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22-02-01 news
Louis Walsh's NOT boyband...

Irish music guru Louis Walsh flew back into Dublin last night ,after spending time in Glasgow watching Westlife, getting ready to create another pop sensation this Saturday. "This is definitely not a boy band. Each of the five guys chosen will all have to have musical ability. We have an album deal in place already with Merlin so it will be all systems go from day one."

"The band will be styled on the likes of Duran Duran. Five lads who can sing and play instruments."

The POD nightclub on Harcourt Street in Dublin is the venue where Louis will hold auditions this Saturday (24th February) for a new five piece rock/pop band. Louis Walsh, who is not content with his current stable of stars which include Ronan Keating, Westlife, and Samantha Mumba is now looking for five Irish guys between the ages of 18 24 to be in this new band which he himself will manage.

There has been huge interest in this audition both in Ireland and abroad with band co-ordinator Joanne Byrne receiving phonecalls from as far afield as Chicago and New York.

Over 500 wannabes are expected to turn up with guys traveling over from London, Birmingham and Cardiff as well as from all over Ireland.

With the success of Popstars hundreds are expected to turn up and try their luck on Saturday. One of the judges, producer Denis Woods says "This is the opportunity of a lifetime for five lucky guys it really will be a dream come true for the five that are chosen".

The judging panel will include Louis Walsh (who has also just started to manage Samantha Mumba's little brother Omero), producer Denis Woods, Melanie Morris, editor of D'side, Paul Little from Musicmaker, journalist Fiona Looney and John Mc Kee, editor of Q magazine.