer about what's going to be right for you or the kid.


"I'd like to think I'd be a good dad. It's the dream for me that surpasses everything else, to nurture and bring up a kid and try and teach them all the right things."


Asked about his other future plans with McDaid, Feehily replied: "We're best friends and we live together and we're going to get married soon. I can't wait but we haven't finalised the date."

 

What a cutie! Proud mum Jodi Albert posts adorable pictures of son Koa on her blog

..She gave birth six months ago and Jodi Albert is completely smitten with her gorgeous son.

The stunning former Hollyoaks actress and her Westlife singer spouse Kian Egan are the proud parents to baby Koa who could surely compete for title of cutest celebrity baby.
Jodi posted pictures on her blog of the six-month old cutie, entitled My Dude, and even the hardest of hearts would find it difficult not to coo over the tot.


What a cutie! Jodie Albert posted pictures of her and Kian Egan's gorgeous son Koa on her tumblr page
In the series of pictures, Koa, who has gorgeous dark blue eyes is decked out in a Little Man hat, red and navy striped top and eschews the traditional bib in favour of skull print bandana.
In one photograph he even wears an adorable pair of red sunglasses as he pouts into the camera.
He chews on his bottle in a series of the snaps and is cuddled by his adoring daddy in another as he breaks out into a huge smile.
Meanwhile, Jodi is preparing for a fun-filled weekend as Kian and Westlife prepare for their final concerts in Dublin’s Croke Park.


Time to say goodbye: Jodi is preparing to help her husband Kian Egan say goodbye to his time in Westlife this weekend
The boyband will bow out after an extraordinarily successful 15-year-career with a series of sold out shows in their native Ireland and Jodi is ready to help them party.
She posted a picture of herself on her blog with a glass of champagne and the caption ‘Oh yes the champers is coming out this weekend in FORCE BABY!!!!!’
It’s hard to believe it is only six months since she gave birth as even though Jodi is wearing an oversize sweater in the photo and a pair of ripped jeans, it is evident she has quickly regained her pre-pregnancy figure.


Jodi often posts pictures of her adorable son Koa on her blog
Jodi – who is happy to let Kian be the main breadwinner for now after her girl group Wonderland split up – loves reaching out to other mothers on her blog and comparing stories.
She said: ‘I think the best thing that has happened to me since having a baby is the connection I actually feel with other mums who have been through the same thing. I am never stuck for conversation with other mums.
‘I talk about stretch marks, that my boobs are dropping a little bit and I can chat and chat about it all day.


This weekend Jodi will help Kian say goodbye to his Westlife days as he and the band bow out after 15 years at the top

Mark feebly talking about bullying

and his involvement with ISPCC

and Blue Shield Campaign

Tuesday September 18 2012

LOUIS Walsh has revealed he hopes to see Westlife back on the stage - despite revelations by Nicky Byrne that the foursome fought like cats and dogs.

The 33-year-old singer, who is competing in Strictly Come Dancing, said after 14 years it was right for the band to go their separate ways.

"We battered each other, obviously not physically, but we argued like hell. Probably more so in the latter years," he said.

But Louis has revealed how he hopes fans haven't seen the last of Nicky, Shane Filan (33), Mark Feehily (32) and Kian Egan (32).

The X Factor judge said he reckons they will take to the stage again -- but in ten years time.

"I'm not looking for any band to replace Westlife because that's just not going to happen," he told the Herald.

"Hopefully in 10 years time they will be back touring."

Westlife with Coventry great, great grandmother Alice Byrne Coventry’s coolest great, great grandmother Alice Byrne - Boy George tweets about her on Twitter and Westlife mention her name on stage.

She is a 94-year-old rock ‘n’ roller who can be spotted backstage at top rock venues chatting away with celebrities.

The Coundon pensioner even told Westlife off when she met them backstage at their NEC LG concert last month.

She greatly amused the Irish pop stars by telling them she had missed her bingo to come to see them in concert and hoped it would be worth it.

Singer Mark Feehily later urged the NEC crowd to give Alice a loud cheer because she had sacrificed her weekly bingo session specially to see them.

The band also posed for photos with Alice backstage and her family reckons she was one of the oldest concert-goers at the arena.

But the music-loving pensioner is no stranger to meeting the rich and famous and loves her showbusiness jaunts.

The mother-of-three has nine grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild called Chloe.

Born in Dublin in 1918, she moved to Coventry with her family in the 1950s.

Her eldest great grandchild is Daniel Lismore arranges Alice’s A-list invites. 







He was described by Vogue as “London’s most outrageous dresser” and now holds some of London’s top party nights and is creative director of new fashion label Sorapol.

Patricia, one of Alice’s daughters, said: “Daniel loves his Nan and often invites her to join him for special nights.

In a recent interview, R-Patz was asked which boy band he’d rather be a member of — One Direction or Westlife!

Robert responded with:

“Westlife, definitely. Westlife are one of my favorite bands. I actually don’t know any songs that One Direction have done. I’ve just seen pictures of them.”


Westlife, definitely," answered Pattinson, adding, "Westlife are one of my favorite bands

Louis Walsh has accepted €500,000 (£404,000) in libel damages from the Sun after it published a false story claiming he had sexually assaulted a man in a Dublin night-spot.


Walsh, the X Factor judge and Westlife manager, sued Sun publisher News Group Newspapers (NGN) – part of News International – in the Irish high court, seeking aggravated and exemplary damages for the story published on 23 June 2011 with the headline "Louis probed over 'sex attack' on man in loo'". NGN will also pay Walsh's legal costs of €180,000.


The story originated from the Dublin-based Irish edition of the Sun, but was also published in the paper's main UK edition.


Unemployed dance teacher Leonard Watters was jailed for six months in July for wrongly accusing Walsh of groping him in the celebrity nightclub Krystle after a Westlife concert in April 2011.


Eoin McCullough, senior counsel for NGN, read a statement to the high court in Dublin on Wednesday morning apologising to Walsh.


"The Sun published an article in its editions of 23 June 2011, in which we reported that Louis Walsh was being investigated in relation to a sexual assault on Leonard Watters," he said.


"In fact, it transpired that Leonard Watters had made a false statement to [Irish police force] An Garda Siochána, and he has since been convicted in relation to this matter.


