WESTLIFE
KIAN EGAN
WESTLIFE
I remember the first time I walked on stage, I was four and recited a poem called Vespers, at the Silver Swan Hotel In Sligo. Who ever would have thought it would bring me to where I am today. I hold my parents Kevin and Patricia responsible, they put me into everything from music lessons to acting lessons and encourage me in everything I did. They bought me my first guitar and kept faith in my music and I will always be grateful for that, I love ya.
Thank you to my brothers Gavin, Tom and Colm and my sisters Vivienne, Fenella and Marielle for putting up with the noise from all the different instruments coming from my room every night. Graham Kieghron, thank you very much for being so understanding and remaining such a true friend. Paul Keavney, thanks for being there. I hope our friendship will remain the same. To all my nutter friends in Sligo for all the great nights out we have had and for putting up with us 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
Louis Walsh and Ronan Keating, you taught me everything I know and believed in us from the start and made us what we are today. To the 'Prince Of Pop' Simon Cowell, the man who signed and helped our music sound so amazing, you're such a smash Simon. Shane, Nicky, Mark and Bryan, what can I say lads, we've done what we've always dreamt of and I couldn't have done that without you, I love you lads. To all the people in my hometown Sligo, thank you for all your love and support right from the start.
Finally, to you the person who is reading this I hope you enjoy the album, there's loads more to come. If I've forgotten you, have a look in the Westlife Thank You's, if you're not there I'll get ya next time.
Lots of love Kian
COAST TO COAST
I'm sitting here in my hotel room and I cannot believe I'm writing thank you's for our second album already. It's all happened so fast and my dreams have exceeded any expectations I ever had. There are a lot of people out there who have made this happen and all I can say is thank you.
To all my family, Mum, Dad, Gavin, Tom, Colm, Vivienne, Fenella, Marielle and my grandmother Rose - thank you for loving me and supporting me through all the years, love ya. All my friends Paul and Melissa, Graham and Graham, Keith and Carol, Rory and Nicola, Jason and Kira, Gareth and everybody and Special K love ya. Our manager and good friend Louis Walsh, thank you for your guidance and all the laughs! Anto, our second Daddy, thanks for being there through thick and thin. Paul-big-boy, cheer's buddy, but brace yourself, things are only getting started!
To Andrew Berkowitz, for all your inspiration. To Richard Griffith, Simon Cowell and all at BMG Records worldwide - thank you. Thank you to all our producers and songwriters at Rockstone and Cherion and Mothership - you have made your studios hit factories and I'm proud to be a part of them. Thanks Ben Mohapi and Dave Thomas - we don't scrub up too bad do we?! To all the magazines, TV shows and radio worldwide thank you for your support.
To Bryan, Mark, Nicky and Shane, my second set of bros - we've had our ups and downs, but look at what we've done. Thanks and I love you loads. And finally to the fans: I hope you enjoy this album as much as the first, as it's really your album. None of this would be possible without you. There are so many people that have been a part of making Westlife possible, it makes writing this hard. I'm sorry if your name isn't here, look to the Westlife thank you's and if you are not there you know who you are and thank you.
Love you loads,
Kian x
WORLD OF OUR OWN
October 4th 2001 - I am sitting in a hotel room in France writing the thank you's for album 3 already. What can I say, the past three years of my life has been more than I would have ever expected, I just hope the next years will be just as good. There are so many people that have made this possible so here I go:
Firstly my family - Mum and Dad - Vivienne - Gavin - Fenella - Tom - Marielle and Colm. I love you all very much, thank you for understanding me + keeping my feet on the ground. My manager, dear friend, Louis Walsh, Louis you're the real star, love ya loads and I am looking forward to working with you for many more years. Simon Cowell - the best politician in the music biz, thank you for all your hard work and making this our best album yet - I hope we can make many more just as good.
To all my friends - Jess, Graham, Paul, Jason, Keith, Rory and Gaz - thank you for being great friends - Love Ya All. To all our record company worldwide, thanks for all your hard work and faith in Westlife. A special thanks to Richard Griffith (we'll miss ya boss), Thomas Stein, Hasse Beitholz and Spanner - thank you for all your hard work and looking forward to a very successful future together.
To Sonny Takhar - thanks for being a good friend - Dave Shack (Go On Leeds), Heather Metcalfe (watch out Pet Rescue - she's coming), Sharon 'babes' Tobutt, Neil Reading, JJ, Julie Gray, Jacqui Quaife - thank you all. To all the nutcases who gave up a lot of their lives to come on the road with us. Anto - thanks for your constant hard work and love. Paul for keeping me safe and taking all them kidney punches. Ben - our very own dear philosopher, thanks man, but remember we link wings because we got style and I think Grubby might be joining us!! Dave T + Dave H thanks for making us look good. To Priscilla and Paula, thank you for finally getting us up off our stools and for all your hard work.
All our crew, dancers, musicians on our world tour 2001 thanks guys (especially Fran - thanks for all your hard work) - we miss you loads - can't wait for more madness in 2002. To my second family of brothers - Shane, Nicky, Mark, Bryan - look at the madness we caused all over the world - the nights out - concerts - the laughs - the fights and the tears - thank you for all - Love Ya. The most important people of all - the fans. You make it all possible - you have made my dreams come true. I hope we have brought happiness to your lives and hope to bring you more. See you on our world tour 2002.
