Merry Christmas guys! I hope its a fab one and you spend some great food eating, DVD watching days with the ones you love! Here's some videos to get you in the festive mood if your feeling a bit scrooge like....
Nicky Byrne was on celebrity winning streak this afternoon and he has won Irish Premature Babies just over €30,000!! The programme will be aired on New Year's Eve on RTE and you will be able to see the whole show, Nicky represented both Irish Premature Babies and the Irish Heart Foundation. What a star!
Nicky, Shane, Kian and Mark join Michael Cahill in studio. The band pick out their musical highlights of the year, plus they look back at their own personal highlights of the year. Plus one or two very surprising revelations about Westlife in 2010. Michael will also play the new Westlife single for 2011......
Nicky hosted this years Cheerios Childline Concert in Dublin this week and here's a backstage tour from the man himself... and I actually love the grandad jumper!
Its rumored that 'I Will Reach You' will be Westlife's second single off their brand new album 'Gravity'. Kian posted a hint on his Twitter last night and the boys are set to perform it on Saturdays Lottery Show (11th Dec).
Westlife's Where We Are Tour DVD is out right this very minute! You can get it HERE and watch 3 exclusive clips below! The show is fantastic and the Documentary is just as good!
Here's a treat for you, seen as your so fantabulous! 13 Gravity themed iPhone and iPod Wallpapers... Download HERE. Below are some of the pictures in the Download (Downloads will be higher quality and specific sizes for iPhone/iPod Resolution)...
Brian posted some lovely things about the Westlife boys on his twitter earlier saying they will always be his brothers and that he would love to cut another album with them!
"I had a dream tonight I was back on stage with westlife playing some crazy sized flootball stadium. I'm not gonna lie! I woke up smiling. If I'm to be honest yes I would love to do an album with boys and show JLS and Take That what we are really made of! If the boys wanna challenge these newcomers I am always up for a fight. Thay know where I am. Armed and ready to reclaim glory! The reason I'm feeling like this is I watch my boys release an incredible emmotive song and video and it play third fiddle to average, when will folk them the credit they deserve? They are not an XFactor band. They are a hard working creative machine who sacrafised a lot to get here. They will always be my brothers. No matter what happens I will support them til the day they hang up the mikes."
What do you guys think? Would you like to see Brian do another album with Westlife? Maybe 1 song, like a duet? Maybe a couple of songs at a special show? Let us know what you think in our Poll to the right of this page!
Here's a great video of the boys and some great Acapella moments... thanks to .Com for bringing us these kind of videos of the boys, really enjoying them!
Im beaming with pride to let you all know that Westlife Blog is on Fire with 20,000 page hits!! Thank you everybody that visits, follows and supports Westlife. I hope you enjoy the page and find it easy to find out about 'All Things Westlife'. If there is something you'd like to see more often of the page then please leave a comment below and I'll do my best to make the blog better!
If you missed the Live UStream of Westlife answering questions from the fans earlier we caught it below... its very funny and beware of the bad language at the start if there are any youngsters about....
The day has arrived! a-whooooo! You can Download now from HERE, order HERE or go and pick it up in HMV, Tesco's ASDA.. anywhere that sells GREAT albums! This album is by far their best to date. Vocally its amazing and every song is just perfect. The boys wrote 4 songs on the album and I will try and post a review of all 12 songs this week! Until then happy listening!
Also to celebrate the Westlife boys will be answering your questions at 4PM HERE you can ask your question there or ask them on twitter by using #AskWestlife in your tweet! Good luck!
With Gravity being out on Monday in the UK and available to Download tomorrow at 12AM here's a great Interview and great insight into Westlife's New Album Gravity which you can order HERE. Also the last video the boys talk about their new DVD Where We Are Tour which if you didnt manage to get a ticket for and see the show is well worth a watch! You can order it HERE.
Gravity is out right this very minute in Ireland and is doing very well on the iTunes Chart! I cant wait to get my hands on it first thing Monday morning, if you cant get out about on Monday then dont worry you can Pre-Order HERE and it should be with you on Monday! The reviews are great for this album so its very exciting!
I just want to appologise for the lack of updates over the last couple of days, Ive been trying to stay away from Album Spoilers on the radio and stuff like that so updates will be back to normal after Monday morning when Ive got my paws on the Album!
Safe is available on CD today, have you got yours? If not what have you been doing?