"The Sun fully accepts that the alleged assault did not occur in the first place and Louis Walsh is entirely innocent of any such assault.


"The Sun unreservedly apologises to Louis Walsh for any distress caused to him as a result of our article."


Walsh's lawyer, Paul Tweed, said: "This is a prime example of what we would look to see come out of Leveson. We are not trying to gag the press or stop investigations, but if there was a strong body that we could have rung before to get them to stop the story for 24 hours, we could have provided proof that Louis wasn't even in the place at the time and all this would have been avoided. They gave us just a few hours, they were determined to run it."


Speaking outside the high court in Dublin, Walsh said he was "relieved" it was all over, but added that he would never get over the traumatic experience.


"Nobody should write lies," he said. "No amount of pleading could stop them [from publishing]."


Walsh said he had told Gordon Smart, editor of the Sun's Bizarre showbiz column, the night before publication that the allegations he groped Watters were false.


"Gordon Smart called me and said 'you could be nicked for this'. I told him it was not true; it was totally totally not true, but they still ran the story," Walsh said. "It has been a very traumatic experience for me. I will never get over it."


In a statement read on the steps of Dublin's Four Courts, Walsh added: "I am very satisfied with this total vindication for me, but I remain very angry at the treatment at the hands of the Sun.


"I was absolutely gutted and traumatised that these allegations against me should have been published, particularly as I had made it clear at the time there was not one iota of truth in them, and was totally bewildered who would have made up this type of story."


He said although the perpetrator of the false allegation had been jailed, "this didn't stop the story going around world" because the Sun had published its story.


The story threatened to end Walsh's career as a manager of bands including Westlife and Boyzone, as well as his TV career as a judge on The X Factor.


"No amount of money will compensate for what I have gone through," he said. "This has had a terrible effect on me guys. It was all lies.

Westlife's Shane and Mark land solo record deals .Westlife's Shane and Mark land solo record deals


.The post-Westlife phase of their careers has well and truly begun for Shane Filan and Mark Feehily. It was only yesterday that we reported that Filan is considering making an assault on the Eurovision as a way to launch his solo career and hopes to release his first material early in the New Year. Meanwhile, his cohort Mark Feehily has signed a deal with Paul McCartney's manager, according to reports in today's The Sun.

Since Westlife's split after 14 years together, its members have been enjoying various forms of success - mostly in television. Nicky Byrne has appeared as a contestant on UK TV show Strictly Come Dancing, while Kian Egan was a guest on the Irish version of The Voice.

dec 2012
Westlife's Shane Filan has reportedly signed a record deal to kick-off his solo career.

The Sun said that the singer has been snapped up by London Records and is already working on a debut album, to be released next year.

His former bandmate Mark Feehily is also set to get his own deal, The Sun reported, after taking on Sir Paul McCartney's manager.

The Irish boyband split up this summer after 14 years together in which they notched up 14 number one singles and a string of hit albums.

Since then, Nicky Byrne waltzed onto Strictly Come Dancing but got booted off earlier this month and recently confessed he'd love to get into acting.

Kian Egan has done stints as a TV presenter on This Morning and The Xtra Factor and a coach on The Voice of Ireland.

THE wife of Strictly Come Dancing hunk Nicky Byrne has been keeping very close tabs on her husband. But not because Georgina, daughter of former Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, is worried the Westlife star is getting too close to dance partner Karen Hauer.

Nicky, 34, laughed and said: “My wife is loving it and taking the mickey out of me.

“She says she constantly has to watch that my fake tan isn’t as dark as hers. When your wife is saying that you know you’ve got to be careful.”

Of course, Nicky is best known for massive-selling boyband Westlife, who called time after 14 years together in June.

During their time at the top, as well as 14 No 1 singles they also performed 27 sell-out shows at Wembley Arena in 10 years, shifting 250,000 tickets and making them the venue’s most successful pop band.

They sang one song at the venue for last year’s X Factor final and tonight Nicky is back – but this time he’s dancing.

And there’s no stools.

Laughing again, Nicky said: “Never say never. There’s been talk of using a Westlife song and incorporating one of them into a routine. I don’t think it’s a bad idea. I’m up for it.”

Kerry Katona thinks Sharon Osbourne should come back
WE like her style.

Kerry Katona says: Westlife star Kian Egan has said he’d love to be a judge on The X Factor, but only if Louis Walsh stays.


I can’t help thinking his former bandmate Mark Feehily would be better.


Vocally, Mark is more passionate. I love Louis, but he seems to say the same things: ‘You’re a great recording artist, you’ll get a record deal!’ I reckon Sharon Osbourne should come back, her and Louis are great together.

 

 

Carr: Westlife tricked me into getting drunk
Monday, November 19, 2012



Alan Carr once got so drunk with Westlife on 'Chatty Man' he had trouble reading the autocue.

The 36-year-old presenter usually enjoys a drink with his star-studded line-up of guests on the chat show but he felt as though he'd been on a heavy night out when he had the 'Flying Without Wings' band on the show once, as he tried to match their alcohol consumption but didn't realise they were only pretending to drink.

Carr - who is on the ninth series of the Channel 4 programme - said: "I didn't realise they were flinging their glasses behind the sofa. So I kept drinking, thinking: 'God, I know the Irish can drink, but my head's rotating'.

"When I got up, I saw it was knee-deep in shot glasses behind the settee.

"I find all alcohol moreish, so I was on my third glass and I couldn't read the autocue properly. By the time the third guest came on, I was up for a fight and a kebab!"

 

 

 

 

O2 CALLS FOR WESTLIFE GIG


O2 SMARTSOUNDS: Westlife
IT was recently announced that Westlife will make a return to The O2 this year, to headline a one-off gig, 'O2 SmartSounds'.
The four-piece will take to the stage on November 24 to play a live social media gig, specially created by O2 to coincide with the introduction of its new Smartphone offer.
From August 25, customers who buy or upgrade to a Smartphone at O2 retail stores nationwide can get two free tickets to see Westlife on November 24 at 'The O2', while tickets last.
Westlife's Kian Egan said, "O2 SmartSounds will be a very different gig, with fans being given unique opportunities throughout the night to interact with us. Keep an eye on www.O2.ie for more details."
Support act announcements will follow and up-and-coming Irish bands are being encouraged to keep an eye out for the launch of a Battle of the Bands competition, where O2 will offer one lucky band the chance to play on November 24.

