Westlife make and break pop records with each year that passes. Now on studio album number six, the band have survived a departure which world have finished many bands ( Bryan, er, sorry, Brian, McFadden left in March 2004) and gone on to produce a new LP and announce another massive tour for early 2005.

Westlife’s most recent LP Allow Us To Be Frank (Nov 04) is a collection of Rat Pack style covers. The first single from it, a cover of Nat King Cole’s Smile was only held off the top spot by Band Aid 20’s Do The Know It’s Christmas in December.