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17-10-05 news EXCLUSIVE WITH PHOTOSWestlife Back Bigger & Better...
If you happened to catch The Late Late Show last Friday you probably realised that Irish boyband Westlife are making a comeback to pop charts and look set to dominate...
WESTLIFE @ THE LATE LATE SHOW
Since Brian McFadden walked out on Westlife many people thought it would be the end of the band but with a new album, Face to Face, a new single, You Raise Me Up, and a new eagerness for No. 1 records Shane, Nicky, Kian and Mark are going to be around for a while yet...
WESTLIFE @ THE LATE LATE SHOW
Shane Filan is now a father, Nicky Byrne is hinting that Georgina and he may be following suit soon, Mark Feehily has come-out as gay and in a strong relationship, and Kian Egan is so in love with girlfriend Jodi Albert that we wouldn't be surprised if he proposed to her in the coming months...
NICKY & GEORGINA @ THE LATE LATE SHOW
And from what we witnessed from the Pat Kenny interview at the weekend the boys are very comfortable and confident with their position as the top boyband in the world, plus duets with Diana Ross and Michael Jackson coming up there is no doubt that they will break all records for the most No.1 records in history!

WELCOME to : WESTLIFE IRELAND

Hi, How's the craic, and WELCOME to WESTLIFE IRELAND. If you haven't seen these guys before--prepare to fallin Love--and if you HAVE--read on to find out more about them!! Westlife are: Nicky, Shane, Bryan, Kian and Mark To find out more about these guys, click on the above picture, to take you into WESTLIFE IRELAND!!! Don't forget to check out my EXCLUSIVE interview with Westlife from August 1998!!!!! This site is part the Irish Pop Online sites. This is THE VERY FIRST AND ORIGINAL Westlife site--going back to the early days when they were IOU...so remember, it's the Original and Best!!

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shane filan

SHANE FILAN!!

Shane Filan was born the baby of a family of seven to proud parents Peter and Mae on July 5th 1979, which means his big 21st is coming up this July!!!

He has always been interested in singing, ever since a young age, and has taken part in many musicals in Sligo. One of which was Grease (he performed in Grease at least twice) when Shane was just (bless him) 12 years old. He sang a duet with another girl, and ironically, was seen in the audience by a certain Mark Feehily who was very impressed!!!

Shane went on to Summerhill College Sligo, where he was the Captain of the Rugby Team, and very popular indeed. Since his family owned a stables, Shane was also mad into horses (if you get the official Westlife video it shows Shane in the stables). He was in the popgroup IOU who were the foundations to Westlife, and Walsh in the first place!! Shane went on after Summerhill College to its Thanks to his mother Mae that Westlife got in touch with Louis do an accounting course in Dublin, and left this once the great Westlife opportunity came along for IOU.

As well as the stables, Shane's family also run a cafe in Sligo town, the Carlton Cafe- which has to be the most publicised restaurant in the town at this stage, with girls travelling from all over just to see a part of the Westlife history!!

Out of everything, Shane hates Insects, and his favourite food is Spagetti!! (Easy to please!) His favourite football team are Liverpool, and his fave film is Titanic. Shane stands at a grand 5'9 tall.

In Westlife Shane tends to take the front seat, along with Mark, but that's not to say that the others don't get their solo spots.

I have met Shane tons of times at this stage,and I just want to let you all know that he is REALLY down to earth, and extremely friendly. He always makes time to say Hello to people who are waiting on him, and replies to most emails , even though he is so busy. I also know loads of people from Sligo , and they all think Shane is really sound. Sound, and gorgeous......mmmm-- perfect to take home to Mammy!

kian

KIAN EGAN!!!!!

Kian John Francis Egan was born on April 29th 1980. He was one of the founder/original members of Westlife, then known as IOU . (and before that as "6 as 1"!!!!!!)

Things with Westlife began to really take off during his Leaving Cert year, yet Kian stayed in School,- Summerhill College, to complete his exams.

Kian has been craving the limelight for years, and at the age of 16 became a strip-o-gram, though he claims to never have stripped past his underwear!!!

His hobbies include Snooker and Pitch and Putt. Kian has 3 brothers, and three sisters in his family, and his favouite food is Steak and Chips.

He supports Liverpool, and his music tastes are mainly chart stuff, such as BSB, Boyzone, and Five.

According to the others in the group, Kian is a real ladies man, and he has been caught out with a "Kiss and Tell" story or two to the news papers....something I'm sure didn't please their managers too much, as it meant him breaking their ridiculous rule of celibacy!!!

Kian is really sound, and can be a messer, or sometimes very serious. (see my interview with Westlife) but nothing will take from the fact that he is a lovely guy!!!!!

mark feehily

since 2nd October 1999 Mark lovers have been here

MARK FEEHILY!!!!!!!!

Mark Patrick Michael Feehily is from Sligo, in the North West of Ireland, home to three fifths of Westlife. He was one of the original members of the band, having come from the IOU line up.

