Post by katrien on Apr 5, 2005 18:10:48 GMT 1
They're keeping a low profile
Ireland's supergroup Westlife have made their second trip to South African shores and this time round their concert is completely sold out in Durban.
Playing at only one venue when they were here in 2001, the group will be performing at four different venues.
Having landed at Durban International Airport yesterday, exhausted, the boys were faced with 17 interviews and seemed to take them all in stride ahead of their first performance of the tour here in Durban.
Staying at the luxurious Hilton Hotel, the band were either elusively hidden in their hotel rooms or secretly traipsing around Durban.
Either way, they were out of sight and the hotel staff were supposedly unaware of their whereabouts.
One could not blame the poor lads if they were fast asleep as they faced interviews in quick succession soon after they landed.
Sources say that the group are usually party animals, yet all seemed quiet at the hotel yesterday.
However, South Africans are sure to get more than a glimpse of them tomorrow night at Westridge Tennis Stadium.
The group will no doubt sing some of the old favourites as well as songs from their new album entitled Allow Us To Be Frank, a collection of classics in memory of musical greats like Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jnr.
Their first single was in 1999, and the song Swear it Again went straight to number one and to date they have basked in the glory of a total of 12 number one songs.
Once the news that the band was booked into the Hilton Hotel hit the Daily News newsroom, a team of reporters decided to head down to the hotel with the hope that they would run into the band.
With our spirits high we left for the Hilton, with no plan of action - we just crossed fingers tight and hoped to bump into at least one or two of the members.
When we arrived at the hotel everything was normal but there was no sign that the band was even near. We decided to just wait for a while and observe.
We hoped that one of them would decide to take a walk downstairs and we would then see them.
One of the waitresses said she heard that the band was at the hotel but she had not been on duty when they arrived.
"They will probably just remain in their rooms as they have the option of calling for room service," she said.
I must admit our spirits were dampened when we heard that and as we had spent close to an hour at the hotel, chances of seeing the hunks were becoming slim.
The hotel staff at the reception desk could only tell us that the band was booked into the hotel.
We left the hotel disappointed as our mission to see the Irish hunks was unsuccessful.
Ireland's supergroup Westlife have made their second trip to South African shores and this time round their concert is completely sold out in Durban.
Playing at only one venue when they were here in 2001, the group will be performing at four different venues.
Having landed at Durban International Airport yesterday, exhausted, the boys were faced with 17 interviews and seemed to take them all in stride ahead of their first performance of the tour here in Durban.
Staying at the luxurious Hilton Hotel, the band were either elusively hidden in their hotel rooms or secretly traipsing around Durban.
Either way, they were out of sight and the hotel staff were supposedly unaware of their whereabouts.
One could not blame the poor lads if they were fast asleep as they faced interviews in quick succession soon after they landed.
Sources say that the group are usually party animals, yet all seemed quiet at the hotel yesterday.
However, South Africans are sure to get more than a glimpse of them tomorrow night at Westridge Tennis Stadium.
The group will no doubt sing some of the old favourites as well as songs from their new album entitled Allow Us To Be Frank, a collection of classics in memory of musical greats like Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jnr.
Their first single was in 1999, and the song Swear it Again went straight to number one and to date they have basked in the glory of a total of 12 number one songs.
Once the news that the band was booked into the Hilton Hotel hit the Daily News newsroom, a team of reporters decided to head down to the hotel with the hope that they would run into the band.
With our spirits high we left for the Hilton, with no plan of action - we just crossed fingers tight and hoped to bump into at least one or two of the members.
When we arrived at the hotel everything was normal but there was no sign that the band was even near. We decided to just wait for a while and observe.
We hoped that one of them would decide to take a walk downstairs and we would then see them.
One of the waitresses said she heard that the band was at the hotel but she had not been on duty when they arrived.
"They will probably just remain in their rooms as they have the option of calling for room service," she said.
I must admit our spirits were dampened when we heard that and as we had spent close to an hour at the hotel, chances of seeing the hunks were becoming slim.
The hotel staff at the reception desk could only tell us that the band was booked into the hotel.
We left the hotel disappointed as our mission to see the Irish hunks was unsuccessful.
