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Friday, December 4, 2009
Westlife say they are closer than ever
Pop group Westlife have said that they are now closer than they have ever been, following recent tragedies and losses in their lives.
Speaking to Sky News, Shane Filan said that Stephen Gately's death had an impact on the group.
He said: "As a band we've got closer in the last three or four months. We're closer than we've ever been."
Advertisement"When something is taken away from you, or someone like Stephen that was looking forward to his next album, and you know he can't do that now, it kind of puts things into perspective a lot."
Group members Kian Egan and Nicky Byrne also lost their fathers in the past year.
Byrne said: "I think we're all looking forward to the next year, to be honest."
"There are times when you look back at it and think, 'Should I be enjoying myself?' That's part and parcel of it."
"It's certainly better than sitting at home and doing nothing but crying, because I've done all my crying, I just can't cry anymore."
Source:rte.ie
Credit:Dazzling Westlife
Speaking to Sky News, Shane Filan said that Stephen Gately's death had an impact on the group.
He said: "As a band we've got closer in the last three or four months. We're closer than we've ever been."
Advertisement"When something is taken away from you, or someone like Stephen that was looking forward to his next album, and you know he can't do that now, it kind of puts things into perspective a lot."
Group members Kian Egan and Nicky Byrne also lost their fathers in the past year.
Byrne said: "I think we're all looking forward to the next year, to be honest."
"There are times when you look back at it and think, 'Should I be enjoying myself?' That's part and parcel of it."
"It's certainly better than sitting at home and doing nothing but crying, because I've done all my crying, I just can't cry anymore."
Source:rte.ie
Credit:Dazzling Westlife
WESTLIFE: NO 1 ALBUMS ARE MORE IMPORTANT
WESTLIFE have given up caring about No 1 singles, and their boss Simon Cowell agrees.
Despite racking up 14 chart-toppers over the decade, the Irish lads – set to crash the top 10 with new album Where We Are – believe the life of the old-fashioned single is over.
Shane Filan, 30, said: “Getting the album to No 1 is more important than having a No 1 single for us and Simon agreed.
He pushed us to make a great album. He agreed we needed to up our game and not to record as many covers. We needed to get back to making great pop music.”
The quartet’s new opus features a more mature pop sound, an idea masterminded by the X Factor guru, 50.
Shane explained: “Simon got us in with everyone we wanted to work with. And we only hired producers we haven’t worked with before.
“It shows in the quality of the music and as a result, a lot of the songs are more up-tempo.
“Simon and Louis Walsh think it’s the best album we’ve ever made.”
Westlife are back after a year out from music but they believe that in that time Simon has become even more powerful.
Shane said: “It seemed impossible for him to get any bigger. But we look at him as a record boss rather than this global superstar.
“We tease him that Westlife was always his first real success and that he made his first major millions off of us.”
Where We Are is out now.
Source:dailystar.co.uk
Credit:Dazzling Westlife
Despite racking up 14 chart-toppers over the decade, the Irish lads – set to crash the top 10 with new album Where We Are – believe the life of the old-fashioned single is over.
Shane Filan, 30, said: “Getting the album to No 1 is more important than having a No 1 single for us and Simon agreed.
He pushed us to make a great album. He agreed we needed to up our game and not to record as many covers. We needed to get back to making great pop music.”
The quartet’s new opus features a more mature pop sound, an idea masterminded by the X Factor guru, 50.
Shane explained: “Simon got us in with everyone we wanted to work with. And we only hired producers we haven’t worked with before.
“It shows in the quality of the music and as a result, a lot of the songs are more up-tempo.
“Simon and Louis Walsh think it’s the best album we’ve ever made.”
Westlife are back after a year out from music but they believe that in that time Simon has become even more powerful.
Shane said: “It seemed impossible for him to get any bigger. But we look at him as a record boss rather than this global superstar.
“We tease him that Westlife was always his first real success and that he made his first major millions off of us.”
Where We Are is out now.
Source:dailystar.co.uk
Credit:Dazzling Westlife
WIN COPIES OF WESTLIFE'S NEW ALBUM NEXT WEEK IN THE DUNDALK DEMOCRAT
The Dundalk Democrat has five copies of one of the most anticipated albums of 2009 to give away, Westlife's brand new 'Where We Are'.
The album is the tenth album in the career of the most successful Irish pop band ever.
Released last Friday, the album is surely set to be another smash hit from the group that delivered classic hits such as 'Flying Without Wings', 'You Raise Me Up', 'World of Our Own' 'Home' and their latest sensational single, 'What About Now'.
In this week's edition of the Dundalk Democrat, December 9, readers will have a chance to win one of five new albums that we have to give away.
So for your chance to win a copy of 'Where We Are' read the Dundalk Democrat next week.
According to Mark Feehily, the album will be packed full of brand new original songs, as well as a couple of remakes and ranges from poppy upbeat tracks to sublime ballads.
The band feel it's one of the best albums of their career to-date and can't wait for you to hear it.
"We know you're excited to hear it too.
"We wanted the first single from our new album to be somewhere between the Westlife sound our fans know and love, and the new direction we're heading in. We've been experimenting with a fresh vibe on this record. After 11 years we see this as phase two of the Westlife story."
Credit:dundalkdemocrat.ie
The album is the tenth album in the career of the most successful Irish pop band ever.
Released last Friday, the album is surely set to be another smash hit from the group that delivered classic hits such as 'Flying Without Wings', 'You Raise Me Up', 'World of Our Own' 'Home' and their latest sensational single, 'What About Now'.
In this week's edition of the Dundalk Democrat, December 9, readers will have a chance to win one of five new albums that we have to give away.
So for your chance to win a copy of 'Where We Are' read the Dundalk Democrat next week.
According to Mark Feehily, the album will be packed full of brand new original songs, as well as a couple of remakes and ranges from poppy upbeat tracks to sublime ballads.
The band feel it's one of the best albums of their career to-date and can't wait for you to hear it.
"We know you're excited to hear it too.
"We wanted the first single from our new album to be somewhere between the Westlife sound our fans know and love, and the new direction we're heading in. We've been experimenting with a fresh vibe on this record. After 11 years we see this as phase two of the Westlife story."
Credit:dundalkdemocrat.ie
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