A Cancerian, Mark was born on June 26th 1980. He joined Westlife before he finished school, but like the sensible boy he is, he stayed in his school, Summerhill College to complete his final exams!! According to Mark, if he wasn't in Westlife, he'd probably have repeated his exams, because he wasn't happy with the results. Poor Baby! Somehow I don't think the Leaving Cert is going to make much difference to his life from here on!!!! Career wise, he would like to have been a teacher or work with computers.

Mark's hobbies include Tennis (anyone West of the Shannon who plays tennis seems to know him really well) and also Football and Snooker.

His Ideal girl would have a good personality, be "deadly craic" but serious when she needs to be. (I can do that...........hint hint!) His Ideal date would be to go to a nice restaurant, followed by a nightclub........how sweet!!

Mark has two brothers in his family, Barry and Colm, both younger than him. His favourite football team are Liverpool, and he is into Comedy Films.

Mark's musical tastes vary from R n B to the Verve.... and Mark has a bit of an obsession with MARIAH CAREY!!!!

Apparently Mark is the shy one of the band, well I can't say that I find him shy!! He is so friendly and easy to talk to, one of those people who it seems like you've known them for ever!!!!

He has a deep soulful voice, easily the most recognisable in Westlife, and stunning good looks, complemented by his deep sky blue eyes. Mark Feehily is the meaning of the word " babe".!!!!!!

***** Goss from an old school friend of Mark's*****When Mark was in school he used to mess in class a lot, and when his teacher asked him what he wanted to do with his life, he would say, "I'm going to sing, sir" His teacher didn't believe him, and told him not to be stupid.... how wrong he was!!!!

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WESTLIFE @ IRISH POP ONLINE-----LINKS!!! Click on the Member you want to read about, or the info you want to find out!!

Mark's Page! : Dedicated to the Tall, Dark and Handsome Mr. Mark Feehily !! Kian's page!! : Pictures and goss about the one and only Kian Egan. Bryan's page! : All about the crazy, loveable nut they call Bryan Mc Fadden!!! (The TALL, cute Blonde one) Shane's page!!! : All about the Tall, Dark and Handsome Mr Filan. Nicky's page!! : Dedicated to the babelicious Nicky Byrne (Sorry Girls, this one ain't single!!!!) IRISH POP ONLINE FRONT PAGE!! : Where you can choose the next band you want to read about! AN *EXCLUSIVE* Interview with Westlife : live from Backstage at the Cork Beat, 30th August 1998. READ IT!!!!!! A factfile on Each of the Gorgeous Guys! : Find out all the facts here!! An Introduction to Westlife: Ireland's favourite guys. All The Latest news on Westlife! : Where will they be next? How IOU were Formed...: .... and some little facts that I learnt from guys who were in Mark and Kians class last year! Where to Find the lads! : Tv appearances, magazines, Concerts -- The lot!!! The Lyrics to their Songs!!!: "Swear it again", and "Flying Without Wings" My Review of their Appearance in GALWAY 27/3/99: (This was printed in the Galway paper--The CITY TRIBUNE--(yay!) Be Like KIAN EGAN and MARK FEEHILY !!!!! Sign my Guestbook!!! : As signed by Kian Egan and Mark Feehily from Westlife, All of Area 4, Graham from Dove, Keith (ex-OTT) and 2fm Djs! Poor Kian had a stalker!! : Read the newspaper article here! A review of Westlife's trip home to a HEROES Welcome, and a Civic Award.: (15th August 1999) Read a review of the fabulous Westlife album, OUT NOW!!: A Review of the concert Westlife headlined, in aid of the Turkey Earthquake disaster.: Read all about the MTV select party, (11/11/99) Starring WESTLIFE!! : Westlife meet the Queen!!!!! : Westlife are CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE!!!!: The forthcoming Westlife single is revealed!!!: Shane, Kian and Mark have all signed my guestbook.... read their messages here!!!: Westlife will be headlining the CHILDLINE CONCERT on Feb 13th....read about it here!!!: Read all about the Singles Westlife have released!!!: Read a quick review of the Westlife album!!! :

Since 25-11-98 Northsiders, eastsiders, Southsiders, and of course...WESTSIDERS have been here! (excuse the lame attempt at a joke, please!)

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On this site you will find not only all the information you ever needed to know about Westlife, but EXCLUSIVE Photographs, and 'le piece de resistence'.....

********AN EXCLUSIVE WESTLIFE INTERVIEW!!!!**************

If you think you've read EVERYTHING there is to read about the lads-- well think again!!!

You will not be able to read this anywhere else-- it is 100 % EXCLUSIVE!!! I caught up with the lads backstage at the 2fm Kit Kat Beat On The Street in Cork , August 1998, and if you're interested in finding out how many drinks it takes to get them drunk, or whether or not they would lie to get their way with the opposite sex(and much more)!!!!!! then, CLICK HERE!!!

