May News
26th May 2002
Westlife Win @ Soccer Six! (results from soccer-six.com)
Yup - Westlife managed to beat last year's winners, Ant and Dec, in a dramatic 3-2 final!
The results are as such: 1-1 (against 6 Blues Brothers), 7-1 (against Goldie), 2-0 (against SM:6), letting them play Blur in the Quarter Finals, winning 3-1 against them.
They then played SM:6 in the finals, trashing them 3-0 - and then finally winning 3-2 against Ant and Dec!
The Westlife team consisted of:
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Mark Owen (5) |
Bryan McFadden (12) |
Anto Byrne (7) |
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Macca (8) |
Nicky Byrne (16) |
Bryan Robson (6) |
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Eamonn Holmes (Manager) (007) |
Sean O' Grady (12) |
Steven (GK) (1) |
Westlife Enter UK Chart At Number Five
Yup - it had to come - another single failing to make it to the top spot. Unfortunately, Westlife only managed to get in at number 5... Here's what the top 5 looks like:
5. Westlife - Bop Bop Baby (new)
4. Atomic Kitten - It's Ok (new)
3. Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes (2)
2. Liberty X - Just A Little (1)
1. Eminem - Without Me (new)
16th May 2002
Westlife & Vinny? (from thsun.co.uk)
VINNIE JONES is teaming up with WESTLIFE to release a Christmas single.
The former football star will cover Dance To The Music by 1970s soul outfit SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE.
It will be the first single off an album of duets where Vinnie sings with DENISE VAN OUTEN, BILLIE PIPER and others.
The unlikely pairing came after Vinnie starred in Westlife’s video for single Bop Bop Baby.
His manager told me: “They got talking about it during the video. Westlife are up for it and Vinnie can’t wait. Let’s just say he’s got a very unique voice.”
A source close to Westlife said: “The lads had a right laugh with Vinnie and reckon they’re on for another Christmas No1.”
14th May 2002
Westlife @ Party In The Park (from Capital FM)
returns on Sunday 7th July 2002 and promises to be another incredible pop extravaganza with Enrique Iglesias and Sophie Ellis Bextor signed up to perform! As revealed this morning on 95.8 Capital FM by Chris Tarrant, Enrique and Sophie are amongst the ten acts who have already taken their place in this year's star-studded line-up and the full list so far includes;Enrique Iglesias, Shakira, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Blue, Darren Hayes, Shaggy and Rayvon, Westlife, Natalie Imbruglia, Mis-Teeq and The Lighthouse Family.
Tickets, priced £25 plus £2.50 booking fee, go on sale at 8.00am on Wednesday 15th May, and can be bought
online or by calling the Party in the Park Ticket Hotline on 0870 73 00 958. But hurry if you hope to be there. Tickets to Party in the Park last year sold out in a record 6 hours, even before the artist line up was announced!
13th May 2002
Nicky's Hand Troubles (from mirror.co.uk)
FOOTIE-mad Nicky Byrne of Westlife came a cropper on Friday.
Having a kickabout with the band, the 22-year-old - once trainee goalkeeper at Leeds United - slipped on a patch of oil and fell badly on his hand.
Like a trouper he did the Glasgow show regardless but, in agony the next day, he went for an X-ray and doctors discovered he had cracked a bone in his left wrist.
Nicky joked: "I'm still available for the Irish squad. I'll be fit in time."
3rd May 2002
Westlife Go To Oxford (from thesun.co.uk)
WESTLIFE will face Britain’s brightest young brains when they address students at the Oxford Union debating society next month.
The lads – BRYAN McFADDEN, KIAN EGAN, MARK FEEHILY, SHANE FILAN and NICKY BYRNE – will talk about life in the group before answering students’ questions.
Westlife are following in the footsteps of PHIL COLLINS, BILLY JOEL, JON BON JOVI and MICHAEL JACKSON, who have all addressed the Union.