Ash frontman Tim Wheeler has further fuelled the feud between Ash and Westlife by suggesting that the boyband's manager Louis Walsh should be shot.

Wheeler is annoyed that recent album 'Free All Angels' was kept off the top spot in Ireland by Billy Joel. He sees the recent Westlife cover of Joel's 'Uptown Girl' as being responsible for an upturn in interest in Mr Joel.

When asked by BBC Radio One's 'Session In Northern Ireland' what could be done to stop a repeat or to stop Westlife beating Ash in the Irish singles chart, Wheeler said: "I might have to shoot Louis Walsh."