NEWS & UPDATES ~ OCTOBER 2006
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Morne Fourie – Don’t Forget Your Mentors (Westlife Mentioned) - 31 October 2006 Shortened
and only includes the parts about Westlife MORNE FOURIE, owner of Glasfit, loves a
good game of golf, quality time with his family, and the soothing sounds of
Westlife. Who is your favourite artist or band
and what is their best CD ever? My favourite band is Westlife with You
raise me up as one of their best tracks from the CD. A boy band with style to
cater for young and old. Credit/Source: www.dispatch.co.za
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Hear Shane & Nicky’s Interview On Southern Fm - 30 October 2006 You can hear
the interview Shane and Nicky gave to Southern Fm’s breakfast show HERE. Choose
"Hear Danny & Nicky's interview with Shane and
Nicky from Westlife!” Credit/Source: www.southernfm.co.uk
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See Exclusive Video... - 30 October 2006 When you pre-order The Rose download… As you know, Westlife’s gorgeous new single The Rose is out on Monday 6th November – but did you know you can pre-order it for your PC in one easy step via SMS now and receive some fantastic video footage! All you need to do is text ROSE to
81330. You’ll then receive exclusive access to a website where you can watch
a behind-the-scenes video of The Rose video shoot. Then, on 6th November,
you’ll be able to download the single from your computer. Texts cost £1 plus standard operator
charges. This service is available in the Alternatively, you can pre-order with
your credit card, which will also give you access to the video - just click here. Credit/Source: www.westlife.com
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Face To Face Tour 2006 DVD - 30 October
2006
Special Features An Intimate
Insight Into Westlife As We Go Behind The Scenes of the photoshoot for their
new Album 'You Raise
Me Up' and 'Amazing' videos Jukebox Create Your
Own Setlist from the concert Review Westlife captured live at Wembley
Arena in 2006. Track List: You can
Pre-order the Face To Face Tour 2006 DVD from HMV, Amazon or Play. Credit/Source: www.play.com / www.amazon.co.uk / www.hmv.co.uk |
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Watch Wesatlife At You can
watch Westlife’s performance of The Rose at the Belfast Grand Opera House
opening thanx to Joanne who uploaded on youtube. Thanx Jo!!! The Rose Performance - Belfast Grand
Opera House Credit/Source: Joanne |
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Mark Feehily & Boyfriend At Lillie’s - 29 October 2006 EXCLUSIVE
ALLROUND: Westlife singer Mark Feehily spotted getting some cash out of the
ATM before hooking up with his boyfriend Kevin McDaid on
Credit/Source: www.vipireland.com
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Westlife Out In Westlife members
Shane Filan, Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan & Mark Feehily had a busy Friday
night in
Credit/Source: www.vipireland.com
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Stunned By The Sex Joke - 29 October 2006
Chocked Westlife. When
Westlife visited TV4’s "Förkväll" yesterday Credit/Source: www.aftonbladet.se
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Westlife On Popworld - 29 October 2006 Westlife
will be on Popworld next Saturday: When: 4 November 2006 Time: 10:25am Channel: Channel 4 Credit/Source: www.popworld.com
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New Westlife Pictures At Café Opera –
Credit/Source: http://sthlmsfinest.com
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Shane And Nicky Pictures At Southern Fm - 28 October 2006
Credit/Source: www.southernfm.com |
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Captures Of Westlife On Förkväll - 28 October 2006 I made 102
captures from Westlife’s interview on Swedish program Förkväll. Westlife On Förkväll Captures
(27/10/06) Credit/Source: thanx Alfee for the video |
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The Westlife Weekend –
Saturday November 4th - 28 October 2006 RTÉ 2FM’s Westlife weekend is coming shortly
with the guy's exclusively joining RTÉ 2FM for the full day. Join Michael
Cahill as the lads present his show for a full 2 hours. You'll get to ask the guys a question
live on-air and even win a copy of their new album before anyone else. Send
us your name, age, address, phone number and most importantly the one
question you'd ask the band to westlife@rte.ie. The best questions get to meet the band. Credit/Source: www.rte.ie/2fm |
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Southern Fm Video - 28 October 2006 You can
watch lovely a video with Shane and Nicky from their visit to Southern Fm HERE The interview
will be broadcasted on Monday at the 'Danny and Nicky in the Morning' breakfast
show, 6am-10am. Credit/Source: www.southernfm.com / thanx Dawn for the link |
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Short Bit About Westlife In The Mirror - 28 October 2006 People WOOLWORTHS has
signed up WESTLIFE its £25million TV advertising blitz this year. The boy
band will sing White Christmas interrupted by the store's mascots WOOLY sheep
and WORTH the dog in the ads. Credit/Source: www.mirror.co.uk |
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Watch Westlife On Förkväll - 28 October 2006 Westlife
were on Swedish program Förkväll last night. You can watch their appearance HERE It has a picture of them from the interview. You can
click there to watch. Credit/Source: www.tv4.se/forkvall
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Article From Swedish Site/Magazine
Okej - 28 October 2006 Thanx akerspoket1 for
translating it in English They
managed to survive the inevitable death of boybands. Now Westlife are trying
to lure its ageing fanbase back with nostalgic love cover on "The Love
Album". Credit/Source: www.okej.se
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Shane & Nicky Pictures On Capital Fm - 28 October 2006 Shane Filan
and Nicky Byrne of Westlife visit Capital Fm – 26 October 2006
Credit/Source: www.wireimage.com
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The Rose Ringtone - 27 October 2006 To get the
official rington for The Rose, all you need to do is tect WESTLIFE ROSE TONE to
82088. You'll be able to listen to a sneak preview of the ringtone before
buying. The tone costs £3 and terms and conditions and standard operator
charges apply. For more
official Westlife tones and wallpapers and to enter exclusive competitions
visit the bands' official free mobile site.
Simply text WESTLIFE to 82088 and we will send you the link, or you
can type the following address into your mobile phone’s browser: http://wap.westlife.com Credit/Source: www.westlife.com
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Westlife On Swedish Pop Idol Tonight - 27 October 2006 Westlife
will be on Swedish Pop Idol tonight so all Swedish fans make sure you won’t
miss them. When: 27 October 2006 Time: 8pm Channel: TV4 Credit/Source: thanx Caroline for telling me |
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Download The Hereward FM Interview - 27 October 2006 You can
download Shane & Nicky’s radio interview on Hereward FM here. Credit/Source: www.hereward.co.uk
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Westlife Front Woolies' Christmas Campaign - 27 October 2006
Westlife in
the Christmas campaign for Woolworths Westlife are the stars of a new £25
million Christmas campaign for Woolworths. The chart-topping Irish boy band
will appear in a new TV ad singing White Christmas. The ad, set in a fantasy Woolies
store, will be broadcast from Wednesday. Woolworths marketing director
Stephen Robertson said: "We love Westlife at Woolies." "With 13 number one singles they
are one of the biggest bands ever and they connect very well with our
customers." "On set they had a lot of fun and
were naturals when it came to acting." The band follows in the footsteps of X
Factor winner Shayne Ward, who was the star of the store's Easter TV
campaign. Credit/Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
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Pre-Order The Rose On Your As you know, Westlife’s gorgeous new
single The Rose is out on Monday 6th November – but did you know you can
pre-order it in one easy step from your phone now and receive some amazing
extra goodies? All you need to do is text ROSE to 81330.
You’ll then receive exclusive access to a website where you can watch a
behind-the-scenes video of The Rose video shoot, as well as a free Westlife
wallpaper. Then, on 6th November, you’ll be able to download the single from
your computer. Texts cost £1 plus standard operator
charges. This service is available in the Credit/Source: www.westlife.com |
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Westlife Set To Star In Woolies’ Christmas Campaign - 27 October 2006 Irish pop act Westlife will star in
the Woolworths Christmas advertising campaign. The boy band appear alongside Woolies'
own stars, sheep and sheepdog Wooly and Worth, in the retailer's main
Christmas ad and will release the song they sing in the ad, Westlife's
version of White Christmas, as an exclusive download from The GBP25 million campaign is the
retailer's biggest Christmas spend since it de-merged from Kingfisher in 2001
and includes a five-fold increase in online spend. The first ad airs on
Wednesday 1st November in the Emmerdale break on ITV1. There are six TV executions, a main
'brand' 50-second ad, two 30-second 'offer' ads and three 20-second 'tactical
deal' ads. The campaign also features an in-store POS suite, press ads,
flyers and a Christmas micro-site. Westlife star in the main brand ad.