A 1964 Aston Martin DB5 offered by singer Shane Filan, of the Irish pop band Westlife, sold for 348,000 pounds to a telephone bidder against a low valuation of 250,000 pounds. The car had undergone three years of restoration for Filan, having been found in dilapidated condition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, several years ago by the Aston specialist dealer Desmond J. Smail, said Bonhams.

Aston Restoration
“I think the seller probably made a profit,” said Knight. “You can renovate an Aston for less than 200,000 pounds and if you’re going to spend that kind of money restoring a car, you may as well do it with a DB5.”

An Aston Martin DB5 was the runaround of choice for James Bond in five movies, beginning with “Goldfinger” in 1964.

Living the Westlife Way
CONVERSATIONS With Ricky Lo The Philippine Star Updated September 18, 2011 The band is coming for a concert at the Araneta Coliseum on Sept. 29.

We know we can sing. That?s the easy part.?

That?s what Shane Filan said about Westlife, the boyband that helped pave the way for bands of the same genre, and that?s what they?ve been happily doing all these 14 years during which they sold over 44 million records worldwide, 14 of them No. 1 singles in the United Kingdom, making them the only artist with the most consecutive No. 1?s in the UK.

Minus Bryan McFadden who has gone solo, the remaining four Westlife guys ? that is, Shane, 32; Kian Egan, 31; Mark Feehily, 31; and Nicky Byrne, at 33 the oldest of the group ? are coming for a concert at the Araneta Coliseum next Thursday, Sept. 29, as part-promo for their latest album called Gravity, released locally by Sony Music.

?It?s a really good album,? said Nicky in an exclusive phone Conversation (again, the band agreed to talk only to one Philippine paper, The STAR). ?It?s one producer. It?s one sound. Maybe it?s taken us 14 years to get there. But it doesn?t matter. We?re here now.?

And here they will stay, well-entrenched on top and unchallenged by the emergence of other bands.

Before he became a Westlifer, Nicky played professional football and represented Ireland at several underage competitions. He?s married to Georgina Ahern, his childhood sweetheart and they have fraternal twin sons named Jay and Rocco, four years old. Except for Mark, the two other members are married, too, and have kids of their own.

Nicky (rightmost) with (from left) Kian, Shane and Mark. You and the other Westlife guys are coming to the Philippines for a concert on Sept. 29. Welcome back!

?We?re looking forward to it. You know, the Philippines has always been very welcoming to Westlife. Ever since we first went there in 1999, the people there have been so friendly to Westlife and I know that Westlife songs mean a lot to some people there.?

When you were here in 1999, you were new as a group.

?That?s right. We?ve been to the Philippines I think maybe four or five times for promo visits and we?ve done some concert visits. It?s a place that we do like to visit again and again. It?s been too long since we?ve been back, so we?re really looking forward to go back over there and to, you know, sing all our songs for the fans again. It should be very special.?

It has been 14 years since you were organized as a group. How has the Westlife music changed all these years, how did it evolve?

?I think that when you?re in a band like this and you enjoy doing it, you always try to improve the next album and make the songs better. At the same time, you don?t want to change too much because possibly one of the reasons why we?re still around is that we didn?t try and change our music. We?ve stuck to the formula and to what we know how to do best. People seem to like most of the pop songs that we make and that?s very important.?

What about you and the three other guys, how have you changed as persons all these years? I guess the way you look at life has changed a bit. Are you the same persons that you were 14 years ago?

Nicky Byrne. ?Well, we?ve certainly grown up. We are family men now. I?ve got children now. The way you look at life does change a little bit as you grow older. This is actually our 14th year, would you believe?I couldn?t believe that we?ve lasted this long.?

Wow, that?s a long time!

?Yeah, it has been a long time! And we?re enjoying every minute of it. We have a greatest-hits album this year and this is why we?re going to the Philippines to sing all the songs on it. We?re inviting all those people who used to be Westlife fans and who are still Westlife fans to come and enjoy the concert with us.?

Oh, I?m sure they will all be there.

?And, you know, something that is also very close to me about the Philippines is that I?m a big fan of Manny Pacquiao.?

Really!?!

?Oh yes, I am! I do a bit of boxing training. I heard that Manny likes to sing, so I hope that he will watch our concert if he?s around. I?m inviting him.?

What was your boxing training for?

?Oh, just for conditioning?just to keep fit.?

Right now (last week during the interview), he?s in the States promoting with Juan Manuel Marquez their return bout on Nov. 12 (Nov. 13 Manila Time) in Las Vegas. I?m sure he?ll be back in time for your concert.

(Addressing Manny) ?Come to our concert, Manny! Be our guest!?

Have you heard him sing?

?No, I haven?t. It will be great if he will come to our concert and sing a song or two with us, a Westlife song of course.?

You have two kids. What about the other members (Kian, Mark and Shane)?

?Kian is expecting his first child next January. Shane has three children. Mark doesn?t have any children. He?s not married at the moment.?

Nicky: We?re inviting Manny Pacquiao (inset) to our concert. I heard that he sings; maybe he can sing one song with us during the show. I also want to do a bit of boxing training with him during the day. Now that you are fathers, how do you look at music? I suppose you sing with a different feeling now.

?Yeah, definitely! Being a father does change your life. Having children is an amazing experience. You look at music differently from the way you did when you were single. It gives you a special feeling singing the same songs with a different feeling. When we go on a world tour, I don?t want to stay away too long because I miss my children.?

Do you sing your kids to sleep at night?

(Laughs) ?No, I don?t.?

How do you Westlife guys manage to stay together and stay on top all these years despite the emergence of other groups?

?To be honest, I don?t know. You know, maybe we know what buttons to push or what pushes each other?s buttons. There?s really no magic formula. If there were, we would bottle it and sell it. I think if you want to continue doing something that you love to do, you have to help each other through and do your best to make things easy for everybody. Fourteen years is a long time. We?re coming to Asia now for concerts because you just never know what?s around the corner so we?re looking forward to this tour.?

Do you guys always do things together at work or at play?

?Right now, no. I don?t believe that at this particular moment any member has that plan. That?s not to say that things will not change because in time, maybe each of us will take a break and I?m sure each one of us will want to do his own thing. But as I?ve said, right now, not one of us has any such plan and we are just concentrating on the greatest-hits tour.?

