Westlife

I love Westlife more than you do, and less than my sister does (this is a real talk). So, I'm going to talk bout Westlife now. Oh, beforehand, go follow @Westlife_Quotes on Twitter (http://twitter.com/Westlife_Quotes), it belongs to my sister. So, here I go.

 (from left to right: Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne, Shane Filan)

An Irish boy band, formed on July 3rd, 1998. Westlife used to have 5 members, before Bryan McFadden decided to take solo career path on 2004. They were originally signed by Simon Cowell and are currently managed by Louis Walsh.

(left to right: Bryan McFadden, Nicky Byrne, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, Kian Egan)

Successfully created 11 albums till now, Westlife has become well-known worldwide with millions of fans from all over the globe. 

They garnered 14 number one singles in the United Kingdom, the third-highest in UK history, tying with Cliff Richard and trailing behind only Elvis Presley and The Beatles. The group has also broken a few top records, including "Music artist with most consecutive number 1's in the UK". It was officially announced by the Official Charts Company that they are the "2nd biggest selling artist" (trailing behind Robbie Williams) and "Biggest selling band of the decade" (beating Coldplay) in UK with 11 million album sales.

Yeah, how cool is that! They're also named as the fourth most hard-working music artist in UK by PRS in 2010.

Members:

Nicky Byrne

Nicholas Bernard James Adam Byrne, was born in Dublin, October 9th, 1978, the oldest member of Westlife. He used to be a professional football player, and also wrote some of Westlife's songs. Byrne is also currently one of the board of directors of Clikthrough, a video interactive site.

Byrne presented several editions of the Celebrity Sunday programme on RTÉ 2fm in 2010. Listeners tuned in from as far and wide as Mexico, Chile, England, Scotland, Philippines and Indonesia. The fourth and final edition of the programme, broadcast on February 14, 2010, was a top-ten international trend on Twitter.

He was married to Georgina Ahern, on 5 August 2003, and Georgina gave birth to fraternal twin sons, named Jay and Rocco, on 20 April 2007. 

Shane Filan

Shane Steven Filan was born on July 5th, 1979, and grew up in Sligo, Ireland. One of the lead vocal of Westlife, he went to the same school with the other two members, Kian Egan and Mark Feehily, and got into a band called I.O.U. He co-write few songs for Westlife.

In the week beginning 26 April 2010, an unreleased solo song by Filan called "Beautiful In White" leaked onto the Internet, but it was credited as being recorded by Shayne Ward instead of Filan. He also participated and won with a team on Soccer Aid 2010.

Married to Gillian on Sunday December 28, 2003 and was gifted with 3 children; Nicole Rose (23 July 2005), Patrick Michael (September 15, 2008) and Shane Peter Filan (22 January 2010).

Kian Egan

Kian John Francis Egan, was born in Sligo, Ireland, on April 29th, 1980. A singer and a song writer, Kian is also gifted with talents in playing musical instruments, such as Drums, Piano and Guitar. Egan has 3 brothers and 3 sisters, he's the 5th of the 7.

Egan married the actress and singer, Jodi Albert, on 8 May 2009. Ironically, his dad failed to attend his wedding, as being diagnosed with brain tumor and died not long after.

Mark Feehily

Markus Michael Patrick Feehily, born 28 May 1980 in Sligo, Ireland. Lead vocal of Westlife. Beside becoming the co-writer, Feehily also sung completely solo on some Westlife songs.

The youngest of Westlife, yet the oldest brother for his two little brothers. He admitted that he's in a relationship with Kevin McDaid, since January 2005. Mark and Kevin got engaged on 28 January 2010 and Feehily confirmed the news via Twitter.

Ex-Member:

Bryan Mcfadden

Bryan Nicholas Mcfadden, born in Dublin, Ireland, on April 12th, 1980. Ex-member of Westlife, he used to be one of the lead vocal. He put his interest in singing, dancing and football, and has the ability to play Piano and Guitar. He is now a judge on Australia's Got Talent.

