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Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 20ú lá de mí Lúnasa, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh. I 1971 chuaigh trí fhear chuig ospidéal Royal Victoria I mBéal Feirste tar éis eachtra lámhach. I 1999 bhí cáin nua ag teacht isteach do dhaoine a bhí ag siopadóireacht darbh ainm Cháin Glas. I 2003 bhí na daoine a raibh ag obair do chomhairle chontae Tiobraid Árann ag fáil nach mór 75 míle euro de phárceáil saor in aisce gach bliain. Bhí ceadúnas ag 303 duine a bhí ag obair ann. De bharr sin bhí an chomhairle ag caill 75 mhíle euro gach bliain. Bhí an diosca párceáil timpeall 250 euro gach bliain. I 2007 shábháil an bhriogáid dóiteáin ón chontae turasóir a raibh sáinnithe ina gcarr nuair a bhí tuilte san Aonach Urmhumhan. Fuair na seirbhísí éigeandála glaoch ó bhean a bhí ina gcarr. Dúirt fear dóiteáin Tommy Morgan go raibh an aimsir uafásach ag an am agus bhí an bhean scanraithe. Sin Westlife le If I Let You Go – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 1999 Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1973 chan Bruce Springsteen a chéad oíche amach as seacht ag Olivers I mBostún. Chan sé dhá uair a chloig gach oíche. I 1990 chan Aerosmith ag an Marquee Club I Londain. Sheinm Jimmy Paige ó Led Zeppelin leis an bhanna ceoil. Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh aisteoir Andrew Garfield I Meiriceá I 1983 agus rugadh amhránaí Demi Lovato I Meiriceá ar an lá seo I 1992 agus seo chuid de amhrán. Beidh mé ar ais libh amárach le heagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo. Welcome back to another edition of Ar An Lá Seo on the 20th of August, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh 1971: 3 men were rushed to Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast after a shooting incident. 1999: Consumers faced a controversial new Green Tax on their shopping 2003 - North Tipperary County Council's staff were getting over €75,000 in free parking each year. The council issued 303 permits to staff working in, or required to attend the courthouse in Nenagh for work purposes. This means that the council is forfeiting over €75.750 each year in potential revenue, as a yearly parking disc for any of the town's car parks costs €250 per annum. 2007 - North Tipperary Fire Brigade rescued an English tourist who became trapped in her car following flash floods in the Nenagh area. The emergency services received a call from a lady motorist who had become trapped in her car at Ballyartella Bridge spanning the Nenagh River. Fireman Tommy Morgan said weather conditions were atrocious at the time and that the sole lady occupant of the car was "very frightened. That was Westlife with If I Let You Go – the biggest song on this day in 1999 Onto music news on this day In 1973 Bruce Springsteen played the first of a seven night run at Oliver's in Boston, Massachusetts playing two 60-minute sets each night 1990 Aerosmith appeared at The Marquee Club London. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page joined the band on stage for a blues jam. And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – actor Andrew Garfield was born in America in 1983 and singer Demi Lovato was born in America on this day in 1992 and this is one of her songs. I'll be back with you tomorrow with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.

Ask and ye shalt receive; this week's episode is with my Aunty Maxine and my brother Ben. Coming from sunny Lisburn, watch two people who haven't played flute in over 20 years guess the orchestral solo, get roasted by AI, drink gin and even attempt to play a few tunes. Sorry for the chaos, Grma xInline G Merch ⭐️www.Inlineg.myshopify.comInline G Patreon ⭐️www.patreon.com/TheInlineGFlutePodcastInline G will ALWAYS be free of charge, but signing up to the Patreon helps let this podcast reach new heights, if you can afford it. You'll also get to ask questions to upcoming guests as well as get early access to some episodes. Or if you'd rather not spend money, subscribing to my YouTube channel and following me on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok is a HUGE way to support the podcast. It'll cost you nothing, and it really makes a difference to the algorithm gods. So please interact however you can; like, comment, or subscribe, and help keep this podcast lit xAnd finally; use the code “INLINEG” online or in person at Flute Center for; 5% off accessories, 10% off all sheet music, free shipping on new instruments and free shipping to trial instruments (USA only.)Chapters:00:00 - Boys in the Bands09:11 - Flute Band Memories23:45 - AI vs Aunty Maxine31:30 - AI Roats Inline G35:10 - Ben and Maxine Play Flute47:10 - Quick Fire Questions

The Relay for Life is a 24-hour event run by the Irish Cancer Society, with multiple events taking place all across the country.Westlife's Shane Filan and his wife Gillian will be taking part in the Sligo event on September 13th, and join Andrea to discuss!

Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 20ú lá de mí Lúnasa, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh. I 1971 chuaigh trí fhear chuig ospidéal Royal Victoria I mBéal Feirste tar éis eachtra lámhach. I 1999 bhí cáin nua ag teacht isteach do dhaoine a bhí ag siopadóireacht darbh ainm Cháin Glas. I 1971 bhí na daoine a raibh ina chónaí I Scariff ag an am ag fáil réidh don seó talmhaíochta sa bhaile. I 1988 ghoid duine nach mór 10 míle punt nuair a bhris siad isteach chuig Óstán Bunratty Castle. Sin Westlife le If I Let You Go – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 1999 Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1973 chan Bruce Springsteen a chéad oíche amach as seacht ag Olivers I mBostún. Chan sé dhá uair a chloig gach oíche. I 1990 chan Aerosmith ag an Marquee Club I Londain. Sheinm Jimmy Paige ó Led Zeppelin leis an bhanna ceoil. Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh aisteoir Andrew Garfield I Meiriceá I 1983 agus rugadh amhránaí Demi Lovato I Meiriceá ar an lá seo I 1992 agus seo chuid de amhrán. Beidh mé ar ais libh amárach le heagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo. Welcome back to another edition of Ar An Lá Seo on the 20th of August, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh 1971: 3 men were rushed to Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast after a shooting incident. 1999: Consumers faced a controversial new Green Tax on their shopping 1971: The Scariff community was gearing up for the Scariff Agricultural show. 1988: Almost £10,000 in cash was taken in a break-in at Bunratty Castle Hotel. That was Westlife with If I Let You Go – the biggest song on this day in 1999 Onto music news on this day In 1973 Bruce Springsteen played the first of a seven night run at Oliver's in Boston, Massachusetts playing two 60-minute sets each night 1990 Aerosmith appeared at The Marquee Club London. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page joined the band on stage for a blues jam. And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – actor Andrew Garfield was born in America in 1983 and singer Demi Lovato was born in America on this day in 1992 and this is one of her songs. I'll be back with you tomorrow with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.