Lastly I would like to dedicate this album to my grandmother - Rose Egan. If there is anyone I forgot, look at the group thank you's and if you are not there I am sorry and thank you.
Love You All Loads, Kian.
UNBREAKABLE
The Greatest Hits so far. Well who would have thought we would be releasing a Greatest Hits album so soon. The past 3-5 years have been absolutely amazing and we have totally exceeded our dreams. But it wasn't just down to us, it took a lot of people to put Westlife where we are today.
To all the fans I would just like to say obviously we would be nothing without you. Thank you so much for your love and dedication. Don't worry there's loads more to come. To my family I love you and thank you for keeping my feet on the ground. To Jess thank you so much for your love and support, love you. To all my friends thanks for all the mad nights out and for being there for me.
To all at RCA, Hasse, Ged, Simon, Sonny, Jacqui, Julie, Shacky, Lorraine, Sarah Vaughan, Sophie, Nikki, Dan and BMG Worldwide thank you for all your hard work. To all the Westlife team Anto, Paul, Ben, Dave, Adam, Tamara - thanks for keeping us alive on the road and working like crazy. To John Giddings. Steve Levitt and all the touring crew - thanks for all your hard work.
To all our songwriters and producers Steve Mac and Wayne Hector, Per, David and Jörgen and everyone else who we have worked with - thanks for all the great songs. To Alan McEvoy and everyone at Live Wire - thank you for all the hours and hard work you have put in to us. To our Manager and good friend Louis Walsh we never thought we'd get this far but you did - thanks for believing in us and making our dreams come true. And lastly to Shane, Nicky, Mark and Bryan thank you for everything lets keep the flag flying high. Love you guys. To anybody I have forgotten I am sorry and I thank you.
Take care love you all, Kian
TURNAROUND
Well what an amazing journey. Album 5 and it's still not over. I never thought I'd be sitting here over five years with such an amazing story to tell. We all know it's not just the people in Westlife that make it all happen. I'd like to start off by thanking my family - Mum, Dad, Viviane, Gavin, Fenella, Tom, Marielle and Colm. Thank you for making me the person that i am and loving me the way you do. To all my extended family, thank you.
To all my friends esp. Jason and Ciara. To my fantastic girlfriend Jodi. I love you and thank you for being there for me. And now for the people behind the scenes. Firstly Louis for your constant belief and faith in us - thank you so much. Jake Vs more than 2 hands full for being such a pro and keeping our mad lives together. To all at our Record Company - Simon, Sonna, Dan, Sophie, Julie, Sarah, Jacqui, Annette, Tony, Nikki, Shacky, Roger and Tim and all at BMG around the world. Thank you for working so hard and believing in us from the very start.
To our team - Ben Jo Happi, William the puff Bakker xx, Alan, Frank, Adam and Chloe - thanks for making us look so good all of the time. Our security - Dave Last, Gregg and Elliot, thank you for keeping us safe. Paul Higgins - thanks for all the years of love and dedication you gave us. Alan McEvoy and all at Livewire. Rob and Steve for driving us. To Steve Levitt and all our touring crew. You have made touring the most enjoyable part of it for me and I look forward to the next one!
To all our songwriters and producers, esp. Steve Mac and Wayne Hector. It's a great album and it would be nothing without you. All at Rokstone, Chris, Dan and Annette - thanks. To the boys -Shane, Mark, Nicky and Bryan. Thank you for the laughs, tears, great nights out and great friendship, I love you. And lastly the fans for making my life better than I ever expected. I have lived the dream that I always wanted and you're the reason it's happened. I love you all and remember to live life to the max.
FACE TO FACE
It is hard to believe we are on our seventh album. that is something that I never thought would happen to Westlife. when we first started I thought if we were lucky we might get to a forth or fifth album but here we are on No.7 We all know Westlife wouldn't be here without all the people that have worked so hard over the years and still do so today. So I would like to start by thanking our record company Synco/Sony BMG - Simon Cowell, sonny Takhar, Dan Parker, Jaquie Quaife, Dave Shack, Annette Milar, Nigel Hall, Siobhan Greene, Ben Karter, Sarah Vaughan, Nikki Watkins, Nick Bray,Roma Martyniuk, Mike O'Keefe, Jon Davis, Dan Ayers, Rob Stringer our chairman and Ged Doherty our MD and all at Sony BMG worldwide.
Our manager Louis Walsh, who believes in us so much, it's UNBELIEVABLE, We love you Louis. Our personal team: Dave Last, Caroline Dulin, Ben Cooke, Faye Sawyer, John Long, Michelle Hillier and Jake Duncan. Also everyone who has worked with us over the years. A special thankyou to Jeff Thacker. All at our outside organisation: Alan Edwards, Stuart Bell, James Davies and David Reiss. Our touring crew, especially Steve Levitt and all that work very hard to get us on stage every night. Our agent John Giddings, Caroline and Dennis at MCD and all at Aiken productions. Rachel Wood at Freedom Media. A big thankyou to all at Livewire: Ala, Liam James and Brenda. Richard Bray at Bray and Krais. Our drivers Brian and Terry.
To all my family, I love you. Thank you so much. To my baby, Jodi, you are my rock. I love you. To my three compadres: Shane Mark and Nicky. I couldn't have asked for better bandmates. Thank you. I love ye!
And last but not least our fans that have given us all that we have.
We
love you all. Thankyou!
Kian