The ad is a continuation of the 'More Great News' format and sees news
anchorman Worth cross live to roving reporter Wooly who is taking a magical
journey on an express train touring a Woolworths store. The ad ends on the Big Red Book which
opens to reveal a huge Christmas tree with a giant bauble on top. The bauble
falls, burying Worth in the snow. The two 30-second 'offer' ads push two
of Woolworths' biggest offers this Christmas - 25% off big brand toys
(featuring the giant present wrapping machine again, this time Wooly ends up
in being wrapped as a present) and the 'biggest ever 3 for 2' offer. The
'tactical deal' ads break in early December. Stephen Robertson, Woolworths'
marketing director, says: "This year, whether you're in-store, on
Woolworths.co.uk, shopping the Big Red Book or seeing us on TV, it's all
about the magic of Christmas. We've taken everything that is magical about
Christmas, wrapped it up and gone to town with it on everything that is
Woolies. It's a return to the Woolworths advertising of old, which customers
fondly remember as capturing the excitement of Christmas, but we've brought
it bang up to date and made it relevant to Woolworths today with messages
like online shopping, in-store ordering and tactical deals. "Having Westlife star alongside
Wooly and Worth is a coup for us. With 13 number one singles under their belt
they are the one of the biggest bands ever and they connect well with our
customers." Credit/Source: www.theretailbulletin.com
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Tour News Added- 27 October 2006 I added two
new articles “Westlife
Set To Bring A Bit Of Love To Belfast” and “Arena
Reports Booming Business After Facelift” and the Tour News page. |
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Westlife To Star In Christmas Campaign - 27 October 2006 Irish boy band Westlife is set to star
in a Woolworths Christmas advertising campaign launching 1 November on ITV1. The pop act will appear alongside
Woolies' own stars, sheep Wooly and sheepdog Worth, in the retailer's main Christmas
ad. The ad was created by BBH, Westlife will also release their
version of the song White Christmas, which is performed in the ad, as an
exclusive download from www.woolworths.co.uk. The £25 million campaign is the
retailer's biggest Christmas spend since it broke away from Kingfisher in
2001. The campaign includes a main 'brand'
50 second ad, two 30 second 'offer' ads and three 20 second 'tactical deal'
ads. The campaign also features an in-store POS suite, press ads, flyers and
a Christmas micro-site - www.woolworths.co.uk/news. All will promote the new
Big Red Book catalogue. Westlife star in the main brand ad
which is a continuation of the 'More Great News' format and sees news
anchorman Worth cross live to roving reporter Wooly who is taking a magical
journey on an express train touring a Woolworths store. The train finishes up in ' The ad ends on the Big Red Book which
opens to reveal a huge Christmas tree with a giant bauble on top. The bauble
falls, burying Worth in the snow. Stephen Robertson, Woolworths'
marketing director, said: “This year, whether you're in-store, on
Woolworths.co.uk, shopping the Big Red Book or seeing us on TV, it's all
about the magic of Christmas. We've taken everything that is magical about
Christmas, wrapped it up and gone to town with it on everything that is
Woolies.” Credit/Source: www.mad.co.uk
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Westlife Mistaken For Gang - 27 October 2006 Members
of Irish boy band WESTLIFE were mistaken for a gang of hoodlums by the terrified
owner of a fish and chip restaurant in FLYING
WITHOUT WINGS singers NICKY BYRNE and SHANE FILAN had walked into eatery
George And Helen's with a bouncer - and because they wrapped scarves around
their faces to avoid being recognised shop owner KOSTAS GEORGIOU thought the
worst. He
says, "They looked really intimidating and we were worried." Credit/Source: www.contactmusic.com |
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My Cod! Westlife Are In My Chippy… - 26 October 2006 © Thanx Anita for scanning the article and the pictures
Guess who I had in my cheep shop… By Patrice John POP superstars Westlife poped into a The hungry superstars were “Flying Without Wings” when they popped
into George & Helen’s chippie in Harborne, When asked if they were a tribute band, they left staff and customers
open-mouthed by revealing they were the real thing. The chips could have been down for
staff at a The hungry heart-throb boyband, who
have sold millions of records worldwide, were partly disguised when they
popped into George & Helen’s, in Harborne this week. Staff vaguely recognized them and
asked if they were a Westlife tribute band. But the pop superstars laughed it
off and insisted they were the real thing. They called into the chip after
leaving an interview at a He said: “When I first looked up I
just saw these huge guys coming in. Their faces were covered and I really
thought that I would have to have keep my eye on them. I was hoping they
would be relaxed and not cause any trouble, then I noticed who they were.” “Nobody recognized them at first but
then one of my assistants cottoned on and asked if they were part of a
tribute band. They laughed and just said ‘No, we ARE Westlife.’” “They had just come from the BRMB
radio station and said they fancied some fish and chips. Word must have got
around the studio about how good our chips are.” Band members Nicky Byrne and Shane
Filan arrived at the chip-shop at just after 9pm on Tuesday. Father of two Kostas, aged 46, and his
sister Penny Georgiou, aged 42, run the shop for their parents Gorge and
Helen. But Penny, who is said to be “a mad Westlife fan” was on a day off
when her idols came in. “She is a Westlife fan, but she was
not there on the day.” Kostas said. “When I told her they have been in,
she was gut sick. She should not have taken the day off at all.” And George is sure the boys enjoyed their
food – three portions of fish and chips and one portion of roe and chips. “They were really down to earth,” he
said. “And they wouldn’t accept freebies either. I also asked them to serve
in the shop but they wouldn’t do it!” The shop, in It was recently reviewed in the
Birmingham Hall and given a glowing four stars by the newspaper’s “Cheap as
Chips” expert Graham Young. Credit/Source: |
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New Tickets for
Westlife's gig at Glasgow SECC on Sunday 8th April 2007 will go on sale from www.livenation.co.uk tomorrow (Friday 27th) at 9am. Credit/Source: www.westlife.com |
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Westlife Visit Real Radio - 26 October 2006 Aren’t we lucky?
The boys took time out of their busy schedule to drop in to see us and answer
some of our questions.
Listen again to the interview - CLICK
HERE Credit/Source: http://scotland.realradiofm.com
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Kerry’s Mark & Kian Meeting Pictures - 26 October 2006 As I said
yesterday my mate Kerry met Mark and Kian in
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Late Night Nicksy: Westlife Pop In - 26 October 2006
Weslilfe
stars Mark and Kian popped into Key 103 to speak to Nicksy. Nicksy
launched a competition to find a Westlife 'superfan'. The deal was they had
to make a banner about the boys and put it up in public somewhere. Fans then
took pictures and sent them in to Late Night Nicksy. Banners were put on
roundabouts and hung from motorway bridges around That won
the teenager the chance to ask Mark and Kian some questions of her own, but
Thomas stayed at home! Credit/Source: www.key103.co.uk
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JIM Steinman has had his songs covered by
everyone from Barbra Streisand to Sisters of Mercy. As well as the latest reworkings of songs
he prepared earlier by Meat Loaf on Bat
3 (plucked from everywhere from his 1981 solo album Bad For Good to the soundtrack
to MTV's recent remake of Wuthering
Heights), Steinman has approved Westlife's cover of Total Eclipse of the Heart,
his song which gave Bonnie Tyler a global hit in 1983. "I think it's an excellent,
terrifically done performance by Westlife and incredibly faithful to the
original," Steinman writes on his blog. But though Meat Loaf has picked through
old Steinman songs, he says he'll never touch Total Eclipse. "I think Bonnie did the definitive
version. People say, 'Why don't you record that? She owns that song'. If I
think someone owns the songs, I will not touch it. I wouldn't touch that song
if my life depended on it. See, I don't consider It's All Coming Back to Me Now a cover because
it's mine. That song was written for me.” Other Steinman-penned non-Meat Loaf hits
include Boyzone's No Matter What,
Bonnie Tyler's Holding Out for a
Hero, Air Supply's Making
Love Out of Nothing at All and he even produced Take That's epic Never Forget. Credit/Source: www.news.com.au/heraldsun
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Watch The Rose Video - 25 October 2006 The brand new video for The Rose is now here! You can watch it in full by clicking on one of these links. VIDEO - The Rose It’s also being shown on The Box, The
Hits and Smash Hits. You can support the boys by voting for it with the
following numbers: For The Box, call 09056 52 52 52,
selection number 104 Credit/Source: www.westlife.com |
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Westlife Come To The Studio - 25 October 2006
Mark and
Kian, from Westlife, came into the studio to chat to the Breakfast team. And were
met by fans who had travelled to the studio to see them. Vikki (37),
from Debbie
(41), from Many of
those that came to see the lads at the studio have met before, having
followed the band for some time: "We've all made loads of new friends
too," added Vikki.. The lads
stopped for photos and a chat before heading off.
