Source:Westlife.com
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Where We Are - The Tracklisting and Cover Artwork!
We can now reveal the names of all thirteen tracks on Westlife's brand new album Where We Are and unveil the new artwork.
Out at the end of the month the album sees the guys work with the cream of the crop of songwriting/producing talent.
Very soon we'll be bringing you clips of the guys talking about each song with a preview of each track, but for now, check out the gallery for the artwork and here is the track by track run down.
WHAT ABOUT NOW
HOW TO BREAK A HEART
LEAVING
SHADOWS
TALK ME DOWN
WHERE WE ARE
THE DIFFERENCE
AS LOVE IS MY WITNESS
ANOTHER WORLD
NO MORE HEROES
SOUND OF A BROKEN HEART
REACH OUT
I’LL SEE YOU AGAIN
Which track are you most excited about hearing? Let us know in Westlife's Official Forum.
Credit/Source: www.westlife.com
Out at the end of the month the album sees the guys work with the cream of the crop of songwriting/producing talent.
Very soon we'll be bringing you clips of the guys talking about each song with a preview of each track, but for now, check out the gallery for the artwork and here is the track by track run down.
WHAT ABOUT NOW
HOW TO BREAK A HEART
LEAVING
SHADOWS
TALK ME DOWN
WHERE WE ARE
THE DIFFERENCE
AS LOVE IS MY WITNESS
ANOTHER WORLD
NO MORE HEROES
SOUND OF A BROKEN HEART
REACH OUT
I’LL SEE YOU AGAIN
Which track are you most excited about hearing? Let us know in Westlife's Official Forum.
Credit/Source: www.westlife.com
Westlife are Number Two!!
The guys are really happy as their brand new single 'What About Now' has gone straight in at Number Two on the charts!
After a great performance on X Factor last weekend, the guys have been on a high ever since and now they are Number Two they are even happier!
If you haven't bought your copy yet, head over to iTunes now and stay tuned for more info on the brand new album Where We Are!
Source & Credit:Westlife.com
After a great performance on X Factor last weekend, the guys have been on a high ever since and now they are Number Two they are even happier!
If you haven't bought your copy yet, head over to iTunes now and stay tuned for more info on the brand new album Where We Are!
Source & Credit:Westlife.com
Monday, November 2, 2009
westlife's shane filan - Interview
Love them or hate them, you can't dispute Westlife's popularity and success. 14 consecutive number one singles, a dozen number one albums, sell out tours, and they're still going strong after more than ten years.
Now they're back, and we caught up with frontman Shane Filan....
How's it going? Are you fed up of doing all these interviews?
No, not at all we're officially back on the bandwaggon, we're totally back.. The single's out and the album is out a month from now. We're very excited about talking about this album. It's a slightly different sound, but it's still pop music and it's very exciting for us and the fans. It's a great album and i'm very, very proud of it. I think the first single is a very good indication of what the album is like.
What have you been doing for the last 12 months?
We have been hanging out with our families, playing golf, chilling out, Nicky set up a girlband (I bet they mean Kian) and his twins are running around the place now, my wife had a baby, some of us travelled, so we've been doing all the things we haven't been able to do properly over the last ten years really. We played a huge gig at Croque park in Dublin, which was one of the highlights of our careers, so we finished on a high there.
How are you going to top the Croque Park gig?
We've got some big ideas, we want to tour Asia and some of the places we've never been to on a world tour. We're rushing to meet our agents now to thrash out ideas. That is why we're so excited about this album, we know it's going to be a really good album and we are spoilt for choice with singles. We made a pact as a band that we wouldn't record a song unless we thought it was good enough to be a single, so it was probably annoying for the record company, but as a band, we've never come together so well on an album. We've really worked closely with Simon Cowell on this album. We never thought he'd still be so in to us, but he is, he's been very involved and he's so proud of this album. When you have Simon behind you, you just feel a good buzz there, and we feel we've done something special. It's a great pop album.
You mentioned a different direction, can you expand on that?
