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| Nicky in Sunday World |
12 March 2010: Thanks to Katrin for the scans of Nicky in the Sunday World with his Mum. Click here to view.
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| Westlife Nicky's delight at new niece |
12 March 2010: WESTLIFE star Nicky Byrne is celebrating following the arrival of his new niece, Lexi.
The singer (30) paid tribute to his beloved sister, Gillian Byrne on his Twitter site, after she and her husband, Mark welcomed their first baby girl into the world this week
The tiny tot, who was due at the end of February, was born on March 5 and joins her older brother Zack in the close-knit family.
The Dublin singer explained how he has been busy spending lots of quality time with the latest addition to the Byrne clan this week.
"I just met Lexi. She is adorable," he posted on the networking site. "Huge congratulations to my sister Gillian and hubby, Mark on the birth of their daughter.
"A sister for Zack, it's brilliant news," he added.
Lexi's birth marks the second arrival of a new cousin for the Westlife star's twin boys, Rocco and Jay (2), in a matter of months.
Nicky's sister-in-law, millionaire author Cecelia Ahern, gave birth to her first child, Robin, last December.
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| Westlife’s Tribute To Stephen Gately |
10 March 2010: In this week’s Westlife round-up, we’ve got news about the band’s recent awards success, their touching tribute to very close friend Stephen Gately and more…
Westlife Join Boyzone To Celebrate The Life Of Stephen Gately: Westlife joined Boyzone on stage for a special show in memory of Stephen earlier in the week. The boys went along to perform and show their support on the show, 'Boyzone: A Tribute to Stephen Gately', which will air on ITV1 on 21st March. Boyzone’s new album Brother is out now, and features the current single ‘Gave It All Away’, a tribute to their hugely-missed bandmate.
Westlife voted Best Irish Pop Act at The Meteor Awards: Westlife have done it again - the band has been voted the Best Irish Pop Act at The Meteor Awards for an astonishing TENTH year in a row! Check out a photo of the boys looking over-the-moon, and thanks to all who voted…
Nicky hosts Celebrity Sunday: During a recent stint hosting 2FM's Celebrity Sunday slot in Ireland, Nicky was amazed to find himself the number three worldwide trending topic on Twitter! Nicky has loved doing the show over the last four weeks, and wants to pass on his thanks to every single one of you who were talking about it online. We hope all of you who tuned in enjoyed the shows!
Performance at the Children's Champions Awards:
The Children's Champions Awards took place last week, honouring both people who have done some amazing work with children, and children who have helped other children in need. Westlife performed 'What About Now' on the show and were amongst the many big names in attendance at this star-studded event, hosted by Chris Evans and Amanda Holden. You can watch the show this Wednesday (March 10th) on Sky 1 at 8pm
Until next time...Keep checking in to www.westlife.com for all of your up-to-the-minute Westlife news!
Love Westlife HQ x
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| Children’s Champions Awards |
09 March 2010: To watch a short Westlife interview and performance at the Awards then click here.
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| Fashion Kicks 2010 |
04 March 2010: On April 13th 2010, Manchester City football club and International goalkeeper Shay Given are launching Fashion Kicks 2010.
This year the successful, red-carpet event offers an exclusive performance by Westlife, a celebrity fashion show from Selfridges, a lavish dinner by top chefs Brian Turner and Paul Rankin, as well as a charity auction.
Nicky Byrne from Westlife, who joins the event ahead of the band’s forthcoming tour says: “We are really pleased to be asked to be involved in this event once again. We can’t wait to join up with Shay and all the other players for what is set to be a fabulous evening.”
The fashion show will see Manchester City players themselves modelling Selfridges spring summer collections. Selfridges CEO, Paul Kelly states “Selfridges are delighted to collaborate on such an exciting and inspiring event, which sees some of the UK’s strongest talents working together for very important causes.”
Working with the Academy of Culinary Arts, Fashion Kicks will also host chefs Terry Laybourne, Paul Heathcote, Nigel Haworth, and Simon Rimmer to name but a few. Each chef will create a signature canapé in honour of the event, which will be served as part of a champagne reception followed by a mouth-watering feast.
The whole event will take place in two dedicated marquees in the Lancashire County Cricket Ground and be compéred by much-loved radio disc jockey, Neil Fox. All funds raised on the night will be distributed between three worthy causes: Macmillan Cancer Support; the ‘Adopt a School’ project and the Beechwood Centre for Cancer Care in Stockport.