Best friends unexpectedly find they want to share more.By neruval442. Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories. Beth and I have known each other literally forever. We met at preschool, and I can truthfully say I have no earlier memory than her smiling face asking my name as we stood on the school playground waiting to go into our first lesson. We were inseparable through that school and into the primary school, somehow always ending up in the same class, sitting on the same table for reading and drawing when we could. The fact that she was a girl and I was a boy generated mild comment, but the consensus was that these days it was all to the good that kids, especially so young, didn't seem to discriminate when choosing friends.When we went up to secondary school, it wasn't even a question whether we'd do homework together every night, and our parents just shrugged their shoulders and agreed who'd cook on what day, Beth's eyes lighting up when my mum produced her favorite spaghetti sauce.We talked about everything, TV, our other friends, music we liked, school work. Sometimes our families went on holiday together, the usual places, Spain, Italy, but when our trips were separate, the first thing we did when we got back was breathlessly bring each other up to date with what we'd done, seen.Of course we'd gone through the "I'll show you mine, if you'll show me yours" phase, playing doctors and nurses, but somehow it had never translated into any more experimentation, and Beth and I never really touched, except for the frequent hugs of celebration, comfort, commiseration, depending on what life brought us. Beth confided in me when her periods started, school sex education lessons had made sure we knew how things basically worked, and I could tell that her body was changing, breasts and hips more noticeable, but she was always my best friend above all else, and somehow it never occurred to me to think of her in any other way.Of course we had to think about what would happen after college exams, but the problem solved itself, a town with two universities, one that had a good reputation for Beth's chosen subject, the other that offered a top-notch course for mine. We'd celebrated our eighteenth birthday parties, I'd cried unashamedly, brushing away the tears running down my cheeks, at the heartfelt speech Beth made at mine. I tried to reciprocate at her party, then sobbed my heart out again when she chose Westlife's 'Safe' for us to dance to at the end of the night.What people thought of us by then didn't really trouble us, from overheard comments, those who didn't really know us assumed we were boyfriend and girlfriend, 'obviously' sleeping together, but by then our friendship was so well-known that it wasn't even a matter of jealousy. Perhaps envy; but we tried, Beth especially, to be gracious, generous to everyone, so only the most petty minds could find anything to complain at.Of course we'd talked about sex, after those embarrassing classes at school, I'd admitted to Beth that I masturbated, and with pink cheeks she'd confessed the same. We even went as far as to look at a porn site on my laptop, and Beth raised her eyebrows, pretending to fan her face at the scene playing out on the monitor. "But it's all staged, right?" she shrugged. "It's bound to be more clumsy and messy for real." The conversation moved on to something else, and the topic didn't come up again for a while.The months rolled round to August, lazy days after exams, too soon to make serious plans for university, and Beth and I were sitting at the square table in her bedroom as usual it was the same table where we always did homework and projects, and the blog we started more than 10 years ago. Beth was sketching something on her art pad, and I was picking photos from our last trip to put on our blog. But something was niggling at me, something I couldn't quite put my finger on. I glanced across at Beth, and her pencil stopped moving. "Tim?""Uh, yes?"She closed the pad, put it on her desk. "Can we talk?"I blinked. "Since when did you ever have to ask me that?" I shifted my chair closer. "Something bothering you?"She nodded. "I'm thinking about freshers' week."I gave her a puzzled look. "Oh, the orientation events with cheap beer for kids away from home for the first time, going a little crazy, college clubs touting for members. What's the problem?"Beth twirled the pencil distractedly in her fingers. "Well, I'm thinking, there'll be a lot of boys there, perhaps I'll get chatting to one, maybe he gets a crush on me, I ask him out for coffee,”"I get the picture," I nodded. Something unexpected stirred in my emotions, but I pushed it down. "You know guys will say anything to get into a girl's panties, right?"Beth smiled wryly. "I know. But let's say I think he's genuine, I can trust him, at least for a night, anyway.""So, then you take care," I reminded.She nodded. "I take my pills, and Mom's already given me a box of condoms, bless her.""But,” I prompted. "You said you wanted to talk, right?"Beth looked up, a pink tinge suffusing her cheeks. "Tim, if I had a close girlfriend, I mean a friend who was a girl, half as close as you, I'd talk to her about this. But I really don't. I want to talk about, well, what I might like, when it comes to it."I gave her the most reassuring smile I could manage. "I can handle that. And there's a definite upside, I can give you the male perspective on the whole thing."She glanced at me sideways. "Okay.""So where do you want to start?""Well," mused Beth, her eyes taking on the faraway look that I knew meant she was creating a scene in her imagination. "Let's assume we've done the kissing part, and somehow, how does this even work?, he's asked me if, and I've told him Yes. I think I'd like him to be the one undressing me."She chuckled. "Of course I'd make sure I had decent panties on, and a bra that hadn't gone grey in the wash.""So he'd be fumbling with buttons, and those fiddly clips," I teased. “ Yes, you'd like undies that are more than just the functional type.”"A little bit of clumsiness would be reassuring," Beth shrugged. "I wouldn't want to think he'd had too much practice.""Would he take everything off at once?" I wondered."Well, maybe everything except my panties, he ought to wait till last for those."I couldn't help the image that was forming in my mind, I had a fair idea what Beth looked like without her clothes, we were quite casual around one another when we were changing. "As a man, I'm pretty sure he'd be entirely distracted by your awesome breasts."She grinned. "Fine by me, I'm rather hoping he'll pay them some serious attention.""Tell me how." I ventured, enjoying this new sexual tension we were both feeling.Beth breathed in. "Well, he could touch them, stroke them,” unconsciously her hands demonstrated her meaning, though without touching herself, "and maybe just ever so gently pinch my nipples with his fingers."She shivered with anticipated pleasure. "But what I'd really want him to do is to put his mouth on them, I can almost feel what it'd be like for my nipples to be surrounded by warmth, wetness, and then to be suckled softly,”"Wow," I breathed. "And then?""That would really get me turned on. I'm so, I mean, I'd be so wet, and I'd want him to slide his hand up between my thighs until he was touching my panties. He could, oh, god, press against me with his fingers while his mouth was still busy on my breasts."Her face was definitely flushed now, but she kept her eyes fixed on my face. "It wouldn't be long before I'd whisper,” she paused, then leaned forward to my ear “ 'You can take them off'. So he'd hook his fingers through the elastic, and I'd lift my hips for a moment while he slid my panties down, then past my feet."I had to adjust my trousers. "Are you ready for him to go inside you?" I breathed, starting to lose myself in Beth's fantasy.She looked down shyly, shaking her head. "What I really want, I'd do anything, anything if he'd go down there, his tongue, really taking his time,”"Anything?" I raised one eyebrow.Beth nodded. "Once he'd made me a soaking mess, he could do anything to me he wanted."I chuckled. "Most men would probably want you to use your mouth on them in turn."Beth nodded. "As long as he was clean,”She paused, frowning slightly. "Not everybody's like you, I mean, what's it called?""Circumcised," I supplied, and she nodded. "I think I'd prefer that. So yes, if he wanted me to I'd kneel and put my lips round him, even let him fuck my mouth."I blinked at her choice of words, Beth absolutely never used vulgar language, but she was obviously carried away with her fantasy, deliberately choosing a provocative phrase for what she was describing.She shifted in her chair. "After a while I'd pull my knees up, open fully to him, and he'd move his body between my thighs, maybe I'd need to use my fingers to guide him into the right place."I raised my eyebrows. "What about that condom?""Wups," Beth caught her lower lip between her teeth. "Thanks for reminding me. So I get one from my bedside drawer, tear open the foil, and roll it onto him with my fingers. Then what I just said, and he pushes slowly into me."Her expression turned slightly apprehensive. "I  guess it might hurt, the first time. But I'm sure he'd be careful."Beth was being very courageous, telling me her intimate sexual fantasy. There had to be a reason for this?Her face resumed its faraway expression. "Then he'd be moving in me, and I'd flex my hips just a little to help him."I smiled wryly. "After what you did to him, I can't imagine he's going to last very long."Beth tilted her head. "I suppose not. But remember, it's his reward for giving me what I needed, So I'd be watching his face, and I'd be able to tell when he was nearly there, and I'd let him know it was okay, 'yes, come for me, don't hold back, ' Then he'd cry out, I hope not too loud, and I'd feel him stiffen inside me, then he'd thrust hard, once, again,”She frowned again. "I suppose with the condom I wouldn't really feel his stuff.""Much safer that way, though," I reminded her."True. So then I guess he'd start to soften, so he'd have to come out of me, make sure the condom didn't slip."She grinned. "I suppose he'd tie it, or wrap it in hankies or something, throw it in my bin. Maybe I'd take it out later so no one else would know.""They'd know if they changed the sheets," I pointed out, and Beth looked startled, then nodded. "Oops, of course.""So when he's finished, what would your lover do then?" I queried.Beth looked thoughtful. "Well, I suppose I'd hoped for a cuddle."I nodded. "Would you want him to stay the night?"She looked puzzled. "I'm not sure. This is where I can't really imagine it, would I want us to wake up together, what would we even say? Or would I want to be alone, and deal with how I felt about him, the next time I saw him?"I reached to put my hand on hers. "Well, if it helps, maybe in some alternate reality, you and I didn't meet til college, and the guy you meet at freshers' fair is me, I would definitely want to wake up next to you."I wasn't prepared for her reaction, her fingers tightening almost painfully on mine, her face crumpling as though on the verge of tears. "That is the sweetest thing you've ever said to me."She took a deep breath. "Tim, what if, what if that reality could be this one?"My entire world seemed to turn upside down in an instant, every image of the life she and I had shared since that first playground meeting, flashing through my mind. "Beth?"Her gaze was locked on my face, something incomprehensibly wild, yet soft in her eyes. She drew me closer, and our lips touched, clumsy but somehow, just right. The kiss deepened, and Beth closed her eyes, lost in the sensation.After a few moments she moved back; "Tim, I want this, and I promise,” she put her hand on her heart, "that it will not change what we already have."I nodded, blinking back tears of my own. "But what about,”I glanced at the open door of her bedroom. "Your parents are just downstairs."The confident glint which I loved so much returned to her eyes. "Easy, watch."She stepped into the hall & onto the landing. "Mom?"Her mother appeared from the living room. "Yes, dear?""Tim and I have to record something for our video blog, we need to close the door for a while.""Okay, darling, we won't disturb you."Beth came back into the room, closing the door firmly and leaning with her back to it. "See, problem solved."She held out her arms, and I came into them, pressing her against the door. "Um," she murmured. "Kind of nice to feel trapped."I covered her mouth with mine, gently but insistently pressing my tongue between her lips, and she gasped, her breath catching in her throat. The wild look returned to her eyes, and she put one hand behind my neck, surprising me with the force of her response. After a few moments she broke away, her lips trembling. "So I think we can say we've done the kissing part," she breathed, echoing her words from a few minutes earlier."And I think what you said before counts as a Yes," I followed suit.She nodded solemnly. "So,”She was wearing a t-shirt, so no buttons to fumble with, and I tugged it free from her jeans. She raised her arms above her head, letting me lift the t-shirt off, drop it over the back of the chair. Underneath, her underwire bra was soft, shiny peach, skin showing tantalizingly through the lace, and I bent to place a kiss on her protruding covered nipples, feeling them hardening & raising under my lips. I slid a hand behind her back seeking the fastening of her bra, and felt a moment of satisfaction as my fingers released the 3 hooks on the first attempt. "I could almost suspect you of having practiced," Beth's voice was teasing.She slipped the now-loose straps from her shoulders, letting the cups fall into her palms, then draped the bra on top of her t-shirt. "As distracting as you e

