SEPTEMBER 2004

SEPTEMBER

Westlife To Perform Exclusive Album Track at The Celebrity Awards!

Like what you hear...? This is an exclusive snippet of 'Ain't That A Kick In The Head' which of cause is taken from Westlife's long awaited new album 'Allow Us To Be Frank' which is released on 8th November.Make sure you're watching 'The Celebrity Awards' tonight (Wednesday 29th September) on ITV1 from 8.00 pm as Westlife will be performing 'Ain't That A Kick In The Head' for the first time ever!


How would you like to party with Westlife?

We don't want to give too much away yet, (we're such teasers) but make sure you keep an eye on the website and your inbox over the coming weeks as we'll be launching a brand new competition.Westlife are going to be holding a number of private parties up and down the country and you could be going too!
We'll reveal full details about the competition and how you could win very soon...

That's all for now, but make sure you check back next week as we'll have another exclusive album track snippet for you and more news on your favourite band.

source -  www.westlife.com
posted - 29th September 2004
 

Westlstrife  Sep 28 2004

Drunk Kian tries to bash BB's Brian at celeb party TELLY presenter Brian Dowling was left reeling after a drunk Kian Egan tried to hit him and branded him a "bitch" at a packed celebrity ceremony. The Westlife singer went wild when the ex-SM:TV star breezed up to him and asked how he was doing.

Big Brother winner Brian recently said in an interview that the rudest celeb he'd ever met was Kian's current squeeze - Hollyoaks babe Jodi Albert - and the singer was not happy.A guest at the ITV1 Celebrity Awards on Sunday night told 3am: "Brian has interviewed Westlife lots of times on SM:TV so he went up to say 'hi' to Kian at the party.

"Kian went crazy. He shouted at Brian: 'You have some nerve saying hello to me after what you said about Jodi. You slagged off my girlfriend you bitch'."Brian, 26, tried to calm Kian down, stammering that he hadn't meant it. But the 24-year-old, who had performed Westlife's fantastic new single Smile at the do on London's South Bank, wasn't going let it go. Our source said: "Kian had clearly had a drink or two and was swearing away at Brian. Bri was mortified."

Eventually Jodi, 21, broke up the boys. Our spy revealed: "She told Brian that it wasn't a big deal and that he shouldn't worry about it.

"But Kian was fuming and said he wanted to hit Brian. Jodi ordered him to go away as she wanted to talk sensibly to Brian.She had to tell him to go several times. Brian was gobsmacked - the last thing he meant was to fall out over it.He told Jodi he thought she had been rude the day he interviewed her. She was cool about it and said that there were no hard feelings."

The pair kissed and made up but Kian was still sulking. Our mole continued: "It was very embarrassing as Kian kept kicking off in front of the other stars. He was shouting: 'You make up with my girlfriend'." Well done for sticking up for your girl, Kian, we think Brian got the idea.

source -  Mirror website
posted 28th September 2004
 

We know that there's lots of speculation about the band's next tour, and we can confirm that Westlife will be hitting the road in the new year. Details of exact dates and venues are still being confirmed, but as soon as they are, we'll let you know.

There should also be an online pre-sale of tickets - this means that we'll give you a link from which a limited number of tickets (from throughout the venue) will be available to buy ahead of the general on-sale time.

Again, this is still to be 100% confirmed, but you should check back for updates...

source - westlife.com
posted 25th September 2004
 

Cute Nicky Byrne has built what we recon is most fellas idea of paradise - a pub in his house. The Westlife star told us all about it at Scott Hensall's post- show party at Pangaea. "Its great we have all our family round for a knees up" said Nick. "We have got everything on tap and it holds about 60 people" Nicky 25 was over with wife Georgina who was modelling Henshall designs for London fashion week.

source - Daily Star 24th September 2004 
posted 25th September 2004

The Dosh goes West

Good to see those Westlifer warblers scrub up so well whilst they film a selection of videos for their forthcoming Ratpack album in Las Vegas. And whilst Shane Filan, Mark Feehily and Kian Egan enjoyed eating in an upmarket diner, Nicky Byrne took his wife Georgina to a casino where they spent more than $3,500 ( £1,900) Our mole said 'Nicky was having a right laugh and Georgina was looking around all the different gambling tables.

