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Originally Posted by Building
Irish pop acts Ronan Keating and Westlife have both claimed they weren't 'cool' enough to appear on the Band Aid 20 single.
Interviewed on Channel 4's "Richard & Judy Show", Keating said he understood why Bob Geldof wanted credible acts to appear on the record, but claimed his inclusion could have sold more copies.
He commented: "They're not going for pop acts. They want credible, cool acts.
"If that works, fair enough...but at the end of the day they want to make money for the cause so they should think about that."
Westlife's Nicky Byrne raised similar complaints according to an interview with the Daily Star.
Speaking to the newspaper, he said: "We couldn't compete with U2 or Coldplay but it would have been fantastic to have been part of it. We'd have given anything to be on that record."
its nothing to do with the fact of being cool or not (which yer not) but ye can't sing.
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hehe, spot on! isn't it also a weee bit erhm, shall we say
uncool to complaint about not being in a charity project. i mean, if you need your image to be more 'concerned about the poor people', make your own goddamned project - i'm sure you'll sell loads of copies, and you fans will love it cause it'll reinforce their image of you as being 'good guys'...
Edited by: cillecille