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> >19th April 2003 Westlife win! |
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[pic/info thanks to Amy from Westlife's Wonderful World of Peace] |
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> >16th April 2003 Westlife celebrate.... & more news! |
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As you have probably heard, Westlife's latest single, Tonight, entered the UK charts at number 3 - see a pic of Kian after a night out celebrating their chart success (in London club Click) here!
Celebrations were also in store at Dunk 'N' Funk 2003 celebrity basketball tournament, held at Crystal Palace Sports Stadium on April 30th, where the team consisting of Kian and Bryan, Hanif (MTV), Jason Gorman, Michael Bree (French league player) and a member of the BMG radio promotions team won all their games against D-Side, Triple 8, So Solid Crew and One True Voice in an exciting final which Westlife won by two points! This evening the guys are hoping to pick up awards at the Capital FM Awards, held in aid of Help A London Child, which takes place at London's Royal Lancaster Hotel, where they are nominated for Favourite International Group, Favourite International Single (for 'World Of Our Own'), Favourite Concert (for the 'World Of Our Own' Tour) and Favourite Music Website (for westlife.com) ...Look out for a forthcoming frank Nicky interview in OK! Magazine.... Nicky looks set to sign a lucritive six figure sum deal with the magazine, after a friend of the band said ,"Yes Nicky is in talks at the moment and he looks set to sign the deal soon." He will apparently give an indepth interview about ups and downs in his private life, wiping the slate clean and introducing us to two very special people in his life. When asked who these two special people were the friend simply said: "That's what the whole deal is about. Nicky wants to wipe the slate clean, you'll have to wait for the deal to be finalised to find out." Meanwhile, Westlife's ‘Unbreakable Greatest Hits’ Tour kicked off in style in Cardiff on April 13th. Check out reviews on our Touring '03 page! Apparently the stage alone cost seven million euro. The band’s hectic schedule of gigs involves travelling the length and breadth of Europe to do 62 concerts in just over three months. Next stop is the London Arena tomorrow night, April 17th. According to a source close to the guys,“The band have put a lot of effort into their performance with hectic rehearsals right up to last Sunday night. First night nerves are now over and the boys are ready to make their mark with their biggest tour yet. The stage runs the whole length of each venue so fans get to see the boys as much as possible.” Popband Six who were formed from Irish Popstars programme (and who are managed by Louis Walsh) are the support act. [pic/info thanks to Amy from Westlife's Wonderful World of Peace] |
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> >30th March 2003 Westlife achievements! |
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Tonight gets No.1 on Ireland Singles Chart 1. Westlife , Tonight 1 2. Gareth Gates & The Kumars , Spirit In The Sky 3 3 3. 50 Cent , In Da Club 2 3 4. Christina Aguilera , Beautiful 1 5 5. Room 5 Feat. Oliver Cheatham , Make Luv 1 6. Blue , U Make Me Wanna 5 2 7. Jennifer Lopez Feat. Ll Cool J , All I Have 7 3 8. Linkin Park , Somewhere I Belong 4 2 9. Richard X Vs Liberty X , Being Nobody 10 2 10. T.a.t.u. , All The Things She Said 6 9 We should be all very proud of our lads.... Below are results from the HotPress Yearbook, the biggest music magazine in Ireland, which has all the stats and stuff - check out what Westlife have achieved last year! Top 30 albums in 2002 1. A Rush Of Cold Blood To The Head-Coldplay 2. Missundaztood-Pink 3. The Best of 1990-2000- U2 4. By The Way-Red Hot Chilli Peppers 5. Unbreakable-The Greatest Hits volume 1-Westlife The nominees for Top Group/Band: 1. The Best of 1990-2000- U2 2. Unbreakable-The Greatest Hits volume 1-Westlife 3. Live At Vicar Street- Christie Moore 4. The Very Best of- The Pogues 5. World Of Our Own-Westlife Top 30 Singles in 2002 1. Six-There's a whole lot of loving going on 24. Westlife-Unbreakable Top 30 Irish albums of 2002 1. The Best of 1990-2000- U2 2. Unbreakable-The Greatest Hits volume 1-Westlife 3. Live At Vicar Street- Christie Moore 4. The Very Best of- The Pogues 5. World Of Our Own-Westlife Top 30 Irish albums of 2002 1. There's a whole lot of loving going on-Six 2. Let Me Be The One-Six 3. Unbreakable- Westlife 4. Here come the good times- Irish world cup squad (Nicky also featured in this song) 5. World Of our own-Westlife 10. Bop Bop Baby-Westlife Top album-selling artists of 2002 U2 Westlife Unbreakable-Greatest Hits- 8 times platinum Coldplay Red Hot Chilli Peppers David Gray Robbie Williams Pink Christy Moore Eminem Shakira Top 30 Radio hits of 2002 (all artists) 1. A Thousand Miles-Vanessa Carlton 2. Round Round-Sugababes 3. Dilemma- Nelly feat.Kelly Rowland 20. World Of Our own-Westlife 21. Bop Bop Baby-Westlife Top 30 radio hits of 2002 (Irish artists only) 1. Electrical Storm-U2 2. World of our own-Westlife 3. Bop Bop Baby-Westlife 4. I'm Right Here-Samantha Mumba 5. Unbreakable-Westlife 29.Miss you nights-Westlife 30.Stars-Cranberries ('Electrical Storm' at No.1 received 4,467 plays.'Stars' at 30 receieved 351 plays) Top Ten reach charts (domestic) 1. Eletrical Storm-U2 2. World of our own-Westlife 3. Bop Bop Baby-Westlife 4. I'm Right Here-Samantha Mumba 5. Unbreakable-Westlife 6. There's a whole lot of loving going on-Six 7. I love it when we do it-Ronan Keating 8. Everybody loves my girl-Picture House 9. Summer Wine-The Corrs feat.Bono 10. Let Me Be The One-Six & ... the Westlife special was at no.23 in the top music programmes [info thanks to Amy from Westlife's Wonderful World of Peace] |
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> >5th March 2003 Pic of Lilly Sue! |
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[pic thanks to lynzi carroll] |
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> >4th February 2003 Lilly Sue joins the Westlife family! |
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Congratulations for Kerry and Bryan - McFadden baby #2 joined the family yesterday (Monday 3rd February 2003) , as their second daughter, Lilly Sue, was born at Mount Carmel private hospital in south Dublin at 10:31 p.m.
Shane will be Lilly Sue's godfather - Nicky revealed: “Shane will be godfather to Bryan’s baby. Bry put our names in a hat and Shane was the winner.” [info thanks to T.J.] |
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> >4th February 2003 Mark joins the Bleach Boys |
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As you may already know, Mark dyed his hair blond while in Ireland over Christmas.
He said "I got bored with my old hairstyle and I fancied a change.
The other lads have been giving me a bit of stick but they're getting used to it."
His new look can be seen in the video for Westlife's forthcoming single, Tonight, which was filmed in London on January 15th. The single will be out in the shops on March 10th. Apparently Mark not only sported a new hairdo for the video - but also a black eye (covered up by makeup though!). A source stated: "We managed to cover it okay for the video, but it took us a while to bully him into telling us how it happened. Apparently he'd had a drink or two the night before and because the combat trousers he was wearing were so baggy, he tripped over and bashed his eye." [info & pic from The Sun - thanks to Sarah] |