Best friends unexpectedly find they want to share more.By neruval442. Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories. Beth and I have known each other literally forever. We met at preschool, and I can truthfully say I have no earlier memory than her smiling face asking my name as we stood on the school playground waiting to go into our first lesson. We were inseparable through that school and into the primary school, somehow always ending up in the same class, sitting on the same table for reading and drawing when we could. The fact that she was a girl and I was a boy generated mild comment, but the consensus was that these days it was all to the good that kids, especially so young, didn't seem to discriminate when choosing friends.When we went up to secondary school, it wasn't even a question whether we'd do homework together every night, and our parents just shrugged their shoulders and agreed who'd cook on what day, Beth's eyes lighting up when my mum produced her favorite spaghetti sauce.We talked about everything, TV, our other friends, music we liked, school work. Sometimes our families went on holiday together, the usual places, Spain, Italy, but when our trips were separate, the first thing we did when we got back was breathlessly bring each other up to date with what we'd done, seen.Of course we'd gone through the "I'll show you mine, if you'll show me yours" phase, playing doctors and nurses, but somehow it had never translated into any more experimentation, and Beth and I never really touched, except for the frequent hugs of celebration, comfort, commiseration, depending on what life brought us. Beth confided in me when her periods started, school sex education lessons had made sure we knew how things basically worked, and I could tell that her body was changing, breasts and hips more noticeable, but she was always my best friend above all else, and somehow it never occurred to me to think of her in any other way.Of course we had to think about what would happen after college exams, but the problem solved itself, a town with two universities, one that had a good reputation for Beth's chosen subject, the other that offered a top-notch course for mine. We'd celebrated our eighteenth birthday parties, I'd cried unashamedly, brushing away the tears running down my cheeks, at the heartfelt speech Beth made at mine. I tried to reciprocate at her party, then sobbed my heart out again when she chose Westlife's 'Safe' for us to dance to at the end of the night.What people thought of us by then didn't really trouble us, from overheard comments, those who didn't really know us assumed we were boyfriend and girlfriend, 'obviously' sleeping together, but by then our friendship was so well-known that it wasn't even a matter of jealousy. Perhaps envy; but we tried, Beth especially, to be gracious, generous to everyone, so only the most petty minds could find anything to complain at.Of course we'd talked about sex, after those embarrassing classes at school, I'd admitted to Beth that I masturbated, and with pink cheeks she'd confessed the same. We even went as far as to look at a porn site on my laptop, and Beth raised her eyebrows, pretending to fan her face at the scene playing out on the monitor. "But it's all staged, right?" she shrugged. "It's bound to be more clumsy and messy for real." The conversation moved on to something else, and the topic didn't come up again for a while.The months rolled round to August, lazy days after exams, too soon to make serious plans for university, and Beth and I were sitting at the square table in her bedroom as usual it was the same table where we always did homework and projects, and the blog we started more than 10 years ago. Beth was sketching something on her art pad, and I was picking photos from our last trip to put on our blog. But something was niggling at me, something I couldn't quite put my finger on. I glanced across at Beth, and her pencil stopped moving. "Tim?""Uh, yes?"She closed the pad, put it on her desk. "Can we talk?"I blinked. "Since when did you ever have to ask me that?" I shifted my chair closer. "Something bothering you?"She nodded. "I'm thinking about freshers' week."I gave her a puzzled look. "Oh, the orientation events with cheap beer for kids away from home for the first time, going a little crazy, college clubs touting for members. What's the problem?"Beth twirled the pencil distractedly in her fingers. "Well, I'm thinking, there'll be a lot of boys there, perhaps I'll get chatting to one, maybe he gets a crush on me, I ask him out for coffee,”"I get the picture," I nodded. Something unexpected stirred in my emotions, but I pushed it down. "You know guys will say anything to get into a girl's panties, right?"Beth smiled wryly. "I know. But let's say I think he's genuine, I can trust him, at least for a night, anyway.""So, then you take care," I reminded.She nodded. "I take my pills, and Mom's already given me a box of condoms, bless her.""But,” I prompted. "You said you wanted to talk, right?"Beth looked up, a pink tinge suffusing her cheeks. "Tim, if I had a close girlfriend, I mean a friend who was a girl, half as close as you, I'd talk to her about this. But I really don't. I want to talk about, well, what I might like, when it comes to it."I gave her the most reassuring smile I could manage. "I can handle that. And there's a definite upside, I can give you the male perspective on the whole thing."She glanced at me sideways. "Okay.""So where do you want to start?""Well," mused Beth, her eyes taking on the faraway look that I knew meant she was creating a scene in her imagination. "Let's assume we've done the kissing part, and somehow, how does this even work?, he's asked me if, and I've told him Yes. I think I'd like him to be the one undressing me."She chuckled. "Of course I'd make sure I had decent panties on, and a bra that hadn't gone grey in the wash.""So he'd be fumbling with buttons, and those fiddly clips," I teased. “ Yes, you'd like undies that are more than just the functional type.”"A little bit of clumsiness would be reassuring," Beth shrugged. "I wouldn't want to think he'd had too much practice.""Would he take everything off at once?" I wondered."Well, maybe everything except my panties, he ought to wait till last for those."I couldn't help the image that was forming in my mind, I had a fair idea what Beth looked like without her clothes, we were quite casual around one another when we were changing. "As a man, I'm pretty sure he'd be entirely distracted by your awesome breasts."She grinned. "Fine by me, I'm rather hoping he'll pay them some serious attention.""Tell me how." I ventured, enjoying this new sexual tension we were both feeling.Beth breathed in. "Well, he could touch them, stroke them,” unconsciously her hands demonstrated her meaning, though without touching herself, "and maybe just ever so gently pinch my nipples with his fingers."She shivered with anticipated pleasure. "But what I'd really want him to do is to put his mouth on them, I can almost feel what it'd be like for my nipples to be surrounded by warmth, wetness, and then to be suckled softly,”"Wow," I breathed. "And then?""That would really get me turned on. I'm so, I mean, I'd be so wet, and I'd want him to slide his hand up between my thighs until he was touching my panties. He could, oh, god, press against me with his fingers while his mouth was still busy on my breasts."Her face was definitely flushed now, but she kept her eyes fixed on my face. "It wouldn't be long before I'd whisper,” she paused, then leaned forward to my ear “ 'You can take them off'. So he'd hook his fingers through the elastic, and I'd lift my hips for a moment while he slid my panties down, then past my feet."I had to adjust my trousers. "Are you ready for him to go inside you?" I breathed, starting to lose myself in Beth's fantasy.She looked down shyly, shaking her head. "What I really want, I'd do anything, anything if he'd go down there, his tongue, really taking his time,”"Anything?" I raised one eyebrow.Beth nodded. "Once he'd made me a soaking mess, he could do anything to me he wanted."I chuckled. "Most men would probably want you to use your mouth on them in turn."Beth nodded. "As long as he was clean,”She paused, frowning slightly. "Not everybody's like you, I mean, what's it called?""Circumcised," I supplied, and she nodded. "I think I'd prefer that. So yes, if he wanted me to I'd kneel and put my lips round him, even let him fuck my mouth."I blinked at her choice of words, Beth absolutely never used vulgar language, but she was obviously carried away with her fantasy, deliberately choosing a provocative phrase for what she was describing.She shifted in her chair. "After a while I'd pull my knees up, open fully to him, and he'd move his body between my thighs, maybe I'd need to use my fingers to guide him into the right place."I raised my eyebrows. "What about that condom?""Wups," Beth caught her lower lip between her teeth. "Thanks for reminding me. So I get one from my bedside drawer, tear open the foil, and roll it onto him with my fingers. Then what I just said, and he pushes slowly into me."Her expression turned slightly apprehensive. "I  guess it might hurt, the first time. But I'm sure he'd be careful."Beth was being very courageous, telling me her intimate sexual fantasy. There had to be a reason for this?Her face resumed its faraway expression. "Then he'd be moving in me, and I'd flex my hips just a little to help him."I smiled wryly. "After what you did to him, I can't imagine he's going to last very long."Beth tilted her head. "I suppose not. But remember, it's his reward for giving me what I needed, So I'd be watching his face, and I'd be able to tell when he was nearly there, and I'd let him know it was okay, 'yes, come for me, don't hold back, ' Then he'd cry out, I hope not too loud, and I'd feel him stiffen inside me, then he'd thrust hard, once, again,”She frowned again. "I suppose with the condom I wouldn't really feel his stuff.""Much safer that way, though," I reminded her."True. So then I guess he'd start to soften, so he'd have to come out of me, make sure the condom didn't slip."She grinned. "I suppose he'd tie it, or wrap it in hankies or something, throw it in my bin. Maybe I'd take it out later so no one else would know.""They'd know if they changed the sheets," I pointed out, and Beth looked startled, then nodded. "Oops, of course.""So when he's finished, what would your lover do then?" I queried.Beth looked thoughtful. "Well, I suppose I'd hoped for a cuddle."I nodded. "Would you want him to stay the night?"She looked puzzled. "I'm not sure. This is where I can't really imagine it, would I want us to wake up together, what would we even say? Or would I want to be alone, and deal with how I felt about him, the next time I saw him?"I reached to put my hand on hers. "Well, if it helps, maybe in some alternate reality, you and I didn't meet til college, and the guy you meet at freshers' fair is me, I would definitely want to wake up next to you."I wasn't prepared for her reaction, her fingers tightening almost painfully on mine, her face crumpling as though on the verge of tears. "That is the sweetest thing you've ever said to me."She took a deep breath. "Tim, what if, what if that reality could be this one?"My entire world seemed to turn upside down in an instant, every image of the life she and I had shared since that first playground meeting, flashing through my mind. "Beth?"Her gaze was locked on my face, something incomprehensibly wild, yet soft in her eyes. She drew me closer, and our lips touched, clumsy but somehow, just right. The kiss deepened, and Beth closed her eyes, lost in the sensation.After a few moments she moved back; "Tim, I want this, and I promise,” she put her hand on her heart, "that it will not change what we already have."I nodded, blinking back tears of my own. "But what about,”I glanced at the open door of her bedroom. "Your parents are just downstairs."The confident glint which I loved so much returned to her eyes. "Easy, watch."She stepped into the hall & onto the landing. "Mom?"Her mother appeared from the living room. "Yes, dear?""Tim and I have to record something for our video blog, we need to close the door for a while.""Okay, darling, we won't disturb you."Beth came back into the room, closing the door firmly and leaning with her back to it. "See, problem solved."She held out her arms, and I came into them, pressing her against the door. "Um," she murmured. "Kind of nice to feel trapped."I covered her mouth with mine, gently but insistently pressing my tongue between her lips, and she gasped, her breath catching in her throat. The wild look returned to her eyes, and she put one hand behind my neck, surprising me with the force of her response. After a few moments she broke away, her lips trembling. "So I think we can say we've done the kissing part," she breathed, echoing her words from a few minutes earlier."And I think what you said before counts as a Yes," I followed suit.She nodded solemnly. "So,”She was wearing a t-shirt, so no buttons to fumble with, and I tugged it free from her jeans. She raised her arms above her head, letting me lift the t-shirt off, drop it over the back of the chair. Underneath, her underwire bra was soft, shiny peach, skin showing tantalizingly through the lace, and I bent to place a kiss on her protruding covered nipples, feeling them hardening & raising under my lips. I slid a hand behind her back seeking the fastening of her bra, and felt a moment of satisfaction as my fingers released the 3 hooks on the first attempt. "I could almost suspect you of having practiced," Beth's voice was teasing.She slipped the now-loose straps from her shoulders, letting the cups fall into her palms, then draped the bra on top of her t-shirt. "As distracting as you e

