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News Archive19th December - Westlife's fourth single, the double A-side of I Have a Dream and Seasons in the Sun, released December 13th, has crashed straight into the charts at number 1! Not only do Westlife beat their own record by becoming the only boyband in UK chart history to enter the charts at number 1 with their first four singles, but this also means that Westlife have won the coveted Christmas number 1 position =o) 12th December - Westlife won Record of the Year for Flying Without Wings!! The competition was voted for by viewers of the ITV programme, held last night, who phoned in to vote for their fave song of the 9 finalists. Westlife beat other top pop acts such as Steps, Martine McCutcheon, Shania Twain, and Ronan Keating who was placed 2nd. Go Westlife!!! 28th November - Westlife's Video - The Westlife Story - is out to buy on Monday 29th November... Here's what the record company have to say about the vid: "No one can argue with the fact that Westlife have been phenomenally successful with their first 3 singles all going straight in the charts at No. 1. So, now here is your chance to get to know them a little better. The video takes you through from how they first met to where they are today. You get to spend intimate time with each member, as they tell you about themselves. You can see Kian playing the piano, hear Bryan telling you about his days at stage school, watch Shane go horse riding, walk around the Irish countryside with Mark and even go back to Nicky's old football ground as he reminisces about the past. The video features all this plus much, much more. If you're a Westlife fan then you will love this video, so don't miss this opportunity of owning the ultimate Westlife guide! " 19th November - Westlife's next single will be a double a-side: Seasons of the Sun - from westlife's album and a cover of a Terry Jacks song - featuring all of westlife sharing lead vocals (yay!) I Have a Dream - the song Westlife sang for the Abbamania ITV concert and which is featured on the Abbamania album, a cover of an Abba song (doh!) - featuring Shane and Bryan on lead vocals
25th October - Third number 1 in a row for WestLife: WestLife have become the first boy band to top the UK chart with their first 3 singles. New single Flying Without Wings swept to the top of the chart in its first week of release. The Irish group, co-managed by Ronan Keating of Boyzone, are only the 3rd act ever to enter the chart at number 1 with their first 3 singles. Mark Feehilly from the group said he was "overjoyed" at the news. [source: BBC1 Ceefax page 566] 19th October - Westlife's new single, Flying Without Wings is out right now, so go out and buy it!! It's fab!! And Westlife's album (strangely enough, entitled "Westlife") will be released on November 1st. It featrues 17 stunning tracks from the lads... check out the calendar page to see when Westlife are doing an album signing near you! 4th October - Westlife have been nominated for two mtv europe music awards!! They have been nominated in the 'Breakthrough' and 'Best UK & Ireland' categories, and YOU can vote for them online at http://www.mtv-vote.com/ The MTV Europe Music Awards are being held in Dublin on the 11th of November, where they will be hosted by Ronan Keating and broadcast live on MTV. 25th August - check out the new Westlife Interview CD at http://www.rpmedia.co.uk/westlife 24th August - Vote for Westlife at http://freevote.com/booth/galndaze 22nd August - Lots of Westlife stuff will be out to buy in the shops in the coming months! Westlife's album will be released on November 8th. It will contain about 17 songs...Westlife have currently recorded 32 songs and they're going to have to pick and choose which ones to include on their album!Meanwhile, Westlife's next single will be Flying Without Wings, which is Bryan's favourite song :o) It will be out to buy on October 25th! And....Westlife's first video, Westlife Story, is released on November 29th. 7th July - check out Westlife's new single If I Let You Go at http://www.bmg.com.au/westlife/letyougo.html Westlife will be in Melbourne on Thursday July 8th for a FOXFM rooftop performance. You can visit http://www.fox.com.au/ on Thursday July 8 and chat to the guys from 7:15pm - 7:45pm. On Saturday July 10 they're in Sydney at Crush Sega World Darling Harbour (http://www.crush.com.au/). Tuesday July 13 they're in Brisbane. 28th June - [article taken from an Irish newspaper] Ronan Keating is gearing up for an extraordinary chart battle -with his own band. On July 26 he releases his first solo-single, When You Say Nothing At All which is of the Notting Hill soundtrack. But on August 9, the band he co-manages, WestLife, release their single If I Let You Go. if Keating's single holds it appeal, he will stop his own band from getting to No 1. On the other hand, WestLife could knock their manager off his perch. Last night Keating admitted: "It's going to be a close call in the charts. The lads at WestLife are expecting a number one for their single, as am I for mine. It's a strange position for me to be in because, obviously, i want my first solo to do well for as long as possible. But at the same time, I want the WestLife lads to do well." 11th June - the new single If I Let You Go wil be released in the UK on August 2nd. Westlife's album is due to be released on November 12th!!! 20th May - the video to Westlife's new single, If I Let you Go, is being shot in Morrocco!
2nd May - Swear It Again is number 1 in the UK charts for the second week in a row!!!! :o) 3rd April 1999 - WestLife's debut single, Swear it Again has just gone straight in the Irish charts at number 1, in it's first week of release!! It's the biggest selling debut single ever in Ireland apparently!!! 20th February 1999 - WestSide have changed their name to WestLife. from the BBC radio 1 web-site: Possible Name Change for Ronan’s Band Westside Ronan Keating's band Westside have been officially launched to the press - despite the fact that they may have to change their name in the next few weeks. Their record company hosted a showcase for the boy band - but at the same time they're taking advice on whether to re-name the group. Westside were brought together by Ronan and Boyzone's manager, Louis Walsh. They chose the name because they're all from the West Side of Ireland. The only trouble is, the National Band Register has records of EIGHT other bands who have Westside in the title, including a French band called Westside Boyz. The ‘phone book lists 104 UK companies with Westside in their name and the record company are worried about merchandising rights to spin-offs like T-shirts. Ironically, Boyzone themselves ran into the same trouble - they had to buy the name from a 70s band of the same name. A complete name change would be a costly exercise for the record company - the band have already won the Smash Hits Newcomers Award as Westside. But the boys themselves told the Net they won't let a little thing like a name change get them down: "The name isn’t gonna change that much, anyway. It’s just a bit of the name - it’s gonna be West something, ‘coz we’re still keeping the fact that we’re from the West of Ireland and the West of Europe". The band assure us it won’t be Westzone and say there is a positive side to changing their name: "I suppose that it can be seen in a good point of view, that we are gonna get more press now".
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