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| Nicky, Kian and Mark joined us first to chat to you online. UKMC BOX: Good Afternoon and Welcome to AOL Live. Today's guests don't need much in the way of introduction, it is of course those Irish blue-eyed boys "Westlife". Welcome to AOL Live Boys :) Competition Winner Amie Tachauer: Do any of you plan to produce any solo material? Nicky: Yes we are planning to in the future but not in the near future. It will happen eventually but not yet. Competion winner Kerry Louise Robinson: If you were stranded on a desert island what 5 things would you take with you? Nicky; excluding you three! Kian: Stereo, TV, mobile phone, food and a credit card! UKMC 2: Littlelozz1 asks... although you are a pop band do you listen to music such as Limp Bizkit, Greenday and so on? luv ya! All: Yes. Mark: We have a very wide range in taste of music Kian: Listens to Metallica and heavy metal, especially guns and roses. UKMC 2: CelticDreams1014 is calling from the US... Hello my name is Kimber and I live in the US. Can you please clear it up for your US fans as to when you will be visiting us again and for how long? Mark: Unfortunately it is currently undetermined at the moment. More time is needed to plan and prepare a visit because it is such a big place. Nicky: At the moment it is penciled in for Jan/Feb/March 2002. We are dying to go. UKMC 2: Sophie 1579748588 asks about the live show... WHAT PART OF THE CONCERT DID U MOST ENJOY. THATS 2 U ALL Nicky: I love the beginning of the concert and Uptown Girl. Kian: I enjoy the Motown section best. Mark: I enjoy something different each night. UKMC 2: Goldiebabe124 wants to know... IS BRYAN EXCITED ABOUT BEING A DADDY? Kian: Of course we're delighted. All the group is looking forward to it. UKMC 2: Cookie caz asks... who do you think is most responsible for getting you all where you are today? Kian: I don't think any one person is responsible, there are too many people responsible. There are fans, radio stations playing our songs, managers and many more are responsible. UKMC 2: Bex1984 wants to know... When will the next single be released? Nicky: We are going to tour Europe and Asia first and we don't finish until July. We may record then plus a Christmas album. UKMC 2: KRM0322 has a serious question... I would like to ask Kian why Westlife sponsor the Rape Crisis. I am a 28yr old Police Officer who works with child abuse victims and adult rape victims and an interested to know the reason for the sponsor. Your concert in Wembly was excellent. Rhonda Kian: It is a good cause and we support good causes. When you are in the position as we are it is good to be able to help give something back and help raise awareness of important issues. We are fortunate to have a position of responsibility that we take seriously. UKMC 2: Penniston Sadie asks... did boyzone inspire u and what do think of the recent revelations surrounding the future of boyzone? Nicky: They inspired us obviously and I think Boyzone will get back together when Ronan returns after his visit to USA. UKMC 2: Valagama thinks you can dance... Hi Westlife, Me and my sisters came to see u at wembley on Sunday and we thought u were amazing.we loved all the uptempo songs and we thought your dancing was brilliant - do u find learning the dance routines hard and do u like dancing??? Kian: I love dancing. Some things are harder to learn than others especially set routines. It is hard to get all the movements for the five of us the same. We want to make it as lively as possible. UKMC 2: Fifi fiolly is a footy fan... HIYA NICKY YOU ARE ALSO EXTREMELY CUTE (BUT TAKEN) - WILL YOU BE WATCHING HIGHLIGHTS OF MAN U VS BAYERN THIS EVENING? Nicky: I am going to try to see some of the game before we go on stage. I am calling ahead to make sure there will be a TV I can watch backstage. At the interval I will be checking the score. UKMC 2: Skpypyer asks... When you are on stage can you see the faces of the people in the crowd and if so do you find their reactions surprising or funny? Mark: We do see alot of interesting, funny and mad things in the audience. Some girls have been known to pull up their tops. Kian: We can see the first fifteen rows quite well but we can't see the rest but then we really see all the faces when the house lights are up. UKMC 2: ASHMCQ would like to know... has there ever been an occasion where you wished you were not Irish? ALL: No. Definitely NOT. Competion Winner: How do you feel about being the public eye? Mark: It does infringe on our families who have their own lives to live. Harrassment can be a little bit annoying for our families. UKMC 2: Zebidee2000 has a cute question... If you could be a Mr Men character, which one would you be and why? Nicky: I don't know any Mister Men characters. Mark: Mr Sleepy because I can't get up until 2.00 Nicky: Kian is definitely Mr Grumpy. UKMC 2: LuckyWestlife83 has an interesting question... After much trouble getting into G-A-Y on Saturday, I saw you really