You can get it at most HMVs or order online and have it delivered to your door from Amazon HERE.
If you want it right this very second you can Download it on Amazon HERE or from iTunes HERE.
The boys are doing very well on Amazon but need a helping hand with the Downloads so if you dig the song show your support to the boys by helping them get to number 1!
Here are our boys performing on the X Factor from this evening! They sounded and looked amazing! Well done boys, you should be proud! Dont forget you can buy Safe NOW from iTUNES DOWNLOADAMAZON DOWNLOAD or AMAZON PHYSICAL COPY or you can get your hands on it tomorrow at most HMV's.
Westlife are topping the charts at the minute with Pre-Orders and their new single 'Safe' is available to Download in Ireland right now HERE! You lucky oirish! The single will be availabe to Download on Sunday in the UK and you can Pre-Order from Amazon HERE. Lets support the boys with their Original Leading Single and help them shake Cliff Richard off to get them their 15th Number 1!
Here's a treat for you guys thanks to VirginRedRoom we get to see exclusive footage from behind the scenes on Westlife's New Video 'Safe' which you can Pre-Order NOW.
Westlife.com are giving away 2 tickets to this weekends show (14th Nov) where the Westlife boys will be performing on the night alongside Take That & JLS. You can enter HERE
Here's a list of all TV and Radio Promotion coming up...
Fri 5th Nov: Listen out for the Westlife interview on IN:DEMAND across The Big City Network (England) and online at www.indemand.fm at 8pm for an which will feature an exclusive BRAND NEW ALBUM TRACK IN FULL!
Sat 6th Nov: The Crush interview on The Box and if you miss it, again on Sun 7th Nov on 4Music.
Sun 7th Nov: Westlife will be special guests on Weekend Wogan, live on BBC Radio 2 at 12.25pm. They will perform Safe for the first time anywhere, live, plus another EXCLUSIVE ALBUM TRACK performed live on air!
Mon 8th Nov: Westlife will attend the prestigious Pride of Britain Awards in London.
Tues 9th Nov: The boys will be on the sofa to have a chat with the guys at DAYBREAK and talk exclusively about the amazing new video, Gravity, the 2011 tour and much more!
Thurs 11th Nov: The Crush interview on Channel 4.
Fri 12th Nov: Westlife will return to perform on The Late Late Show back home in Ireland.
Sun 14th Nov: The moment you’ve been waiting for..not only is ‘Safe’ available to buy on iTunes but Westlife will be appearing on The X Factor with a very special performance of the song, followed by a chat on The Xtra Factor.
IN:DEMAND will be playing an exclusive Westlife track from their new album Gravity during an interview with the boys on this evenings show. You can Tune in HERE.
Westlife have told HELLO! how they enjoy friendly competition with Take That, who now have ex-bandmate Robbie Williams back in the fold.
“You need competition to keep you on your toes,” Nicky Byrne told HELLO!. “I love Take That and have been a fan since secondary school. Everything those boys do turns to gold and I sometimes look at them and think, ‘I wish we had that song,’ but we’ve done OK.’
They have no intention of becoming a five-piece again like their chart rivals, and wouldn’t be inviting ex-bandmate Brian McFadden to join them again.
“He left because he didn’t like what Westlife were,” Shane Filan told HELLO!. “Robbie got kicked out of Take That, but Brian left of his own accord. He wasn’t happy. If he did come back, we’d be thinking every day, ‘Is he happy with what we’re doing now?’"
Nicky reveals how they had dinner with Brian during a recent trip to LA and got on well. “It was great fun,” he said. “He’s been out of the band for nearly seven years and I couldn’t see him fitting in now.
"We’ve done more tours without him than Robbie ever did with Take That and we didn’t split up after he left. It’d be great to get on stage and do a song with Brian for the fans, but I can’t see him rejoining.”
The band, who release new single Safe on November 8 and new album Gravity on November 15, say they are still looked after by Louis Walsh and Simon Cowell.
“Louis is on the phone to us every day,” said Shane. “Simon is also very involved. When he is passionate about something, he’ll say, ‘Trust me on this, guys,’ but if we’re opposed to something, he listens to our opinions. He doesn’t need us financially, but he has a genuine love for the band.
“Simon and Louis bitch to each other on The X Factor and they do that in real life, too. They fight tooth and nail, even in front of us, and it’s funny to watch.”
And who are they supporting on the reality TV show this year?