Oh, you?re doing a greatest-hits album. That?s great!

?Yes, it?s coming out in November, after Gravity which came out last year.?

I read somewhere that you guys came to a crossroads last year and the result was the album Gravity. According to the story, you wandered into ?uncharted waters.? Was it a ?risk? doing that kind of album?

?I don?t think doing the album was a risk. I think what we meant was that, with nobody to compare ourselves to we?re making more and more albums, and we?re in ?uncharted waters? where the typical boy band would have maybe three albums and a ?greatest hits? one. With us, we did nine albums before doing a ?greatest hits? album. Every album we make is new and nobody has ever done it like this before. You know, the Gravity album is a pretty good pop album.?

I?ve listened to the album and the most touching song on it is Too Hard To say Goodbye. There?s an interesting story behind it, about the passing of your father and that of Kian, right?

?Yeah, my dad had a heart attack and died suddenly when he was at work, and Kian?s dad also died within the same year. It was a painful way to end the year. It was quite hard. What we did was go to the studio and write the song. It?s a song that really works. It?s a hard song to do, our special tribute to our dads. We were crying when we did it.?

You helped pave the way for boy bands. You?re grown-up now, you?re fathers now. You have ceased to be a boyband. How would you classify yourselves now?

?Maybe we should call ourselves, hmmmm, the Granddad Band.? (Laughs)

See you at the Araneta Coliseum on Sept. 29. We?d love to listen to you sing the old familiar Westlife songs.

?Yeah, we?ll be singing all our songs ? You Raise Me Up, When You?re Looking Like That?all the big songs. We can hardly wait to sing all of them.?

If Manny Pacquiao watched your concert and agreed to do a song with you guys, what song would it be?

?I think You Raise Me Up would be good. That would be a nice one. Or any Westlife song he?d want to do. During the day, I would love to do a bit of boxing training with him and then at night time, he could do a bit of singing with us.?

One trivia question: Your full name is quite long ? Nicholas Bernard James Adam McGarry Byrne Jr. Didn?t you have a hard time writing it during grade school?

?Oh, in school I didn?t have to write all that. That?s the name on my birth certificate. For short, you take the first and the last ? Nicholas Byrne. My friends call me Nicko and then everybody knows me as Nicky.?

Anything you have to say to your fans down here?
?Oh, please remind everybody to follow me on Twitter. I?ll be keeping everybody updated on what I?m doing.?

Westlife are filming a brand new music video in South Africa for what will be their first single since moving to RCA.

The track, the name of which hasn't been revealed yet, will be the lead single from their upcoming Greatest Hits.

Also being done over there is what has been described as a "very special photo shoot".

The pictures are going to be featured in a special fan Box Set of their Greatest Hits, the first 500 of which will be signed by the boys.

The box set is also going to include an amazing retrospective photobook showing their 14 years together, as well as some specially selected fan pictures.

 

 

 

 

Westlife set to announce greatest hits tour for 2012Date Posted: 15/09/11
Westlife are rumoured to be undertaking a greatest hits tour next year to follow up from the release of their collection of chart-topping singles.

The Irish boy band's The Greatest Hits album will be available to purchase from Monday November 21st and Stereoboard.com reports that they could perform in front of those booking city breaks at some of the UK's biggest venues in May 2012.

"It’s almost hard to believe that we’ve been doing this for as long as we have. We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved and are looking forward to releasing our Greatest Hits as a special thank you to our fans who have supported us throughout our career," said the boys in a statement.

During their career, Westlife have had 14 number on singles, bettered only by Elvis Presley and The Beatles, and have sold more tickets at Wembley Arena than any other act, having performed there 25 times.

While a track listing for The Greatest Hits has yet to be announced, it could feature the likes of Home, Flying Without Wings and Against All Odds.

 

Westlife star Shane Filan sells Bond car
September 2011

Westlife star Shane Filan fetched ?398,000 for his James Bond 1964 Aston Martin, when it went under the hammer .

The silver DB5 4.2 litre sports saloon was driven by Sean Connery in the James Bond film Goldfinger and was auctioned off in the UK at the three-day Goodwood Revival motorsport and aviation event.

It was expected by auctioneers Bonhams that the car would fetch around ?300,000, but it well exceeded expectations and was sold to a telephone bidder.

Sligo-born Filan, who is a car fanatic, bought the motor as a 30th birthday present to himself. However, he put it up for sale because he is always on tour and he won't get a chance to use it.

The car remains the most famous off all the James Bond Aston Martins, having appeared in five movies out of the series.

Jodi Albert celebrated her baby shower

Westlife is King in Vietnamese fans’ heart
VietNamNet Bridge - Thousands of people packed Hanoi’s My National Dinh Stadium on the night of October 1, to shout “Westlife, we love you!” and sing along with their idols for nearly 100 minutes.

Westlife to sing with Vietnamese fans
Westlife's Gravity Tour to come to Vietnam this October





After two rainy days under the impacts of typhoon Nesat, rain suddenly stopped on the afternoon of October 1, just several hours before Westlife’s Gravity tour. Thousands of fans flocked to the My Dinh Stadium to see their idols. Vietnamese fans had to wait for over a decade to see Westlife.

Westlife appeared at 8.10pm, when a small rain began. However, the stadium was very hot. Thousands of people shouted “Westlife, Westlife, Westlife”.

The band started the show by two songs “When You’re Looking Like That” and “World Of Our Own” in the shouts of encouragements.

In the 100-minute show with over 20 songs, among those from the latest album, Gravity, Westlife also performed some hit songs that have brought the boy-band to the list of the world’s most popular artists, including “My Love”, “Seasons In The Sun”, “You Raise Me Up” and “Flying Without Wings”.

The four singers - Mark Feehily, Nicky Byrne, Shane Filan and Kian Egan - made many young fans bursting into tears with their pieces of music and friendliness.



Almost all the audience turned on the flash lights of their mobile phones after being asked to
do so as the boy-band started to sing “You Raise Me Up”.


The four singers also had a very close interaction with audience by shaking hands with them, and Nicky and Kian even helped their fans take the photos by using their own digital cameras. Kian also asked the audience to shout out “Twinkle”, the nickname of his future child - his wife’s second pregnancy, so that he can record the view for the child.

