Shane Steven Filan is a member of the Irish pop band Westlife. Filan is one of the four (formerly five) original Westlife members, along with other current members Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Nicky Byrne. Before Westlife, Kian Egan and Mark Feehily were with Shane in a band known as I.O.U. with other Sligonians Derrick Lacey, Graham Keighron and Michael "Miggles" Garrett. He is married to Gillian Walsh (Kian's cousin)
He grew up in Sligo, a large town in the northwest of Ireland. He was born on July 5, 1979 to Peter and Mae Filan. He is 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 Cafe located on Castle Street and Shane used to work there as a waiter from a very early age. When Peter and Mae decided to close the cafe in 2003, Shane bought it back and turned it into a Morgan clothes shop for Gillian who runs the business. She also has another clothes shop, Anna-Rose, with her sister. Shane is a big fan of Michael Jackson and taught himself how to moonwalk. He 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. Shane likes to play golf in his spare time, but loves horses much more. He and his family own over 70 of them, and used to compete at horse tournaments. All of Shane's horses are named Carlton something(e.g. Carlton Flight, Carlton Clover).[citation needed]He also bought Gillian a dark brown horse named Sylvester.
Shane Filan is along with Mark Feehily the main lead singer (first voice) in Westlife. He has also cowritten a few songs, along with the other band members, including:
He has also written songs for other artists (together with his former bandmate, Brian McFadden)
Shane married his childhood sweetheart, Gillian Walsh on Sunday December 28, 2003 at Ballintubber Abbey. Followed by a lavish reception at Ashford Catle, Ireland.
Shane's wife Gillian gave birth to their first child on 23 July 2005, a daughter whom they named Nicole Rose Filan. Nicole weighed 5lbs 7ozs and was born at Sligo General Hospital. Nicole is said to have been the same weight as her father when he was born.
Westlife
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Kian Egan · Mark Feehily · Shane Filan · Nicky Byrne
Former member: Bryan McFadden
Discography
Albums: Westlife · Coast to Coast · World of our Own · Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 · Turnaround · Allow Us to Be Frank · Face to Face · The Love Album
Singles: "Swear It Again" · "If I Let You Go" · "Flying Without Wings" · I Have a Dream" · "Seasons in the Sun" · "Fool Again" · "Against All Odds" · "My Love" · "What Makes a Man" · "I Lay My Love on You" · "Uptown Girl" · "When You're Looking Like That" · "Queen of My Heart" · "World of Our Own" · "Bop Bop Baby" · "Unbreakable" · "Tonight" · "Miss You Nights" · "Hey Whatever" · "Mandy" · "Obvious" · "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" · "Smile" · "Beyond the Sea" · "You Raise Me Up" · "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" · "Amazing" · "The Rose" · "All Out of Love"