enjoying your performance and really playing up to the audience. Is it weird knowing that you have such a large gay following? Kian: It was weird at first. It is great to know that our music appeals to everybody. UKMC 2: RaksRad2000 has one for Kian ... Kian, is it true you may be related to Mariah Carey? Kian: Oh that all started because her Mother is Irish and her mother's name is Egan but that's all I know and that is probably the only connection. UKMC 2: Shiver99 has been to your hometown... I visit sligo regulary, what is your favourite thing in sligo apartfrom your home,friends and family? Kian: A big Four burger with 4 sauce and chips. (Its like a big double burger). Mark: I like the Chinese. UKMC 2: LeannJrr is a teacher... I am a 24 year old teacher from manchester who recently earned great credibility among my class of 6 year olds for going to see you in concert. It was amazing! They all made microphones out of Kennex and started singing uptown girl for me! what is your best memory of school? Mark: The years at school are definitely the best days of your life. Nicky: I hated homework. Kian: I liked to throw banana sandwiches at the teachers. Nicky: I liked it when the fire alarm would go off. Mark: I liked it when someone used to get on the intercom and say something funny. UKMC 2: Bex1984 has one for Nicky... Nicky, do you wish you were still at Leeds, and had just qualified for the semi-final of the Champions League, or do you prefer being in Westlife? Nicky: I prefer being in Westlife and would not go back. Now that I am sucessful I do look back and think I would like to do one game. Maybe I will. UKMC 2: Oblivion10184388 wants to know... DO YOU FIND IT HARD TO TRUST PEOPLE AS THEY MAY JUST LIKE YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE GOT (FAME)? Kian: Yes. Lots of people want to be your friend, we call them "cling-ons".You do get to make new friends, but depends on how they act with you. You can tell which ones just want to be with you for who you are. UKMC 2: BlueSugar666 wants to know... Hiya Westlife! Is it true there is going to be a westlife movie and can I be in it? Mark: 666 is an unlucky number. Nicky: Brad Pitt is playing me. Tom Cruise is playing Mark and Andrew Strong is playing Shane - ha, ha! UKMC 2: Secretagentctl asks...Westlife- what makes you feel as though youre 'Flying Without Wings'? Luv Gina xxxx Nicky: During the show I feel like I'm flying then when we are strapped into the frame. UKMC 2: Paristaj asks... Dead or alive, who would you most like to meet? Mark/Kian: Michael Jackson. Nicky: I'd like to meet Mike Tyson and Elvis Presley. UKMC 2: Littlelozz1 needs some advice again... Im going to Australia in June and i wondered as you have been there what should i really go and see? Kian/Mark: Go to Sydney Harbour. Kian: The beaches are fantastic especially Bondi. UKMC 2: SarahSH83 wants to know... is it hard for you all to keep friendships with your friends from before you was famous? Kian: I keep friends with my real close friends. UKMC 2: WilliamLivesey asks/... Whats the craziest thing a fan has ever done? Nicky: Show their breasts at a live show. UKMC 2: BlkPh1 is curious... have any of u got any tattoos?if so where and what are they? ALL: No! UKMC 2: Question: If you could ask your fans one question what would it be? Mark: Do you think in ten years time when you are mature you will still be hysterical? Kian: Will you look back and wonder "what was I doing?" - especially the middle aged fans. UKMC 2: Phootprints wants to know... If you could change one thing about your job what would it be? Kian/Mark: I would change the travelling. UKMC 2: Kelly Hever asks... what was it like when u and the spice girls had a battle wiv ur albums? Kian: It was good fun. Mark: We did not really care that much at the beginning but we became competitive. We wish them well but we thought that they were being a bit Bitchy and cocky. Kian: And we whooped them anyway. UKMC 2: Tower2410 thinks you need a break... congratulations on you wembley concerts, after you have completed all your concerts will any of you be taking a holiday because you all looked so tired? Mark: Probably yes, one or two. UKMC 2: Uptown Girl No1 asks... where would you take a girl for the perfect date? Kian: I would take a girl to nice restaurant and then a movie. Mark: A restaurant and then dancing. Nicky: I would take a girl to a nice restaurant and for a nice stroll on the beach. UKMC 2: Valagama again... Which one of u spends the longest getting ready and doing your hair? Kian: Everybody says me. Nicky: Do I look like I take a long time with hair spiked like mine! PART 2 Shane and Bryan Competition Winner Amie Tachauer: Do you envisage having solo careers in the future? Shane: I would not want to stop singing ever. I love it too much and can totally see myself doing something solo if Westlife ever did come to an end for any reason. Competition Winner Kerry Louise Robinson: If you were stranded on a desert island for one month what five things