Want to hear the full interview
with Kian, Mark and the Breakfast Show team... Click here to listen Credit/Source: www.1054centuryfm.com Awwww my mate
Kerry was there and she is in the group pic! I’m so happy for you hun! |
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Linda’s Shane & Nicky Meeting Pictures - 25 October 2006 Linda met
Shane and Nicky yesterday at Red Dragon fm & Star Radio during the Radio
tour: Thank you Linda for sharing your pictures with us! Red Dragon
fm Studio & outside:
Outside
Star Radio:
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Westlife: We’d Take That Duet - 25 October 2006 Exclusive
by Beverley Lyons & Showbiz Liz WESTLIFE
are thrilled that so many of their old boyband friends are making a comeback
on the music scene. But while
the guys would love to collaborate with Take That or 5ive in the near future,
they admitted they wouldn't be so quick to work with Boyzone. Singer Mark
Feehily said: "I love the fact Take That and 5ive have made a comeback. "Take
That were one of the bands that inspired me to do this and All Saints were an
extremely cool band too." He added:
"I'm always up for a collaboration, maybe on a new uptempo kind of song
with 5ive or Take That. "In
the past we've done duets with girls like Delta Goodrem and Diana Ross, but
it'd be a nice change." However
band - mate Kian Egan reckons a get together with Boyzone wouldn't be so
fruitful. He said:
"We were involved with Boyzone for a long time but I don't think we
would tour with them again if they reformed. How would you do it with the
different sets? I don't see that happening." Kian
reckons it was crazy that the once popular bands split up in the first place. He
reasoned: "Boybands like 5ive stopped at the height of their career.
They had a really successful career and then they split up. Why would you do
that?" And Kian
says there's no way ex-band-mate Brian McFadden would rejoin the group. He said:
"I can't see it. Brian left for a reason and we just see ourselves as a
four-piece now. "He's
a lovely guy and he's great craic and we miss him out on the road - although
he was a handful sometimes." Kian and
Mark were on a promotional tour of Glasgow Clyde FM, The pair,
along with band-mates Shane Filan and Nicky Byrne, are about to release a
cover of Bette Midler's The Rose as part of their new Love Album. The album
also features All Out Of Love, the boy's duet with Delta Goodrem - the
girlfriend of Brian McFadden And the
boys admit they were smitten by the Australian singer. Mark said:
"Delta's amazing. The best way to describe her is like a princess. She
is such a nice girl." Westlife's
The Love Album is released on November 13 and new single, The Rose, on
November 6. Credit/Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk |
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Vote For Westlife - 25 October 2006 You can
vote for Westlife on Lifemusic Euro Top50 HERE You have to
vote 5 songs, so make sure you will vote “The Rose”, “When You Tell Me That You
Love Me” and any other 3 songs you want. Credit/Source: www.lifemusic.ru
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Ash’s Mark & Kian Meeting Pictures - 25 October 2006 Ash met Mark
and Kian yesterday during the Radio Tour at Forth Fm. Thanx for sharing your
pictures with us Ash!
Credit/Source: Ash |
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Westlife On Loose Women - 25 October 2006 Westlife special in which Irish boy band perform a couple of songs and
chat to Kaye Adams, Carol McGiffin and Sheree Murphy about what the future
holds for them (Category: Talk Show)
Time:
12:30pm Channel: ITV
1 Credit/Source:
www.itv.com/loosewomen
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Join Westlife at Breakfast - 24 October 2006 On Thursday
morning Kev will be joined on the show by Shane and Nicky from Westlife. The boys
will be chatting about their new album The Love Album. The Love
Album is a collection of eleven classic and memorable love songs. The first
single from the album is going to be 'The Rose' (originally a hit for Bette
Midler). Delta Goodrem features on 'All Out Of Love'. Got a
question for Westlife? If there's a question you are burning to ask Shane and
Nicky then e-mail Kev below. Westife
Quiz: Just how big a Westlife fan are you? Take our Westlife quiz and find
out. Favourite
Westlife song: Flying Without Wings, Bop Boop Baby - what's your favourite
Westlife song. Tell us below. Click here for your questions, details & the quiz You can
listen online HERE Credit/Source: www.hereward.co.uk |
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Westlife In Westlife will
appear on a Swedish program, Förkväll, on Friday. When: 27 October 2006 Time: 17:45 Channel: TV4 Credit/Source: www.tv4.se |
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Mark & Kian On Clyde1 Pictures - 24 October 2006 Kian & Mark from Westlife visited
Bowie@Breakfast on 102.5
Westlife Fan Heather Tweddle got up at
4 o'clock in the morning to travel from north of
Credit/Source: www.clyde1.com |
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Listen To The Red Dragon Interview - 24 October 2006 You can hear
the interview that Shane and Nicky gave today in the morning on Red Dragon HERE Credit/Source: www.reddragonfm.co.uk |
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That’s Not Pad Shane - 24 October 2006
Credit/Source: The Irish
Mirror / Thanx Gitta at www.nishakimabry.de.vu |
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Radio Promo - 23 October 2006 Hiya
everyone J As you can
see I added all the hours of the interviews that the lads will give tomorrow
at the Upcoming events with the links to each radio station to listen live to
the interviews. I don’t know whether all the interviews will be aired live
tomorrow or some of them will be pre-recorded and aired in the future though.
Also, there will probably be some delays if the lads are not on time to a
radio station so keep checking the links. Yaa loads
of Westlife tomorrow!! |
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Westlife Big On the day
of their single release Upper
Street may be feeling a tad nervous today with the release of their
make-or-break single 'The One' but they've been backed by one of the biggest
manbands in the business. Westlife,
who've sold millions of records during their eight years at the top, reckon
the time is right for the Totally Boybanders. "It's
brilliant that you have all these bands coming back," said Nicky.