At the Moment, Westlife are in the States , filming the video to their Forth coming single "Fool Again". This is from their debut self entitled album, WESTLIFE. Read a quick review of the album on the review page!! The Double A side single of "Seasons in the Sun" and "I had a Dream" held the prestigious CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE spot in the Charts in Ireland and in the UK, and stayed there in Ireland for 5 weeks,and in England for 4 weeks. This is an amazing acheivement for a band, but it also notched up a few more record breaking events for Westlife!!, It meant that they were the only Irish band ever to hold the Christmas number one slot across the water, and also the very first Boyband ever to get 4 singles straight to Number One!!! One more and they'll be the ONLY band ever to get 5 straight in!!!! We've all got our fingers crossed for you guys!! (p.s. Thanks for keeping the Hamsters from the top of the charts!) ************ When Westlife released their debut Single "Swear it Again" they made a visit to Galway, my home town. Click the picture below to read my report of their appearance........ this was actually printed by the Galway Local Newspaper, the CITY TRBIUNE!

For the release of their second single "If I let you go", Westlife made public appearances in Sligo and Dublin. I went along to the Sligo signing, read all about it HERE!

If this is the first time you've ever heard of Westlife, (where have you been? Jupiter?) then Click here for a quick introduction to the guys, ......or HERE to learn the History of the band, and how they all got together.

If you like this Website, please BOOKMARK it, and show us your appreciation in the guestbook!!!! Mark and Kian have!!!!

Click here to SIGN/VIEW THE GUESTBOOK!!!!! As signed by Shane, Mark and Kian!!! Check it out!!

This picture was taken in Galway during a signing for Swear It Again, on March 27th 1999. I think its cool, because Shane is looking at Kian putting his fingers up behind my head (I cut my self from the photo) but he doesn't realise Kian is doing the same to him!!)

Feehily happy to be a gay role

Irish boy band Westlife, from left, Mark Feehily, Nicky Byrne, Shane Filan and Kian Egan.
March 2, 2006

Westlife singer Mark Feehily says he doesn't mind being a gay role model but worries he may say the wrong thing.

Feehily came out as gay at the end of last year, and the 25-year-old Irish singer is now dating former V band member Kevin McDaid.

"If somebody does come out that is in the public eye then they are going to represent [all homosexuals]," he said.

"I don't know that I necessarily like it too much because, knowing me, I would probably say the wrong thing.

"But in that sense all I can do is try and share what I have learnt through my experience."

Westlife arrived in Australia last week, their first trip since 1999, to promote their latest album Face to Face.

The group - Feehily, Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan and Shane Filan - has had 13 No. 1 singles in the United Kingdom, with songs such as You Raise Me Up, Flying Without Wings, Against All Odds and Unbreakable.

Despite being in a boy band with the majority of fans being women and young girls, Feehily said there had been no negative reaction to his coming out.

"I am so much happier now and I think our fans can see that," he said.

"Through the years of getting to the point where I wanted to come out, I had to go through every kind of emotion, but I can honestly say that the day before I came out, I didn't care what the reaction was going to be.

"That was the hardest point to get to."

Feehily said he did not intend on getting married any time soon but was happy to know he could in Britain with the recent introduction of the country's Civil Partnership Act.

"I think it is fantastic that gay people can now get the same benefits as a straight couple," said Feehily, whose partner is travelling with him in Australia.

"It is not something I am looking into at the moment."

Meanwhile, Byrne said the band was still friendly with ex-Westlife member Brian McFadden, who is dating Delta Goodrem.

This month marks the two-year anniversary since McFadden left the group to pursue a solo career.

"With no disrespect to him [McFadden], we kind of got rid of the person who didn't want to be part of it," said Byrne.

"Brian was always the person who never really wanted to put the real workload into it and that was always going to be a problem."

Bryan McFadden's Profile:





Name: Bryan Nicholas McFadden

Nickname: Macker (Bry)

Date of birth: 12th April 1980

Age: 19

Height: 6ft (182,5 cm)

Eye colour: Blue

Lives: Artane - Dublin

Starsign: Aries

Family: Mum Mairead, dad Brendan, sister Susan

Pet: A dog called Chip

Hobbies: Singing, Dancing, Music, Football

Previous Jobs: Bingo Caller, Security at McDonald's

Likes: Music, females and spending money

Dislikes: School, Reading, Writing, other people's sadness -
he wants everybody to be happy!

Fave Food: A fry up from "the Carlton Cafe" in Sligo

Fave Football Team: Manchester United

Fave Film: Grease & Titanic

Fave actor/actress: Leonardo DiCaprio & Jennifer Lopez

Fave music: Everything

Fave song: "Something Stupid" by Frank Sinatra

Ideal girl: Beautiful eyes, lips, hair

Describes himself as: Sensetive, shy, humerous

Rule of Life: "Live life today and deal with tomorrow
when it comes!"