WESTLIFE are charging £150,000 a gig as a Wedding band.

The boys played ten of their hits earning £15.000 for each - as fans Paula Dollard and Gerry Cosgrave tied the knot in Ashforn castle, Co Mayo.

The Dublin based cosgrave family are behind the cosgrave group - one of the most successful property developers in the country.

An insider told the Irish Sun "Westlife are doing the occasional wedding and party. They are a very popular group - and if people can afford to have then play at their specail occasions then why shoudn't they do it."

The band will also perfrom at at irish football captain Robbie Keane and model cluadine palmers wedding in wicklow this summer.

The source siad: "The boys are fottie mad so its going to be a special occasion for both parties."

Source: Irish Sun / Thanks Mary at the forum of WFVIP

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Annabel Fay to Support Westlife

Pop princess ANNABEL FAY has been signed as the support act for WESTLIFE when they tour New Zealand next month.

Annabel - who enjoyed chart success with Lovin' You Baby and Strong - is sure to be a crowd favourite as the sell-out tour makes its way from Christchurch to Auckland starting on May 7.

Annabel's hit “Lovin You Baby”, released in November 2006, spent 16 weeks in the NZ Top 40 peaking in the Top 10 and number # 9. It was a huge first single at radio spending 15 weeks in the Top 10 most played songs and was the cross over hit of the summer being played across all formats. Strong achieved #2 overall airplay and #1 at AC radio and #1 at EASY listening radio.

The talented artist says she's thrilled to be on tour with the world's biggest boy band.

Tour dates follow.

WEDNESDAY 7 MAY
CHRISTCHURCH - WESTPAC ARENA. SOLD OUT
NB: A media call will be held in Christchurch at 10.30am this day.

FRIDAY 9 MAY
WELLINGTON - TSB ARENA. SOLD OUT

SATURDAY 10 MAY
AUCKLAND - VECTOR ARENA. SOLD OUT

MONDAY 12 MAY
AUCKLAND - AOTEA CENTRE
Tickets still available from The Edge and Ticketmaster.
0800 BUY TICKETS (0800 289 842) or
www.the-edge.co.nz

or

TICKETMASTER: (09) 970 9700 www.ticketmaster.co.nz

TUESDAY 13 MAY
NEW PLYMOUTH - TSB STADIUM
TICKETEK: 0800TICKETEK
www.ticketek.co.nz 0800-842538

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Want to find out what life's really like when you're a member of one of the biggest-selling pop groups around? Then you certainly won't want to miss Westlife's official autobiography, which will be released by Harper Collins on 16th June.

The boys have been working on it for the last three months and say it's a very personal account of their lives. Nicky added: ‘It's been a lot of fun reliving the fun stories and the sad stories and the adventures we've been on for the last ten years. I'm sure the fans will love it'.

More details to come, but mark the date in your diaries now!

Credit/Source: www.westlife.com

Irish Water Safety’s Roger Sweeney presenting an appreciation award to Westlife for their assistance in promoting water safety.

Westlife have given their support to Galway-based Irish Water Safety, the statutory body established to promote water safety in Ireland, by filming a new TV campaign aimed at delivering water safety messages to youngsters.

Drowning is often a result of people's unfamiliarity with the dangers presented by being in, on or around water. By targeting a specific at-risk age group, the TV campaign will help raise awareness of water safety best practices and help reduce the tragic average of 160 drownings every year in Ireland.

The campaign was produced in Galway with background scenes included from the Salthill promenade. It was shot and directed by Mal Meehan who runs the MEE3D studio from Galway city. Another company, An Spidιal based TeleGael, provided facilities to output the final product in a format for use on SKY TV.

Credit/Source: www.galwayadvertiser.ie

Kernan Andrews

A meeting will take place today to finalise and confirm that Irish boy-band Westlife will be the headline act for the biennial summer concert in Pearse Stadium.

The chart topping ballad machine will play Pearse Stadium, Salthill, on Saturday June 21 where the special guest will be the 2005 X Factor winner and successful singer Shayne Ward.

For weeks speculation centred around Neil Young, Eric Clapton, and a return gig by Bob Dylan, prompting crossed fingers and fervent hopes from music fans aged in their 20s to those in their 60s. However it is the pre-teens who will be smiling with this news.

The concert is being organised by a local businessman whose connections were able to secure the appearance of Westlife and Shane Ward in Galway ahead of their Croke Park concert on June 23.