"If I'd been out of the business for ten years I'd really miss it and
I'd be dying to get back into it." Mark added,
"We know Bradley and Dane - they're really great guys." And Kian
chipped in, "I'm really happy for Bradley. Ever since S Club ended he's
been really keen to keep the music going. Out of everyone in his old band he
was the one who seemed to really want it." Let's hope
the boys' positive vibes work for Bradley, Dane and co - the single is in the
shops this week but a source close to the band told us they could get the
elbow from their manager if it doesn't do well. "Their
manager Jonathan Shalit said he may not continue to represent the boys 'as a
group' if the single doesn’t go top ten," he said. Ooh, even
we're beginning to feel nervous now! 'The One'
is in shops now Credit/Source: www.mtv.co.uk
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Westlife TV And Radio Promo - 23 October 2006 In the coming month Westlife will be
here, there and everywhere promoting their new single and album releases. The
boys will be appearing on BBC's Duet Impossible popping in for a quick chat
with those Loose Women and performing at this years Children In Need. For
full details of the where's and when's, see below or visit the Dates section. October... Westlife will also be doing a
countrywide radio tour which kicks off on Tuesday 24th October. There are
oodles of shows lined up, so if you’re in the vicinity, be sure to get yourself
down to the stations and lend the lads your support. Mark and Kian will be
heading North while Shane and Nicky will front Southern radio campaigns. Here’s the beef… TUES 24TH - NORTH - Mark and Kian TUES 24TH - WEST - Shane and Nicky WED 25TH - NORTHWEST - Mark and Kian WED 25TH - SOUTHEAST - Shane and Nicky Credit/Source: www.westlife.com |
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Westlife Competition - 23 October 2006 Competition
closing date changed We'll be
sending one lucky Westlife fan and their friend or special someone for an amazing
day in the romance capital of the world,
Credit/Source: www.westlife.com |
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Revealing Westlife - Internet Exclusive - 23 October 2006 With Westlife
due to release their new studio album on November 20th First thought it would
be an opportune time to catch up with the guys and find out whats been
happening recently, how they felt when Brian McFadden left, and a look back
on eight years of musical success. Shane,
Mark, Nicky and Kian look set to romance us into Christmas this year with the
release of The Love Album on 20th November 2006. The album is a collection of
old favourites picked out by the boys and Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh. For
one of the tracks, the boys team up with Delta Goodrum for a version of All
out of Love. The album also includes hits like Total Eclipse of the Heart,
You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling, Easy and many more. Their first single, The
Rose, is set for release on 6th November. Liz Frost catches up with them on
their way to approve their latest video. What have you been up to today Nicky: Got out of bed about 11 o’clock and came into Sony
to do some Interviews and we’ve got some meetings with our marketing
department. We’ve just approved the final edit of the video for our brand new
single. It’s in colour currently, but we’ve changed it to be black and white. How was your recent Face to Face tour Shane: Great! It was very long! We did a lot of dates, at the
end it was quite tiring because we went to Do you prefer touring or recording Mark: When you’ve performed the same show so many times
it becomes monotonous, but then you go into promotion and recording a new
albumn then back to touring. It’s sort of half the time touring half
recording. What was the highlight Nicky: This year we changed it up a bit. We usually do a
medley. And I think on this show, we decided to do something different. We
usually do one of the Jackson five, Queen, we’ve done Wham, all sorts of
things. This year for a laugh we decided to try and cover a modern song, so
we did a version of Don’t Cha by the Pussycat Dolls, obviously changing it to
boyfriend. It really went down a storm. A little sexy routine to it. You go
on the sites and the comments were that they kind of liked to see us doing
Don’t Cha. It was tongue in cheek, not like we’ve done before. Also the new
single You Raise me Up went down a storm aswell. I think that song came at
just the right time for us. I mean, every band starts to go a bit, then What made you choose the songs for the Love Album Shane: The whole idea of the albumn was to do a tribute
Love Albumn. When you’re going do an original album you have to get new
material in. We had 4 or 5 songs that were decent, but they weren’t in any
ways near songs like You Raise Me Up. So we said to ourselves we’ve got a
standard. If we want to make an original album it has to be at a certain standard.
Simon Cowell came up with the idea ‘Why don’t you do a Love Album? You’re
famous for singing love songs so it’s going to suit you’ Simon had his
favourites, Louis had his favourites. There are some great songs on there.
The rose is a famous song, but it’s not that famous a song. It was actually
Louis who chose it but Simon thought it was a great song, the perfect song to
launch the album. Nicky: There’s an interesting song on there too. There’s a
song called ‘All Or Nothing’ That song was written for us 7 years ago, but
Simon Cowell turned it down. That song was passed to OTown in the states and
they had huge success in the States with it. We were quite gutted because we
knew it was sounding very much like us. We have a bit of a laugh about it
now. So we covered it on this Love Songs album. We do an acoustic version of
it, it’s a lovely song. You’ve been together 8 years, have you had any major
squabbles Kian: We bicker over stupid things, but we’ve never had a
major bust up ever. We’ve got too much respect for the band to do that. Nicky: All we’d have to do is look on Youtube at footage
of us all having a laugh and it makes you forget about it. Mark: A couple of times we were close to headbutts and
kicks. Kian: We tend to get worked up over travel, when we
travel for a long time. We’ve been working very very hard for a few weeks,
somebody would say something and it would be taken the wrong way. It would
always be in a scenario when we haven’t been home for a while, we’ve been in
eachothers faces for like 6 months really really working hard. It happened
more in the earlier years than the later years, because we were younger and
more feisty. Now we’re more grown up, it’s easier to say things to each
other, There’s no winners when this sort of thing happens. What’s the point
in rowing when we should be enjoying it? When Shane: To be honest, no. For about 10 minutes we were like
‘Oh no, what’s going to happen?’ We were only like 20 days away from the
first show of a 4 month tour. We started rehearsals the next day and Nicky: Louis was worth his weight in gold. He was like ‘It
doesn’t matter. There are so many more years left’. If ever there was any
doubt he convinced us. Especially in the aftermath because all the press were
on What do you think of Take That reforming Mark: There’s not enough Pop music around at the moment,
So I think it’s great that old bands like Take That are coming back. Kian: Most of the bands that are coming back now were
around when we started off, and we’re like ‘ah now you see why we stayed
together? Will you ever break up Kian: I don’t think we’d ever break up. We might take a
break for a year or something like that but for the 4 of us to sit down in
front of room full of people or on TV and say we’re finished for good. I
don’t think we’d ever do that. I think we feel like we could go away for a
few years and come back after that, but we’ve just had a renegotiation with
the record label for another 4 albums and that’s after the next album, so
there’s 5 more albums in our record contract. It depends really on how we’re
seen as people. I can’t imagine us breaking up and never coming back. Nicky: Obviously if we don’t want to do it anymore, we
won’t, but the fact that we’ve signed this renegotiation; we can keep coming
back and doing another album when we feel like it. I think we are at a level
now, we’ve got through and survived it. Shane: A lot of our original fans don’t like Westlife
anymore, because they’ve got older and cooler and they’re going out with guys
and that. If you came to one of our shows you’d be shocked, there’s Mums,
Grans everything. Our average age of the show is probably 35 now. That’s the
future, you know. Hopefully it will keep going. Liz Frost Credit/Source: www.femalefirst.co.uk |
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Two New Kian Pictures - 22 October 2006 Westlife singer Kian Egan spotted out
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Westlife On Duet Impossible - 21 October 2006 BBC presents ‘Duet Impossible’
presented by Vernon Kay; the exciting new, primetime Saturday night show that
will allow you to see all your favourite artists of today performing
alongside their idols of yesteryear in the most spectacular, never been seen
before, way!
The show
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Westlife are Coming to
Red Dragon! (In What Questions Would
You Like To Ask Westlife? Shane and Mark from Westlife, surely a band
that need no introduction, will be joining Jase and Mel on the Full Welsh
Breakfast this Tuesday at 8AM! We want to give you this opportunity
to grill the Irish crooners- simply fill in the form below and tell us what
questions you'd like us to ask the boys... Click here to fill in your question & Details. Credit/Source: www.reddragonfm.co.uk |
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Captures From The Sharon Osbourne Show - 21 October
2006 I made
loads of new captures from Westlife’s appearance on The Sharon Osboune Show. Interview On The Sharon Osbourne Show The Rose Performance On The Sharon Osbourne Show “Sharon Wants A Word” Game – Sharon Osbousne Show Credit/Source: Thanx Jasna for the video |
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Westlife On The Sharon Osbourne Show Videos - 20 October 2006 Joanne thanx once again for uploading all the videos! Kian & Louis Walsh Chat With
Sharon ”Sharon Wants A Word” Game (Mainly
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Vote For The Rose! - 20 October 2006 You can
vote for “The Rose” on a Swedish Radio station Rix fm. here's the site: Rix Fm Swedish radio station
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Westlife Interview On MTV - 20 October 2006 Some fans (including
myself) had problems watching the Westlife interview On the MTV website. Joanne uploaded it
on youtube (Thanx Jo!!) Watch The
Interview On Youtube Also, Alfee uploaded the interview so
you can download it HERE on your pc
(You have to register on the yousendit site to download it). Thanx Alfee. I also made a few captures from the
video. You can see them here Credit/Source: Joanne
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Pre-order Westlife’s New Releases - 20 October 2006 You can now
pre-order both versions of The Rose CD
Single (Out 6 November 2006): CD1 From HMV / From Amazon CD2 From HMV / From Amazon
The Love Album (Out 20 November2006)
The Face To Face Tour
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Westlife On The Sharon Osbourne Show Today - 20 October 2006 Westlife
will be on the Sharon Osbourne Show today so make sure you won’t miss it. Time: 5:00 pm Channel: ITV1
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Bryan Robson - 19 October
2006 Interview shortened and only includes the part about
Westlife & Nicky.