"And by the end of their session, she'd certainly learnt a thing or two about the game" We'll be having words with Nicky when we see him.

source - Daily Star 15th Sept posted
25th September 2004

Westlife's Nicky Byrne  has built a pub in his house to entertain his friends and family.

The FLYING WITHOUT WINGS singer - who wed model GEORGINA AHERN last year (AUG03) - has rarely been seen on the showbiz party circuit since his marriage. He claims this is because he has no need to leave his home now he has a fully-equipped bar there.

Byrne says, "We have got everything on tap and it holds about 60 people. It's great, we have all our family round for a knees-up."

source- Daily Star
posted - 24th September 2004

Why Nicky's Irish eyes are smiling

Westlife's Nicky Byrne and his beautiful wife Georgina could hardly keep their hands off each other as they left a London nightclub. With her tiny denim skirt and see-through top, it's no wonder Nicky wants to keep a firm grip on his lovely lady. The pair were joined at Panga nightspot by another star from the Emerald Isle, Samantha Mumba.

source -  dailyrecord
posted - 24th September 2004
 

Full tracklisting - The full tracklisting for Westlife's brand new studio album - Allow Us To Be Frank - is below... the lp is released on November 8th.

1. Ain't That A Kick In The Head
2. Fly Me To The Moon
3. Smile
4. Let There Be Love
5. The Way You Look Tonight - (duet with You're The One winner)
6. Come Fly With Me
7. Mack The Knife
8. I Left My Heart In San Francisco
9. Summer Wind
10. Clementine
11. When I Fall In Love
12. Moon River
13. That's Life

source - official site
posted 22nd September 2004

Westlife hit the decks

Westlife cut a dash in their DJs as they get lucky in a Las Vegas casino. The boys are in town for the World Music Awards and to shoot a video for their upcoming Rat Pack album. And we reckon they really look the part. Over a game of blackjack the band - Kian Egan, 24, Shane Filan, 25, Nicky Byrne, 26, and Mark Feehily, 24 - boasted they were raking it in.

Kian, who has been out with the rest of the band enjoying Vegas to the full, told us: "I've been doing pretty well. I've won $200. Maybe I should quit while I'm ahead." And Mark joked: "Amazingly I've never gambled before. But I'm doing well, maybe I'm a natural."

The chart topping band met music mogul Clive Davis who said their rat pack idea was fantastic and would go a long way to helping them establish themselves in America.

The boys' performance at Wednesday night's ceremony drew ecstatic cheers from the likes of Usher and Alicia Keys. This is one Brit band whose gamble on the States might just pay off...

Source: www.mirror.co.uk
Credit - Site for sore eyes

E-gon missing

Westlife nearly lost another band member before performing at the World Music Awards. The worried lads were held up for more than ten minutes because Kian Egan had somehow got lost backstage. -Very Spinal Tap.

A search party was launched to search the maze of corridors for the star. It transpired Kian had taken a wrong turning and was completely lost. A source said: “There was a bit of a panic after the other three lads went on and then realised Kian wasn’t with them.

“Assistants were sent out and they found him wandering aimlessly around. He was very pleased to see them and was led back to the stage.”

The lads went on to perform as a four piece in the European slot.

Westlife's Mark Feehily wasn’t heading straight to the card tables when he touched down in Las Vegas – he hasn’t a clue how to gamble. He sheepishly asked me: “I’m not sure how to play cards. Do they have snap?”

