Post by eliar on Jan 20, 2007 10:38:45 GMT 8
January 19, 2007
'Total Eclipse of the Heart' Video Shoot
Source: Westlife Newsletter / Credits: Trudie
Westlife will be recording the video to their upcoming single 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' on Wednesday 24th January. The single is a hugely popular cover of the Bonnie Tyler classic, taken from their chart-topping release ' The Love Album'.
The single, which is released on 12th March, boasts an exciting new mix of the track by dance superstars Sunset Strippers.
CHILDLINE CONCERT
Westlife will be headlining this years annual Childline benefit concert in Dublin on Sunday 28th January. Hosted by Keith Duffy and Stephen Gately, the show will also feature performances from Shayne Ward and McFly, among others. Click here for more information.
January 19, 2007
Westlife on Ryan Confidential (Documentary) January 25
Source: mydigiguide ireland
Time: 22:15 to 22:45 (30 minutes long).
When: Thursday 25th January on RTÉ 1
Gerry Ryan gets behind the public personae of pop-group Westlife as he follows them from Ireland to a special awards ceremony in London.
January 19, 2007
Gillian's di-iet with Westlife
Source: The Irish Mirror / Credits: Gitta
WESTLIFE will be Frying Without Wings by staging a duet with diet guru Gillian McKeith on the Late Late Show.
TV star Gillian revealed her dazzling pop song plans after meeting manager Louis Walsh and show host Pat Kenny.
She was one of the first celebrities to be booted off the Celebrity X Factor show when Sharon Osbourne told her she sounded like "salmonella".
But she will resurrect her singing career by performing with the boys.
She said: "I was at the X Factor final with Pat Kenny and we were having a great night.
"He invited me and Westlife on the show. I said, 'Why don't I sing with Westlife, Pat?' "I'm not sure what we're going to sing yet but as I got booted off X Factor so quickly I've got loads of songs in the bank."
Westlife's Shane Filan said: "We are up for singing with Gillian. It would be good TV. She's a really nice lady and up for some fun."
January 19, 2007
Life, be in it (no, really)
Source: Herald Sun Australia / Credits: Gitta
The next west thing
OK, THIS is rather embarrassing but I have a confession to make. Not like an Usher cheating-on-my-missus-type confession, but one far more humiliating. You see, I had a listen to the new Westlife album the other day and, gulp, it's actually not that bad.
''Westlife,'' I hear you splutter as you spit out your coffee. ''But they're the single lamest, most boring group in the world.'' I know,
I know. It gets even worse when people find out the CD, entitled The Love Album, has the Irish lads crooning classic ballads such as The Rose and You are so Beautiful (To Me) -- not to mention a duet with Our Delta on Our Air Supply's brilliant All Out of Love.
But here's the thing. If the songs are awesome (which these are) and the singers have half-decent voices and remain true to the originals (which Westlife do), does this make it bad? Park your cynicism for a sec and disregard the blatant money-grabbing nature of the CD -- what you have are good songs, sung well.
Surely it's more palatable to listen to faithful renditions of great songs than some half-baked dance or punk-pop remix of them. And if Robbie Williams and Micky Buble are considered uber-cool for covering swing standards, why should the 'Loife and, locally, the 'Naitch, cop flak for reintroducing power ballads and Motown to the masses?
Music, especially pop music, should be an entertaining distraction from the real world. Westlife may not gain much in the cool stakes, but they've provided a little ray of sunshine in this increasingly negative world. The Love Album may be crassly commercial and disgustingly unoriginal, but it's still a d**n sight better than Sandi Thom's CD, so don't the ends justify the means? Choose 'Life.
January 19, 2007
Winner of the Childline competition announced
Source: Rollercoaster
RollerCoaster.ie gave away one Family Ticket for the tenth Cheerios Childline Concert at The Point Theatre on January 28th.
The lucky winner:
Prize: Family Concert Ticket
Sponsor Cheerios Childline
Prizewinner: Lisa Mooney, Ballybrack, Co. Dublin