“Cher is great because she’s different and has that swagger,” said Shane. “Mary has an amazing voice, as well as a great story, and One Direction is a ready-made boyband. Those boys are five Justin Biebers and I reckon they’ll sell a lot of albums.”
It looks like Westlife may have more than just Take That to contend with…. SEE THE FULL EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW IN HELLO! MAGAZINE, OUT NOW
Tonight there is a a very special Ball being held called 'The Nikki Byrne Twighlight Ball' that Nicky and his lovely family have organized in honor of Nicky's father who sadly passed away this time last year (3rd of Nov 2009) . It is also to raise money for the Irish Heart Foundation, you can learn more about making a donation HERE . I hope the evening goes as planned for the Byrnes and Im sure Nikki Byrne Snr would be very proud!
Westlife tell David Heane they are thrilled to be heading out on tour to promote what they consider the best album of their career.
The album, which has been produced by Grammy-award-winning producer John Shanks, is a refreshing more up-to-date album. And the band told David that those expecting an album full of ballads will be getting something different: “We are not saying it is a whole new direction for us but it is definitely refreshing and more up-to-date. And the production is more mature pop music, which is where we think we should be at.”
The band said they are hoping the album will be a hit with the fans, a crowd of whom gathered outside Real Radio as the band were interviewed inside.
They told David: “It is pretty nice to travel around and have people... they are always there at every station. We have a massive fan base and they are so loyal. They have been for 12 years and that is the main reason we keep making albums because we have a lot of fans.”
HERE are some pictures from the boys on the set of the Video-shoot for 'Safe'. Looks like we will get to see the boys do a spot of acting! Bop Bop Baby part 2?
Yesterday Westlife started filming their new music video for Safe, the video is being shot in London and they gave us some secrets from the shoot with Nicky Tweeting: "On set, scene Spent all morning running down corridors bursting thru doors up staircases !! Felt like brad pitt..Looked more like arm pit :)" and both Mark & Kian tweeting pictures...
Mark: I'm lying on my back in an overturned car with petrol and flames and smoke coming out of it,Kians about to save my life,perfect time 2 tweet.
The video theme is: Westlife will keep you Safe. I cant wait to see it!
Brand new pictures of Westlife on their Album Photoshoot have been added to the GALLERY. The boys look unbelievable, cant wait to see the Official Shots!
Oh and a very big Happy 32nd Birthday to Mr Nicky Byrne!
Please Stay will be the B-Side of Westlife's New Single 'Safe'. It was one of Nickys Dads favorite songs that he asked the boys to record, so they recorded it in memory of him. RIP Nikki. You can listen to it below...
Westlife have been at their Photoshoot today for their Brand New Album & Safe Artwork! Kevin McDaid (Marks Fiancee) is the Photographer and he has taken some amazing shots of the boys in the past so Im sure your looking forward to seeing them as much as I am. Nicky posted the picture above on his twitter this morning of him having his hair cut ready for the shoot!
Westlife's New Single 'Safe' was played just after 9AM this morning on Liverpool's Radio City! You can listen to it here, Im sorry I wont be putting a Download link up.
Westlife Safe Lyrics.....
SAFE:
Hard to find a way to get through
It’s a tragedy
Pulling at me like the stars do
You’re like gravity
Even if the wind blows
It makes it hard to believe
How ya gonna love
How ya gonna feel
How you gonna live your life like the dream you have is real
And If you lost your way
I will keep you safe
We’ll open up all the world inside
I see it come alive tonight
I will keep you safe
Doesn’t even matter to you
To see what I can see
I’m crawling on the floor to reach you
I’m a wreck you see
When you’re far from home now
Makes it hard to believe
So how ya gonna love
How ya gonna feel
How you gonna live your life like the dream you have is real
If you’ve lost your way
I will keep you safe
Well open up all your world inside
Til you come alive tonight
I will keep you safe
We all fall down
We all feel down
Cus rainy days and summer highs
The more we pray the more we feel alive
How ya gonna love
How ya gonna feel
How you gonna live your life like the dream you have is real
How ya gonna love
How ya gonna feel
How you gonna live your life like the dream you have is real
Westlife's 'Safe' has been sent out to all Radio Stations in the UK and Ireland! 2FM will have an Exclusive FULL Play at 2.30PM tomorrow! Tune in HERE Also get requesting it at your local Radio Station or just bombard your favorite Radio Station with Tweets & requests to support the lads!