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Westlife Back Growing Calls For City Arena - 19 October 2006 EXCLUSIVE
And today
Westlife backed the Yorkshire Evening Post campaign to build an entertainment
complex in
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Kian & Shane Interview From Indonesian Magazine - 19 October 2006 © Thanx Mae for typing it up Teenage Magazine, November issue Credit/Source: Teenage
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Exclusive: Westlife Back All Saints - 19 October 2006 Kian has delivered his verdict on the Girls Aloud V All Saints battle…Westlife have waded into the Girls Aloud/All
Saints war and urged GA to keep it buttoned. Talking to MTV
"I just
don't think there's any need for (bad-mouthing another band). Girls Aloud
should look and learn from All Saints. They have the experience and have made
amazing music." The battle of
the girl bands was sparked earlier this month when Cheryl told us All
Saints' new song 'Rock Steady' sounded like a Girls Aloud tune. "They
must have looked at what's working at the minute and thought, 'We'll go that
way'," she said. All Saints
responded by saying, "They are stupid little girls and we don't really
give a f**k." Westlife's
representative on the matter, Kian, went on, "People who slag you off
don't go on to sell even a tenth of the albums (of the band they diss).
Someone will be smiling at the end of this." We can't wait for
the ensuing chart battle: Westlife's 'The Rose', All Saints' 'Rock
Steady' and Girls Aloud's 'Something Kinda Oooh' are all released
next month... Watch The
Interview from 7pm today To watch the
whole interview with Westlife click on the Overdrive link above from 7pm
today (October 19)... Credit/Source: www.mtv.co.uk
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Siobhan & Steph’s Fanpictures - 19 October 2006 Siobhan and
Steph were at The Sharon Osbourne Show studios in
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Talk About Westlife On MTV - 18 October 2006 Do you want to appear on MTV and
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Delta’s The Victim In Brian And Kerry’s © Thanx Joanne for typing it up and scanning the picture
The boys try not to
take sides between ex-bandmate Brian Mcfadden and Kerry Katona. It’s been well over two years since Brian
McFadden quit Westlife and the band have made an unusual replacement on their
new album by bringing in Brian's girlfriend Delta Goodrem! The Aussie singer joined the lads to
record a song on The Love Album, after the Westlife manager and x-factor judge
Louis Walsh came up with the idea. "We were worried Delta and Brian
wouldn’t want to but they loved it.”, says Nicky, 27. Delta is a fantastic singer. Despite
this strained relationship between Brian and Delta and his ex- Kerry katona,
the boys are careful not to take sides. "We feel sorry for Delta"
said Nicky, People blame her but she’s the victim in this. Meanwhile the boys
have stayed in touched with Kerry. "I was texting Kerry last week,"
says Mark 26...Shes doing well, although she’s been in hospital. But we don’t
like to read about Brian and Kerry’s lives in the paper. They’re our friends
so we call them up and talk to them like any other friends. Looking back, Nicky says,
"Hindsight is a great thing. Even when Brian was in the band, we didn’t
realise there was anything wrong with their marriage. Perhaps if we had we
could have helped them more, but we did everything we could. We even offered
to take them to counselling". Recently, Brian was reported to be
suffering from stress due to his flagging solo career. He was said to have
broken down during a karaoke session and again on reality THE MATCH.
"Brian couldn’t get stage fright if he tried," Nicky laughs. Mark adds "I talked to him the
other day and he was so excited about his new album. I’d be able to tell from
his voice if there was something wrong with him. He’s fine" The Westlife boys say they’ve never
been happier themselves-especially in their relationships. Nicky and Shane
are both married, but Kian and Mark are sick of hearing rumours they’re set
to wed their partners. Kian, who is dating Respectable
actress Jodi Albert, says his family are always asking about his wedding
plans after reading about them, but reckons he and Jodi are happy as they
are. He says "Her new TV series is doing
really well. I’m so proud of her. Shes a great singer too." "Will you release a duet?” asks
Nicky. "Like Kylie and Jason?" Kian
laughs, as the boys break into a rendition of Especially for you. Mark, who has a long-term boyfriend
Kevin McDaid, says:"I read that I’m getting married as often as I read
that Westlife are splitting up. I’m not getting married.” But Nicky and Shane still egg on their
friend to tie the knot. Nicky teases, "Oh, go on We gave you a good day
out, its about time you gave us one" Meanwhile, Westlife doting dad Shane,
26,goes soppy talking about his 14 month old daughter Nicole who’s just
started to talk. He confesses: "I sing to her, but stuff like
"Twinkle Twinle, little star, I don’t think she’d like the verse of You raise
Me Up.” He says the rest if the band love being surrogate uncles. "I see little Nicole and think Id
love a baby”, says Kian,26,"But I’m not married yet, Its Nicky’s turn
next" Nicky admits “Id love to have kids of
my own. I’m broody,” he says. "Its amazing watching Nicole. Would I want
to let my children go into music? Well you let your children do what they
want, unless they want to be a lap dancer." The group haven’t been back long from
their Face to Face Tour 2006 and will be embarking on a Shane says "I was away from
Nicole for a week on tour in “We’ve all grown up in recent years,
he adds, "And although we love what we do, our personal lives are the
most important thing to us.” Westlife popularity certainly doesn’t
seem to be warning, The Love Album featuring the bands take on famous love
songs is released on 13th November - the same day as Take That’s new album.
Are the boys relishing a battle? "They moved their release date to
ours” says Shane. "But we love Take That. We got into music wanting to
be like them so we’re happy.” “I will definitely buy the album"
Nicky admits, “Although not in its first week. Maybe Louis can get us a free
copy!” By Katie Samuel Credit/Source: Closer Magazine / Joanne |
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New Affiliate Added - 18 October 2006 I added a
new Affiliate for Vietnamese fans Westlifevn.com |
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'Delta Is The Victim'
Say Westlife - 17 October
2006
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News / http://uk.news.yahoo.com |
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Mark & Kevin Pictures Added - 17 October 2006 I added 14 Mark &
Kevin Pictures from the Smokey Robinson 50th Anniversary in May 2006. Thank
you Connie for finding the pictures and letting me use them. Mark & Kevin Pictures (14 new) Credit/Source: Connie |
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The Love Album Release Date Changed! - 16 October
2006 The
Official Westlife site has changed the Love Album release date to 20 November 2006. Date of Release: 20.11.2006 “The Rose”
release date is still 6 November 2006. Credit/Source: www.westlife.com |
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Great news for all you Westlife fans
in Keep an eye right here for full
details. Credit/Source: www.westlife.com |
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Mark & Nicky Interview From Indonesian Magazine - 16 October 2006 © Thanx Mae for typing it up Westlife should win an award for being
the longest lasting boyband in Brit pop history From the fresh faced boys
singing tunes the likes of "Swear It Again" & "Flying
Without Wings", to four grown men crooning Frank Sinatra covers and
melodic songs like " You Raise Me Up ", Westlife have grown up not
just physically, but musically as well. Teens: You're supposed to be releasing yet another album soon… What
can we expect to hear? Credit/Source: Teens Magazine / Mae |
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“The Rose” Video Captures - 16 October 2006 I made 66
captures from “The Rose” video: Credit/Source: Thanx Lesley for the video |
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Westlife On The Sharon Osbourne Show - 16 October 2006 Westlife
will be on the Sharon Osbourne Show on Friday 20 October 2006 so make sure you will watch it. Time: 5:00 pm Channel: ITV1
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The Enduring Matriarch Now Blooming Without Bertie - 15 October
2006 Profile shortened and only includes the parts about
Nicky & Georgina PROFILE: Miriam Ahern
There are no
opinion polls for the wives of politicians. But Miriam has had to face the
electorate of newspaper gossip writers more than once — and sometimes the
result has been scathing. She is known to have been particularly hurt by
unfavourable descriptions of her attire at her daughter The clear
insinuation at the time was that she didn’t fit the Hello! magazine mould
into which her daughter had married. But this is exactly the type of faux celebrity
she rejects. She doesn’t even regard Byrne as a celebrity; he’s just the
fella Last week,
the social diarists were at it again, only this time they were celebrating
the birth of a new Miriam. A confident, well-dressed matriarch was the
picture of stylish middle age as she appeared on the set of the Credit/Source: www.timesonline.co.uk |
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Download The Full Video Of The Rose - 14 October 2006 Thanx once
again Joanne J Download "The Rose" Official
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Watch The Full Video Of The Rose - 14 October 2006 Thanx so
much Joanne for uploading it so quickly. Westlife "The Rose" Official Video Credit/Source: Joanne |
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Download The Rose Video Preview - 14 October 2006 Many people
couldn’t see the preview video on The Box site so here is a link to download
it: Credit/Source: Thanx a1_kitkat for
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Xmas Number One In Three-time representative for Ireland,
Johnny Logan, has emerged as the bookies' favourite to represent the Emerald
Isle at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki, ahead of international
stars such as Ronan Keating and Daniel O'Donnell. He is also 250/1 to be the
artist on top of the Irish charts on Christmas day!