A different direction might be a bit wrong. I think it's still pop music, but there's a different variation on it. One massive thing is we worked with different producers, who we've never worked with before, and new song writers. There are thirteen songs on the album and twelve of them are originals. There's more tempo, more rocky songs, some more american songs, some darker songs on there with darker lyrics. It's the best production we've had on any other album. The strings, the music is just on another level. Even if you're not a Westlife fan but you're a music fan, you will recognise the quality on this album.
You apparently said in the papers that your X Factor appearence would determine the next 18 months of your career. How do you feel now you've done it?
I think the next 18 months might be good!! We were very happy with the performance, we felt it went really well, Louis and Simon were delighted and they'll always tell us honestly what they think, even if it's to say we could have done something better. They were literally jumping up and down, they were so pleased with it.
How many albums are you contracted to do? How long will Westlife be around for?
We only have one studio album left on our current contract, so renegotiations will be happening shortly. As a band, we've done ten albums but we want to do twenty. We don't see ourselves splitting up, ever. We're very proud of this album and I think it's going to be hard to top, but we'll take each album on at a time. We'll give it a good old try. Instead of doing an album every year, we think we'll make one every two albums, and keep making pop music. We will never desert our fans, and fans of what we are, but we will still have a dabble here and there with what we do. We'll experiment, like What About Now - it sounds like a Weslife song, but it has a slightly different sound and it's more uptempo.
None of you have done anything solo - will that change?
No, I don't think it will. We're not that type of band. We're all individually very happy, we have no hidden agenda's in the band. If someone wants to do something different we'll always encourage it, Nicky might present at an awards show, Mark might want to sing a song on his own and Kian may want to do something I don't know, but as a band, when we're singing we're there as a four. It's always been that way since Brian left and it always will be. They say the grass is always greener, but I don't think it is. You need to have someone with you, it would be a fairly lonely life doing this all on your own. We're successful and happy, why ruin that? We have a great life, we're all great friends. Two or three of us might go for a drink together or go to the cinema, you know, we have a great craic outside of Weslife, we're all great friends, so Westlife will continue as it is.
Westlife released new single 'What About Now' on Monday.
Their album Where We Are is out on November 30.
Source: www.celebburp.com
Credit:Westlife.gr
Now they're back, and we caught up with frontman Shane Filan....
How's it going? Are you fed up of doing all these interviews?
No, not at all we're officially back on the bandwaggon, we're totally back.. The single's out and the album is out a month from now. We're very excited about talking about this album. It's a slightly different sound, but it's still pop music and it's very exciting for us and the fans. It's a great album and i'm very, very proud of it. I think the first single is a very good indication of what the album is like.
What have you been doing for the last 12 months?
We have been hanging out with our families, playing golf, chilling out, Nicky set up a girlband (I bet they mean Kian) and his twins are running around the place now, my wife had a baby, some of us travelled, so we've been doing all the things we haven't been able to do properly over the last ten years really. We played a huge gig at Croque park in Dublin, which was one of the highlights of our careers, so we finished on a high there.
How are you going to top the Croque Park gig?
We've got some big ideas, we want to tour Asia and some of the places we've never been to on a world tour. We're rushing to meet our agents now to thrash out ideas. That is why we're so excited about this album, we know it's going to be a really good album and we are spoilt for choice with singles. We made a pact as a band that we wouldn't record a song unless we thought it was good enough to be a single, so it was probably annoying for the record company, but as a band, we've never come together so well on an album. We've really worked closely with Simon Cowell on this album. We never thought he'd still be so in to us, but he is, he's been very involved and he's so proud of this album. When you have Simon behind you, you just feel a good buzz there, and we feel we've done something special. It's a great pop album.
You mentioned a different direction, can you expand on that?
A different direction might be a bit wrong. I think it's still pop music, but there's a different variation on it. One massive thing is we worked with different producers, who we've never worked with before, and new song writers. There are thirteen songs on the album and twelve of them are originals. There's more tempo, more rocky songs, some more american songs, some darker songs on there with darker lyrics. It's the best production we've had on any other album. The strings, the music is just on another level. Even if you're not a Westlife fan but you're a music fan, you will recognise the quality on this album.