would you take? Bryan: Depends which month but my girlfriend Kerry, a mid wife, a mobile phone... eerrm its too hard, I can't choose, you could take credit cards but you can't spend anything, and you could take a football but theres no one to play footy with. Shane: I would take Faith Hill, and the three competition winners. UKMC 2: Gem 038 wants to know... The papers are constantly printing rumours about you. Do you ever feel like turning round and telling them its true to shut them up, even if its not? Shane: Sometimes. It does get ridiculous. Last week there was a picture of a girl with me in a car which was my sister. And the papers were like "Check out who's revving Shane's engine" and it was my sis. So sometimes I have to laugh. UKMC 2: Fifi Filly asks... HI SHANE I LOVE YOU SO MUCH - HOW WILL YOU CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR? Shane: I will celebrate by going home and by going somewhere hot. Probably go out with a group of lads and have a boys week on holiday UKMC 2: RAksRad2000 has a question about Kerry... Bryan, Kerry's presenting (on popworld) was great! When she goes back to work after the baby is born, is she going to work in Irish tv or British? Bryan: I don't really know although there has been talks about Irish TV. There are less TV stations at home, also one is close to where we live.So that would be nice, she could walk to work. If she takes a job in English TV she will have to come here to live and I want to have an Irish child. UKMC 2: SugarKane73 asks... What's left for Westlife? You seem to have done most things - do you fancy going into films? Or producing other acts? Bryan: Both. Shane: Neither. I just want to carry on singing. Bryan: Jokes, Im a good stripper so maybe I could do Fatal Attraction Three. UKMC 2: CatTay00 wants to know... What's the strangest thing that a fan has ever asked you to do for them, and did you do it? Bryan: Pick someone's nose! but I'm making it up. Bryan: Lots of fans want a kiss and sometimes I think afterwards 'I shouldn't have done that.' UKMC 2: PennistonSadie wants to know... did u ever think the band would be a succesful as they have turned out to be and if u all hadnt of made it what do u think u would be doing now??? Bryan: I would be in Popstars like Hearsay. Shane: I was in college for a while so I don't really know. When we started the band Mark had a job delivering pizzas. We would be rehearsing or doing a live a cappella performance and he would be missing so to get him there we would deliberately order pizzas to get him to join in as much as possible. UKMC 2: NJBati asks... Congratulations to all of you for making Westlife so succesful. Do you think fame changes people and has it changed you? Bryan: Yes fame does not necessarily change me but it does affect others around us. Shane: It does change you I think. We have become more mature and our outlook on life has changed. UKMC 2: Vykkylee wants to know... Is it true that Kian is now the only single member of the band? Shane: I'm still single! Mark is also single! UKMC 2: Tufty4655 wants to know...Shane, u r the sexiest bloke alive!!!! What would a girl have to do to impress you? Shane: A girl would have to have a lovely personality and be beautiful and also have good legs. I like a nice bottom but boobs do not impress me much. UKMC 2: UKMC Box wants to know... Bryan you mentioned awhile back in the BBC Chat Room that if you had a boy you would call him Ronan and if it was a girl you would call her a french name - now you are an expectant father are these names still your hot favourites? Bryan: No not Ronan. I don't even remember saying that. It will be Dylan James if is a boy or Molly if it is a girl. UKMC 2: Bex1984 wants to know... If Bryan is scared of tall buildings did you have any problems getting him to go out over the audience during 'Flying Without Wings' at the concerts? Bryan: I am not afraid of heights but I am afraid of things falling off buildings. But I used to do rock climbing so heights don't worry me. Shane: He's not too bad except when people like Mark scare him. Mark went up to this sheer drop when we were in Mexico and was standing right on the edge - it was so scary. Bryan: Yeah, I just think gravity and weight, you're gonna fall off UKMC 2: Emilie Halligan wants to know... My sister lives in Los Angeles and was telling me recently that your popularity, despite not being as huge as here, is actually increasing. Is this Westlife's main goal, to crack America? Or are there other aims you have as a band? Shane: Yes, we want to crack America but we probably won't do it this year. We also love South America especially Brazil. Hi Brazil and Hi Latinos. UKMC 2: Calderaber asks... Bryan, what would you have liked to have got for your birthday that you didn't get? Bryan: A present of the rest of the group. I wanted a pram but the rest of the gang wouldn't buy me one. UKMC 2: Ericacacacaaaaaa wants to know... Shane, what was the last CD you bought? Shane: I brought Shaggy "It Wasn't Me" and