When contacted by the Galway Advertiser Fine Gael Cllr Brian Walsh confirmed that he has been approached by the promoters and is negotiating with officials of the planning deptartment to get the city council to facilitate the licence application.

“I am not privy to the nature of the agreement between the artists and promoters, I was simply asked some weeks ago to investigate whether or not the council was prepared to apply for the license as otherwise the concert could not go ahead due to time constraints,” he said.

In order to stage the event, planning permission will have to be applied for but the planning process takes 12 weeks and this is too short a time for the Pearse Stadium show. However it is understood the Galway City Council will apply for permission for the show and this process will only take in the region of five weeks.

Cllr Walsh said the response from City Hall has been positive. A final decision for approval would come before city councillors in May but there is unlikely to be any opposition.

“It would be a great boost for the city, particularly Salthill which has lost its airshow this year,” he said. “It’s great the younger audience is being catered for as traditionally big name acts coming to the city have been geared at the more mature audience.”

Credit/Source: www.galwayadvertiser.ie

Westlife and Girls Aloud were paid to perform at a private birthday bash this week.

The groups were booked by a millionaire businessman to play at his daughter's 18th birthday party.

The function for 150 was held at Kenwick Park Hotel in Louth, Lincolnshire.

As well as performing a medley of their hits, Westlife � Kian Egan, 27, Shane Filan, 28, Mark Feehily, 27, and Nicky Byrne, 29 � also led a chorus of Happy Birthday.

'The chap who booked it was very pleased,' a source tells The Sun. 'It was a glamorous occasion.'

Credit/Source: www.nowmagazine.co.uk

By Faye Preston

Tuesday 1.20pm - HEART throbs Westlife and chart toppers Girls Aloud performed privately near Louth for a lucky girl's 18th birthday party.

The girl, who did not want to be named, hosted the party at Kenwick Park Hotel on Friday evening where 120 people dined in a marquee.

The star struck guests enjoyed two fantastic 40 minute sets of Girls Aloud and Westlife who sang a chorus of Happy Birthday to the 18-year-old after a four course meal.

A spokesperson for the Kenwick Park Hotel said: "Westlife and Girls Aloud were all very nice, ordinary people and everyone at Kenwick looked after them really well. Everyone enjoyed themselves".

The party was kept secret and security on the night asked unwelcome photographers to leave the grounds.

The spokesperson added: "The family wanted the party to remain confidential. It is important we value the guest's wishes, we do this kind of thing a lot and it's good the guests can trust us, it was definitely a hard secret to keep!"

Guests had the entire 34 bedroom hotel for the day and night until the event finished at 12.30am.

One star struck guest, who did not wish to be named, said: "It was absolutely amazing! I was even sat on the stage when Westlife were playing. It was unbelievable".

It is believed the birthday girl's older sister celebrated her 18th birthday a few years ago in similar style when Will Young sang in her honour.

Credit/Source: www.louthleader.co.uk

An elderly couple who queued in the cold for nearly three hours at Home Park for premium Westlife tickets were told there were none available - because most had been reserved for corporate clients.

Nancy and Peter Osborne, who are in their 70s, waited for two £65 Golden Circle tickets with money they had been given by their daughter to celebrate their Golden Wedding.

They started queuing at 8.20am for the tickets to go on sale at 9am yesterday, but the office was so busy they were not served until 11.10am.

Nancy said: "It is pretty shoddy really. We have better things to do at our age than stand in the cold for three hours."

The couple were just one of scores of other pop fans left disappointed after sales of the Golden Circle tickets descended into confusion. Many people vented their frustration on The Herald's website.

Credit/Source: www.thisisplymouth.co.uk

More than a dozen fans queued through the night in the snow at Home Park and hundreds more arrived early to buy tickets for Westlife and Meat Loaf.

Five hundred fans were waiting despite near-freezing temperatures when the box office opened at 9am to start selling tickets for the back-to-back June gigs.

The first Westlife fans arrived at the car park gates of Argyle?s ground at 9pm last night and there was a steady trickle of people through the night.

The queue reached out of the car park gate as far as the Mayflower sports centre.

First in the queue was Kathy Holden, aged 40, from Efford.

She said: "When it snowed and when it rained I was standing out here. It was freezing. This is the second time I have seen them. And I only like one of them, Nicky. It drives my husband mad."

Some of those who queued through the night were not even buying tickets for themselves. Brenda Edwards, aged 51, was buying a ticket for her daughter Tracey.