Source: www.thesun.co.uk
Credit - Site for sore eyes

Scorn in the USA

Westlife's big break ruined by TV turn-off

It was supposed to be their big chance to crack America. But Westlife have been left fuming after they were shunted from a prime spot at last night's celeb-studded World Music Awards in Las Vegas. The band were supposed to perform a set as part of the main ceremony - which is televised in more than 160 countries.

But when they arrived in Sin City the boys learned that their set would take place after the main ceremony - and would not be included in the main live broadcast. And to add insult to injury, a plan for the band to be part of a presentation honouring veteran music svengali Clive Davis with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the bash, held at the Thomas & Mack Center, also came to nothing.

"Eyebrows were raised when it was said that Westlife were going to be a big part of the ceremony as they're not well known in the US," an awards insider tells us.

"Obviously the lads are hugely disappointed to miss out on taking part in the main show. They were so thrilled to be asked to perform alongside the likes of Alicia Keys and Usher, and really thought this was their chance to appeal to a huge international audience.

After Brian McFadden left, a lot of people thought the band's days were numbered and even though they're very much together they still want to prove the doubters wrong - this would have been the ideal platform from which to do that."

The band - aka Kian Egan, 24, Shane Filan, 25, Nicky Byrne, 26, and 24-year-old Mark Feehily - have been holed up in Vegas's swanky Four Seasons hotel with their partners and have barely ventured out.

And although they attended Clive Davis's private drinks reception, the lads failed to go on to the main dinner in his honour - even though the likes of Usher and Avril Lavigne showed up. Our insider adds: "The band have a video to shoot out in Vegas for their Ratpack album but this has really thrown a dampener over the whole trip.

"They usually love a good party and everyone expected them to be out on the town but that hasn't happened. They feel as though they were promised the Earth but their performance will only be seen by countries that request a broadcast with them in it - and there's every likelihood the only people that will see them perform will be back home in their native Ireland. Obviously, communications have broken down somewhere - their involvement was oversold but, at the end of the day, it's a great place for them to network."


Credit - Site for sore eyes
Source: www.mirror.co.uk

15/9/04 - 22/9/4 Recommended news site      Site for sore eyes - Westlife News Site    Westlife Domain news will commence again 22nd Sept

WESTLIFE’s NICKY BYRNE had to change hotels in Las Vegas — because he has a fear of lifts without windows.

Nicky and the lads were checked in to the Four Seasons hotel while they shot their new swing video. But their rooms were on the 48th floor and Nicky doesn’t like lifts without windows because he feels too enclosed, poor lad. He checked out and took a room on the tenth floor of the adjoining Mandalay Bay hotel.

A source said: “Nicky was mortified. He can manage if it’s not too far but 48 floors is full on." But hats off to plucky Nicky — he has kept on the Four Seasons room and is determined to spend at least one night on floor 48 before the trip is over. The boys are in Vegas to perform tonight’s World Music Awards.

source - sun newspaper posted
15th September 2004

Westlife frank on age look.
Sunday Mirror (London, England); 9/12/2004   Byline: PHIL CAMPION

WESTLIFE are getting older - and so is their audience, the boys have admitted. And now the fab four - all aged 24 or 25 - have shaken off their Boy Band image. To prove it, just a day after they finished recording their new Sinatra-inspired album - Allow Us To Be Frank - they visited a radio station for the Over-50s last week to plug it. Shane Filan told listeners to Birmingham's SagaFM: "We all love that Ratpack era. These songs are classic songs - they are timeless.

"We don't have 11, 12 and 13-year-old fans any more. Our age group is 16 to 80. A lot of older women love our stuff and lots of hen nights take place at our concerts." Kian Egan reckons they have done the right thing and added: "Together with Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh we came up with some great tracks and we believe it is our best album yet."

source - mirror online 
posted 15th September 2004
 

Hunks head West for a sunny break

 Westlife turned in to the beach boys as they enjoyed a sunshine break in Los Angeles. Keen surfer Kian Egan, 24, took the chance to show off his skills while the rest were happy paddling. The lads were taking time out ahead of their trip to Las Vegas for tomorrow's World Music Awards.