the Limp Bizkit CD. UKMC 2: Asadasnith asks... Hi Westlife what would happen if one of you left the band? Bryan: There would only be four left. Ha ha ha ha… Shane: We would still go on. Bryan will leave for a short while when the baby arrives. Sometimes circumstances happen such as bereavment or illness so we have actually been down on numbers before. I went home for my sister's wedding and Bryan went home to see his mum when we were in America last year. UKMC 2: Kazmeehan wants to know... What kind of reception do you get when you go home to Ireland? Shane: We get spoiled when we get home. My mum really misses me so I get my favourite dinner and my bed is warm. We are away all the time from our family. So it is good to go back and see them and see my horses. UKMC 2: MIssmoody001 has a good question... i was just wondering why shane sings the lead in most of the sings, is it because he is the best singer or what? Shane: I don't really know! I don't think I sing the lead all the time. I think we all share. UKMC 2: Jeanandchipps asks... Which 2 of you is it that need to go to the loo just before you go on stage and why do you have to go together? Shane: We don't go 'together' but its me and Kian. It is just something we do, like superstition, we always go at a certain point. I have to go before I have put on my flying harness and all my layers of clothes. UKMC 2: Laurasmconnelly wants to know... hi guys, (oh my god it's you!!!!!) i just want to ask if you could be anywhere else in the world at the moment where would you be? Bryan: Anywhere! Shane: I'd love to be at home with my family and my horses in the countryside. Bryan: I wish I was at home now also. UKMC 2: Charlene83 asks... Hi guys! I was just wondering if you are planning to do any more collaborations with any other singers/groups like you did with Mariah. Bryan: Well this is an AOL exlusive but we might do a duet with Ronan, Hearsay and Michael Jackson!!! UKMC 2: DizzyLizzy338 asks do any of Westlife play musical instruments, if so what and how good did you get? Shane: No, I don't play anything but I do want to learn the drums, piano and bass guitar. Bryan: I play the piano, guitar and flute. I'm really good at the first two. UKMC 2: Jenna4nix asks... "Fool again" is just one example of your chart topping sucess, you probably think nothing of it, but you sing the lyrics "if i could I would,turn back the time" if you really could turn back time, what date would you change it to and why? is there anything you would change if you really could turn back time? Shane: I would change it to Christmas Day because I love Christmas Day with family Bryan: I would probably go back to the day before Microsoft invented themselves and buy myself some shares!! UKMC 2: Jatbunny asks... Are the guys religious? Shane: Yes, I pray usually every night and try to go church as much as possible. So yes I am religious. UKMC 2: What is the next song that u are going to release? Are you releasing I Lay My Love on You here? When is the Bryan Adams song going to be released? Shane: We don't know. Probably a new single in October. We don't know when the Bryan Adams song will be released yet. I Lay My Love on You will not be released in England. Competion Winner: How do you get privacy? Shane: We just have to shut the door in our hotel rooms. UKMC 2: KnnthSton asks... How does it feel when you hear fans singing your songs back at you? Shane: It's a really nice feeling, it's amazing. It feels like we've reached out to people. UKMC 2: ClareS1 wants to know about the horses... Shane how are your stallions and do you have 5 or 50 because different websites say different things? Shane: We have 55 horses. They are stallions and mares and all different breeds We also have a donkey. UKMC 2: Troubkekidz asks... TO BRYAN ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THE EXTRA REASPONSIBILITIES OF BEING A FATHER Bryan: Yes. I can't wait. UKMC 2: SarahSH83 asks... do any of you have any crushes on any famous people that you would like to get which? Shane: Faith Hill and Catherine Zeta Jones are gorgeous and Alli Landry who was Miss USA last year. UKMC 2: Cathsaunders1 wants to know... Why did you decide to become popstars and did your parents have any influence? Shane: We didn't decide to become popstars we didn't expect to be so big. At the end of the day it is 'job' so we try not to get big heads. We never thought we would be so big. KMC 2: Kat 14 2001 wants to know.... what are your favourite sandwich fillings? Shane: I like ham and coleslaw, roast beef with brown sauce, chicken and lettuce. All together! UKMC 2: Last question guys... AvFAz wants to know... Wot kind of Music do u listen to wen ur just chillin? Bryan: I listen to Otown Shane: I like listening to Destiny's Child, Backstreet Boys. Bryan/Shane: OK everyone we have to go and get ready to go on stage now but thank you all so much for joining us on AOL Live, hope to see you all soon. Take care. Byeeeee! |
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