Post by sparkles on Oct 12, 2007 20:22:01 GMT 8
Found this on wl.gr
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Westlife To Take A 12-month Break - 12 October 2007
By Maureen Coleman
Irish pop group Westlife broke millions of young hearts today by announcing they are going to take a break for a year.
The four members - Shane Filan, Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan and Mark Feehily - will go their separate ways for 12 months after touring with their latest album Back Home.
The record-breaking band, who have had 14 number one singles, have been at the top of their game for nine years now and feel it is time to take a break from recording and touring.
But Kian Egan promised fans this did not mean the end for the chart-topping group.
In an interview with the Sun he said: "The minute people hear we're taking a break, they are going to say we are splitting up for good - which is not true.
"Myself and Jodi are going to go and do some travelling and I'm sure the other guys have plans as well.
"It will be the first time in years that there hasn't been a Westlife album vying for the Christmas number one, which will be a bit weird, but I think we have earned the time off."
Kian said he and Jodi planned to hire a camper van and tour Australia, while Nicky and Shane will use the break to spend more time with their families.
Sligo-born Shane has one daughter, Nicole, with wife Gillian, while Nicky Bryne's wife Georgina Ahern gave birth to twin boys earlier this year.
Westlife formed in 1998 and have sold more than 36m albums worldwide, as well as winning numerous awards including Record of the Year four times.
Next month they release the new album while a new single, Home, a cover of the Michael Buble song, is due for release on October 26.
Kian said the band was proud of their new work and looking forward to the album release.
He said a world tour would follow and then the band would break up for a year.
But he insisted they would be back.
"We love Westlife and people still want to hear us, so we are not going anywhere.
"Why would we give that up?"
Credit/Source: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Nooooo!!!! I don't believe this! I'll miss them! A year!
But on the plus side, it said something about a world tour *hopeful*
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Westlife To Take A 12-month Break - 12 October 2007
By Maureen Coleman
Irish pop group Westlife broke millions of young hearts today by announcing they are going to take a break for a year.
The four members - Shane Filan, Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan and Mark Feehily - will go their separate ways for 12 months after touring with their latest album Back Home.
The record-breaking band, who have had 14 number one singles, have been at the top of their game for nine years now and feel it is time to take a break from recording and touring.
But Kian Egan promised fans this did not mean the end for the chart-topping group.
In an interview with the Sun he said: "The minute people hear we're taking a break, they are going to say we are splitting up for good - which is not true.
"Myself and Jodi are going to go and do some travelling and I'm sure the other guys have plans as well.
"It will be the first time in years that there hasn't been a Westlife album vying for the Christmas number one, which will be a bit weird, but I think we have earned the time off."
Kian said he and Jodi planned to hire a camper van and tour Australia, while Nicky and Shane will use the break to spend more time with their families.
Sligo-born Shane has one daughter, Nicole, with wife Gillian, while Nicky Bryne's wife Georgina Ahern gave birth to twin boys earlier this year.
Westlife formed in 1998 and have sold more than 36m albums worldwide, as well as winning numerous awards including Record of the Year four times.
Next month they release the new album while a new single, Home, a cover of the Michael Buble song, is due for release on October 26.
Kian said the band was proud of their new work and looking forward to the album release.
He said a world tour would follow and then the band would break up for a year.
But he insisted they would be back.
"We love Westlife and people still want to hear us, so we are not going anywhere.
"Why would we give that up?"
Credit/Source: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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Nooooo!!!! I don't believe this! I'll miss them! A year!
But on the plus side, it said something about a world tour *hopeful*