Westlife are reported to have signed a new GBP20 million record deal.

It’s thought they signed the deal after six months of negotiations with their record company BMG.

It will help put to rest the rumours that the band are planning to split after their Greatest Hits tour next year.

“We’re not going away, we’ve hardly started yet” Shane Filan tells. “We’ve literally just signed after negotiating for six months. There’s plenty to celebrate but we’re not going to go mad. I’ll save some money for a rainy day, when I’m really old, like 35 or something!”