One of the most anticipated dates on the music industry calendar was held on Friday night, for the 8th year running, orange carpet and all! The Meteor Awards were hosted at the RDS. where all of Irelands elite musicians gathered. Bands and Singers who attended were: The Blizzards, Republic of Loose, The Coronas, Aslan, Future Kings Of Spain, Duke Special, Westlife, Damien Rice, The Saw Doctors, Shayne Ward, Boyzone, to name but a few!Also in attendance were Glenda Gleeson, Sarah Morrissey, Pippa O’Connor, Keith Barry, Brian Dowling as well as Hollywood Actors Stuart Townsend and Charlize Theron With performances from Boyzone, Westlife, Shayne Ward, A duet from Sinead O’Connor and Republic Of Loose...First to take an award home on the night was Westlife winning ‘Best Irish Pop Act’. A lively Shane Filan said of the win “This is our 8th Meteor award in the 10 years of Westlife” When asked will they be recording another album anytime soon, Shane replied “When we finish this tour, coming up we will be taking a break for 6 - 7 months, and then we will be going back into the studio”. When Kian was asked when will his big day be, Shane said that Kian and Jodi Albert will be getting married during Westlife’s 6 - 7 month break. Shane said “They wont be getting married at home or Europe, ‘It will be somewhere tropical!” You could tell that the guys were very excited to win there 8th consecutive award, later back at the Press Conference the guys decided to play rock, paper,scissors!… Nicky was asked by a journalist for the Metro Newspaper, “Would You Buy Bertie a Digger?” and Nicky replied “Of course I would buy my father in law a digger.…What kind of f*****g question is that?!”
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