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“The Rose” Video Preview & Captures - 13 October 2006 Captures From The Rose Video Preview Credit/Source: www.thebox.co.uk
Hopefully
we’ll have the whole video soon! J Make sure you will request the video on The Box. Its
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Westlife At G-A-Y Astoria - 13 October 2006 Westlife
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Tracklisting For The Rose CD Singles - 13 October 2006
CD1 Tracklisting:
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Westlife Name Date For New Album - 13
October 2006
By Dave West Westlife have named the date for the
release of their new studio record The
Love Album as November 13. Credit/Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk
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Info On The New Releases From SonyBMG - 13 October 2006 Releases: Westlife – The Rose The Rose will be the opening track and first single for
Westlife's 8th album The Love Album. Originally a huge hit for Bette
Midler in the
Artist Spotlight November 13th will see Westlife
release their 8th album The Love Album. The Love Album is a collection
of 11 of the most classic and memorable love songs of all time. The album
will be preceded by the single The Rose, which is set for release on
the 6th of November. Westlife perform this collection of epic love songs with
heartfelt emotion and the album showcases more than ever the bands unique
vocal prowess that has been key to their unrivalled continuing success. Releases: Westlife – The Love Album Westlife's 8th Album is set to be
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Second Tickets go
on sale tomorrow (Friday 13th October) for two new dates on Westlife’s 2007
tour: Wembley Arena on 1st April and Newcastle Arena on 4th April. They will
be available from 9am at www.livenation.co.uk. Credit/Source: www.westlife.com |
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New Website - 12 October 2006 To coincide with Westlife's upcoming
new album, we'll be bringing you a brand new official website. And what's more,
we want you to tell us what you'd like to see on it! Put your thinking caps on and email
your suggestions to westlifewebsite@sonybmg.com - then keep an eye on westlife.com over the next
few weeks... Credit/Source: www.westlife.com |
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60 SECONDS: Jodi Albert - 12 October 2006 Andrew Williams - Wednesday, October
11, 2006
Actress and former girl band singer
Jodi Albert is best known for appearing in Hollyoaks and dating Westlife singer
Kian Egan. She can currently be seen playing a prostitute in a suburban
brothel in Channel 5 comedy Respectable. Jodi is supporting Breakthrough
Breast Cancer's appeal, which is raising money for cancer research through
the sale of gerbera flower pins. Why are you supporting the charity? In your sitcom Respectable, you only wear your underwear. Is that
weird? Did you enjoy doing Respectable? Do lingerie companies send you free knickers now? What’s the best freebie you’ve received? You were in a band, Girl Thing, managed by Simon Cowell. Do you still
see him? Were you relieved when Girl Thing split up? Was it stressful being in a band with girls who hated each other? Do you listen to Westlife CDs at home? How do their fans treat you? You were on Channel 4’s I guess that’s put you off doing reality TV. What was the last thing you bought on eBay? What’s the best thing about being a celebrity couple? You and Kian have been together a while. Are you planning a big
Jordan-esque wedding? Credit/Source: www.metro.co.uk
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Westlife Connection Gives Oliver
Show A Family Twist! - 12 October
2006 By Maria Tracey
A young Shane Filan and Damien Ginty
who played the Artful Dodger in the 1994 production of “Oliver”. Now Shane’s
nephew Killian is playing the same role in the show at the Hawk’s Well next
week.
Luke Devaney as Oliver and
Cillian Filan as the Artful Dodger, gear up for the opening of the Sligo Fund
Company's spectacular production of 'Oliver', which opens at The Hawk's Well
Theatre on Sunday next. Pic Carl Brennan Twelve years ago, Westlife star, Shane Filan donned
his top hat and wooed the audience with his portrayal of the Artful Dodger. And now more than a decade later, his nephew,
Killian Filan is set to take the starring role of the loveable rogue in the
upcoming performance of the Sligo Fund Company's "Oliver". Director, Mary Mac Donagh said that stars are
already beginning to shine through in the production, with a few young actors
that "could go the whole way". And to support these budding careers, the Sligo Fund
Company will be making a scholarship available to the most talented youth,
which will fund their attendance at a suitable national youth drama workshop
next year. The musical will run for seven nights at the Hawk's
Well Theatre from Sunday, bringing a whole new generation of youth to this
celebration of 18th century London, with the part of Oliver to be jointly
acted by Luke Devaney and James Fallon and the Artful Dodger shared by
Killian Filan and Christian McLeod. Brothers Drew and Rory Maitland will alternate as
Noah Claypole. Among the old timers will be John Caheny, taking on
the central role of Fagin while the ill-fated The scheming duo of Mr Bumble and Mrs Corney fall to
Damien Brennan and MariAnne Fahy, while the undertaking Sowerberrys are
Kieran O'Doherty and Ursula Smullen. The glowering Bill Sykes will be played by Gerry
Ryan and Mrs Bedwin by Pam Greenaway. Finally, two of "While working with boys can be troublesome,
these have really been a great bunch of lads," said Mary. She added that Sunday night's performance will be
the first time that many of them will have acted in a large scale production,
however, Mary said that nerves on the night will be replaced with a feeling
of "walking on air". She added that there were slight differences to this
year's performance in comparison to that 12 years ago."Last time it was
held in the Factory Performance Space and it looked like a real workhouse. "However, this time we have a big set in the
Hawk's Well and I suppose it would be more stylised," she said. The show will run until Sunday, October 22 at 8pm
with matinee performances on Saturday, October 21 and Sunday, October 22 at
3pm. Tickets are priced at €18/15 are available from 071
9161526. Credit/Source:
www.unison.ie/sligo_champion
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New Captures - 11 October 2006 Hiya
everyone, I made
loads of captures from Westlife’s appearances on Strictly Come Dancing ~ It Takes
Two and GMTV. Enjoy! Westlife Interview On Strictly Come Dancing ~ It Takes Two The Rose Performance On Strictly Come Dancing ~ It Takes Two Westlife Interview On Lorraine Kelly Show GMTV The Rose Performance On Lorraine Kelly Show GMTV Credit/Source: Jasna & Lesley for the videos |
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Annmarie’s Meeting Pictures From GMTV - 11 October 2006 Annmarie met the lads yesterday
morning outside the GMTV studios and got some lovely pictures! Thanx for
sharing them Annmarie J
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Videos Of Westlife On Strictly Come Dancing It Takes
Two - 11 October
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Delta Supplies Song - 11 October
2006 DELTA Goodrem has recorded a duet with
Irish boyband Westlife. Goodrem appears on the band's cover album
singing the Air Supply hit All
Out of Love. The last single Goodrem released was Almost Here with boyfriend
Brian McFadden, who was in Westlife. The group will release a cover of the
Bette Midler classic The Rose
as the first single. With Marcia Hines, Human Nature and Rod
Stewart also releasing cover albums, it is a worrying trend. It's about time for some innovative
originals. Credit/Source: www.news.com.au
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Westlife On GMTV Videos - 10 October 2006 Joanne recorded and uploaded all of Westlife’s appearances
on GMTV today. Thaaanx Jo J GMTV The Rose Performance 2 (Lorraine’s
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Westlife On Strictly Come Dancing - 10 October 2006 A reminder that
Westlife will be on Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two today for a
performance and a chat. Date: 10 October 2006 Time: 6:30pm Channel: BBC 2
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New Mark Picture At Dune Club - 10 October 2006 Mark with
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at Dune Club on 7 October 2006:
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Westlife On Lorainne
Kelly Show Now! - 10 October
2006 Westlife
are on Lorainne Kelly Show. Date: 10 October 2006 Time: 7am - 9.25am Channel: ITV1 Credit/Source: Thanx Jadam & Lesley for
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Westlife Are Back - 10 October
2006 Star guests
- Living the Westlife The heart-throbs release their much
anticipated new single 'The Rose', plus find out if they're performing at a venue
near you Westlife
are the biggest vocal boy band in the world and their successes to date are
unrivaled. The new album November
13th will see Westlife release their 8th album, 'The Love Album'. Following
on from the enormous success they achieved last year with the release of
their Number 1 album 'Face To Face', Westlife return with a new
album consisting of 11 of the most classic and memorable love songs of
all time. The album
will be preceded by the single 'The Rose', which is set for release on
the 6th of November. Shane,
Mark, Nicky and Kian look set to bring some romance to Christmas this year
with a selection of their favourite love songs that they personally
chose. The opening
track and first single 'The Rose' sets the tone for the album.
