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Live&Kicking
April 2000, issue 79
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WESTLIFE
CONQUER THE WORLD
From
Torbay to Timbuctu, Westlife have got the whole world in their hands!
What’s
the bazzer place you’ve been to?
SHANE:
I loved Sydney in Australia and I got to see the ‘Home & Away’ set while
we were over there too, which was really cool!
NICKY:
I’d say Australia too, but I couldn’t live there ‘cause it’s too far
away from home for me.
Have
you had any scary moments on planes?
MARK:
Oh yeah! We were on our way to Australia, I think, and half way through our
journey a big bolt of lightning hit the wing. It was like bus driving into the
side. Everyone jumped up out their sits! It was so scary ‘cause we were thrown
all over the place but then it was fine. I’m sure plains are built to
withstand that kind of thing.
Have
you ever flown on Concord?
No
we haven’t actually. It’s something I’m dying to do though, but it’s
very expensive you know?! I don’t think the record company will put their
hands in their pockets for that ‘cause it’s about two and a half thousands
quid for a return to New York - I think!
Where
were you when you’ve been the most homesick?
BRYAN:
Asia.
NICKY:
Yeah it’d have to be.
BRYAN:
Everything was different. The food, people, grass, trees... it even smells
different.
NICKY:
Even Bryan was different when we went there! Ha ha! We were there for about four
weeks and it was too far away.
Which
country did you like the least?
KIAN:
Poland, I think ‘cause it’s grim and actually quite dull. Nobody seems very
happy there and they get hardly any sunlight - that’s probably why.
What’s
the best cure for jet lag?
BRYAN:
Sleep and lots of it!
SHANE:
See I reckon you should carry on working through the day and then catch up that
night... Ha ha! Lucozade’s pretty good as well!
NICKY:
Or good looking air hostesses, eh Bryan?!
BRYAN:
(looking bashful) Oh I always flirt with air hostesses! I’m not the mile high
club though!
Can
you speak any other languages?
NICKY:
I learnet French in school, but all I can remember now is my name, how many
brothers I’ve got and that I’m 12 years old or something! So, erm, no!
Are
you comfortable with being sex symbols around the world?
BRYAN:
Ha ha ha! I might see Shane, Kian, Nicky and Mark as sex symbols, but never me!
You have to be good-looking to be a sex symbol!
KIAN:
I’m not one, but if I was I’d be delighted!
Does
it ever scare you that you’re getting so big?
NICKY:
I think we’re the same size as we always were!
BRYAN:
But, I’m definetely getting bigger! Ha ha!
What’s
been your scariest ever fan experience?
SHANE:
A girl pulled my tracksuit bottoms off once! I was just standing there in my
boxer shorts in the middle of Dublin! Luckily I was wearing nice Calvin Kleins!
Ha ha!
BRYAN:
In Indonesia, we came back to the hotel and there were fans in our room...
NICKY:
The security guards were thumping the walls, shouting at everyone to get out!
Then the girls starting crying and we were trying to calm them down.
Have
you ever said, ‘Do you know who I am?’
KIAN:
No and I never would! Never! I’m Kian - not anybody special and if people know
who I am then they know. The only way I’d say things like that is ‘Hello,
I’m Kian from Westlife. Is it OK if I come in?’ I might say that sort of
things, but I’d never be pushy.
It
is weird being so in demand with everyone wanting a piece of you?
NICKY:
If fans speak English it’s fine ‘cause you can calm them down if everything
gets a bit hectic. In some countries though - Indonesia and places - it’s more
run for your life! You just have to get out of there as quickly as possible!
BRYAN:
I remember we did a book signing and thousands of people turned up. We left the
back entrance and there was like a mob of about 400 girls just sprinting towards
us! We had to jump over the whole into a police van! That was something I dreamt
about as a kid. Ha ha ha!