Former Westlife singer give fans what they want

Brian McFadden in Sounds Queen St yesterday. Picture / Martin Sykes

Four hundred pop lovers squeezed into a Queen St music store in Auckland yesterday to hear boy-bander-turned-soloist Bryan McFadden perform.

The former Westlife singer was on a whistle-stop tour - with just 24 hours in Auckland - promoting his album Irish Son.

He had time to sing Real to Me, Irish Son and a new song which he said would be on his next album.

Sounds Megastore manager Lisa Coleman said he went down well with the crowd, staying to make sure everyone had everything signed that they wanted.

The Irish heart-throb has had his fair share of bad press after dumping wife Kerry Katona for Australian singing sensation Delta Goodrem. He is rumoured to be house-hunting in Melbourne to be closer to Goodrem.

He told yesterday's crowd his new song was more optimistic than the sad sounds of his present album.