Westlife win another award!


Congratulations to Westlife who fought off competition from fellow country men (and women!) U2 and the Corrs and the hot US trio Destiny's Child.
The awards where 'The Capital Awards, held in London, UK!

Two Bryan's in Westlife ????!

Not content with working with Mariah Carey, the boys from Westlife have told us that they are to work with another legend - Mr Bryan Adams!
This time it's a brand new track co written by Bryan, Shane, Kian and erm .. Bryan. We're told it's very much in the style of some of Bryan Adams' old classics like 'Everything I do'.
Prepare for a massive no.1 hit!

Westlife Tour Guide

UK Tour 2001 ***STOP PRESS***STOP PRESS***STOP PRESS***
Westlife are in the midst of their UK tour which kicked off on 9th February in Newcastle. This is the biggest tour planned for 2001 spanning a marathon 54 dates and means Westlife will be performing in front of over 500,000 fans. Tickets were sold out in a matter of minutes and Westlife have broken the record previously held by Boyzone by packing 11 dates at the Point, Dublin. In addition to this demand has dictated an unbelievable 10 dates at Wembley Arena, London (refer to attached sheet for complete list of dates).
Westlife comment: "Our UK tour is the magical moment that we've been working towards over the last few years. We can't imagine anything more thrilling than performing with a live band and seeing first hand the excitement on our fans faces. We've got a number of surprises up our sleeve which we can't wait to share with you!"  Westlife rounded off an amazing year by winning a plethora of prestigious awards (including securing the Record of the Year Award for the second year running and MTV Europe's Best Pop Act); a record breaking string of seven Number 1 singles and a Number 1 album; a host of global multi-platinum discs; album sales of over 7 million worldwide (across their debut album 'Westlife' which is certified 4 times platinum in UK and their latest treasure 'Coast to Coast' which is already 5 times platinum in UK).
2001 hasn't started too badly either when the talented Irish quintet, Bryan McFadden, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Nicky Byrne and Shane Filan were nominated in no less than three categories for this years' 2001 Brit Awards (Best Pop Act, Best International Group, Best International Newcomer) and proudly walked away with 'Best Pop Act'.

Later they picked up their award for BEST POP ACT, presented by Cat Deeley, beating off stiff competetion from Britney, Ronan Keating, S Club 7 and Steps.
The positive response from CD:UK viewers, The Sun Bizarre readers and BT Cellnet users confirm the confidence and enthusiasm fans feel towards the band.   Go to my Brit Awards page to see more pics of Westlife at awards ceremony!

9th February 2001
Westlife Start the UK and Ireland Tour tonight!!!!

Westlife start their First ever UK and Ireland tour tonight in Newcastle. 
The lads will be performing to a sell out crowd at the Telewest Arena. 
Mark thought he wouldn't be able to do spme of  the dance routines.

He said,"I didn't have much confidence starting off. But we worked with a fantastic choreographer called Priscilla. She encouraged me and pushed me to do the type of dancing I never thought possible.

"At the beginning of the rehearsals I would say to her 'I can't do that, no way.' But she would give a really serious look and ask how I could possibly know if I'd never tried it. I suddenly started co-ordinating all the moves and it felt really great.

"Now I feel I could even take on Michael Jackson -- well maybe that's stretching it. But I'm now enjoying every minute of it."

19th January 2001
Westlife supporting 'Comic Relief '

Westlife today recorded the video for their charity single 'Uptown Girl' a cover which they are doing for this tears Comic Relief single!
Comic Relief is the charity set up to help tackle poverty and promote social justice throughout the UK & Ireland and Africa. Launched in 1985 the charity has raised over #174 million. A third of all the money raised goes to help in the UK and the rest helps those in Africa.
The boys shot the video in a restaurant in London.   The Westlife lad's are all dressed up as burger bar waiters, and the video includes
Claudia Schiffer as the posh Uptown Girl who falls for Westlife. The downtown men!

19th January 2001
Westlife nominated for 3 Brit Awards!

Westlife have been nominated in 3 categories for this years Brit Awards!
The 3 categories are:

Best International Group
Best International Newcomer
Best Pop Act

The Awards are at Earls Court, London on 26th February. It will be, as always a huge event for the music calendars. Performances include Robbie, U2 , Craig David and one from our very own Westlife. With Ant and Dec presenting the awards, the Brits is set be hugely entertaining this year. We're

11th January 2001
Bryan to be a daddy!

Congratulations to Bryan and Kerry are in order 'cos Kerry I shaving Bryan's baby.  Bryan has been quoted, speaking from rehearsals for Westlife's first UK tour (which begins in Feb) : "I'm absolutely over the moon. It's the best thing that has ever happened to me. I just can't wait to be a Dad and Kerry is really looking forward to being a Mum. The rest of the lads in the band are really pleased for me and I think that we'll be celebrating to