Originally a huge hit for Bette Midler in the Westlife
have experienced phenomenal success from the start of their career dominating
the Record breakers:
Westlife history In 1998
Shane, Kian, Mark were in an unknown Sligo pop group named IOU, who made
their debut at The Point - Dublin's biggest pop venue. A local TV
show brought them to the attention of pop svengali, Louis Walsh, who hired
them to support the Louis
introduced new members Bryan, fresh from stage school, and Nicky, an ex
football apprentice at Leeds United, to the ranks of the newly-named Westside. Signed to
RCA by Pop Idol's very own Simon Cowell, Westside were renamed Westlife,
after learning of other American acts with their moniker. Groomed as
natural successors to Boyzone, the quintet's debut single 'Swear It Again' was
a highly predictable Irish and Topping the
charts with 'Fool Again', a duet with Mariah Carey on a cover
version of Phil Collins' 'Against All Odds', and 'My Love', amongst other
hits, they had soon notched up seven number ones. It was in
March 2004 that Brian quit the band to spend more time with his family at the
time, leaving the band as a four. However, Westlife have dominated the The Love Tour 2007 March April Credit/Source: www.gm.tv |
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Westlife On GMTV - 10 October 2006 A reminder
that Westlife are on GMTV today for an interview and performance so make sure
you won’t miss it. Date: 10 October 2006 Time: 6:00 am – 9:25 am Channel: ITV 1
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New Avatars & Blends– 9 October 2006 I made 5 Avatars and 2 Blelnds: Avatars
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Happy 28th Birthday Nicky!! – 9 October 2006 Yaaaa, it
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Watch The Rose Performance On Strictly Come Dancing– 8 October 2006 Joanne uploaded The Rose performance from last night’s
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“Light Up My Life” Used As Backing Track On X-Factor
– 8 October 2006 Westlife’s “Light
Up My Life” which is a song from The Love Album was played as backing track
while Louis Walsh was announcing the results to the X-Factor contestants. I
think it is a lovely song and the lads’ voices sound amazing. Joanne recorded it and you can hear it on youtube. The
song starts being played at the 3:03 minute: ”Light Up My Life” Backing On X-Factor Final Four You can
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Captures Of Westlife’s Performance On Strictly Come
Dancing – 8 October 2006 I made 31
captures of The Rose performance from last night’s appearance of the lads on
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Kian On X-Factor Videos – 8 October 2006 Joanne recorded and uploaded Kian’s
appearance on X-Factor on yesterday’s program and thanx to her we have the
videos: Part 1 of Kian on X Factor 7th October
2006 Part 2 of Kian on X Factor 7th October
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When SD Comes Alive After Two Decades – 7 October 2006 I added a new article at the Face To Face Tour News/Reviews page |
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Westlife On Strictly Come Dancing Tonight - 7 October 2006 A reminder
that Westlife will perform on Strictly Come Dancing tonight so make sure you
won’t miss it. Date: 7 October 2006 Time: 7:50pm and 9:50pm Channel: BBC 1
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Westlife’s New Releases - 6 October 2006 Westlife will be releasing a brand new
single and album next month. The Love Album, out on 13th November,
is a collection of eleven of the most classic and memorable love songs of all
time, chosen by the band themselves. Long-term collaborator Steve Mack
produced the album, which was recorded in The first single to be taken from The
Love Album is ‘The Rose’, originally a huge hit for Bette Midler in 1980.
It’s set for release on 6th November. The tracklisting for The Love Album is
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Official - The New Album & Single Release Dates - 6 October 2006 The Love Album - out 13/11/06 (Pre-order) New single The Rose - out 06/11/06
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The Love Album Cover - 6 October 2006 This is the
cover that Amazon.co.uk has for The Love Album: Click on
the image to enlarge
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Face To Face With Westlife - 6 October 2006 They're all in their late twenties and
one is even a happy, nappy-changing dad, but you can still call Westlife
"a boy band" and get away with it. Credit/Source: www.channelnewsasia.com
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Wild About Westlife (Kerry Katona’s OK! Column) - 6 October 2006 Westlife have announced details of their new tour and I’ll be going
to sure! I'm so proud of those boys for having done so well. Despite Brian
leaving, they've continued to go from strength to strength and they've
definitely got a good few years left in them. I still think they are
brilliant... Credit/Source: OK! Magazine / Thanx Joanne for
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Westlife.Com 4th At DMA Awards - 5 October 2006 Westlife.Com
was voted at the fourth place at this year’s Digital Music Awards!
Also,
congratulations to Westlife
Belgium that got at No. 197 and Shnicky.de at 199! Credit/Source: www.btyahoo.com/dma06
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Tickets are
available on exclusive pre-sale for Westlife's The general
sale starts at 9am on Friday 6th October. Credit/Source: www.westlife.com
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Janine’s Kian & Nicky Meeting Pictures - 5 October 2006 Janine met
Kian and Nicky at
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New A second For a full rundown of where Westlife will
be playing, head over to the Dates section. Credit/Source: www.westlife.com
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New TV Dates - 4 October 2006 Westlife will be appearing all over your screens over the next few weeks as they’ve lined up a number of TV appearances. Saturday 7th October – Strictly Come
Dancing, BBC1 (performance) The band will also be recording a
performance and chat on the Sharon Osbourne show on Tuesday 17th October –
transmission date to follow. Credit/Source: www.westlife.com
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Mark On My Life In Music (Repeated) - 4 October 2006 Mark is on My Life In Music tomorrow.
