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21/12/2011 15:04
Westlife’s Kian Egan and wife Jodi Albert welcome baby boy
By Ken Sweeney
Westlife star Kian Egan has become a dad.
The singer and his wife Jodi Albert became proud parents of baby boy Koa, weighing in at 8lbs and 2 ozs, born at 6.10pm last night in Sligo General Hospital.
It had been the couple’s wish that their baby was...
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20/12/2011 10:03
Shane Filan will be most successful after Westlife split, predicts Louis Walsh
By Lynne Kelleher, Irish Daily Mirror
LOUIS Walsh has predicted Shane Filan will be the most successful solo artist of Westlife after the band splits next summer.
And the X Factor judge said the 32-year-old is the only one of the four who will remain in his stable of acts...
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18/12/2011 17:06
Simon Cowell lifts lid on stormy relationship with Westlife
By Lynne Kelleher
X FACTOR guru Simon Cowell has revealed how he almost came to blows with Westlife in a series of blazing rows when he was masterminding their career.
The record company executive is full of praise for the band, who delivered him 14 No1 singles, but gives a...
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16/12/2011 11:32
REAL REASON WE'RE SPLITTING: AFTER 14 NO.1 SINGLES, WESTLIFE ARE CALLING IT A DAY - NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY REVEAL WHY
The year was 1999 and I was in a seedy nightclub watching five fresh-faced Irish boys, in ludicrous long coats, launched on the world as Westlife.
They were united only in their awkwardness as they sang and moved together, and I wondered at the time whether there really was...
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16/12/2011 09:12
Westlife star reveals Christmas wishlist
Westlife star Kian Egan says celebrating Christmas as a dad would be the best present ever.
Kian Egan and his wife Jodi Albert are expecting a baby on January 1, but the Uptown Girl singer has admitted that he would be delighted if their new arrival is a few days...
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16/12/2011 09:06
NICKY BYRNE’S REGRET
By Kim Dawson
WESTLIFE regret letting their last ever single be the Gary Barlow-penned Lighthouse and not a tune written by the band’s Mark Feehily, 31.
The song stiffed at No 32 and was their only release not to go Top 10.
Nicky Byrne, 33, told me: “It’s...
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15/12/2011 20:25
Take a look back at Westlife's incredible career in their latest video
Westlife have unveiled the video for their latest single.
The Irish boyband, who recently announced plans to split following their 2012 tour, have chosen Beautiful World as the next single from their Greatest Hits album.
The video takes a nostalgic...
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13/12/2011 08:41
A CELEBRATION OF ‘LIFE
WORDS: PAUL SIMPER
PICTURES: IAN DERRY
TV buzz throws Westlife a leaving do to toast the lads’ final ever TV special before they head off on their farewell tour…
“Why is it beers always better on day two?” ponders Shane Filan, as he relaxes in a cosy...
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13/12/2011 08:39
Westlife bid a fond farewell to the X Factor
The mighty Westlife took to the X Factor stage at Wembley Arena during tonight’s live final to perform for the last time on
the show.
The boys, who announced earlier this year that they were splitting up, sang their single What About Now, showing just...
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12/12/2011 19:53
Last performance: Westlife take to the stage for their swansong at the X Factor Final
By HOLLY THOMAS
Louis Walsh may not have had an act in the X Factor final tonight, but one past choice of his was represented on stage tonight.
Iconic Irish ‘boy’ band Westlife, formerly managed by the judge, performed at the Wembley arena for the show’s final,...