Ed Sheeran BioSnap a weekly updated Biography.Ed Sheeran has been at the center of a media and fan whirlwind these past few days, packing a punch both on and off stage. His return to his hometown of Ipswich for a trio of sold-out concerts at Portman Road Stadium on July 11th, 12th, and 13th generated rave headlines and a warm-homecoming frenzy, with guest performers James Blunt, Maisie Peters, Westlife, and Skye Newman joining him on stage. Several social media clips from fans and media outlets captured Ed belting out crowd-pleasers like Eyes Closed, Celestial, and an emotional rendition of Flying Without Wings alongside Westlife, as well as a live collaboration with Skye Newman on Family Matters, all of which triggered a flurry of trending hashtags such as #edsheeran and #ipswich across platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and X.But Ed's media spotlight didn't end at the stadium gates. According to the Philstar and the Times of India, this week marks the public debut of his striking new art collection—titled Cosmic Carpark Paintings—at the Heni Gallery in London, with exhibitions running through August 1. The collection, inspired by celestial motifs and described as Jackson Pollock-esque, features colorful abstracts created during downtime last year between tour dates in a disused car park. Sheeran took to Instagram to share painting sessions and behind-the-scenes footage, crediting famed artist Damien Hirst with encouraging him to show his work. Notably, fifty percent of sales from these paintings will benefit the Ed Sheeran Foundation's efforts to provide music education for children in the UK, an initiative Sheeran has championed in recent years.While local UK tabloids have speculated about his next single and future collaborations—especially after his recent onstage stints with fellow artists—no official confirmation has emerged from Sheeran's camp regarding upcoming music releases. His foundation and ongoing support for creative youth projects were highlighted this week in features by the Times of India, including personal anecdotes about using painting as a therapeutic and creative outlet since wrapping the Divide Tour.The British pop juggernaut remains among the 40 richest people under 40 in the UK, as per the latest Sunday Times report, with a fortune that only seems poised to grow thanks to this fusion of music, art, and philanthropy. Ultimately, the past few days have underscored Ed Sheeran's enduring appeal as both a hometown hero and a creative powerhouse, propelling a news cycle where every move—from stadium anthems to abstract art—keeps the world watching and talking.Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta

Michelle Spillane shares the story of her son Kyle's brave battle with kidney disease, how music kept him fighting, and the extraordinary fundraiser—featuring Westlife tickets—that's turning grief into hope for others. See also Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed Sheeran BioSnap a weekly updated Biography.In a week filled with music, art, and hometown celebration, Ed Sheeran has once again demonstrated why he remains one of the most influential artists of his generation. The biggest headline is his much-anticipated homecoming—a three-night run of sold-out concerts at Ipswich's Portman Road Stadium, drawing 90,000 fans from across the globe. Fans queued overnight and the town transformed itself, turning pink in his honor with murals, banners, and even a fan zone featuring live entertainment and Ed-themed activities. Local businesses are set to gain from this influx, with Ipswich Borough Council estimating more than ten million pounds in economic benefit from the festivities. According to ITV News, the excitement is palpable, and the whole event is being hailed as a boost to both local spirits and commerce.On stage, Sheeran delivered energetic performances and delighted the crowd with a surprise appearance by Irish boyband Westlife, as reported by SuffolkNews. Support acts have included stars like Tori Kelly, James Blunt, and Maisie Peters, each show adding to the celebratory atmosphere embracing Sheeran's Suffolk roots.But it's not only music that's making headlines for Sheeran this week. The Guardian and Times of India highlight his new adventure into the world of art. Sheeran's Cosmic Carpark Paintings—expressionist, celestial-inspired works created during downtime between touring—are on exhibition at HENI Gallery in London until August 1. Half of all proceeds benefit the Ed Sheeran Foundation, supporting music education for children in the UK. Sheeran credits friends Damien Hirst and Joe Hage for encouraging this public showcase, and he's described the painting process as a long-standing passion influenced by his artistic parents.Meanwhile, on social media, Sheeran's official Instagram video generated significant buzz, as he announced the upcoming end of his global Mathematics Tour after more than three years on the road. He assured fans more dates will be announced for regions not yet visited, but confirmed that this chapter is drawing to a close. The tour itself is a commercial phenomenon, recently breaking records at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium with a box office gross of eighteen million dollars and massive crowds.Musically, Sheeran continues to explore global influences. His recent single Azizam debuted at number three in the UK, notable for its Persian flavors, while Sapphire has been praised for its Punjabi undertones—showcasing his willingness to evolve stylistically.No controversy or speculation has surfaced in major media recently, with all reports painting Sheeran as a hardworking artist and generous philanthropist. Ipswich's pink-tinged pride, packed stadiums, new creative ventures, and chart-topping singles all signal a high point in Ed Sheeran's remarkable career.Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta

This week's guest is absolutely flying, but it's been one hell of a ride getting here. Mark Mehigan is a comedian, author, podcaster, and former BBC social media guru, with a backstory that reads like six lifetimes packed into one. From writing songs with Westlife's Mark Feehily to late-night benders in London, Mark's journey has been anything but dull.These days, he hosts Mark Mehigan's Weekly Roast, one of Ireland's top comedy podcasts. But behind the laughs is a deeply honest story of addiction, anxiety, ADHD, and the kind of quiet desperation that can hide behind a smile. We talk about how his Monday-night wine habit spiraled, why hitting rock bottom might be the best thing that ever happened to him, and what he calls “the silence between the ears.”Mark's chasing what so many of us are - peace of mind. In this funny, vulnerable, and no-nonsense conversation, we explore the messy path to clarity, recovery, and self-acceptance - with plenty of laughs along the way.If you're new to the series, why not take the time to go back and catch up on the wonderful interviews that you may have missed!Visit www.dermotwhelan.com for more information and don't forget my new book Busy and Wrecked is out now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Broadcaster Vogue Williams talks to Brendan about her memoir 'Big Mouth', in which she explores her early forays into fame, the death of her Father, Freddie, and shedding the shame of her divorce from former Westlife singer Brian McFadden.

Lunchtime Live's Reasons to be Happy looks at some of the news stories that you might have missed that will leave you feeling more optimistic.98FM's Cathal O'Sullivan joined Andrea in the studio to put a smile on your faces…Image: Disney

Today I welcome a powerhouse and all round lovely human Raquelle Gracie – an artist, entrepreneur, and former X Factor finalist who has worked with music legends like Pharrell Williams and Babyface. But it's not all glitter and glam. Raquelle shares her unfiltered story of hitting an emotional 'bottom' in the ruthless world of the music industry.At just 23, Raquelle found herself rejected by Babyface's label, dropped without a visa, and left stranded in LA with no money. But that was just the start of her battle. From facing personal betrayal to struggling with self-worth, rejection became a recurring theme in Raquelle's life. In this episode, she opens up about the deep emotional scars she carried and the dangerous spiral of self-sabotage that almost took everything away.Yet, despite all the darkness, Raquelle rose. Ditching the booze, she turned her pain into power, using her journey of rejection and grief to fuel her creativity and help others. Raquelle's story is one of resilience, growth, and empowerment. From the music industry's harsh realities to her personal breakthrough, this episode will leave you inspired and ready to face your own challenges head-on.More on Raquelle -She first made waves as a finalist on The X Factor in 2007, touring with Boyzone and Westlife before working with Pharrell Williams and signing with Babyface via Universal Records. She even co-wrote a US Dance Chart top-three hit with Randy Jackson.But Raquelle's impact doesn't stop at music. She's shaping the next generation of artists, running songwriting camps and artist retreats in Portugal, founding RISE Creative Arts theatre school, and launching Tiny Gym, a fresh take on Tiny Desk concerts.Thank you to Gavin Sisters for sponsoring this episode! Visit -www.gavinsisters.co.uk and use promo code SCHOOLOFROCKBOTTOM for 10% off!Podcasting is an expensive passion. To help me keep going, I'd really appreciate it if you could buy me a coffee, thank you!https://buymeacoffee.com/olivermason1Or via PayPal - https://www.paypal.me/olivermason1paypalTopics -0:00 Intro 3:15 Raquelle's rock bottom6:00 Dealing with rejection & mysogyny9:15 Without singing - am I enough? 13:45 Rejection turns into self sabotage 15:00 The X Factor! 17:15 Being cut because of weight gain 21:10 Validation addiction 27:05 Food & body image to self sabotage 36:30 Power in vulnerability 36:55 Sponsor38:00 Why Raquelle went alcohol free 41:30 Going sober helped with grief44:40 The spiritual journey 47:40 Answers come in silence and stillness 52:10 Championing young performers 55:50 What would you like written on your gravestone?56:35 Advice for young Raquelle Follow Raquelle Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/raquellegracieTik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@raquellegracieWebsite - www.raquellegracie.liveFollow OliverInstagram - https://tinyurl.com/2vt29sjvFacebook - https://tinyurl.com/34cwz59rTikTok - https://tinyurl.com/ujw4vxn9LinkedIn - https://tinyurl.com/yuemhnd7Threads - https://tinyurl.com/yk7vdeahX - https://tinyurl.com/3u5mnpdsPlease subscribe, follow, like, leave a review and comment! YouTube - https://tinyurl.com/4y57uyctSpotify - https://spoti.fi/3Z0Pr1rApple - https://tinyurl.com/y3n2chk3#MusicIndustryStruggles#OvercomingRejection#CreativeJourney

Jacqui Hurley as the official ambassador for MiWadi FAI Football Camps 2025 A renowned female trailblazer in Irish sports media, a champion for gender equality in sport, and a proud mother herself (two kids Lily and Luke), Jacqui is passionate about inspiring the next generation of athletes. Jacqui spoke to Alison Curtis on Weekend Breakfast about how the landscape of female sport has evolved so much and as a self confessed Karaoke Queen what her killer karaoke tune is!!Jacqui is urging parents of all girls and boys to get them involved and active through some football fun this summer.She is one of Ireland's leading sports broadcasters and author of the best-selling children's book series Girls Play Too.Lead anchor of RTÉ's rugby coverage on TV and also presents The Sunday Game.In 2009 - first ever female anchor of Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio One.She has anchored all of the major sporting events, including the Olympics, World Cups, the Euro's & multiple All Ireland finals

Henry McKean looks back at the biggest events and meet the people who made a huge impact in the year 2000!It was the year of Y2K, Bush VS Gore, Westlife dominating the charts, Brian O'Driscoll getting a hat-trick in Paris & arriving on the global rugby scene, Sonia O'Sullivan winning Silver at the Sydney Olympics and the arrival of reality TV with Big Brother.

Well, the votes for our Big 500 Countdown are in, and the number crunchers here at Today FM are busy counting and verifying the tallies. Before the official top 500 is revealed, Louis Walsh joined Ian on this morning's Gift Grub to give his own personal favourites from the last 25 years. Shockingly, Westlife dominated....Hit play now to hear the full episode.

The Dublin Diaries and a preview of the Premiership run-in. Talking Points

Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 7ú lá de mí Aibreán, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh. I 2000 rinne ionsaí ar Michael Smith, an tAire Cosanta, ó ardoifigeach airm de bharr na áis a bhí ann do na trúpaí. I 2017 bhí daonra sa tír seo nach mór 5 milliún arís, an chéad uair ón ghorta. I 2002 tháinig nuacht iontach chuig an chontae mar dúradh go mbeadh a lán airgid ag teacht chuig spórt timpeall an chontae. Bhí 2.5 milliúin euro ag teacht isteach mar dheontais agus scaipthe idir club éagsúla. I 2010 bhí daoine ar bís mar tháinig an nuacht amach go mbeadh ionad seirbhísí ag teacht isteach sa M7 ag Cnocán an Éin Fhinn. Dúradh go mbeadh an costas timpeall 12 milliúin euro agus go mbeadh níos mó ná 300 post ann idir tógáil agus nuair a raibh sé críochnaithe. Sin Westlife le Fool Again – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 2000. Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1962 bhuail Mick Jagger agus Keith Richards le Brian Jones don chéad uair I Londain. Bhí sé ag seinm giotár le banna ceoil Alexis Korner, Blues Incorporated. Agus gan mhoill tháinig siad le chéile mar The Rolling Stones. I 1985 chan Wham! I mBéising don chéad uair agus bhí sé am mór mar bhí siad an chéad bhanna cheoil ón iartharach chun seinm sa tSín. Chan siad os comhair 12,000 duine. Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh aisteoir russle crowe sa Nua Shéalainn I 1964 agus rugadh amhránaí Anne-Maire sa Bhreatain ar an lá seo I 1991 agus seo chuid de a amhrán. Beidh mé ar ais libh amárach le heagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo. Welcome back to another edition of Ar An Lá Seo on the 7th of April, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh 2000: Defence minister michael smith was subjected to an attack by a senior army officer over facilities provided for troops. 2017: Ireland was heading towards a population of five million for the first time since the Famine. 2002 – Sports communities around the county would benefit from a large injection of funding. 2.5 million euro in grants would spread across various clubs in the county.  2010 – Excitement was building with the news of a Motorway Services Area proposed for the M7 at Birdhill. The€12m project would create about 150 jobs during construction and a further 110 jobs when it is completed.  That was Westlife with Fool Again – the biggest song on this day in 2000. Onto music news on this day In 1962, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards met Brian Jones for the first time at Ealing Jazz Club in West London. Jones, who went under the name Elmo Lewis, was playing slide guitar with Alexis Korner's band, Blues Incorporated. Shortly afterward, they formed the Rolling Stones. In 1985, Wham! performed in Beijing, a groundbreaking moment that made them the first major Western band to appear in communist China. They sang before an audience of 12,000 in the city's Peoples' Gymnasium. And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – actor Russell Crowe was born in New Zealand in 1964 and singer Anne-Marie was born in the UK on this day in 1991 and this is one of her songs. I'll be back with you tomorrow with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.

