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The Mail on Sunday interview
Topic Started: Oct 22 2007, 07:35 AM (244 Views)
JoanneVIP
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Those irish boys always wanna have fun which why im whisking westlife away from the Groevenor House Hotel in Park Lane for some R and R at the private 50 St James in Picaddilly. during a break in their busy schedule.

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Tony Bennet is the only pop cargo that our Essex taxi driver has carried before so he doesnt quite know what to do when three lively sligo men, Kian Egan, 27, Mark Feehily, 27 and SHane Filan, 28, and an equally talkative Dubliner nicky Byrne, 29 pile nicely into the back of his cab. Normally we dont always travel together, Were like the Royal family, we travel seperately so if an accident happens, the rest of us can carry on.. quips Nicky,the cheeky one with the blonde quiff.

Well the four have managed pretty well without the original 5th member Self confessed vodkahead Brian Mcfadden,who left Westlife five years after in 2004. The industry predicted that the remaining quartets days were numbered, comparing it to when Robie Williams left rival boyband Take That. But the indutry turned out to be wrong about the group that tooke the charts by storm with hits such as Flying without wings. We dont miss Brian He was never going to be another Robbie, because Robbie is unique,says the diplomatic Mark.

Within 4 months of Brians departure, Westlife had released their stylish album tribute to Frank Sinatra Allow us to be frank,. and served notice that their timeless brand of soulful pop was here to stay.

As Mark shredly put in, thats allowed us to regroup,come back and throw people off the scent,. We were never a manufactured band, and we were never aone hit wonder.something that must be worse than not having a career in the first place.

In their 9 year history, Westlife who began life in the West of Ireland, at Summerhill College, a catholic school. have sold more than 36 million albums worlwide and had 14 Uk number ones ,which ranks them only behing Elvis and the Beatles.

They ahve sung with Diana Ross, Lionel Ritchie,Mariah Carey and Donna Summer. cite such classic Motown influence as The Temptations, lamment that there are no new pop music icons to replace Madonna or Michael Jackson. But theyre doing their best to fillt he gap with their latest single, Home, a new verson of Micahel Buble's song.. showing the same devastatingly commercial accumen of their heroes.

Unfortuanltey for their lovelorn fans, this is one band that are all spoken for. Nicky is married to Irish Premier Ahernes daughter Georgina who gave birth prematurely to their twins in April, Shane is married to Kians cousin Gillian with a two year old daughter:Kian is dating former Hollyoaks actress Jodi Albert and Mark has a long term relationship with Kevin Mcdaid ,former member of boyband V.

Theire is a clean cut image which Nicky ascribes to "Irish Family Values",A lot of bands get caught up in the lifestyle, glitz and glamour, but we were abit afrais of that.he says and when my twins were born early at seven months it put everything into perspective. It was abig shock and opened my eyes to the little bubble of celebrity we live in.

Shane adds with deadly seriousness, Ive been offered drugs twice but i never took them, i promised my mother i never would. As Mark puts it "Our backgrouns is having fun in a more natural way. "

And it has to be said, they look pretty good on it as we sit in the bar of 50 ST James, and their focus on work hasnt wavered. they still have aburning desire to crack the American market. Nicky admits.

It would be the cherry on top of the icing, adds Kian, but then again we always have the icing..
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Villy Feehily*McDaid
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mmmmmmm they look absolutely great :D And I'm so proud of them on the way they think about drugs, go our lads :)
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JoanneVIP
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Yeah im glad to hear that from Shane, if they went down that road they might have ended up like Britney spears way, but they are so grounded and its great ...
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Nicky's Angel
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I'm so glad Shane didn't take drugs or the rest of the lads for that matter I hate to see any celebs taking drugs it's such a shame they do, they have all that money and fame and still they choose to take them I think it sends the wrong message out to their fans
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JoanneVIP
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Its such a lovely interview :) xxx
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Gloria
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Thanks Jo for posting. It is a down to earth intereview.I'm also glad that they never took drugs or did anything to be ashamed of. :D
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MrsMaryByrne
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Mary
thanks for posting they look great :wub: lovely interview
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Jacqueline
I like the pic :wub: ,
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