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MARK INTERVIEWS
WESTLIFE STAR BACKS MCDONALD BROTHERS - October 2007
BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND
Exclusive Westlife star sings Brothers' praises
WESTLIFE star Mark Feehily has given Scots duo The MacDonald
Brothers the thumbs up and insists they'll have a great career.
Westlife manager Louis Walsh mentored The X Factor wannabes
who were ripped to shreds by Westlife's label svengali and the show's creator
Simon Cowell.
But Mark admits the band are fans of the lads who will be performing
with Westlife at ASDA's Be Live! event, at Aberdeen's Exhibition and Conference
Centre Mark, 27, said: "The MacDonald Brothers know we like them.
"We are associated with Simon but he is not the be all
and end all. He helps make our records but just because Simon slags them off
doesn't mean we agree with him.
"We have toured with the MacDonald Brothers before and
we have nothing but love for them. They are great.
"I haven't spoken to them for a while but they definitely
have a future in the entertainment business."
Both acts will perform at the ASDA Be Live! event, along with
Glasgow boyband Pacific Avenue.
Mark said: "I love coming to Scotland because there is
such a warm welcome.
"It's similar to back home in Ireland. There's the same
mentality with people who like a laugh. It feels like we are at home in Scotland."
The date also coincides with the release of Westlife's new
single Home, the following day.
It's taken from the band's ninth album Back Home and they will
be hoping it is the 15th No.1 of their career.
But Mark admits he was worried when critics claimed the departure
of Brian McFadden, in 2004, would mark the group's demise.
He said: "I did fear the unknown when Brian left and that
it could be the end.
"People were saying Westlife was over, but I was relieved
because I thought maybe now the madness would stop. We'd had years of Westlife
mania and travelling the world.
"I was still quite young. I was a bit naive and too fast
in believing the people who said Westlife were over. I know better now than
to listen to what everyone else says."
Meanwhile, Mark has denied reports he is to wed his partner
Kevin McDaid.
"I have no intention to get married," he said.
"It's not something we have looked into.
"If I ever do decide to get married, I will be the first
to tell everyone.
"But we are are both very happy with things the way they
are at the moment."
Credit/Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk
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