She said: "I can't go myself because someone has to babysit the grandchildren. We even had a policeman visit us in the night to make sure we were all right."

Members of Plymouth Argyle ladies football team made a last-minute decision to start queuing at about 2am and turned up wearing light coats, jogging bottoms and trainers.

Chloe Roberts, aged 17, said: "Our clothing has been a bit of a problem, we only had a match yesterday."

Fellow player Carmen Thornton, also 17, added: "We sat in the car for much of the night, it was nice and warm."

About 20 places back, Jane Eslick from Tavistock was the first in the queue for Meat Loaf. She turned up just after 5am to buy tickets for husband Scott and son Ashley.

She said: "It has been okay, I have bought food and clothing and something to read. It is a bit strange being surrounded by Westlife fans but I can handle that."

Meat Loaf is playing on Friday, June 27, and Westlife are playing the following day. The dates are part of Plymouth's Summer Festival and follow up the success of George Michael and Elton John at Home Park last year.

Home Park spokesman Rick Cowdery said: "The fact fans were willing to queue through the snow for the best tickets in the house shows their dedication, and the popularity of these shows on the back of Elton John and George Michael last year shows we are putting Home Park on the map as a concert venue."

As reported in Saturday's Herald, tickets went on sale at Home Park at 9am and will go on sale online and over the phone via Ticketmaster later in the day.

Credit/Source: www.thisisplymouth.co.uk

Two of the biggest music acts in the world will headline a music festival weekend at Plymouth Argyle's Home Park this summer.

Live and Kicking at Home Park will feature multi-million-selling superstars Westlife and Meat Loaf in back-to-back concerts.

The double-header is sure to be one of the highlights of the Plymouth Summer Festival, and follows last year's performances by Elton John and George Michael at the city stadium.



Tickets go on sale at 9am on Monday from the Home Park box office.

Meat Loaf, famous for his iconic Bat Out of Hell series of albums, will kick off the weekend with a high-octane gig on Friday, June 27.

Just 24 hours later, Irish boy band Westlife will take to the stage for what promises to be a second successive night to remember at Home Park.

Argyle chief executive Michael Dunford said: "We are delighted to have made these two huge summer signings.

"In terms of live shows, they do not come much bigger or better than Westlife and Meat Loaf.

"After last summer, we have a lot to live up to, and it is fantastic that we have been able to attract acts of this magnitude to Argyle.

"We know, from those experiences last year, there is a huge demand for quality open air music from the people of Plymouth and we know Live and Kicking at Home Park will more than satisfy that demand.

"Plymouth is developing a growing reputation, not only as a concert venue, but as one of the country's most go-ahead cities, and we are pleased to play our part in that."

Bill Martin, editor of The Herald, which is backing the Plymouth Summer Festival, said: "This year's festival promises to be the envy of the country boasting top-class maritime, music, arts and street events.

"To have two of the biggest stars of the pop world coming to Home Park is the icing on the cake."

As well as being available from 9am on Monday from the Home Park box office, tickets can also be booked later in the day over the phone on 0845 338 7232, or from Ticket Master on 0844 844 0444.

A booking fee of ten per cent of the ticket value will apply. Tickets may also be purchased on-line at www.ticketmaster.co.uk . Tickets will be limited to six per person.

Home Park will be divided into three areas for both concerts: a 'Golden Circle' of around 1,000 seats in front of the stage on the Mayflower Grandstand side of the ground; standing room on the remainder of the pitch; and seating in the Devonport, Lyndhurst and Barn Park stands.

Tickets for each show cost £65 for the Golden Circle, £45 for seating and £35 to stand.For corporate hospitality enquiries, contact the Argyle commercial department on 01752 302204, or email a href="mailto:andy.budge@pafc.co.uk" class="lblue" andy.budge@pafc.co.uk /a .



Over the three months of the Plymouth Summer Festival, hundreds of thousands of people are expected to visit the city.

Organisers have pledged this year's festival season - which includes 25 major events and more than 100 fringe activities - will be better than last year's award-winning inaugural event.

The line-up is set to include headline acts at the Plymouth Pavilions including a performance by Avril Lavigne, a production of Mary Poppins at the Theatre Royal and the epic and world-famous Artemis Transat Race at Sutton Harbour.

More information about the festival and its events can be viewed at www.plymouthsummerfestival.com

Credit/Source: www.thisisplymouth.co.uk

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