Kian took along gorgeous girlfriend Jodi Albert, 21, while Shane Filan, 25, was accompanied by wife Gillian, 24, Nicky Byrne, 26 , his wife Georgina, 26 and fellow Westlifer Mark Feehily, 24, also joined in on the fun.

During their trip to Vegas the lads will be filming the video for their next single, taken from their Sinatra inspired album Allow Us To Be Frank, due out in November. Shane said: "We love the rat pack era. These songs are timeless."

scan credit - Jayne
source - sun newspaper
posted 14th September 2004

NK proposal

Louis Walsh has revealed how a businessman offered him £100,000 for one of the Westlife boys to sleep with his wife. The man called Walsh's private number and said: 'My wife really fancies Nicky. Would there be any chance at all?

'We'd be talking a hundred grand. You know, taking it from there. This is a genuine offer, Louis, just two blokes chatting.
'Seriously, you name a price. Speak to him and see if he is keen.'

Walsh, who is usually on the ball when it come to money matters, was so gob-smacked he just said: 'Oh my God,' and hung up. But the phone call was a wind-up organised by Westlife and carried out by Birmingham-based BRMB radio DJ Elliott Webb.

The Westlife manager, who always has an eye on the profits, said: 'I was going for the money.' And in a dig at a former band member, Walsh said: 'Nicky is worth a lot more than hundred grand. could have got you Brian McFadden for £50,000 or Boyzone for £25,000.'

The groups new album, Allow Us To Be Frank is due out in December.

source -  www.dailyrecord.co.uk
posted- 14th September 2004

KIAN'S BELLY DANCER; Hollyoaks Jodi parties in the park with Westlife
The Mirror (London, England); 9/6/2004 Byline: JENNY McQUAILE Backstage at the O2 In The Park

HOLLYOAKS babe Jodi Albert proudly showed off her fantastic figure and sexy belly ring as she danced the night away watching boyfriend Kian Egan and Westlife rock 100,000 adoring fans. The 21-year-old actress mingled with the VIP crowd backstage at Saturday's O2 In The Park gig at Phoenix Park and proved she was every inch the devoted celebrity girlfriend. Jodi partied at the Dublin concert with her on-screen sister Steph, played by Carley Stenson.

When Westlife took to the stage amid a security frenzy, Jodi ran to the side of the stage so she wouldn't miss a single moment of her man's performance. She danced and sang along with all the boy band's hits, including an acoustic Flying Without Wings and World Of Our Own. And when Kian, Shane, Mark and Nicky got into the swing of things dressed in kilts, Jodi showed off her own sexy dance moves. The English beauty also took time out to chat to former band member Brian McFadden.

Brian was joined by wife Kerry and daughters Molly and Lily. On stage, the 24-year-old well and truly shed his boy band image with a storming performance of his debut single Real To Me. Another favourite was Coronation Street star Keith Duffy who was MC for the day and really got the crowd going in between acts.

In true showbiz style, Jodi left the party fashionably early by leaving the stage area near the end of the band's set and getting into a waiting jeep. She was joined soon after by Kian who jumped into the driver's seat and the pair were escorted from the park by gardai. Their swift departure was part of a detailed security operation to protect Westlife.

When they arrived at the buzzing venue, they were rushed into the artists' area. With no one allowed within 10ft of the their dressing room, only the lucky few like Jodi were given an Access All Areas pass. But the strict safety measures almost came undone when fans rushed the band's van as it made its way to the stage.

source - Mirror online
posted 9th September 2004
 

Blue bitter about Rat Pack CD

British boyband Blue have hit out at pop rivals Westlife, claiming they planned to record a rat pack-style album before the Irish group. The Mandy band recently revealed their intention to release an LP based on the hits of singing greats Frank Sinatra, Sammt Davis JR and Dean Martin ready for Christmas (04).