Fast becoming a Fully Charged fan-favourite having ranked Hannah Montana transition sounds, Phineas & Ferb and Westlife songs in recent weeks, this morning Dave ranks Simpsons songs!

Way back in Season 2 of Encore we talked about the United Kingdom’s rich history of introducing some of the most iconic Boy Bands of all time into the world. From The Beatles to Wham! Westlife to One Direction, Pop Music is littered with some fine British Exports. But of course, that’s really only half the story isn’t it? Because through all the Boys noise there’s one incomparable group of Girls that rocked the world in the mid-to-late-nineties. Sporty, Scary, Baby, Ginger, and Posh - The Spice Girls! This is the Story of Spice Girls’ Spice up your Life! With newly unearthed audio from the girls themselves!

Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 7ú lá de mí Aibreán, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh. I 2000 rinne ionsaí ar Michael Smith, an tAire Cosanta, ó ardoifigeach airm de bharr na áis a bhí ann do na trúpaí. I 2017 bhí daonra sa tír seo nach mór 5 milliún arís, an chéad uair ón ghorta. I 1989 bhí ach cúpla míle idir dhá uachtarán nuair a sheas an ceannaire Sóivéid sna meáin in Éirinn sa tSionainn. I 2000 bhí Aer Rianta I dtrioblóid de bharr nach raibh cóireáil camrais don chríochfort nua ag aerfort na Sionainne a chosain 27 milliún punt. Sin Westlife le Fool Again – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 2000. Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1962 bhuail Mick Jagger agus Keith Richards le Brian Jones don chéad uair I Londain. Bhí sé ag seinm giotár le banna ceoil Alexis Korner, Blues Incorporated. Agus gan mhoill tháinig siad le chéile mar The Rolling Stones. I 1985 chan Wham! I mBéising don chéad uair agus bhí sé am mór mar bhí siad an chéad bhanna cheoil ón iartharach chun seinm sa tSín. Chan siad os comhair 12,000 duine. Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh aisteoir russle crowe sa Nua Shéalainn I 1964 agus rugadh amhránaí Anne-Maire sa Bhreatain ar an lá seo I 1991 agus seo chuid de a amhrán. Beidh mé ar ais libh amárach le heagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo. Welcome back to another edition of Ar An Lá Seo on the 7th of April, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh 2000: Defence minister michael smith was subjected to an attack by a senior army officer over facilities provided for troops. 2017: Ireland was heading towards a population of five million for the first time since the Famine. 1989: Just a few miles separated the two presidents as the soviet leader stepped into the world media limelight at shannon. 2000: Aer Rianta came under fire for its failure to provide a sewege treatment plant for the new £27 million terminal at shannon airport. That was Westlife with Fool Again – the biggest song on this day in 2000. Onto music news on this day In 1962, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards met Brian Jones for the first time at Ealing Jazz Club in West London. Jones, who went under the name Elmo Lewis, was playing slide guitar with Alexis Korner's band, Blues Incorporated. Shortly afterward, they formed the Rolling Stones. In 1985, Wham! performed in Beijing, a groundbreaking moment that made them the first major Western band to appear in communist China. They sang before an audience of 12,000 in the city's Peoples' Gymnasium. And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – actor Russell Crowe was born in New Zealand in 1964 and singer Anne-Marie was born in the UK on this day in 1991 and this is one of her songs. I'll be back with you tomorrow with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.

Can you blame folks if they think this singer bears more than a passing resemblance to Harry Styles? Just like in the lost KFLX pilot, we're talking about boy bands this week, but not the ones Dustin and Shawn grew up with...One Direction and Westlife are the inspirations this week. 2024's "The Idea of You" is a steamy (if a little oddball) romance flick with a fictional British pop singer at its center. Nicholas Galatzine brings his own pipes to the performance as Hayes Campbell, the breakout star from a group called August Moon. Savan Kotecha, whom we talked about in the Eurovision episode, brings his real-life experience as a songwriter and producer for boy bands to the table on the soundtrack. As always, we take a crack at dissecting the influences that led to the tunes. Pretty sure we nailed at least one of 'em. Pretty darn sure. Featuring special guest Rachel Amanda Bryant!

For this week's Throwback Thursday, Rebecca Shekleton, Presenter on 98fm's Big Breakfast joins Andrea to look back on the year 2000!

Terry has been doing some detective work to track down the listener who has outed him as a caterpillar collector. His hunt leads to some introspection and a phone call that goes very badly.We learn about the CIA's use of Westlife music in torture, and we get a guest appearance from Terence's brothers.There's wild ideas for live shows thrown out and backed down from very quickly - as both of the lads admit they're feeling the pressure over big promises made about the next time they get on stage.Send all of your questions and comments to talkingbollox@goloudnow.com

Another uncut clip from the audio tapes that led to Boyzone No Matter What. The revelation of the series to many viewers seems to be that manager Louis Walsh was the "villain" of the story. I believe there is more to it than that. But these tapes were part of the research for the series, and here's Keith in 2001, ripping into Louis, whom he says he loves nonetheless. Keith told me the same thing at the premiere of the series recently. 

Louis Walsh is undoubtedly one of Irelands most successful music moguls of all time. In a career spanning nearly 50 years, the Mayo native had an ear for talent and an eye for a story, helping him shape pop music history—one headline at a time. But Walsh was no stranger to bending the rules to get his acts noticed and has come under renewed flack after his appearance on a new docuseries ‘Boyzone: No Matter What' chronicling the rise of one of Irelands greatest pop exports, and for better or worse, his hand in their success. Just how did a small-town manager build a global sensation, and would it have worked any other way? Copy: From Boyzone, to Westlife, to The X Factor and beyond, Louis Walsh is undoubtedly one of Irelands most successful music moguls of all time. In a career spanning nearly 50 years, the Mayo native had an ear for talent and an eye for a story, helping him shape pop music history—one headline at a time. But Walsh was no stranger to bending the rules to get his acts noticed and has come under renewed flack after his appearance on a new docuseries ‘Boyzone: No Matter What' chronicling the rise of one of Irelands greatest pop exports, and for better or worse, his hand in their success. In the documentary, he reveals that he used to sell stories about Boyzone to tabloids to keep them in the public eye, including ­rumours, such as one that Baby Spice and Stephen Gately were dating. If they “got the front page”, he said, he was happy. Lynch recently said: “We've always known the way Louis Walsh operates. And in fairness to him, Ireland and the name Louis Walsh, he's a big name and a big fish in the music industry. Was his puppeteering of the press a necessary evil, or can the highs and lows of Boyzone act as a cautionary tale to a music industry still under scrutiny for how it treats its young stars Today on the Indo Daily Fionnán Sheahan is joined by journalist Ann Marie Hourihane and culture writer Louise Bruton, to discuss how a small-town manager built a global sensation, and ask: would it have worked any other way? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In his new podcast, Nicky Byrne HQ, Westlife's own Nicky is getting his pals to share some secrets from their careers. So naturally, we had to nab him to do the same. Nicky joined Dave to chat about reuniting with Brian McFadden, his love for mushy peas and working with the ultimate diva, Mariah Carey