Shay, who is a patron of Macmillan, commented: “My wife Jane and I are proud to support Fashion Kicks once again. The night promises to be an entertainment extravaganza with all those involved kindly donating their time towards a very worthy cause.”
Manchester City chairman, Khaldoon Al Mubarak said: "As Patron of such a worthy charity, Shay works tirelessly to raise not only funds, but also the profile of the Macmillan Cancer Appeal. The Club is committed to seeing him succeed. I wish Shay, and all those who support Macmillan's work, the very best, for both the ‘Fashion Kicks’ night itself and for all of their other wonderful fundraising work."
To find out more or to book tickets visit www.fashionkicks.org.uk
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| Helpline shocked at surge in calls from children |
04 March 2010: CHILDLINE has expressed concern over a large increase in the number of children calling with serious problems affecting their personal safety.
The service had 11% more calls from children suffering abuse or other harm last year – an increase that contributed to a shocking 25% rise in the overall number of calls made.
The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was "astounded" by the increases that brought the total number of calls to its service to 815,708.
Childline manager Lloyd Byrne said the volume of calls raised questions about why children felt so disenfranchised that they had to ring a voluntary listening service to have someone to talk to. "It’s hard to picture 800,000 calls but you would be familiar with what Croke Park would be like full to capacity on All-Ireland final day. Now picture that scene multiplied by 10," he said.
The service, which costs more than €4 million a year to run, receives no Government funding so Childline relies on donations to provide the €5 it takes to answer every single call.
Top-selling band Westlife gave the service a boost yesterday by becoming the first ever ambassadors for Childline. The band, who already support a fundraising concert each year, will lend their name to promotional activities for the service.
lDonations can be made by calling 1800 504050 or log on to ispcc.ie/donate.
lChildline can be contacted free on 1800 666666, visit childline.ie, text "list" to 50101 for information on services, or text "talk" to 50101 to chat to a volunteer by text message.
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| Westlife Video |
03 March 2010: To watch the new Westlife video about their fame then click here.
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| Boyzone Want To Record Album With Westlife |
03 March 2010: BOYZONE want to record an album with Westlife to show Irish solidarity.
Both manbands were created by X Factor judge Louis Walsh, 57, but they’ve never performed together until this week. ITV1.
On Monday they recorded an ITV1 tribute to the late Boyzone member Stephen Gately, which is due to air on March 21.
I caught up with BZ afterwards where Shane Lynch, 33, told me: “I can’t believe that it’s taken us 12 years to perform together. I’d love to record an album with Westlife and I’ve told them that.
“It would be nice to do it for charity. American artists like Jay-Z and Rihanna stick together and I think that we should be more like that too.”
Filming was emotional for Shane, Ronan Keating, Mikey Graham, 37 and Keith Duffy, 35, who were singing their hits for the first time without Steo.
Ronan, 32, admitted: “I’m so glad that’s over. I felt so drained and I don’t know how we got through that but I’m glad we did.”
Stars including Robbie Williams, 36, have filmed tributes for the singer, who died last October, but BZ haven’t watched them yet.
Shane revealed: “We’re going to get together on the night it goes out and watch it all the way through.”
The guys duet with Mika, 26, on new single Gave It All Away, which he wrote.
Stephen’s husband Andrew Cowles, 32, watched filming and confirmed: “It would be nice if they could find the strength to continue to tour.”
Boyzone’s new album Brother is out on Monday.
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| Westlife and Boyzone duet for the first time EVER! |
02 March 2010: Oh yes, it's like all the things our Irish, boyband-loving dreams were made of. In fact, our 15-year-old selves did a little jig when we saw it happen before our eyes. That's right, Boyzone and Westlife have finally teamed up -and it was all for a very emotional tribute to Stephen Gately.
Joking about whether their super group should be called "Westzone" or "Boyzlife", Ronan told us he found the day of rehearsals and reminiscing "very emotionally draining" but knew Stephen was looking down on them while they recorded their ITV1 special. Nadine Coyle also joined the lads on stage (in a very boobalicious dress) for a version of Love Me For A Reason and Mika collaborated with them for Gave It All Away while Stephen's sister, Michelle and husband, Andy, watched on. Despiteit being an emotional night, Mikey, Ronan, Keith and Shane sounded great, singing live for the studio full of their fans. You can catch Boyzone: A Tribute To Stephen Gately on Sunday 21 March on ITV1.
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| Stephen Gately Tribute |
02 March 2010: heatworld: Okay: the Boyz have just performed No Matter What with Westlife. It's like a big, hot, Irish super man band.Is it wrong we feel a bit giddy?
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