But Blue are upset - because they had the idea first. Singer Duncan James says, "We actually had an idea to do that album before Westlife." Blue are meanwhile rumoured to be splitting for good next year (05). Music mogul Louis Walsh revealed last week (ends 03SEP04), "I know for a fact Blue are going to break up.
"Lee will probably have a big solo career and the other three will probably end up as TV presenters."

source - contactmusic.com
posted -  7th September 2004

Brian Stole O2 From Westlife

When was the last time you saw a member of a Westlife crowd-surfing? Never? Well, Brian McFadden celebrated his newly found solo freedom at O2 in the Park with a bit of a mosh! There was a stark contrast both back and front stage at O2 in the Park on Saturday as all eyes and cameras were firmly pointed in Brian McFadden's direction while his former Westlife bandmates seemed to be left in his shade...

In fact the contrast didn't end there - Brian's new outlook, style, music and performance seemed to highlight Westlife's stagnation as an act and perhaps was a big wake-up call for the foursome to drop the matching outfits and cover songs and roughen up their image. Not that we are knocking Westlife - they are still a top drawer act, it was just seeing Brian leaping into the 100,000 strong crowd and then being carried out by security still singing his heart out that made us think that time may be up on Westlife's highly polished and choreographed image?

Maybe, maybe not - but it was a breath of fresh air out of the clear blue sky at O2 in the Park to see a former member of a boyband get up in front of tens of thousands of people and sing live while strumming a guitar... And it didn't stop there - backstage Brian's two adorable kids Molly and Lily Sue had all the attention as their busty mother Kerry Ferried them around dressed in sexy Cowboy hat and boots, and denim skirt.

But Westlife did raise a few eyebrows backstage but mainly they were due to Shane Filan's new side-parting hair style. Perhaps married life has prematurely aged the young heartthrob? Other things of note which occurred at the O2 concert (apart from the sunshine) was Brain happily hanging out with his former Westlife chums and Sarah Harding from Girls Aloud hobbling around with her foot tightly bandaged.

source -showbizireland.com
posted - 7th September 2004
 

McFadden: It's the end for boybands 

Former Westlife star Brian McFadden is convinced boybands are a dying breed - because the music-buying public are no longer interested in watching groups "dancing around". The Irish singer - whose debut solo single Real To Me was released yesterday (06SEP04) - believes guitar-driven pop bands like Busted and McFly have stolen the limelight once dominated by hunky, choreographed all-male outfits. And he has warned aspiring boybands to change tact if they hope to score chart success.

He says, "A band like (new British all-boy group) V just run around the stage in luminous tops and spiky hair. It's already been done.

"Boybands dancing around isn't going to work ever again. Busted and McFly are what the kids seem to love. They're so big at the moment because they're new and are very good."


scan credit - Mizz
source - contactmusic.com
posted - 7th September 2004
 

Here’s slimline Brian McFadden in a T-shirt that pokes fun at his McFat-tum days. Bri, now a solo artist, was snapped sporting the bright yellow number at the Dublin O2 Party In The Park.

Since quitting Westlife in March he has shed 3st — on a burger-free diet, no doubt. He looks fab, but what on earth is going on with former bandmate Shane Filan. That greased-down haircut has been out of fashion since George Formby played the Accrington Miners’ Institute in 1946. Sort it out.

source - Sun newspaper  
scan credit - mizz
posted 6th September 2004

Westlife's chart competition

Single releases in week of Westlife single - Moonriver.1st November.

Avril Lavigne - Nobody's Home
The Black Eyed Peas - Don't Mess With My Heart
Jennifer Lopez - TBA
S Club 8 - Involved
Tiësto feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw - Walking On Clouds
U2 - Vertigo
Westlife - Moon River

source - offic. boards
posted - 6th September 2004
 

Westlife have shat all over everything else in the first-ever Official UK Download Chart, which pretends to be an accurate representation of what people are downloading, with a new version of 'Flying Without Wings'.