Westlife kept the promise to their fans as not only showed off sweetest love songs, but also more exciting music with the cover of 5 songs, including Viva La Vida (Coldplay), Only Girl (Rihanna), The Time (Black Eyed Peas), Bad Romance (Lady Gaga) and I Predict A Riot (Kaiser Chiefs).

Different with fans’ prediction, Westlife invited not four but up to eight fans, including two girls from Sweden and Denmark, to sing “Beautiful Tonight,” not “My Love” with them.




They ended their Vietnam’s live concert with “What About Now” and “Uptown Girl”.

The show closed by a firework show, which raised the audience’s temper to the highest level. The show marked a great leap in organizing technology in Vietnam.

After the show ended, Nicky immediately logged on Twitter to share the 32-second clip he filmed the moment thousands of Vietnamese fans cheering up and singing along the hit “My Love”.

The four-man idol group said they decided to add “My Love” to their list, although it was not originally included after finding out before coming here that the song was their most popular song to local fans.

With their only one show in Vietnam, Westlife has really become “King of My Heart” in the heart of Vietnamese fans.



Nearly 10,000 people watched the show.



The band opened its show by two songs "When You're Looking Like That" and "World Of Our Own"



A fan cried when Westlife performed "My Love", a special gift for Vietnamese audience.



Eight fans joined Westlife to sing 'Beautiful Tonight'. Photo: a fan from
Da Lat city.


Many audiences were surprised with the cover of 5 songs, including Viva La Vida
(Coldplay), Only Girl (Rihanna), The Time (Black Eyed Peas), Bad Romance (Lady Gaga)
and I Predict A Riot (Kaiser Chiefs).


Westlife was very friendly.


Vietnamese fans presented many gifts to their idols.


The four singers also had a very close interaction with audience by shaking hands with them.
Nicky and Kian even helped their fans take the photos by using their own digital cameras.





They said goodbye to Vietnamese fans by "Uptown girl". They promised to see
Vietnamese audiences again in a near future.

Famous Irish Boy Band in Concert
Westlife and Gravity thrill Jakarta



Oct 07, 2011
Seven years since their last performance in Indonesia, the famous Irish boy band, Westlife, finally made their comeback in Jakarta on the evening of October 5, quenching the longing of their fans. This exuberant show was part of their world tour entitled, The Gravity, held at the Tennis Indoor Stadium in Senayan, Jakarta. Thousands of loyal fans from Jakarta and other major cities of Indonesia such as Bandung, Surabaya, and Lombok flocked to the site, hours before the show commenced.

A special Meet and Greet session organized by Enterprise Ireland was held before the fabulous quartet of Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, and Shane Filan went on stage. Speaking for Enterprise Ireland, Claire Tracey stated that they had a number of fortunate loyal fans to come face to face and interact closely with the boy band, which supports education in Ireland. When asked about how he sees Indonesia, Nicky simply replied, “It’s amazing.” The Meet and Greet session itself was short, but it left a lasting memento for those who got the chance to just shake hands or take pictures with all Westlife members.

The concert kicked off at 2000 Western Indonesia Time, as the rumbling sounds of the hysterical audience grew louder by the minute. As the curtains were raised, Westlife appeared with their elegant trench coats and black ties, and shook the stadium with “When you‘re looking like that,” while the audience passionately sang along with them.

After the opening song, Mark greeted the audience and expressed his excitement to return and meet his fans in Indonesia. “I hope you guys don’t just scream, but also sing along with us, but watch out don’t let anybody get hurt,” said Mark, as Westlife went on to play "World of Our Own," "What Makes A Man," and “What About Now.”

The hysteria and frenzy got somewhat out of control as the quartet played “Home.” The adrenalin drove some among the audience to push one another, causing a number to faint.

 

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KIAN EGAN

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kian in diet another day, sketch

true or false with kian

 


Kian
Naam voluit Kian John Francis Egan
Geboortedatum 29 april 1980
Kleur ogen blauw
Kleur haar Bruin maar blond geverfd
Lengte 1,74
Broers en zussen 3 broers (1 jonger) en 3 zussen (1 jonger)
Woonplaats Sligo
Instrument piano + gitaar
Vorige Baantjes Kissogram, Kledingwinkel
Favo - liedje She's like the wind
- Film Titanic
- Actrice Cameron Diaz
- Acteur Brad Pitt
- Boek Bravo 2 Zero (Andy McNab
- Kleding Designer D&G
- Westlife nummer Fool Again
- Ballad ??
Slechtste WL songtekst? What I want is...
Kenmerken litteken onder rechteroog en op linker knie
Huisdieren? geen
Favo - "catch" phrase Ya Deutz!
- Lichaamsdeel (zelf) ogen
- Lichaamsdeel vrouw ogen
- Kleur wit

KIAN

Kian: I love Metallica

I WAS stunned when

KIAN EGAN told me his favourite band.

The music I listen to at home is very different from Westlife, he revealed. I love

METALLICA. I loved them when I was younger and that,s the kind of music I choose to listen to on my iPod.

Kian lives in Essex rather than his native Sligo, though he has a house there.

He moved to be with his gorgeous girlfriend, actress

JODI ALBERT.

And when the band take a break after their tour next year, he and the former Hollyoaks star plan a long holiday.

Kian said: I need to get away for a while. Jodi and I want to backpack around the world.

I don,t think I m going to stay in a backpackers hostel, but I don,t want to go five-star either.


Moody

I don,t think you experience enough in five-star hotels. You don,t meet enough interesting people.

I m surprised to learn that Kian likes being so friendly and meeting strangers.

His bandmates have nicknamed him Grumplestiltskin because he apparently always so moody.

Kian great love in life apart from his lovely girlfriend, of course is surfing.

He leaps on his board in exotic locations around the globe and has even opened up a juice bar in Sligo, where there is a strong surfing community.

He said: Im not into football, which Jodi is grateful for, but I do love surfing. She always moaning at me because I like to watch surfing DVDs all the time.

I love going away on surf camps with my buddies. When I do that we don,t stay at top-price places, I stay at hotels that cost 15 a night and I like that because you meet some great people.

Kian Say's

I never thought westlife would have 12 number ones.
My favourite westlife moment was shooting the video for if I let you go in Tenerife.
My favourite westlife track is what makes a man.
My favourite video is fool again.
The others would say that I'm very head strong.
When I m not working I like to surf.
My motto is treat people how you would like to be treated.
If I had to describe myself in three words they would be romantic, fun and shy.
The phase I often use is Alone .

