Nicky Byrne reminisces on Croke Park days

As MC of last night's Berkeley fundraiser, Nicky Byrne was a busy boy.
At one point, HP couldn't help but notice him chatting with Gavin James, just 24 hours before he supports Ed Sheeran at Croke Park. Was the Westlife man doling out a bit of advice?
"It didn't come up, actually," Nicky laughed. "I don't think I could describe it anyway. The first couple of minutes when you go on stage are insane. You can’t hear anything. You can’t even breathe, never mind sing. Your mouth dries up. It’s just a wall of noise, a cauldron."
Westlife capped their career with a pair of dates at HQ - unsurprisingly, they're stand-out memories in Byrne's mind.
"It was an amazing way to finish. It was weird though; you knew you were going to wake up the following morning unemployed! You were never going to do that again, but what memories."
And a new chapter of his musical career is just around the corner too; Byrne confirmed that a solo album is progressing very nicely indeed.
"I’ve been co-writing with Wayne Hector," he reports. "He wrote ‘Flying Without Wings’, and he’s worked with Nicki Minaj and One Direction too. I've literally squeezed it in after radio on the days that I could. I obviously had the TV show too; this explains why it took so long, if I’m honest!"
But there's no fear of Byrne jacking in his 2fm gig; "I couldn't," he smiled. "I just love it too much."