Obviously 'Flying Without Wings' isn't as good as 'My Love', or 'Fool Again', or the still-hilarious Casio version of 'I Have A Dream'. And, as has previously been established here on Popjustice, nothing can touch 'When You're Looking Like That'. Yet 'Flying Without Wings' is one of the defining songs of the modern boyband era, and it is the best song in the Download Top 20, from an act whose core so-called 'demographic' haven't even really taken to the legal download services monitored by the chart. So in a funny way pop justice has sort of been done, even if it's thanks to Fucking Westlife.

No doubt there are fools crying into their digital cornflakes this morning, moaning that Westlife and Blazin' Squad have taken the top two positions in the new chart. Awful, isn't it? It's almost as if both those acts offered their fans something new, different and exciting while almost everyone else just floated out the same old shit you can get for free off Kazaa. Damn those marketing people with their 'ideas'. Damn them all to hell!

source - popjustice.com
posted 3rd September 2004
 

O2 in the Park to bring Dublin €11.5m

Ireland's biggest free concert, O2 in the Park, has been estimated to generate over €11.5m for Dublin. The concert is on September 4 in the Phoenix Park.
The €11.5m figure was calculated by the Dublin Chamber of Commerce and is based on a breakdown of food/drink consumption estimated at €4.7m, accommodation at €2.65m and shopping at €2m.

The stage for O2 in the Park is one of the largest ever erected for a music event in Ireland. More than 500 crew, 20,000 feet of cable, 20 articulated lorries and three miles of fencing will be used to construct the stage and prepare the site.

O2 in the Park will see more than 30 performers taking to the stage. More than 80,000 music fans attended the event last year, prompting organisers to make 100,000 free tickets available to meet demand for this year's event.

Playing the O2 stage on September 4 are Westlife, Blue, Girls Aloud, Brian McFadden, The 411, George Murphy, Mickey Harte, Aslan, Picture House and more.

credit - site for sore eyes
source - breakingnews.iol.ie
posted - 3 September 2004

There's celebrations going on in the Westlife camp at the moment, as the boys have become the first act to top a brand new chart, which is based entirely on internet downloads.

The chart tots up downloads from the official pay-for-music sites available in the UK - iTunes, Napster, OD2, Metacharge, 7 Digital Media and Playlouder. This means that any song from the entire history of music is eligible for a chart position, providing it's available over a modem.

And who has the honour of getting the first No.1 song in this brand new chart - and therefore the most popular downloadable song in the history of music? It's Westlife, whose 'Flying Without Wings' shot straight to the top, closely followed by Blazin Squad's 'Blazin Day' and Maroon 5's 'She Will Be Loved'.

An eager Kian told the Sun: "We're all really happy to have the first ever No.1 on this historic chart."

source - TOTP's site
posted - 3rd September 2004

Shane's got a good Filan

 Move over Mariah Carey, the Westlife boys have found a new girl to collaborate with on their forthcoming album. Singer Shane Filan tells us the lucky lass, Joanne Hindley from Bolton, was chosen from thousands of hopefuls who auditioned to record a song with them on their new Rat Pack-inspired collection.

Amazingly the Northern songbird, who was recording with the boys this week, was chosen over us and our gobsmacking rendition of Uptown Girl - a performance that had the boys in tears... of laughter, unfortunately.

"She has a brilliant voice," reveals 25-year-old Shane. "Simon Cowell helped us choose, so you know she's gonna be good. We only broke the news to her on Tuesday. We surprised her in the supermarket in Bolton with her mum."

source -  www.mirror.co.uk
posted -  3rd September 2004
 

WESTLIFE'S Nicky Byrne has scoffed at rumours that bandmate Bryan McFadden could be writing a tell-all book about his life in the million-selling Irish group.

