Louis Walsh is launching a new pop band.
Louis Walsh launching new pop band
The former 'The X Factor' judge - who helped to launch some of the biggest groups of recent decades, including Westlife, Girls Aloud and Boyzone - will unveil his new group, who are called Next In Line, on the world stage at the final of eco-fashion competition Junk Kouture in Abu Dhabi next week.
According to The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column, the 70-year-old pop manager created the band - made up of five lads from Ireland - after holding open auditions in Dublin, and they have already recorded 10 songs with producer Brian Higgins.
This summer, Louis revealed he “couldn’t” take part in the rumoured revival of Saturday night singing competition 'The X Factor' - which last aired in 2019, with a celebrity edition - which the show's creator Simon Cowell, 63, has hinted at.
He said: “I couldn’t do it, I don’t have a great filter, I like to say it as I see it. You know the people at home are thinking the same thing as you.
“Everyone is wonderful, ‘You’re going to be a star’ and all that, they’re not going to be a star, there’s very few stars out there.
“I think you have to be honest, that’s the one thing about Simon, he’s honest and people might not like that. It’s very hard to make it in this business, even if you’re good – I don’t know, I like to say it like it is.”
The former 'Popstars: The Rivals' judge labelled the ITV reality show as “real” and “funny”.
He added: “It was [an important part of pop culture], it really was and the shows are never going to be as good as that again.
“It was real, it was funny, it was everything, everything is too perfect now, everyone is afraid to have an opinion.”
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