Stop the presses... Westlife are "taking a break" from standing up from the stools during a key change while sporting matchy matchy outfits. It is a very arduous job. And they have been doing it for over ten years. They knew it was time for a rest when Mark incurred a finger clicking related injury.
The man band is set to release a(nother) greatest hits album and new single Lighthouse (plugaluglug), but has decided to take a year or two out after that - so Nicky can puruse his TV career. Apparently he was in the running to host RTE's incarnation of The Voice (a role which went to Katherine Thomas), but they thought he was more suited to the role of one of the judges. You know, cause he's a in a man band. By all accounts, Nicky was gunning for the presenting job (even posting the rumour on his own website) as the judges have to sing live...
Of the proposed break., someone spilling to The Mirror said: "The boys are pretty knackered. They've been constantly working for the past decade and just want time to enjoy what they've made for themselves before coming back with a brand-new album. They're not splitting up - it's a break. The plan is to come back with full force after that."
No doubt with a fifteen night run in Croker, or at the very least a three month stint in the O2, complete with a four way harness, giant inflatable stools, and individual smoke machines strapped to their ankles, Jedward in GoGo cages, Louis Walsh in a rotating throne, and so on.