McFadden quit the band last month to spend more time with wife Kerry and children, Molly, three, and Lily, one. Nicky said: 'There's no bitteness between Bryan and us and I can't see him writing a tell-all book.'


source www.dailyrecord.co.uk
posted 2nd September

West Are Best

WESTLIFE topped the UK’s first official download chart last night with Flying Without Wings, the track most bought from the Internet in the last week. KIAN EGAN said: “We’re all really happy to have the first ever No1 on this historic chart.”

They were followed by BLAZIN’ SQUAD’s Blazin’ Day at No2 and Los Angeles band MAROON 5’s She Will Be Loved at No3. Maroon 5 had three tracks in the Top 20 which will be out every week. Catch the new chart every Wednesday during SCOTT MILLS’ Radio 1 show.

source - the sun newspaper
posted 2nd September 2004

		#1 'Flying Without Wings' - Westlife		BMG
2	(new)	'Blazin Day'	Blazin Squad	Warner
3	(new)	'She Will Be Loved'	Maroon 5	BMG
4	(new)	'Lola's Theme'	Shapeshifters	EMI
5	(new)	'American Idiot'	Green Day	Warner
6	(new)	'This Love'	Maroon 5	BMG
7	(new)	'Dry Your Eyes'	Streets	Warner
8	(new)	'Bedshaped'	Keane	Universal
9	(new)	'Laura'	Scissor Sisters	Universal
10	(new)	'Apocalypse Please'	Muse	Warner
11	(new)	'Sick and Tired'	Anastacia	Sony
12	(new)	'Dumb'	411	Sony
13	(new)	'Everybody's Changing'	Keane	Universal
14	(new)	'Left Outside Alone'	Anastacia	Sony
15	(new)	'My Happy Ending'	Avril Lavigne	BMG
16	(new)	'Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do'	Goldie Lookin' Chain	Warner
17	(new)	'Single'	Natasha Bedingfield	BMG
18	(new)	'Harder To Breathe'	Maroon 5	BMG
19	(new)	'Hey Ya'	Outkast	BMG
20	(new)	'Sunshine'	Twista	Warner

source - bbc radio 1
posted 1st September 2004

Celebs line up World Music Awards

The list of celebs expected at the highly-anticipated World Music Awards later this month is hotting up a treat. Performers at the bash include Alicia Keys, Usher, Avril Lavigne, hip-hop star Kanye West, Westlife, rockers Hoobastank and J.Lo's husband, latino star Marc Anthony.

The awards, presented annually, are based on artists' record sales. This year's event is on September 15 in Las Vegas - and naturally 3am will be there too. www.worldmusicawards.com

source - .mirror.co.uk
posted - 1st September 2004

Title of forthcoming album 'Allow us to be Frank'

source - sneak magazine
posted 1st September 2004
 

Download Chart starts up today

Today is massive in UK music, a day that will go down in recording history. No, it’s not the anniversary of Elvis’s death, the day Nirvana released Smells Like Teen Spirit and the Cheeky Girls haven’t been told to head back to Romania. September 1 marks the release of the first Official Download Chart — and it sounds the death knell of the Top 40.

From tonight this new chart will collate all the tracks downloaded on to PCs from the big three legal online sites — Napster, Apple iStore and OD2. The rules for the download chart are a little different to the official Top 40 singles chart put out by Radio 1 every Sunday. Any track ever recorded is eligible, it doesn’t have to have been released the previous week. So an obscure song by Bruce Springsteen could as easily get top spot as a new single by Brian McFadden.

Even so, it is Brian’s old band Westlife who look like getting the first No1, with a re-release of Flying Without Wings. Muse, The Streets and Blazin’ Squad are in the running too. Pundits reckon downloaded music will mean the end of record shops in a few years. I’ll bring you the new chart tomorrow.

source - thesun.co.uk
posted - 1 September 2004

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