Just like all the millions of Take That and Robbie Williams fans who constantly speculate as to whether the latter will ever rejoin the former, it's surely true that precisely no one has ever wondered whether Brian McFadden will ever return to Westlife.

Well, for the none of you who have been wondering about this question, the Life's Kian Egan has resolutely told Angry Ape, who asked if McFadden would ever rejoin the group: "No. He doesn't live in this country and he's not in the music industry anymore. He has a new life in Australia. We're all still very good friends, but he left Westlife for a reason".