Although both Matt Aitken and Mike Stock had left the building, PWL Records continued to release music — and in this epilogue episode, we look at some of the artists who succeeded and some that didn't hit the mark in the few years after the demise of Stock Aitken Waterman. Former PWL MD David Howells joins us to discuss the challenges of starting afresh with new talent to replace Mike and Matt, and talks about what prompted his own departure from the business he had helped steer since the mid-'80s. With a strong focus on dance music at PWL in the '90s, one of the more consistent acts — in terms of quality and chart success — was Loveland. Paul Taylor returns to explain how the group behind hits like "Let The Music (Lift You Up)" and "I Need Somebody" came about, and how PWL's Manchester business received much of Pete Waterman's attention at this point. Paul also discusses his own unceremonious exit from the group. Meanwhile. Slamm remained signed to PWL and were put to work with Gary Miller on increasingly poppy music, with singer Johnny Wilks recapping that era of the band's journey for us. Then, we finish by looking at how Pete's initial run with PWL ended in 1996 and who the songwriters and producers were that would provide him with a second wave of success in the following years with acts like Steps, Tina Cousins and Westlife.Support the showSubscribe for bonus material at chartbeats.com.au/sawInstagram: @chartbeatsauThreads: @chartbeatsau, @matthew_denby360Bluesky: @chartbeatsauFacebook: Chart Beats: A Journey Through PopEmail: chartbeats.au@gmail.com

- Tiếp sau nhóm The Script và 2NE1, ban nhạc lừng danh thế giới One Republic vừa thông báo sẽ tổ chức 2 đêm nhạc tại nước ta vào tháng 1 năm 2025 tới. Thông tin thu hút sự chú ý đặc biệt của những người yêu nhạc quốc tế và cho thấy những tín hiệu lạc quan trong quá trình phát triển nền công nghiệp văn hoá nước nhà, khi ngày càng nhiều nghệ sỹ nổi tiếng thế giới đến Việt Nam trình diễn. Bà Hoàng Thị Thanh Tuyền – đại diện của Midas Promotions tại Việt Nam, đơn vị tổ chức concert của nhóm Westlife, One Republic, The Script và chuyên gia truyền thông Hồng Quang Minh – người có nhiều năm theo dõi hoạt động tổ chức biểu diễn chuyên nghiệp và tham dự các liveshow qui mô lớn ở cả trong và ngoài nước cùng bàn luận câu chuyện này. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vov1sukien/support

Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 19ú lá de mí na Nollaig, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh. I 1976 bhí trúpaí Bhreathnach faoi lámhach, ach níor ghortaíodh aon duine. Bhí teannas ann nuair a mharaíodh na trúpaí John Joseph Savage a bhí aois 17 agus ghortaíodh beirt eile in eachtra eile. I 2005 bhí Gráinne Close agus Shannon Sickles an chéad chúpla leispiach a bhí I pháirtnéireacht sibhialta sa Bhreatain. Phós siad I Halla na Cathrach I mBéal Feirste. Bhí agóid ann ach bhí tacaíocht acu ó a lán daoine éagsúla. I 1975 bhí eagla ar na daoine a raibh ina chónaí in An Cuibhreann agus An Fhiacail nuair a ghabhadh Harry Duggan agus Martin Conneely. Ghiall siad cúpla I Londain. I 2005 fuair an stáisiún dóiteáin in Inis trealamh nua. Fuair siad na rudaí nua agus bhí siad maoinithe ó Chomhairle Chontae an Chlár chun feabhas a chur ar sábháilteacht dóiteáin timpeall an chontae. Sin Queen le Bohemian Rhapsody – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 1975. Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1999 shroich Westlife uimhir a haon ar na cairteacha sa Bhreatain lena leagan den amhrán I Have A Dream ó ABBA agus a leagan de Seasons In The Sun ó Terry Jacks. Fuair siad a chéad uimhir a haon den Nollaig. I 2015, nach mór 33 bhliain tar éis a tháinig sé amach don chéad uair – dhíol an t-albam Thriller ó Michael Jackson níos mó ná 30 milliúin cóip. Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh Richard Hammond sa Bhreatain I 1969 agus rugadh aisteoir Jake Gyllenhaal I gCalifornia I 1980 agus seo chuid de na rudaí a rinne sé. Beidh mé ar ais libh amárach le heagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo.

DDDBM&T move beyond mere language, Rod conflates Britt and soccer, SAW rehash a US club smash, Spiceworld lacks an atlas, Westlife have the business class blues, and mojitos are garnished with self-pity.YouTube // Spotify // extra tracks & bonus bitsTo join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and hated" selection, to:The Patreon Supporters Club // X: @whichdecadetops // Bluesky: whichdecadetops // Facebook // whichdecadeistops@gmail.comThe voting deadline for this episode is 6pm UK time, Tuesday 3rd December 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are joined by the hilarious Roger O'Sullivan! Follow him on Instagram @rogerocomedy. If you would like to support the podcast on Patreon, you can do so at the link below. Cheers x https://www.patreon.com/CHIEFCAST

PJ takes calls on floods in the City and in Bantry, chats with Brian McFadden about his new band with Keith Duffy called Boyzlife and hears tears and laughter on the last night of Jackie Lennox. And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our H & Claire deep dive continues with Part 2 focussing on the album 'Another You, Another Me' and the conclusion of the duos story (for now...).The album had some big name songwriters on board, including swedish writer Jorgen Elofsson who wrote ‘Its The Way You Make Me Feel' by Steps and has written for Boyzone, Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears and Westlife (just to name a few). Sam Watters who wrote ‘Im Outta Love' by Anastasia. Mark Topham and Karl Twigg were also on board and the title track was written by 2 guys from a little band called Abba, who you may have heard of.We talk through our favourite tracks, the albums roll out, why we think it didn't quite land in the charts the way it was hoped to and begin the manifesting for a vinyl release sometime in the future (H, Claire, Fascination.... if you're listening).Follow ‘Glitter & Gold: The Original Steps Podcast':Instagram, TikTok & X: @glitterstepspodScott: @stepscollection_Shane: @stepmeisterBrad: @bradszmerlingEmail: glitterstepspod@gmail.com Logo & Brand Design: BvrlyCreative Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Boyzone's Keith Duffy and Westlife's Brian McFadden joined us this week and took us back to their beginnings and their meteoric rise to fame in the 90's as boybands took over the radios and music charts. Brian told us all about his decision to leave Westlife at the height of their success, and why there's no chance of a reunion. And Keith took us back to a sad time for Boyzone after the passing of Stephen Gately, and how the lads came together to grieve.The two ex-boyband members have now joined forces to create Boyzlife and are heading off on a world tour soon, kicking off in Ireland next January.

Send us a textGet ready to rewind the clock with us as we dive into an absolutely bonkers week from 2004!

Scott Robinson from Five is a wild guy. He's revealed so much chatting with Dave. Like, was Five and Westlife's rivalry real? What hobby that's normally for kids is he obsessed with? Craziest of all - what happened with him, his wife and Liam Gallagher?It's all in the pod!

