WESTLIFE have pocketed £2.5million for one
half-hour gig.

The Irish band were paid £500,000 each to play
just SEVEN songs for the Sultan of Brunei's family
— or more than £71,000 a track per man!

Kian Egan, Bryan McFadden, Mark Feehily, Nicky
Byrne and Shane Filan say they were treated like
royalty on the trip last weekend.

The lads, who racked up a record five No1 singles
in a row, visited Brunei during a promo tour of the
Far East.

Kian told me: "It was the best concert we've ever
done. The Sultan has an amazing palace, and we
played in front of 50 of the royal family.

"They seemed to enjoy it, and it gave us a buzz.
It was over very quickly, and we played an
encore of Flying Without Wings and Swear It
Again."

Later, the Sultan's son showed the band around
the grounds — and let them drive one of the
family's huge supercar collection, a £94,750
Porsche 911 Turbo.

Other stars who have played for the Sultan
include Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, Tina Turner
and Mick Hucknall.

The boys head off for a U.S. tour on Saturday to
promote Swear It Again, currently at No44 in the
charts there.

Kian said: We're hoping it will make No1."