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What it’s really like backstage at Oasis’s reunion shows

Exclusive: Sources compare jubilant atmosphere backstage to a ‘wedding’, with free-flowing booze and plenty of celebrity guests, ahead of the Gallagher brothers’ first London show since 2009. Roisin O’Connor reports

The Independent UK

Brian McFadden marries again

Brian McFadden and Danielle Parkinson have got married.

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John Reid dead: Nightcrawlers DJ dies 'suddenly' aged 61 as music stars pay tribute to 'incredible' talent

The DJ, producer and prolific songwriter rose to fame as the frontman of Nightcrawlers

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Westlife fans 'sobbing' as band member Mark Feehily skips anniversary shows amid severe health issues

The band are planning new music, an album, and ‘special shows’ to celebrate their 25th anniversary

Evening Standard

Westlife star missing from shows as band share ‘important news’

Pop group made a major announcement while also sharing an update on their bandmate’s ongoing absence

The Independent UK

Westlife announces 'special' 25th anniversary plans without Mark Feehily

World of Our Own hitmakers Westlife have announced plans for a new album and "special shows" to mark 25 years as a group, but bandmate Mark Feehily won't be able to take part.

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Vogue Williams knew she’d ‘made a mistake’ on the morning she married Brian McFadden

TV presenter said Westlife singer wasn’t ‘marriage material’

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Vogue Williams realised she was 'making a mistake' on day she married Brian McFadden

In her new book, Williams said the Westlife singer wasn’t ‘husband material’

Evening Standard

Brian McFadden says Louis Walsh came across ‘a bit bad’ in Boyzone documentary

McFadden found fame with boyband Westlife, which was managed by Walsh.

Evening Standard

‘If Jesus and Buddha had our work schedule, they’d have fallen out too’: boyband Five on bullying, Britney and their blockbuster return

After being fast-tracked to stardom, the bad boys of Y2K pop butted heads and burned out. They explain how they faced their demons for an arena-sized reunion – and why Simon Cowell was ‘a proper winker’

The Guardian - UK

Ronan Keating lashes out at ‘vicious’ Louis Walsh: ‘He made the wrong choices’

Explosive documentary, which features interviews with Keating, his ex-bandmates and former manager Walsh, charts the feuds and fallouts that transpired in one of the biggest boybands of the Nineties

The Independent UK

Qymira can't wait to perform on Boyzlife tour

Qymira has “goosebumps” at the thought of touring with supergroup Boyzlife in the UK and Ireland

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“Yes we can!”: How Barack Obama almost facilitated a Bob The Builder and Bruce Springsteen collab

Sadly, it was nixed for being ‘too political’

MusicRadar

How to watch 'Boybands Forever' online from anywhere

Part-exposé of record label mistreatment, part-nostalgia fest. Here's how to watch "Boybands Forever" online, on TV and from anywhere in the world.

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Boybands Forever on BBC Two review: lays bare the pressures on pop acts in what remains a very current cautionary tale

4/5 Many of the contributors still carry mental scars from their so-called glory days

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Five's Ritchie Neville on Boybands Forever: 'I wished fame had an off switch!'

Boybands Forever on BBC Two explores the highs and lows of life as a pop pin-up, something Five's Ritchie Neville knows only too well...

The Independent UK

The dark world of Nineties boybands: ‘They put a bucket by the stage so I could spew’

IN FOCUS: Screaming girls. Sudden riches. Your face on the cover of Smash Hits magazine. Life in a Nineties boyband sounds like a dream, but one survivor of the maelstrom likens it more to being in the military. Jessie Thompson goes behind the scenes of revealing new BBC documentary ‘Boybands…

The Guardian - UK

‘Almost like imprisonment’: the shocking truth about life for boybands in their ‘golden era’

Mobbed, groped, overworked, paid a pittance and given little time off … ahead of a major TV series about boybands, former members of 5ive and 911 reveal what success was really like for many

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Evening Standard

Boyzlife stars Brian McFadden and Keith Duffy share 'excitement' of playing America for the first time

EXCLUSIVE Despite their global success with Westlife and Boyzone, Brian McFadden and Keith Duffy never performed in the US

The Independent UK

Davina McCall thought her career was ‘over’ after ill-fated TV show

TV star was the subject of brutal reviews as she struggled in interviews with pop bands such as Girls Aloud and Westlife

The Independent UK

Keith Duffy of Boyzlife on getting back on tour: We know most of our fans so it’s a much more intimate show

Irish singers Brian McFadden and Keith Duffy talk about how the music industry has evolved over their careers ahead of going on tour.

MusicRadar

AI + Westlife: A vision of the future?

Be afraid, be very afraid...

The Independent UK

Jack Whitehall and girlfriend Roxy Horner reveal sweet name for baby daughter

Whitehall and his girlfriend, model Roxy Horner, welcomed their first child together in early September

The Independent UK

Brian McFadden and Kerry Katona’s daughter says her parents have put her off marriage

Lilly McFadden says marriage is ‘just a legal contract’

The Independent UK

Beloved 2000s Irish boy band Westlife set to embark on first-ever North American tour

The ‘00s Irish boy band-turned-pop group Westlife are set to embark on their first-ever run of North American tour dates in 2024, surrounding St. Patrick’s Day

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