Shane Filan
| Shane Filan | |
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 Shane Filan at The Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2009 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Shane Steven Filan |
| Born | July 5, 1979 |
| Origin | Sligo, Ireland |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Labels | SonyBMG UK/Ireland |
| Associated acts | Westlife |
Shane Steven Filan (born July 5, 1979) is one of the lead singers in the Irish pop band Westlife. Filan is one of the five original Westlife members, along with other current members Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Nicky Byrne and former member Brian McFadden.
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Filan was born on July 5, 1979 to Peter and Mae Filan, and grew up in
Sligo, a busy commercial town in the northwest of Ireland. The youngest
of seven children, he has three brothers and three sisters: Finbarr,
Peter Jr, Yvonne, Liam, Denise and Mairead. His parents owned a diner in
Sligo named Carlton Caf'e located on Castle Street and Shane used to work there as a waiter from a very early age.
Filan attended Summerhill College, a Catholic school, with Kian Egan and Mark Feehily. All three of them participated in a school production of Grease when they were about 12. The Hawkswell Theatre became a significant part of their careers. Filan was a fan of Michael Jackson as a child, and claimed the singer inspired him to pursue a career in music.
[Musical career
Main article: Westlife
Before Westlife, Egan and Feehily were with Filan in a band known as
I.O.U. with other Sligonians Derrick Lacey, Graham Keighron and Michael
"Miggles" Garrett. He partly wrote the IOYOU's song Together Girl Forever. For 6 months, Shane's mum, Mae Filan, tried to phone Louis Walsh
(who is also the manager of Boyzone). Eventually, she was able to speak
to him and talked about her son's band. 3 of them were dropped and the
other 3, Shane, Kian and Mark, joined ventures to finding 2 more slots
for the band. Then they were joined by Nicky Byrne and Brian McFadden to
form Westside. The name of the band then changed to Westlife as there
were already a number of bands with the name Westside.
Filan, along with Mark Feehily, is the main lead singer (first voice)
in Westlife. Their first album was released in November, 1999, titled Westlife. With Westlife, Filan has received twenty-eight platinum discs and sold 40 million records worldwide
Filan has also co-written a few songs, along with the other band members, including:
- Fragile Heart
- Bop Bop Baby (Became a hit single and made it into #5 in U.K. singles charts)
- Don't Say It's Too Late
- I wanna grow old with you
- I'm missing loving you
- Singing Forever
- Where we belong
- Never knew I was losing you
- Love Crime
- How Does It Feel
- Crying Girl
- Reason For Living
- Miss You When I'm Dreaming
- A Little Part of Me / Little Part of Me / Extraordinary LoveA
- Love Ain't WarA
- This LifeA
- Closer
- Too Hard To Say Goodbye
- Last Mile of the way .
ASongs were found to be Filan's co-written songs. No other details whether it's for Westlife or not.
He has also written songs for other artists, (together with his former bandmate McFadden):
- Listen Girl sung by John Ostberg
- Let Me Be the One sung by Simon Casey (the song written by only Shane himself)
- Sei Parte Ormai Di Me sung by Il Divo
- The Music Won't Last / Music Won't Last by Jerry Given
In the week beginning 26 April 2010, an unreleased solo song by Filan
called "Beautiful In White" leaked onto the Internet, but it was
credited as being recorded by Shayne Ward
instead of Filan. Filan performed the song on 13 March 2010 at a
private wedding ceremony in Co. Kildare Ireland for Irish
multimillionaire Mark Walker's daughter.
He also participated and won with a team on Soccer Aid 2010. Following in the footsteps of his bandmate, Kian, Filan appeared as Walsh's guest judge in the groups category of The X Factor.
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