You apparently said in the papers that your X Factor appearence would determine the next 18 months of your career. How do you feel now you've done it?
I think the next 18 months might be good!! We were very happy with the performance, we felt it went really well, Louis and Simon were delighted and they'll always tell us honestly what they think, even if it's to say we could have done something better. They were literally jumping up and down, they were so pleased with it.
How many albums are you contracted to do? How long will Westlife be around for?
We only have one studio album left on our current contract, so renegotiations will be happening shortly. As a band, we've done ten albums but we want to do twenty. We don't see ourselves splitting up, ever. We're very proud of this album and I think it's going to be hard to top, but we'll take each album on at a time. We'll give it a good old try. Instead of doing an album every year, we think we'll make one every two albums, and keep making pop music. We will never desert our fans, and fans of what we are, but we will still have a dabble here and there with what we do. We'll experiment, like What About Now - it sounds like a Weslife song, but it has a slightly different sound and it's more uptempo.
None of you have done anything solo - will that change?
No, I don't think it will. We're not that type of band. We're all individually very happy, we have no hidden agenda's in the band. If someone wants to do something different we'll always encourage it, Nicky might present at an awards show, Mark might want to sing a song on his own and Kian may want to do something I don't know, but as a band, when we're singing we're there as a four. It's always been that way since Brian left and it always will be. They say the grass is always greener, but I don't think it is. You need to have someone with you, it would be a fairly lonely life doing this all on your own. We're successful and happy, why ruin that? We have a great life, we're all great friends. Two or three of us might go for a drink together or go to the cinema, you know, we have a great craic outside of Weslife, we're all great friends, so Westlife will continue as it is.
Westlife released new single 'What About Now' on Monday.
Their album Where We Are is out on November 30.
Source: www.celebburp.com
Credit:Westlife.gr
Sunday, November 1, 2009
One Show: Exclusive 'What About Now' Clip
Cancel your plans for this evening and book the sofa for 7pm - BBC One's The One Show will be showing an exclusive 30 second clip of the ‘What About Now' video!
The boys will also appear on the programme, so it's an event not to be missed. Make sure you come back here afterwards to discuss what you think. And in the meantime, why not leave your thoughts below as to what you think the video will look like...
Source & Credit:Westlife.com
The boys will also appear on the programme, so it's an event not to be missed. Make sure you come back here afterwards to discuss what you think. And in the meantime, why not leave your thoughts below as to what you think the video will look like...
Source & Credit:Westlife.com
Westlife's Shane: I was a Jacko nut
Westlife's Shane Filan reckons his obsession with Michael Jackson as a child was the reason he got into pop music.
Shane, 30, is the lead singer for one of the world's most successful boy bands and he puts his glittering career down to a childhood of singing along to Jackson's Bad album.
He said: "I was a freak Michael Jackson fan when I was younger - I had his hat and I got my mum to stitch things on to a white glove I bought, I was like a proper Michael Jackson nut."
He added: "Michael was probably one of the main reasons I was in Westlife. I used to try to copy him and try to sing like him and maybe he made me a good singer."
The Irish pop star was at the premiere for the new Jackson documentary film This Is It and he reckons the tour could have been the King of Pop's best ever.
He said: "He could really nail the vocals at 50 years old. He was literally note perfect and he's just an incredible dancer and if something wasn't done right he would just question somebody and say make sure you get it right next time.
"I would say it would have been one of the best shows I've ever seen in my life and it's a pity we're not going to get to see it."
Credits: virgin media
Shane, 30, is the lead singer for one of the world's most successful boy bands and he puts his glittering career down to a childhood of singing along to Jackson's Bad album.
He said: "I was a freak Michael Jackson fan when I was younger - I had his hat and I got my mum to stitch things on to a white glove I bought, I was like a proper Michael Jackson nut."
He added: "Michael was probably one of the main reasons I was in Westlife. I used to try to copy him and try to sing like him and maybe he made me a good singer."
The Irish pop star was at the premiere for the new Jackson documentary film This Is It and he reckons the tour could have been the King of Pop's best ever.
