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Westlife fanat-ink!
Topic Started: Sep 8 2008, 02:08 PM (143 Views)
JoanneVIP
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Westlife fanat-ink!
Sep 7 2008 by Nathan Bevan, Wales On Sunday

A VALLEYS mum is so passionate about one boy band that she’s given them her full backing.

In fact, mother-of-four Vicky Jones of Aberdare loves Irish popsters Westlife so much that she spent nearly a GRAND having their four faces tattooed on her, from shoulder to shoulder, as a 40th birthday present.

Unemployed Vicky, who stays at home to look after her 16-year-old daughter Samantha with learning difficulties, claims she forks out thousands every year on her love for the group – even spending 16 painful hours under the needle getting the black and grey portraits of singers Shane Filan, Nicky Byrne, Mark Feehily and Kian Egan done.

“My kids think I’m mental, but I really love Westlife, have done since they started about 10 years ago,” said Vicky, sitting in the bedroom of her home that’s plastered from ceiling to floor with more pics of the group.

But what does husband Colin, 42, think of her obsession?

“He doesn’t mind, he’s a very patient man – he has to be,” she laughed.

“He doesn’t really get it though, he prefers Sugababes and Girls Aloud himself.”

Although he doesn’t mind his wife dragging him to the dozens of concerts she goes to every year.

“I’ve been to about 300 Westlife shows now in total,” said Vicky.

“The furthest was when I drove to Newcastle to see them, and then drove straight back home to South Wales afterwards.

“It was a lot further away than me and Colin thought, about a 20-hour round trip altogether.

“Still, Colin used to be a mechanic, so we would have been okay if we’d broken down.”

The band have all seen the tattoos, she said.

“Yes, they all know me now and give me a wink or a wave when they see me down the front at their shows,” laughed Vicky, who endured several long, painful sittings at Chris Govier’s Body Art Tattoo studio in Swansea.

“The first time they saw my back was in Sheffield in March and they were all blown away.

“Although they joked Shane looked a bit fat in the face, but that’s because the tattooist had to copy from a photo I’d taken of him at a concert that was a little blurred.

“It would have been okay if Samantha hadn’t excitedly tugged on my arm just as the flash went off,” she said, adding that she later got the lads to add their signatures at a book signing in Dublin

“I flew over there, booked a hotel but ended up camping outside the shop for the night all the same. I was sweating so much when I came out and worried that the ink would run that I rushed to get them tattooed on me straight away.”

So, after having her entire back inked, what’s next for the Westlife’s biggest fan? “I’m thinking of having them spray-painted on my car,” said Vicky.

“That’s each of their faces on the doors and all four of them on the boot. If I can afford it I’ll have them on the roof as well.

“I might have to run that by Colin first though,” she added. “I’m not sure how he’d feel driving to Asda in something like that.”

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JoanneVIP
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As much as i love westlife i would never do that ... ouch to painful i ahte getting blood taken x
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An 'obsessed' Westlife fan has celebrated her 40th birthday by having a tattoo of the band across her shoulders.

Vicky Jones from Abercwmboi in the Cynon Valley underwent 16 hours under the needle having their four faces etched on.

Vicky, a mother of four, has seen 300 Westlife concerts and counts herself as their greatest fan.

She said: "My children reckon I'm crazy but the tattoos are fabulous.

"All my money goes on Westlife - about £4,000 a year. I must be their biggest fan."

Singers Shane Filan, Nicky Byrne, Mark Feehily and Kian Egan added their autographs two months ago. She then had them inked over onto her back, underneath their portraits.

Her daughter Stacey, 18, said: "I'm not that keen on Westlife at all. Mum's too obsessed if you ask me."

Vicky's husband Colin, 42, was also not a big fan. She admitted: "He can't abide Westlife but he doesn't say a lot."

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Louise4Shane
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I love Westlife but I would not have big tattoo.
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JoanneVIP
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Neither would I. maybe the tatoo Kian has is of a fan lol...
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MrsMaryByrne
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thanks for posting jo :) how much i love the lads i would never get that done x
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JoanneVIP
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ooh the thought of the pain. not sure westlife would like the thought of pain
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MrsMaryByrne
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ah the pain puts me off having a tatto
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JoanneVIP
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oh yes .. i wonder if nicky got a new one.....
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Annie
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Never ever tattoo someone's face/name on your skin... Unless it's someone from your family. In other cases it's just weird...
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MrsMaryByrne
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i would never get that done... i want a butterfly on my ankle
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JoanneVIP
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you can undo it but its prob very sore...
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Gloria
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Thanks for posting Jo. I saw it in the paper & the thought of all the pain when you can't even see it yourself unles syou look in the mirror. :o I love WESTLIFE to pieces,but tha tis taking things too far.xx :rolleyes:
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MrsMaryByrne
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yes thats ture she took it too far.....
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JoanneVIP
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she seems happy. must be catching the tatoo thing, what with Kianx
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