Westlife are back with new music and a stadium tour this year, but Kian Egan has hit the headlines for his mega net worth.The supergroup are one of Ireland's most successful bands with them selling over 55million records over the years.The band was formed in 1998 and were managed by X Factor judge Louis Walsh.READ MORE: Westlife's wild career - brutal Simon Cowell dig, tense feud and bankruptcy woesThe full band includes Nicky Byrne, Shane Filan, Kian Egan and Mark Feehily, and initially also included Brian McFadden.Their net worths are thought to be extremely high, but according to Nicky, none of them are "absolutely minted".He previously told the Irish Independent: “We have all lost money.
We were all very foolish with money in the early days, we all bought cars and watches – the silly things."I don't think any of us were lucky.
We did very well out of Westlife but everybody lives and spends. In the early days we earned great money, and in the latter days it was all gone.”Shane had the worst luck when his attempt to get into the property development market went south due to the recession, RSVP reports.The singer's company, Shafin Developments, was forced into going bust after they borrowed from the Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank.
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