{"id":422462,"date":"2026-04-28T23:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/422462\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T23:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:47:09","slug":"the-late-late-show-makes-call-out-for-westlife-superfan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/422462\/","title":{"rendered":"The Late Late Show makes call-out for Westlife superfan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Westlife will be guests on this Friday’s Late Late Show and ahead of their appearance, the programme has launched a search for the band\u2019s biggest fan to take part in the show.<\/p>\n

In their announcement, the Late Late asks, “How well do you know Westlife?”<\/p>\n

“This Friday, we will be welcoming the band and we’re looking for Westlife’s biggest fan to take part in the show.<\/p>\n

\"Westlife\"<\/p>\n

“If you would like to be considered, please send us your best Westlife story, and some details about yourself, by Thursday, April 30th to thelatelateshow@rte.ie<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

The show adds that hopeful superfans must be over 18 and free to come to the RT\u00c9 Studios in Dublin this Friday night, 1 May.<\/p>\n

Westlife: from little world of their own to pop stardom<\/a><\/p>\n

Shane Filan, Nicky Byrne, and Kian Egan are due to play a record-breaking 13-night run at the 3Arena in Dublin this September and they recently released a new single, Your Love Amazes Me, from their upcoming album, 25 – The Ultimate Collection, which is released on the 8 of May.<\/p>\n

The band’s tour also includes a five dates in the SSE Arena, Belfast and shows across Europe.<\/p>\n

\"Nicky<\/p>\n

Their new song follows the release of Chariot, which was written by Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid and Will Reynolds, and co-written and produced by Steve Mac.<\/p>\n

Both tracks feature on 25 – The Ultimate Collection, a compilation of 21 of the band\u2019s songs including You Raise Me Up, Uptown Girl, and Flying Without Wings, alongside new material recorded by all four members, including Mark Feehily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Westlife will be guests on this Friday’s Late Late Show and ahead of their appearance, the programme has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-422462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}