NICKY

Kian is the most serious in the band and the most passionate about what we do. He always seems to have a point to make. He's thinking about Westlife all the time but the other side of it is that he has a fiery temper. He'll lose his head and start swearing but then we all swear. Spend an hour with us and a swear box and you'd be rich!I remember one occasion and we'd been at a party all night. We'd literally had 20 minutes sleep and we got on a plane from East Germany to Amsterdam. Everyone was conked out on the flight but our tour manager woke up and took Kian's watch from his wrist without him noticing.When Kian got off the plane, he realised it had gone and because he'd been drunk he couldn't remember when he'd last seen it.
He'd spent pounds 2,500 on it and it wasn't insured. He was just about to bawl his eyes out when the tour manager gave it back tohim.If that was me, I would have been so relieved that I would have given the guy a hug but Kian was the opposite and was really annoyed. He freaked out and started shouting at him: "Don't you ever do that to me again". He'll look back on it now and think it was hilarious, but he wasn't happy at the time!

SHANE

We've been friends for years, and we see things quite similarly. I've always been close to him and we even went out with the same girls - but not at the same time! Kian works really hard, and worries about the band alot. He worries a lot about his hair as well! Kian has an angelic smile - which doesn't always hide the cheeky devil inside! He's happiest when he's standing on a stage in front of thousands of screaming fans, or talking business down the phone to Louis Walsh, or standing in the middle of a crowd of beautiful girls! And when Kian's not working he loves to shop - and Los Angeles is his fave hunting ground. He recently splashed out on a five-thousand-pound Rolex, and has a weakness .

MARK

Kian's very serious about the band - he'd lose a leg for it, I suspect! He can be very charming, especially when there are girls about! He loves being on stage and gets a huge buzz out of it! He's very dedicated, but he also knows how to gave a laugh.

 

 

Thursday November 19 2009

Westlife's Kian Egan has revealed how he relived the pain of his own father's death this month, when his bandmate Nicky Byrne's dad passed away suddenly.

The Sligo singer admits that the funeral of Nikki two weeks ago brought back so many memories of his beloved father, Kevin, that he shed as many tears that day as he did when he buried his own dad last July.

Kian married his longtime love Jodi Albert at a lavish ceremony in Barbados last May, just two months before his father's tragic passing.

"I probably cried just as much at Nicky's dad's funeral as I did at my own dad's," he told the Herald.

"It wasn't because I was sitting there thinking my dad is gone as well, it's just because I know what it feels like. I know the pain. It was just a very sad time, you know.

"I knew what he would have to go through, what his mother would have to go through.

"When my dad passed, I just wished that no-one else in Westlife had to go through that pain.

"My dad was very sick with cancer for a long time and he suffered a lot at the end, so you know in a sense for Nicky's dad to have passed so quickly after my own, it was very strange and very difficult.

"It was just very fresh and I just wish it wasn't so close.

"All of our fathers are of similar age. Nikki Sr was too young to die. My dad was too young to die. It shouldn't have happened. We got the rough end of the stick," he added.

The star, who stepped out alongside his bandmates Nicky, Mark Feehily and Shane Filan last night to perform at the Cheerios Childline Concert at the O2, says that his pal Nicky has been remarkably brave and says he was right to throw himself back into his work.

"We all took the week off for Nicky and he's been very strong," he explained. "Both of our fathers would absolutely kick us asunder if they saw us at home sitting on our ass.

"We've an album coming out in three weeks and both of our dads' lived for Westlife so we're doing it for them really.

"We're not going to get anywhere by sitting at home moping," he added.

 

 

No Westlife wipeout!

Kian Egan can more than hold his own on a surfboard as he takes to the waves in Barbados
By Daily Mail Reporter
on 31st December 2010


At a glance, it looks like the man taking to the waves in Barbados is a professional surfer, or someone more than a little used to balancing on a surfboard.
But, on closer inspection, the blonde beach hunk in the water is Westlife's Kian Egan, who showed off some impressive surfing skills in Barbados yesterday.
Wearing a T-shirt and board shorts, Kian looked confident and self-assured as he performed some tricky manoeuvres in the sea.
Not a Westlife wipeout! Kian Egan looks more than a little confident on a surfboard as he takes to the waves in Barbados

The 30-year-old singer was watched by his wife Jodi Albert as he enjoyed the surf, but former Hollyoaks star Jodi decided to play it safe by sitting on the shore.
It seems the couple are thoroughly enjoying their time away, as Kian tweeted earlier this week: 'Hope everyone is have a lovey Christmas/ new year... Were enjoying chilling out but very excited for 2011! Bring it on!!!'
2010 has been an incredibly successful year for Westlife, who remain one of the most popular boybands in the UK.
Catching the wave: Kian appears to be a very skilled surfer

And...up: Kian prepares to stand up on the board as he gets his timing just right

They released their eleventh studio album Gravity, the first single from which, Safe, peaked at number 10 in the UK charts.
The boys - Kian, Shane Filan, Nicky Byrne and Mark Feehily - are now preparing for their tour next year, which starts in March.
And they have no intention of breaking up and pursuing other career interests in the near future.
Surfer boy: Kian's wife Jodi Albert watched from the shore as Kian surfed

Westlife’s Kian Egan to replace Barlow?
February 6, 2012 Share Tweet
By Danielle FletcherRumours are rife that Gary Barlow is to be replaced by Westlife’s Kian Egan, for the next series of The X Factor.

It has been mentioned that Simon Cowell plans to make ‘sweeping changes’ to the show, after axing Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger and Steve Jones, from the American version.



The Irish singer is currently a judge on Ireland’s talent contest, The Voice and plans on building a TV career after Westlife’s farewell tour.

One source said: “Kian is highly rated and would be a perfect judge, although whether he is considered will depend on what happens with Louis Walsh.”

Insiders said: “In reality, Kian can only be considered if Louis doesn’t come back,” as the pair are both closely connected to the Irish music scene

 

 

Kian happy to be voice for children
HE may be a bit of a rottweiler in the judge's chair of 'The Voice of Ireland', but yesterday Kian Egan was more a cuddly puppy as he threw his weight behind a campaign to help sick children.

