Biography Of Mr.Shane Steven Filan

SHANE FILAN

Full Name: Shane Steven Filan

Date of birth: 5th July 1979, 12:34 pm
Star sign: Cancer
Place of birth: Sligo General Hospital, Ireland
School: Summer Hill College, Sligo

Colour of eyes: Hazel green

Hair Colour: Brown

Height: 5ft 9

Inside Leg Measurement : 32

Chest : 3

Waist: 31

Shoe size: 9

Family: parents PeterFilan and Mae Filan, three brothers: Finbarr Filan,Peter Jr Filan, Liam Filan, three sisters: Yvonne Filan, Denise Filan, Mairead Filan

Previous Jobs: Hardware store

Any tattoos: No

Distinguishing Features: I got a scar on my head where I fell over and split it open when I was younger.

pets: A German Shepherd dog called Kaiser & loads of horses!

Describe yourself in three words: Level-headed, generous, romantic

Bad Points: When I'm watching TV, it's hard to get my attention

Left or Right Handed: Right

Hobbies: Horse riding, snooker, pitch and putt

Instrument: Guitar

Previous Bands: IOU

Likes: Sleeping, shopping, hot weather, girls, going out with his friends, horses (his family have a lot to do with the world of horses) and singing

dislikes: Insects, rude people, rain

Blondes or brunettes: either

Fave Body Part: Eyes and hands

Worst subject: Science

Best subject: English/Maths

Fave sport: Soccer, horse riding
Fave actor: Tom Cruise
Fave actress: Catherine Zeta Jones
Fave male singer: George Michael
Fave female singer: Mariah Carey

Most like to meet: Michael Jackson

Hero: Michael Jackson

Best movie ever: Titanic

Fave cereal: Corn Flakes

Fave food: Spaghetti, Mum's cooking, steak and chips

Worst food: sushi

Fave soft drink: Coca Cola

McDonalds or Burger King: Both

Fave place to chill: At home

Fave place to visit: Tenerife

Fave football team: Liverpool

Fave perfume, men's: Polo / Sport

Fave perfume, women's: Coolwater / Beautiful / Chloe

Fave clothes: Long sleeved shirts

Fave designer: Dolce and Gabbana

Fave colour: Black

Fave book: Anything by W.B.Yeats

Fave song: I Believe I can Fly by R Kelly, Take That - Back For Good

Fave Westlife song: What I want Is What I've Got

First record bought: Uptown Girl - Billy Joel

First concert: Status Quo in Sligo

Fave one-liner: Too many to mention

If you were an animal, what kind of animal would you be? a horse

Rule of Life: "You only live once, so live a good life!"

Phrase that you use often: You know what I mean

Who Would You Have A One 2 One With? Michael Jackson

Most Impressive Person You've Ever Met: Mother Teresa

Musical career

Before Westlife, Egan and Feehily were with Filan in a band known as I.O.U. with other Sligonians Derrick Lacey, Graham Keighron and Michael "Miggles" Garrett. He partly written the IOYOU's song Together Girl Forever. For 6 months, Shane's mom, Mae Filan, tried to phone Louis Walsh (who is also the Manager of Boyzone). Eventually, she was able to speak to him and talked about his son's band. 3 of them are dropped, and the other 3, Shane, Kian and Mark joined ventures to finding 2 more slots for the band. Then they were joined by Nicky Byrne and Brian Mcfadden to form Westlife.

Filan, along with Mark Feehily, is the main lead singer (first voice) in Westlife. In most of Westlife's songs, Filan always start the song first. Their first album was released in November, 1999, titled Westlife. With Westlife, Filan has received twenty-eight platinum discs and sold 40 million records worldwide.

Filan has also co-written a few songs, along with the other band members, including: •Fragile Heart • Bop Bop Baby (Became a hit single and made it into #5 in U.K. singles charts) • I Wanna Grow Old With You • Don't Say It's Too Late • Love Crime • How Does It Feel • Crying Girl • Reason For Living • Miss You When I'm Dreaming He has also written songs for other artists, (together with his former bandmate McFadden): • Listen Girl sung by John Ostberg • Let Me Be the One sung by Simon Casey (the song written by only Shane himself) • Sei Parte Ormai Di Me sung by Il Divo Filan's recent appearance when he becomes Walsh's guest judge in the groups category of The X Factor. Among the four guest judges, he is the only guy.

Personal Life

Filan married his childhood sweetheart, Gillian Walsh (bandmate Kian Egan's cousin) on Sunday December 28, 2003 at Ballintubber Abbey, followed by a reception at Ashford Castle, Ireland.[4] Gillian gave birth to their first child, a daughter, Nicole Rose, at Sligo General Hospital on 23 July 2005. Their second child, a son, Patrick Michael, was born at Sligo General Hospital on September 15, 2008. On 5 July 2009(the day of his 30th birthday) Shane Announced that he and Gillian are expecting their third child, due in January 2010. Shane likes to play golf in his spare time, but loves horses much more. He and his family own more than 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 Association of Ireland). A massive Manchester United fan, Filan and bandmate Nicky Byrne proudly wore their Man Utd scarfs as they were half time guests at Old Trafford for the game between United and Bolton Wanderers He and his eldest brother, Finbarr, have a company called Shafin Developments Ltd. They are hoping to expand its portfolio with the proposed construction of 63 luxury apartments at the rear of Lisroyan House, Knappagh Road, Sligo