Shane Filan will release his debut solo album ‘You & Me’ through Capitol Records on November 4. The single ‘About You’ will be released a day before the album – November 3. ‘About You’ is written by Shane with Steve Mac and Wayne Hector, who famously wrote ‘Flying Without Wings’ for Westlife.

Shane co-wrote a handful of Westlife songs, but his solo album sees him emerge as a pop writer to be reckoned with.  Shane says “I got off to a really good start. Everything To Me felt like beginners’ luck, but I didn’t know how good it was. Then the label were phoning, going “This is great!” I’d shown to myself I could do this and that took the pressure off. I was flying in those first two weeks and then suddenly I was in Nashville with really famous songwriters, partly thinking ‘WOW!’ but also ‘Right, let’s do this.’”
 
Shane’s co-writers include his old Westlife writer/producer team Steve Mac & Wayne Hector, plus Nick Atkinson (Gabrielle Aplin), Nexus (Lana Del Rey), Paul Barry & Patrick Maskell (Enrique Iglesias’ Hero) and Nashville songwriters Kylie Sackley and Brandon Hood (LeAnn Rimes, Faith Hill). It’s produced by Martin Terefe (Train, Jason Mraz) and Steve Mac.
 
While Shane’s financial problems have been well documented, the album is an extremely positive collection of songs. He says: “People don’t want to hear about your problems. Everyone has problems, lots of people are struggling financially at the moment and it’s not something to harp on about. What I got out of my situation is that I’m so lucky to have three healthy kids, a healthy marriage and an amazing wife. That’s what the album is about – trying to tell people not to worry. I’ve been there and it’s not worth it. You get through it and you try to stay positive, so I’ve tried to keep the songs positive.”
 
Shane will embark on his first ever solo tour in 2014. The dates for his ‘You & Me’ tour are:
 
20 Feb                        Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
21 Feb                        Birmingham Symphony Hall
22 Feb                        Reading Hexagon
24 Feb                        Manchester Bridgewater Hall
25 Feb                        Glasgow Concert Halls
26 Feb                        Newcastle City Hall
27 Feb                        York Barbican
1 Mar                          Blackpool Opera House
2 Mar                          Cardiff St Davids Hall
3 Mar                          Nottingham RCH
5 Mar                          Bournemouth Pavilion
6 Mar                          Southend Cliffs Pavilion
7 Mar                          London Hammersmith Apollo

 Tickets go on sale on Friday 13th September at 9am and can be purchased here: http://smarturl.it/shanefilantour
 

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