Thursday, October 15, 2009

'What About Now' Artwork Unveiled!

Check out the single sleeve for Westlife's upcoming new release 'What About Now'. It hits the shops on 26th October, with the download available from 25th October.



Source & Credit:Westlife.com

Biz bites & showbiz snaps

New life into Westlife... with album

Published: Today

WESTLIFE return after a two-year break with single What About Now.

They promise a "brand new sound" but I'm guessing they haven't strayed into hip-hop or metal.

The download will be available on October 25 with the CD on sale a day later.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk
Credit:Westlife.gr

Westlife On The X Factor Next Week!

'X Factor' Big Band theme 'confirmed'

By Alex Fletcher, Senior Entertainment Reporter

Week Three of The X Factor is expected to have a Big Band theme for the fourth consecutive year.

According to the Radio Times, next week's show will feature the remaining ten acts facing "the challenge of singing with a full orchestra".

Michael Buble, who released new single 'Haven't Met You Yet' on Monday, and Westlife, who return with the track 'What About Now?' this month, are rumoured to be the celebrity guests.

This weekend's X Factor will have a Diva theme.

Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk
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Westlife return with new single

By 3am's Clemmie Moodie & Danielle Lawler

They've been gone a while... but Oirish crooners Westlife are back with a surprise new single.

What About Now is the lads' first new track since 2007 - and fans could be in for a mild shock.

Mark Feehily tells us: "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."

Let's hope it's as good as phase one.

Credit/Source: mirror.co.uk

Where We Are: The New Album

We can exclusively reveal that Westlife’s upcoming album will be called Where We Are.

The album hits stores on 30th November and is available to pre-order right now from Play, Amazon and HMV.

As Mark confirmed yesterday, 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 - leave your thoughts, hopes and expectations below!

What’s more, you can order the upcoming single ‘What About Now’ (out on download on 25th October and CD on 26th October) from HMV and Amazon right now too.

Credit/Source: www.westlife.com

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Album and single news from Mark

Last week we told you the news you have all been waiting for - the boys are coming back soon to treat you to a new single and album!

Mark wanted to give you the next piece of exciting information himself, so read on to see what Mark has to reveal...

Hey guys,

More exciting news from us..What About Now is the name of our first single and it's out on the 25th October to download and the 26th October in stores! We worked with the amazing Steve Robson on the track and can't wait for you guys to hear it! Just to let you know: the album is just about finished and will be released 30th November! It is full of new, original, modern pop, plus a couple of nice remakes...we feel it's the best album we've made in a long time, if not ever and because it's made for the fans we just can't wait to see how you like it!! Across the album there's uptempo, mid tempo and of course a few ballads, ya gotta have those! I know a lot of you are asking about upcoming concerts...!? Well just hold tight, meetings are happening as you read this and we will have loads of news in the coming weeks/months...for now prepare yourselves for the first new Westlife song in two years! WHAT ABOUT NOW!!

Pre-order your very own copy of the new album by clicking on the following links: Amazon, HMV and Play.com.
Stay tuned to www.westlife.com for more news, coming your way soon!

Source & Credit:Westlife.com

A Message About Stephen Gately

We are, like everyone else, in shock today. We met Stephen Gately back in ‘98 when we first started out and since then have had the pleasure of meeting him many times. He and the Boyzone lads paved the way for us as a band. He was a friendly, positive spirit and a passionate performer. Our thoughts are with Andy and the rest of his family, his friends, his legions of fans and of course his bandmates Keith, Mikey, Shane and Ronan who will be devastated at the loss of a truly beautiful person.

Kian, Mark, Nicky & Shane x

Source & Credit:Westlife.com

Westlife Headline Childline Concert - 18 November

MEGA STARS LINE UP FOR THE CHEERIOS CHILDLINE CONCERT WESTLIFE, JLS, TAOI CRUZ, CASCADA, THE SATURDAYS, THE BOULEVARD AND MORE

Join mega stars Westlife, JLS, Taoi Cruz, Cascada, The Saturdays, The Boulevard and more when they play the Cheerios Childline Concert at The O2, Dublin 18th November 2009. The spectacular show will be the first live public appearance by Westlife since their sold out Croke Park show in 2008 where they played to an audience of more than 82,000.