It was played some months ago and it is repeated now. Date: 5 October 2006 Time: 8am Channel: VH1 Credit/Source: VH1 / Thanx Joanne for
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Westlife On Strictly Come Dancing - 4 October 2006 Westlife
will be on Strictly Come Dancing this Saturday 7 October 2006. Date: 7 October 2006 Time: 7:50pm and 9:50pm Channel: BBC 1 They will
also be on Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two on 10 October 2006. Date: 10 October 2006 Time: 6:30pm Channel: BBC 2
Credit/Source: www.bbc.co.uk/strictlycomedancing
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Westlife On GMTV - 4 October 2006 Yaaa it
seems like promo time starts for Westlife!! J They will be on GMTV next Tuesday.10
October 2006 so make sure you won’t miss it. Date: 10 October 2006 Time: 6:00 am – 9:25 am Channel: ITV 1
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“Kian Loves Me being a
'Prostitute’” - 3 October 2006 © Thanx Jen for
typing this up J
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“I Want To Be The Next Louis Walsh” - 3 October 2006 Westlife’s
Kian Egan hated saying “no” on X-Factor but now he wants to be a manager. WESTLIFE STAR
KIAN Egan’s experience as an X-Factor judge has made him want to manage pop
bands. The 26 year
old, who was on Louis Walsh’s panel for boot camp hopefuls, admits he found
it painful to shatter people’s dreams. But he’s still determined to follow in
his manager Louis’ footsteps. He tells
closer: “I’ve been thinking about managing pop bands, so this was a terrific
opportunity to learn.” “I know
Westlife won’t last forever and managing would be a great career move. Louis
knew I was interested so he asked me to help on X-Factor.” But while
he’s used to breaking the hearts of Westlife fans, Kian – who’s engaged to
ex-Hollyoaks star Jodi Albert – admits it was a different story doing it on
the show. He says:
“There were so many talented people. It was really hard to choose.” “There were
a lot of tears and people asking me what they’d done wrong when they didn’t
make it. I know it’s a tough industry to crack so I really felt for them.” But there
were some high points during judging too: “Some of the acts were very
entertaining, but not for the right reasons! There was a pair of hilarious
scary twins.” But the
pin-up won’t be hanging up his microphone for management any time soon. He said:
“I’ve no intention of quitting Westlife – there’s a few more years in us
yet.” By Fiona
Cassildy Credit/Source: Closer
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Captures From Westlife’s Interview At Miss World - 3 October 2006 I made 27 captures
from an interview that Westlife gave at TVP2 channel in Westlife Interview ~ Miss World 2006 Credit/Source: Thanx www.thecommitted.net for
the video / TVP2 |
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Nadine’s Mark
& Shane Meeting Pictures - 2 October 2006 Nadine met Mark
and Shane yesterday at
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Tour News - 2 October 2006 I added a
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X Factor Bootcamp News! - 2
October 2006 Article shortened and only includes
the parts that mention Kian… It’s Bootcamp time! 180
acts battle for only 21 spaces, to get through to the next stage of the
competition…but there’s trouble afoot and it’s all change! Simon, accompanied by pop singer
Sinitta is looking after the 16 – 24’s; Louis, is with the Groups and is
joined by Westlife star Kian Egan and vocal coach Yvie Burnett; and Sharon
presides over the Over 25s category along with vocal coach Mark Hudson and
Record Company Executive Adrian Williams. It seems Louis is not happy either: “I
am dreading today, I have got the worst category but it is my job to make the
most of it, I am determined to do that”. He must have seen in coming! Louis
fears become reality as group after group failed to deliver the goods. Louis,
Yvie and Kian are feeling the pain, “I saw no star acts there, it is not
looking good, we better hope the afternoon improves”. With the mood picking up with the acts
and the quality improving Louis is left decidedly smug at the end of day one
“I thought this was going to be the hardest job of our lives but I actually
think we have a really strong category now” with Kian quipping, “you could
even win again this year Louis!”. Credit/Source: www.entertainmentwise.com
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Westlife’s The concert
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Pre-Order The Rose - 2 October 2006 You can
pre-order the first single from The Love Album, “The Rose”, at HMV.co.uk According
to HMV The Rose is being released on 6 November 2006. Credit/Source: www.hmv.co.uk |
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Ask Westlife A Question - 2 October 2006 Thanx Sharon for the info Sunday
Magazine which is free with News Of The World will interview Westlife and
they want us to send them our questions. So if you want to ask Westlife
something email your question at askaceleb@sunday.co.uk. The best question wins £50. Credit/Source: Sunday Magazine / |
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Kian On X-Factor Video Part Two - 1 October 2006 Thanx
Joanne at WFVIP for the second part of Kian on
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“The Rose” Performance Captures - 1 October 2006 I made 53
captures from Westlife’s performance of the new single “The Rose” at the Miss
World contest. Thanx Jasna for the video. Also, I
added 2 Westlife Pictures of the performance from gettyimages. Credit/Source: Jasna / www.gettyimages.com
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Kian Is The Love Of My Westlife
(Jodi Interview) - 1 October
2006 EXCLUSIVE Hollyoaks Jodi tells why
she WON'T wear sexy basque for her superstar fella ..And he's not even
jealous when I dress like THIS for work By Jon Wise GORGEOUS Jodi Albert is every
fella's fantasy in saucy basque and suspenders - but her Westlife lover Kian
Egan doesn't even get to see her in the sexy gear. The former Hollyoaks beauty sends
temperatures soaring with her provocative undies as hooker Hayley in TV
sitcom Respectable. But she declares: "I certainly
wouldn't wear them outside as they are too revealing. I spend so long wearing
them for filming that I wouldn't want to keep them - they remind me too much
of work." Amazingly, superstar singer Kian doesn't mind. And it's a
tribute to the strength of the couple's love that he isn't the least bit
jealous at millions of male viewers ogling his scantilyclad girlfriend
surrounded by sex toys. Jodi, 23, giggles: "Whenever I
speak to him on my mobile at lunchtime, he wants to know what I'm wearing,
whether it's stockings, short skirts or high heels. "Some of the basques are
absolutely beautiful, more Agent Provocateur than Ann Summers. "I eat lunch in them between
takes and sit there in my French knickers. But nobody bats an eyelid because
they're so used to seeing me waft around in them on the set." Jodi, who has been dating hunky Kian
for six years, adds: "He knows that wearing revealing gear in this
series is part of the deal. "But he's not jealous. He
feels flattered that other men might fancy me. Our relationship is too strong
for him to feel insecure about me. "He came to a screening of the
show and thought it was fantastic. He told me I looked great." In her Five show, Jodi's character
comforts bumbling, married Michael - played by Justin Edwards, 34 - who is
infatuated but too polite to ask her for sex at the Debonnaire, a "respectable"
suburban brothel. Cheating is all part of the plot
but the real-life relationship between brunette Jodi and X-Factor mentor
Kian, 26, is rock solid. They share a £1.4million love-nest in south west "You have to have trust when
you're with someone in this industry," says Jodi - voted sexiest female
at the British Soap Awards last year. "If there were the slightest doubt
about each other's loyalty we wouldn't be together. "We spend
long periods apart through our work but Kian and I aren't the types to be
unfaithful. It's not in either of us to do that.” But in her
most revealing interview to date, Jodi tells The People that she has no plans
to wed. "People
have been saying we're getting married," says the actress. "But
we're not ready for that yet. Both of us have been too busy to even think
about weddings. "We don't
want children yet, either. Our Maltese puppy Prince is our surrogate child.
He's so gorgeous that we love him as if he really were a baby." Jodi was 15
when she was introduced to Kian in 1999 by music mogul Simon Cowell - who
promptly warned off the Westlife star. At the time Jodi was with Cowell's
band Girl Thing on the same record label as Kian. She recalls: "Simon
introduced us at Party In The Park. The other boys in Westlife lined up to
shake hands first but it was Kian I was waiting for. I'd seen pictures and
thought he was cute. "When he
shook my hand, we held each other's gaze for several seconds. But suddenly I
felt really shy, took my hand away and turned on my heels. "Kian
asked Simon, 'Wow, who was that?' To which Simon replied, 'No darling, not
that one. You can't have her'. Simon was very protective because I was too
young to get involved with anyone. "Kian and
I kept in touch but I was really jealous when I was introduced to his
girlfriends. "I hated
them because I knew I was too young to be with him and they were with the guy
I wanted to be with. But Kian was
right not to go near me. He was a gentleman and I respect him so much for
that." Four years
later in May 2003, Kian finally made his feelings known. "He was
doing a concert in "After
the concert, he told me, 'I really want to be with you. It feels right now'.
I'd been going out with my girlfriends and was having fun being single but he
just blew me away. I always knew we'd end up together." Two months
later, the couple jetted to "No one
had ever cuddled me or pampered me the way he did. He's so grounded and
earthy and I couldn't be with anyone arrogant. "I've
always been fussy with men. Before Kian I'd only had one serious boyfriend. I
tend not to givemy heart away, but when I do it's completely. "No
matter where I went or who I met, Kian was always in the back of my mind. "Now we
miss each other totally when we're apart. He recently went on a surfing
holiday with one of his closest friends f rom Ire - land. He'd only been away
for a week when he told me he couldn't wait to get back home - not because he
wasn't having a good time but because he missed me so much. "He's
very romantic. He'll bring me bunches of roses because he knows I love
them." Jodi shot to
fame as Hollyoaks honey Debbie Dean and went on to guest star in Casualty
before landing the role of Hayley. She says:
"There's nothing dirty or tacky about this series, just comic scenarios.
They certainly made Kian laugh, anyway." Jodi is now
filming Brit flick Popcorn with ex-EastEnder Jack Ryder and model Sophie
Anderton. Whatever the role, Jodi knows she can always count on Kian's
support. "He's
very proud of me," she says with a smile of contentment. Respectable
concludes on Five this Wednesday at 10.30pm. Credit/Source: www.people.co.uk
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“The Rose” Lyrics - 1 October 2006 The Rose Some say love it is a river I also
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