And the Westlife singer admitted that becoming a father himself has made him realise "just how lucky most of us are".

His wife Jodie gave birth to their son Koa just before Christmas and it has helped him appreciate life more.

Kian was speaking close to his home in Strandhill, Co Sligo, where he helped to launch Happy Faces Day for the Jack & Jill Foundation. Money from the campaign helps families pay for specialist respite nurses.

"I am just delighted that I can help because what these people do is just marvellous," he said.

He added: "Most of us take so much for granted, like shopping, taking the children to the park and things we see as ordinary every day things.

"But the families of these children don't have so much time to do that. All their hours are taken up with dedicated care. The Jack and Jill foundation does so much to help give them time."

Sligo Parents Nicholas and Alice Power are one couple who were delighted with the singer's help.

"Kian is helping to give us a voice. We really appreciate his efforts to help us," said Alice, whose son Nicholas, 18 months, suffers from a complicated heart condition called truncus arteriosis as well as cerebral palsy.

The Jack & Jill Foundation has been helping the couple since September when Nicholas was discharged from hospital.

He needs 24-hour care, with Alice doing the day shift and her husband doing the night shift.

To help Jack and Jill raise funds, the Irish Professional Photographers Association are providing its services free for Happy Faces Day.

Photographers will charge €25 for individual portraits with the funds going to Jack and Jill to be spent on respite care.

- Greg Harkin

 

 

ADMIRATION: Kian for Jodi
KIAN Egan admits he has new admiration for women after seeing his wife go through 13 hours of labour with their son, Koa.
"Watching Jodi go through all that gave me a whole different respect for women," says the Westlife and Voice of Ireland star.
"I was telling my friends to pick up the phone, ring their mothers and thank them for what they experience for us.
"It's insane what they do. Jodi didn't scream once.
"It was the determination in her to make sure everything went all right that really impressed me.
"The way she powered through - I was well taken back by it."

 

 

 

Lillie's hosts Kian and Leigh's birthday bash


Monday April 30 2012

THE party posse turned out in force over the weekend, as Westlife star Kian Egan and model Leigh Learmont celebrated their birthdays at Dublin nightspot Lillie's.

The champagne was flowing as The Voice coach and Wonderland singer toasted another year with a number of his close pals.

An insider revealed to the Diary that dad-of-one Kian, who turned 32 yesterday, was joined by wife Jodi Albert and band mate Mark Feehily at the bash, which was held in the exclusive members bar. New mum Jodi was delighted to catch up with Wonderland singer and pal Leigh, who was blowing out the candles for her 23rd birthday.

A source divulged: "Jodi looked amazing, she was in great form. She had a great time catching up with Leigh."

U2 frontman Bono and close friend Guggi later stopped by and had a glass of vino with the revellers. Also painting the town red were style queen Triona McCarthy, designer Louise Kennedy and restaurateurs Dylan McGrath and Ronan Ryan.

SHANE FILAN

shane

 

 

 

 

KIAN

Shane and I are very close. We are both very committed to making this band as successful as we can. We spend ages talking about songs, and about how the band is getting on. He,s good fun to be with.

MARK

With Shane, his character very much depends on his mood. If he's in a good mood he can be absolutely hilarious, but if he's not he just doesn't want to know. His biggest fault is that he's downright lazy. I was once at his house in Sligo and he had a video that was due back.The video store is 50 metres away, but he still got in his car and drove there. It's the same with his mobile phone. If his phone is in his bag on the other side of the room, he'll ask to borrow my phone rather than bother to get up and fetch his bag. But he's a very generous person and he's very fast to buy a round of drinks. If we go into a bar for just one drink, Shane will always be the one to pay. He's quite happy to spend his money. He's not as extravagant as Kian when it comes to shopping, but he does enjoy it and he gets quite choosy about the clothes he wears. I'll always ask Shane for advice on anything because there's a mutual respect. He's helped me out a few times and we've got a lot of time for each other, especially when it comes to singing. Shane is so talented. I'm convinced music will always be part of his life. Shane can be very, very funny. And he can also be very, very inattentive. Sometimes it takes ages and hours to get his attention. If he's doing one thing, then that's the only thing he's going to do!

NICKY

Shane is great and we get on very well, we have a good laugh and he can take a joke.He's pretty cool and very popular with the girls, but he can be quite vain, particularly about his hair. He can't pass a mirror without looking into it. He's quite into clothes, too, but he's got the worst fashion sense out of the whole band. He doesn't have a clue. We're always warning him the fashion police will be after him, so when he arrives in the morning in a dodgy outfit we pretend to go over and handcuff him. He'll happily wear white socks and shoes and jeans and bright colored trousers that don't match his shirt.But the worst ever was when we were in Tenerife to shoot the If I Let You Go video. We had a day off beforehand and were all down at the pool. He came down in a vest, really short shorts, flip-flops with socks, a bum bag tied to his waist - and a pair of shades. He just looked like a typical tourist, but the worst thing was he thought he looked really cool. It was terrible!

 

 

Shane Say's

I Never thought that Westlife would still be Highly successful seven years on. My favourite westlife moment was meeting the pope. My favourite westlife tract is Flying Without Wings. My favourite westlife video is Fool Again. What the other guys say about me is that I'm generous and a nice guy! When I'm not working I like to change Nicole,s nappies! My Motto is "everything happens for a reason." I would describe myself as level - headed, generous and romantic. The phase I often use is You Know What I Mean.

shane pop profile

Shane interview in May edition of Sky Magazine

How would you feel about there being a Westlife musical?
I would feel quite good about it, actually. It's something we've talked about, but we would have to take time to consider how it would be done. It could end up being very cheesy and very silly.

Who would play you in a film?
That's a good question. My favourite actor is Tom Cruise, but he doesn't look like me. Leonardo DiCaprio is great, but he doesn't look like me either - whoever wants to play me is fine.

What's your craziest fan experience?
Mark got sent a turnip - a turnip in a box! Why, I don't know. Most of our fans are normal but 1% of them are headcases. You get sent pubic hair.

Which Westlife song are you bored of being asked to perform?
I Have a Dream is probably our least favourite song.

What's the oddest thing that has been thrown on stage?
Someone threw these knickers and they must have been about a size 50. I picked them up and said, 'Who the hell owns these?' It was a big joke on the night and very funny. If we get bras and stuff we usually put them on each other - it's all good fun.