The event, which is sponsored by Cheerios, is the hottest date in the pop calendar and will be hosted this year by Liam McKenna.

Tickets €45 including booking fee go on sale this Friday 16th October at 9am

In person: From 100 Ticketmaster Outlets Nationwide
By Telephone (24 Hour): ROI - 0818 719 300, Northern Ireland - 0844 277 44 55
Buy Online: www.ticketmaster.ie

www.theo2.ie

The Cheerios Childline Concert and MCD would also like to acknowledge the sudden and tragic loss of Stephen Gately who was a great supporter of the charity event. Stephen co-hosted the concert twice along with performing a total of 3 times over the past 11 years. We would like to extend our deepest condolences to Andrew Cowels, the Gately Family, Boyzone and Louis Walsh on their tremendous loss.

Childline, which is Ireland’s No.1 children’s charity, hopes to receive over €400,000 from 2009’s concert. In 2008 the event raised €400,000 and, to date, Childline has benefited to the tune of €3 million from the previous concerts which have been held annually since 1997 and have featured such acts as Westlife, Boyzone, Robbie Williams, Girls Aloud, The Script, Shayne Ward, Stephen Gatley, Enrique Iglesias,, All Saints, Ronan Keating, Brian McFadden, Anastasia, Blue, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Five, Sugababes, Busted and many more.

"We are delighted to be once again sponsoring the Cheerios Childline Concert which has over the past eleven years become a firm favourite to concert goers of all ages. We say Welcome Back Westlife and we look forward to another great night in The O2 on November 18th" said David Carter from Nestle Cereals.

The Cheerios Childline Concert will be televised on TV3 on Saturday 21st November at 6pm.

All parties involved with the Cheerios Childline Concert are providing their services free of charge on the night including artists, organisers and The O2, Dublin.

Doors will open at 6.30pm and fans should note that no queuing will be permitted prior to 6.00pm.

Persons with small children are recommended to purchase balcony tickets. Persons under 18 must be accompanied by a person over 23 years of age.

Credit/Source: mcd.ie

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Happy Birthday Nicky!

A big ‘happy birthday’ to Nicky, who turns 31 today. You’ve been busy leaving messages on the site and in the official forum describing how you’ll be marking the occasion – here’s just a small selection of the things fans are getting up to.

Several fans have sent Nicky cards or presents, including LaurenLovesNicky, Westlife00, Steffy85 and Shaziyya Kara.

Many of you will be holding parties or sleepovers to celebrate Nicky’s birthday and share your memories of the band, such as Westlife_ismylife, Kezzie101, Lisam and XEnglish-RoseX.

Valerie D, Nickyisasexgod and Theresa Smith will all be having a drink to mark the occasion.

Lots of fans are celebrating with a cake, including Mrs Sarlife, Lisam and Emer_Loves_Nicky.

Some fans have put in an extra special creative effort, especially Zazu360, who made a “Nickivent calendar” to count down to Nicky’s birthday, and Nia Byrne, who has written the story of her love of Westlife over the years.

The Westlife Fan Club Hong Kong have made a special video for the occasion. You can watch their video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRdhsqKu97o . The fan club in Nicaragua are also holding a special meeting for Nicky’s birthday.

Source & Credit:Westlife.com

Monday, October 5, 2009

Westlife v Take That

Manbands ready for chart showdown of the year

PREPARE for the biggest chart showdown of the year - as "manbands" WESTLIFE and TAKE THAT go head to head.

TT are in New York putting the finishing touches to new album Circus Live due out on November 30. Westlife have spent a year working on their surprise new venture.

A Westlife insider told me: "Instead of ballads there will be a rockier feel. They are confident they can beat Take That."

Last time the bands went head to head was in December 2006 when Westlife's The Love Album was knocked off No.1 by Take That's comeback album Beautiful World.

At the time TT's Gary Barlow said the Irish lads, including Kian Egan, wouldn't exist without them.

A music industry insider told me: "This could get messy."

May the best band win...

Credit/Source: www.newsoftheworld.co.uk