Dotmusic Chat
Welcome to the dotmusic chat with Westlife
dotmusic: Okay, we're just about to start the chat - sorry for the slight delay...
fen_fen from indonesia asks: hello westlife!! how was your St. Patrick's Day?
Shane: Very good. we weren't in Ireland, we did Blue Peter and it was good fun and we had a
couple of fizzy pops in the evening
Karen from Singapore asks: Some of us older fans (30+) usually get insulted when we say
we are Westlife fans, what do you think of that?
Shane: We don't mind. Some people don't like it when you're older and you're into our music
but that's nothing to do with us. It's all about the music.
Iris from SP asks: What was the worst joke that you've played on each other? and Who
started it?(hi shane!)
Shane: Our tour manager had a new Rolex and we took it off his wrist while he was asleep on
the plane.
Michelle from Singapore asks: Which video have you enjoyed filming the most so far?
Bryan: We spent three days filming 'If I Let You Go' in the sun in Teneriffe. Three days work
and three days working on the tan - it was great.
shaida from england/hull asks: did you all wear contact lenses in flying without wings vid?
Bryan: Nobody did it was just the lighting. None of us wore contacts
Ashlie-Jayne from London asks: Is Ronan as serious as he's made out to be?
Bryan: No he 's actually a very fun guy. He comes across serious but he's a nice guy - a
good laugh.
Tina from Hong Kong asks: in your last Asian tour,which country's fans you think is the most
crazist?
Bryan: Indonesia - they were all crazy, but in Indonesia they were all crazy
Daphne from Holland asks: When was the first time you realized you were a popstar?
Bryan: I don't think we've ever felt like that. We don't think like that, we're just normal guys
doing jobs.
Joanna May from Cumbria, UK asks: What would be your idea of a perfect day off?
Bryan: Easy - sitting at home in my house in Ireland - that's the best day off you can get.
Can't remember the last time.
Sandra from Sweden asks: What happened when the lightning hit your plane? Were you
scared?
Bryan: Yes very sacred. We thought we were going to crash.
Louise Anderson from Denmark asks: Do you have a favorite country, to perform in?
Bryan: Ireland our home country - it's great to perform there. Outside Ireland? It would be
Northern Ireland.
Ashlie-Jayne from London asks: Do you keep everything fans send you?
Bryan: Most stuff yeah. Sometimes we can't fit it on the plane because we've got so much
baggage but we try to keep as much as we can.
Ashlie-Jayne from London asks: What do you dream about?
Bryan: Dream? Being bigger than the Beatles. We're not there yet though.
Tenna from Denmark asks: How do you decide who is going to sing what part of a song,
and who gets to sing lead vocals?
Bryan: It's left up to the songwriter or the producer. We never have arguments about it -
whoever is picked is picked.
Angelique from New Zealand asks: what's the most foolish thing you have done to make a
girl like you(NOT THAT YOU NEED IT!! :)
Bryan: Don't know. I can't think of anything.
Pamela from Sweden asks: Hi Westlife....how are you....Is it right that you don´t can get
married before your 21 birthday??
Bryan: No. That's definitely not true. Just a myth.
Lisa from Sweden asks: What do you think about 5ive?! I've heard that you hate them.
Kian: Hello Sweden. We don't hate them at all. It was a story in the press but it was all
untrue. It was blown up. We know them quite well and we like what they do.
thomas dunning from chicago, illinois usa asks: Did you have a good time at the G.A.Y
Astoria gig? I wish I coulda been there, but alas I'm on the other side of the planet.
Kian: Yes we did it was fantastic. The audience received us very well and we look forward to
doing it again. Very loud audience.
cinderella from findland asks: Have you ever had a crush on a fan??
Kian: Yes I have. Quite a few actually. There's fans that we meet and they've very nice
people. 70% of them I would have no problem taking them out on a date. I have dated a fan
before.
Katelyn from Barrington, Rhode Island,U.S.A. asks: Kian- what song do you enjoy singing
live?
Kian: 'Can't Lose What You Never Had' - I sing bass on the tracks and the bass is very
prominent on that song. It's really funky for me to sing.
samantha from malaysia asks: kian, what is ur fav rock band/
Kian: Metallica and Bon Jovi and Guns N Roses - hello Malaysia we're coming there in four
weeks to do a tour and we're really looking forward to that.
Christine from Denmark asks: What is the most embarrassing thing you´ve ever done on
stage?
Kian: When I was 15 I recited a comedy poem and I knew it but I'd forgotten it. I wrote it out
and half way through the poem I needed the piece of paper and started reading it and then
got stuck and took over a minute to find my place in the poem.
Maya from Slovenia asks: What are the 3 things u'd take on a deserted island?
Kian: Umm. Food, mobile phone if it worked, and music - my entire CD collection. I've got 60
on me all the time
Nina, Helle, Challe from Sweden asks: How are you going to celebrate your birthdays?
Kian: We're going to be in America at the time so me and Bryan will have a joint party -
hopefully we'll be in LA - always a great night.
jeanette from norway asks: do someone in westlife smoke??
Kian: No. Not at the minute - one of the boys did a year ago but he's given up and I'm not
saying who it was. You can't smoke with what we do it would destroy your voice. Thanks for
everyone for hanging on, sorry we couldn't answer all the questions we'll see you all soon and we
love you all.
dotmusic: The boys have got to rush off now. Thanks for all your questions. Hope you
enjoyed it.
Thanks for all your questions, but our time is up. Thanks to Westlife for answering them.
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