Kian Egan

Kian Egan
Kian Egan at The Nobel Peace Price Concert 2009
Background information
Birth name	Kian John Francis Egan
Born	29 April 1980 (1980-04-29) Sligo, Ireland
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, drums, piano, guitar
Years active	1998–present
Associated acts	Westlife, Wonderland, Jodi Albert

Kian John Francis Egan (born 29 April 1980) is an Irish musician. He was a member of the boyband Westlife and a coach on The Voice of Ireland.

Music career

Main article: Westlife

He was also in a pop group called IOYOU with fellow Westlife members Mark Feehily and Shane Filan, as well as Graham Keighron, Michael "Miggles" Garrett and Derrick Lacey.

Egan plays many instruments inside and outside the group, including the piano and guitar and was a former member of Sligo punk rock group Skrod.

Aside from being a member of Irish boy band Westlife, Kian, (during a year long hiatus from the group on 2008) launched a new venture along with Louis Walsh to put together and co-manage girlband, Wonderland, their debut album reached number 6 in Ireland and number 8 in the UK; just 4 months later, however, they were dropped by Mercury Records.

Egan has also co-written a few songs, including;

• "Too Hard To Say Goodbye"
• "Closer"
• "Don't Let Me Go"
• "When You Come Around"
• "Imaginary Diva"
• "Reason For Living"
• "Crying Girl"
• "You Don't Know"
• "Never Knew I Was Losing You"
• "Where We Belong"
• "Singing Forever"
• "I Won't Let You Down"
• "You See Friends (I See Lovers)"
• "I'm Missing Loving You"
• "When It Comes to Love"

"Timeless" for the pop band D-Side.

TV career

Kian appears as one of four coaches on series one of The Voice of Ireland.

Private life

Egan was born to Patricia and Kevin (d. 2009). He has three brothers; Tom, Gavin and Colm, and three sisters; Marielle, Vivienne and Fenella. He is the fifth of 7 children. He attended Summerhill College secondary school in Sligo, where he met fellow band members Mark Feehily and Shane Filan.

Egan married actress/singer Jodi Albert on 8 May 2009 in Barbados. Along with a selection of friends, including Jodi’s former co-stars of the Channel 4 television show Hollyoaks, Kian and Jodi enjoyed time together at a Caribbean resort before tying the knot at Turtle Beach Great House. Sadly, Kian’s father was unable to attend the wedding after being diagnosed with a brain tumour and died not long after.

Egan spoke of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa but said he would not go after Thierry Henry knocked out the Republic of Ireland national football team with his hand in Paris.

On 31 July 2011 he and Jodi announced they were expecting their first baby. Kian announced through Westlife's official facebook page that Jodi had given birth to a baby boy named Koa at 18:10 on 20 December 2011.

In his free time, he enjoys surfing.

See also

• Mac Aodhagáin, a bardic family of medieval Ireland from whom Egan descends

External links

• Kian Egan at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website of Westlife
• One Breathe Westlife
• Westlife Forever - fansite