After departed from Westlife in 2004, he created a solo album "Irish Son" and got on some charts, along with his second solo album "Set in Stone" in 2008, and on 2010, Mcfadden released a single "Just Say So", featuring American rapper Kevin Rudolf.

McFadden married former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona on 5 January 2002 and have two daughters: Molly Marie McFadden (born 31 August 2001) and Lilly-Sue McFadden (born 3 February 2003). They divorced in December 2006. McFadden began dating Australian singer and actress Delta Goodrem and on 29 November 2007, McFadden announced his engagement to Goodrem.
 

Discography:

 Westlife (1999)

Coast to Coast (2000)

 World of Our Own (2001)

Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (2002) 

 Turnaround (2003)

 Allow Us to be Frank (2004)

 Face to Face (2005)

 The Love Album (2006)

 Back Home (2007)

Where We Are (2009)

Gravity (2010) 

Visit Westlife's official website:

http://www.westlife.com 

Thanks for reading :) 

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlife
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Byrne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Filan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kian_Egan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Feehily
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_McFadden


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Valentine's Day Preparation

So, yeah, Valentine's coming, I'm trying to help you guys get prepared. Some simple Chocolate Fudge, or just cards, I compiled it here for you! Enjoy!

Easy Chocolate Fudge Recipes

Grease and line with non-stick baking paper either a 20cm x 20cm (8” x 8”) cake pan or a 25cm x 10cm (10” x 4”) bar tin.

Make sure you take the paper up above the top of the bar tin – this will help you pull it out of the bar tin when the chocolate fudge has set.

Ingredients:
500g milk chocolate or dark chocolate, chopped
1 can of condensed milk – approximately 400g
30g unsalted butter, chopped

Method:
1. Place all the ingredients in a medium sized microwave safe bowl.
2. Microwave on high for 30 seconds. Remove and stir well.
3. Return and microwave for 30 seconds. Remove and stir well.
4. Return and microwave for 30 seconds. Remove and stir well until completely blended.
5. This is the point at which you add any nuts or flavourings. Keep reading for suggestions.
6. Quickly transfer the chocolate fudge to your cake pan that has been lined with baking paper. Press down to give a level top.
7. Set in the fridge for two hours.
8. Remove and slice as you like. The fudge does need to be kept in cool conditions.

If you want to make fudge with nuts then all you need to do is stir through 1 cup of chopped nuts just before pressing into the cake pan. You can also press extra chopped nuts into the top of the fudge before placing into the fridge – this looks great and lets everyone instantly know what type of chocolate fudge they are about to enjoy.

In the photos you can see milk chocolate fudge with walnuts and dark chocolate fudge with macadamias. You can use what ever nuts are your favorite.

Other ideas include adding peppermint oil to a dark chocolate fudge recipe. Start with 1-2 teaspoons and stir through. The quickest way to discover other fudge flavors is to head to my chocolate truffle flavors page. Here I show you ideas for chili, orange, fig, cherry, hazelnut and many, many more. All these ideas can be applied to this chocolate fudge recipe.

If you make the fudge in the 20cm x 20cm cake pan this makes the perfect thickness for cutting out shapes. You could press out chocolate fudge hearts for your valentine and you then get to eat all the left-over bits!

Oh! and if you have found this recipe because you are looking for ideas for this chocolate valentines then guess what? I have put a growing collection of recipes together just for you! Valentine Day Chocolate Recipes click here.

And here, I'll put some pictures of handmade Valentine's cards. Maybe you can get some idea. Take a look.

Guess that's for now. Thanks for reading! Have a great Valentine!

Sources:
http://www.inspired-by-chocolate-and-cakes.com/chocolate-fudge-recipes.html
http://www.inspired-by-chocolate-and-cakes.com/truffle-flavours.html
http://www.inspired-by-chocolate-and-cakes.com/valentine-day-chocolate.html

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