How do you avoid being noticed when you're out and about?
You choose the places you go carefully. If you go to a club in Ireland there's always going to be a hen night. I don't mind having a picture, but sometimes it gets out of hand and you get girls in bunny rabbit suits coming over and jumping all over you!

What's you perfect day off?
Just spending time with my family and playing a bit of golf. I'd like to do both in the same day, preferably somewhere hot. Obviously Ireland isn't that hot. Every day I get up and see my kids and thank God they are healthy and safe. It's really all about family now.

Do you ever catch your family singing your songs?
My daughter Nicole is four and a half and she's singing them all of the time - she literally knows every word of every song on the new album already.

When were you last star-struck?
We met Barack Obama recently, and I was completely star-struck. We met Pope John Paul II before he died, too.

Shane: I got this dream and it is still going on


"As a young fellow in Summerhill college, it was always a dream that I never thought would happen. Some people dream about going to college and being a doctor but for me I dreamt about being in a band. I got my dream and it is still going and I don't forget that for a second".

That's how Shane Filan summed up his thoughts on the remarkable Westlife success story as he and the other bandmembers prepare for next week's sell-out Lissadell concert.

Shane puts it all down to the band's choice of music and a solid fan base.

"It's unbelievable you know, after 12 years or whatever, it's kind of hard to believe we are still going strong every year. Our popularity keeps going strong and every album we release does well and tickets still sell.

"I think we have come to the stage with fans now and have reached a certain point where if you release good music and stuff, the fans will stay with you.

"We now have a very solid fan base around the world and we still have the same kind of fan base and they have kinda grown up with us and obviously we are getting a lot older audience now as well."

"At concerts around the world you notice fans that are still there with us growing up and some of them have kids now, married, and then you know you have the mums and dads that come then it's more of a family event. That's the secret of a long journey for Westlife, we just have that solid fan base that just sticks with us".

Looking ahead, when asked where he would see himself and Westlife in ten year's time, Shane said: "We would still obviously like to be in Westlife, we look at Take That now and they have a massive comeback. They're obviously doing great stuff at the moment and they're 9 or 10 years older than us.

"They were the band we looked up to when we were 16 or 17. They were our age doing what we're doing. It's great to see them at that age being so strong. And obviously Robbie's back with them now and it just shows you we can do it when we are 39 or 40 years old. It's just a matter of getting the songs right".

On the reasons for keeping going, Shane said: "We enjoy it, of course we do, we wouldn't do it if we didn't enjoy it. I think as a band we have done so well now that if we weren't enjoying it anymore we wouldn't have to do it.

"We have had a lot of success but for us it's all about the next album and the next single. It's great fun you know as a band. We have grown up together as people, we have gotten married, had babies and different stuff and we are a very close kind of group of friends now as well as band mates".


Summerhill boys still friends


DESPITE his rise to international fame, Shane and his fellow band members succeeded in keeping close to their roots. Shane has many friends from his days in Summerhill college.

On Friday last he attended the wedding of one of his best friends. "I had a great bunch or friends at Summerhill, a lot of fellas I know to this day; I still see them".

Shane found himself going directly into showbusiness after Summerhill. When asked if he thought about what his life might have been like if he had taken a different route back then, Shane said: "I suppose you always think back of what it would have been like but I'm a firm believer in what's meant to be is meant to be.

"Sometimes you think things are great but then you have bad days or whatever's meant to be in your life, that's the path you're meant to take and for me it was to be in Westlife.

"I didn't get to go to college like everyone else and have the mad years away and live that side of life. I didn't have a rag week or any of them kind of things. Small stuff, but for me it was all about dreaming to be where I am now, in a band like this and touring the world".

 

 

 

BRIAN LEAVING WAS 'A SHOCK'
Westlife's Shane: Band thought we were being 'Punk'd' by McFadden


SHOCK: Westlife’s Shane
WESTLIFE insist that Brian McFadden will not be joining them for their last ever tour next year. The band played an intimate invite gig in Dublin's 02 on Thursday night. Mark Feehily says the band will end their days as a quartet and Brian will not be a part of their final tour.
"It's not happening and was never happening [Brian taking part in the tour], even though everyone has asked," he insists.
Shane adds: "Brian left because he didn't like being in the group.
"It shocked us beyond belief. "We actually thought we were being Punk'd on that MTV show when he said he wanted to leave.
"I was like 'you're s***ing me, why the f** would you want to leave Westlife?.
"We were all getting along so well, but we didn't have a clue what was going on in his personal life, his marriage, any of it."
He also reveals some of the bizarre 'presents' they have got off fans.
"Mark got sent a turnip with all the dirt on it," he laughs.
Pubic
"Then at a signing we were given a pubic hair taped to an envelope and also a used tampon in a box."

Shane Filan moves to England to boost solo career after Westlife


13/01/2012

Shane Filan has moved to England as he prepares to kickstart his solo career.

The Westlife star, 32, his wife Gillian, and three children Nicole, Patrick and Shane, moved from Sligo to Surrey during the Christmas holidays.

Although they lived for several months at a time in the Georgian-style house at Cobham, the family has decided to make it a more permanent home while Shane develops his solo career after Westlife break up following Croke Park concerts in June.


Eldest child Nicole, six, is already attending a school near the home Shane bought three years ago.

A close family friend said he and Gillian have no intention of breaking their links with Sligo and will return often and will retain their sprawling home outside the town.

The friend added: “They adore Sligo and will always regard it as their home. But Shane has realised London is the best place to be for his solo career.

"Cobham is in the London commuter-belt. He has spent so much time on the road around the world with Westlife. He wants to spend more time with his family so he and Gillian decided the best thing for now would be to move to their home outside London.

“He can concentrate on his new career and not be away from his family so much.”

Shane and Gillian can take their children to a number of parks near their new home and also to nearby Chessington World of Adventures. He can also indulge his passion for golf at Wentworth, where he has played several times.

Louis Walsh, currently on holiday at his Miami apartment until February, has already announced he will continue to manage Shane and has predicted he will be the most successful solo artist of Westlife after the band splits next summer.

Louis said he could see Shane having a career like big band singer Michael Buble.

He added: “Shane is going to be a big artist. I will only manage someone if I believe in them.”