He said: "He could really nail the vocals at 50 years old. He was literally note perfect and he's just an incredible dancer and if something wasn't done right he would just question somebody and say make sure you get it right next time.
"I would say it would have been one of the best shows I've ever seen in my life and it's a pity we're not going to get to see it."
Credits: virgin media
Friday, October 30, 2009
Westlife On The Radio
Tune in to the following stations to hear interviews with the boys!
Thurs 29th Oct:
In Demand (Networked evening Show – England)
Fri 30th Oct:
Lincs Group
Fri 30th Oct:
The Wave
Fri 30th Oct:
BRMB
Thurs 29th Oct - Sat 31st Oct:
Global Radio – Entertainment News Clips
Credits: westlife.com
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Thurs 29th Oct:
In Demand (Networked evening Show – England)
Fri 30th Oct:
Lincs Group
Fri 30th Oct:
The Wave
Fri 30th Oct:
BRMB
Thurs 29th Oct - Sat 31st Oct:
Global Radio – Entertainment News Clips
Credits: westlife.com
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What You Think Of 'What About Now'
Here at Westlife HQ we love to hear what you think of the guys' latest tracks, and we've collected a few of our favourite fan comments about their new single 'What About Now' below.
weephyll
"already d/l the single, brilliant work guys. You were all great on X Factor, was so happy to see you back-very very proud to be a Westlife fan! :)"
markyluvswestlife
"I love the song What About Now. I can't stop listening to it since yesterday. I've also watched their performance on X Factor and I love it especially the lighting effects."
natashenka
"Hi lads! I like your new single, it's powerful."
shesboysforever
"New single fab, real catchy tune, vocals spot on. Well done yet again guys."
fossfacee
"Bought my two copies of the single from HMV yesterday and was running up to the counter screaming with excitement - it hasn't stopped playing since!"
westlykah
"Wow! Awesome!!! You made it guys!!! I heard your new single and it was really awesome!!! I like it!!! I can't wait to see you new album... you rocked guys!!!"
pcplus
"It's the most ROCK song Westlife has released!"
amy_marks_baby
"I love the fact that it's rockier. It sounds really great"
annafrew
"LOVING IT! Haven’t stopped listening to What About Now since downloading from iTunes at midnight on Saturday night!"
sylvieb
"The song is brilliant, all vocals spot on, particularly Mark."
Credits: westlife.com
weephyll
"already d/l the single, brilliant work guys. You were all great on X Factor, was so happy to see you back-very very proud to be a Westlife fan! :)"
markyluvswestlife
"I love the song What About Now. I can't stop listening to it since yesterday. I've also watched their performance on X Factor and I love it especially the lighting effects."
natashenka
"Hi lads! I like your new single, it's powerful."
shesboysforever
"New single fab, real catchy tune, vocals spot on. Well done yet again guys."
fossfacee
"Bought my two copies of the single from HMV yesterday and was running up to the counter screaming with excitement - it hasn't stopped playing since!"
westlykah
"Wow! Awesome!!! You made it guys!!! I heard your new single and it was really awesome!!! I like it!!! I can't wait to see you new album... you rocked guys!!!"
pcplus
"It's the most ROCK song Westlife has released!"
amy_marks_baby
"I love the fact that it's rockier. It sounds really great"
annafrew
"LOVING IT! Haven’t stopped listening to What About Now since downloading from iTunes at midnight on Saturday night!"
sylvieb
"The song is brilliant, all vocals spot on, particularly Mark."
Credits: westlife.com
50,000 Comments
Congratulations to ILOVESHANEFILAN, who has become the 50,000th commentor on Westlife.com. She joined in April 2006 and has left a total of nine comments so far, the most recent being in response to this upcoming date - ticking over the 50,000 milestone. She wrote... "i cnt wait to see you on alan carr chatty man it is going to be soo funny i shant be missing it for the world love you guys and have missed you loads !!!!! welcome back."Kian, Nicky, Mark and Shane really appreciate the huge amount of support that they recieve through the site and as a token of thanks, ILOVESHANEFILAN will receive something special from the boys in a few weeks.Thank you to everyone who leaves comments on this site for being part of such a warm and vibrant community.
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