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 13th of August, we've got new welfare rules designed to get people off Jobseeker. So, will it work?  The Prime Minister is in studio to explain why Parliament is having yet another break, and how the electricity sector, welfare, and retail crime will be sorted.  Brian McFadden of Westlife and Keith Duffy of Boyzone join the show to talk their new duo Boyzlife, and coming to tour in New Zealand.  Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Boybands were all the rage in the 90's and 2000's, and it seems they're making a comeback.   The Backstreet Boys have toured in recent years, Blue recently visited New Zealand, and even NSYNC have been considering a comeback, prompted by ‘Bye Bye Bye' making its way back into the charts thanks to the Deadpool and Wolverine movie.  But that's not the end of it, with Boyzlife, a supergroup comprised of former Westlife member Brian McFadden and former Boyzone member Keith Duffy making their move.  They're touring New Zealand early next year, playing all the fan favourite hits from both groups, plus a few new ones.  The duo joined Mike Hosking for a chat about the original groups and the success they've found in Boyzlife.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's the best thing to say to someone who's in mourning? Is the second year of grief really the hardest? And who was the lead singer of Westlife? Helping us answer all these questions is the amazing Stacey Heale! She tells us what it was like to lose her husband, Greg, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 bowel cancer on their daughter's first birthday. Stacey explains what life is like now, nearly three years after his death. We discuss Widow's Fire - the phenomenon of bereaved people who turn to sex for comfort. Plus, the best and worst ways to help someone you love through the grieving process. It all sounds a bit dark, doesn't it? But honestly, we have loads of laughs along the way. We also take a deep dive into the live advice of Ireland's greatest philosopher-king, Ronan Keating, and discover Helen knows nothing about boy bands. We finish with some Scummy Mummy Confessions involving wee and a close encounter with a member of Bros. Stacey's brilliant book, Now is Not the Time for Flowers, is out now. Follow her on insta @stacey_heale.*WE ARE ON TOUR!* We have one more show this summer, in Sevenoaks on 19 July. Then in the autumn we're coming to Barnard Castle, Darlington, Sturminster Newton, Portsmouth, Guildford, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Dundee, Hertford, Canterbury, Blackburn, Tenbury Wells, Newport, Norwich, East Grinstead, Harrogate, Newcastle... And then it's our Christmas tour! Go to scummymummies.com for dates and tickets. *WE HAVE A SHOP!* Visit scummymummiesshop.com for our ace t-shirts, mugs, washbags, sweatshirts and beach towels. FREE UK DELIVERY! We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. If you like the podcast, please rate, review and subscribe. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rylan Clark is on the cusp of becoming a national treasure. Having defied the odds of most reality TV stars, he has managed to stay the course, cementing his already steady career rise to the top with his most recent television outing with Rob Rinder 'Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour', which showed the viewing public a whole new side to his talents. Brought up in the East End by his mum, Linda. Rylan or Ross as his family and friends know him, was always performing from a young age, according to his mum. The family moved to Essex when he was around 11 going to school in Upminster, where Ross was a mischievous and talented student. After a few years in retail he started modelling and went off to Ibiza where he was in tribute bands to Take That and Westlife. His big break came when he appeared on X Factor in 2012. Although he didn't win, he did make an impression, and after winning Celebrity Big Brother his career took off. Mark Coles charts the rise of Rylan Clark. Presenter: Mark ColesContributorsScott Bryan, TV critic and broadcasterLinda Clark, MotherBernice Cole, Make-up artist and friendNader Dehdashti, Agent and friend Mark Duncan, Deputy Headmaster, Coopers' Company and Coborn SchoolRobert Rinder, Broadcaster and barrister CREDITSX Factor - Thames and Syco Entertainment Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour - Rex Productions Keeping Up Appearances - BBC Masterchef - Endemol Shine UK How to Be a Man - Mindhouse production for BBC Sounds How to Be in the Spotlight - Mindhouse production for BBC SoundsProduction Team Producers: Julie Ball, Diane Richardson & Ivana Davidovic Editor: Tom Bigwood Sound: James Beard Production Co-ordinator: Maria Ogundele

Send Mary and Kelsey a Message!In this episode, Mary and Kelsey dissertate on three boy band albums turning a milestone 25 years old this year, including Westlife's self-titled debut album, Five (aka 5ive)'s sophomore album, Invincible, and of course, Backstreet Boys' Millennium, which was the best-selling album of 1999. Plus, the gals provide a fangirl's perspective on the new(ish) Amazon original movie, The Idea Of You starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine, which tells the story of a boy band lead singer falling in love with a normie after they meet at a music festival.  Instagram: @whentheypoppedpodTikTok: @whentheypoppedEmail: whentheypoppedy2k@gmail.comWebsite: linktree.com/whentheypopped

Det är få som har arbetat med så stora världsstjärnor som musikproducenten Carl Falk har gjort. Adopterad från Sri Lanka var det inte alls självklart att han skulle komma till Sverige och börja skriva musik till artister som Westlife, Avicii, Madonna, One Direction, Nicki Minaj, Ellie Goulding, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato och många, många fler. Vi får höra om hur det är att arbeta med den absoluta världseliten och hur han tog sig dit. Vi får höra om hur det var att skapa de första albumen till One Direction, om hur han och skådespelaren Russell Crowe blev nära vänner och om veckorna hemma hos Madonna. Men vi pratar också om baksidorna med stora framgångar, om Aviciis tragiska bortgång och hur man ständigt måste förnya sig för att vara aktuell. Tusen tack för att du lyssnar!Ta del av våra kurser på Framgångsakademin.Beställ "Mitt Framgångsår".Följ Alexander Pärleros på Instagram.Följ Alexander Pärleros på Tiktok.Bästa tipsen från avsnittet i Nyhetsbrevet.I samarbete med Convendum.Följ Carl Falk på Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Det är få som har arbetat med så stora världsstjärnor som musikproducenten Carl Falk har gjort. Adopterad från Sri Lanka var det inte alls självklart att han skulle komma till Sverige och börja skriva musik till artister som Westlife, Avicii, Madonna, One Direction, Nicki Minaj, Ellie Goulding, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato och många, många fler. Vi får höra om hur det är att arbeta med den absoluta världseliten och hur han tog sig dit. Vi får höra om hur det var att skapa de första albumen till One Direction, om hur han och skådespelaren Russell Crowe blev nära vänner och om veckorna hemma hos Madonna. Men vi pratar också om baksidorna med stora framgångar, om Aviciis tragiska bortgång och hur man ständigt måste förnya sig för att vara aktuell. Tusen tack för att du lyssnar!Ta del av våra kurser på Framgångsakademin.Beställ "Mitt Framgångsår".Följ Alexander Pärleros på Instagram.Följ Alexander Pärleros på Tiktok.Bästa tipsen från avsnittet i Nyhetsbrevet.I samarbete med Convendum.Följ Carl Falk på Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Eavesdroppin' comedy podcast this week, hosts Geordie & Michelle look at the tragic life and death of blonde bombshell reality star Anna Nicole Smith…She was blonde, she was beautiful, she was married to a billionaire octogenarian oil tycoon - who else could we be talking about except Anna Nicole Smith! Escaping a life of poverty and hard knocks, Anna Nicole Smith hustled her way up the Hollywood ladder to becoming one of the biggest stars on the planet. But as fast as her star ascended, she also had a brutally quick fall: drugs, drink, bad choices and unforgiving media attention saw her go from media darling to media joke. Listen now to hear Michelle discuss her early life, how she met her 80-something billionaire husband, her rise to fame and her tragic death. So pop on your headphones, grab a brown lemonade and join Geordie & Michelle for this week's episode, plus chat about infelicitous intrusions, Cillian Murphy, Westlife war crimes and more, only on Eavesdroppin' podcast. And remember, wherever you are, whatever you do, just keep Eavesdroppin'!*Disclaimer: We don't claim to have any factual info about anything ever and our opinions are just opinions not fact, sooorrrryyy! Don't sue us!Please rate, review, share and subscribe in all the usual places – we love it when you do!Support us on Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/eavesdroppinDo write in with your stories at hello@eavesdroppinpodcast.com or send us a Voice Note!Listen: www.eavesdroppinpodcast.com or https://podfollow.com/eavesdroppinYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqcuzv-EXizUo4emmt9PgfwFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/eavesdroppinpodcast#annanicolesmith #realitytv #annanicoleshow #realitytvdeaths #realitytvgonewrong #reallife #podcast #comedy #comedypodcast #truestories #storytellingpodcast #eavesdroppin #eavesdroppinpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello you nosey bunch. Fancy having a look through another person's Amazon account so you can find out all about them, do you? Fair enough. Welcome back.This week it's the turn of comedian and writer Sofie Hagen, who opens up their account to reveal a history of fringe cutters, water sprays and a fairly substantial addiction to Westlife.Sofie is funny, fascinating and frank about all sorts of things - including buying an ass pillow. So strap in and enjoy - and go and buy her new book!Don't forget our episodes and clips are up at the YouTube - please subscribe please please oh go on.We also have a Patreon where next week's episode is already waiting, and soon a certain S Merchant's episode will be found. There's also loads of extras from Sofie's episode, including an explanation for why James Acaster hates inflatable deliveries. Thanks for dropping by and speak soon, yeah?Toast x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get ready for a wild ride as Sophie and Jamie hit the the road this week, recording all the way from Liverpool, as they kick off TOUR!Tour life has left the couple feeling a bit funky this week, picture this: Sophie smelling of marmite. Jamie's tummy taking a turn for the worse. AND can Sophie crack what band BONO is in - Westlife? Take That? Or maybe even U3? Producer Jack (@jack.suddaby) is back in action, ready to spill the beans on what Jamie and Sophie are REALLY like to work with behind the scenes

Westlife's Kian Egan joins us to discuss his teenaged, rapid rise to pop music stardom, how discovering surfing allowed him reconnect with his core values, why taking time off stimulates growth, and how a once boy-band is still expanding their popularity and depth into their man-band years. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices