Westlife star Brian McFadden would give up career to become stay-at-home-dad

Brian McFadden and his wife Vogue who appear in this week's Hello! Magazine. (PA)

Former Westlife star Brian McFadden said he is delighted to be back on stage but would happily give it all up to become a "stay-at-home dad".

The singer, 33, who has moved back to London with his wife Vogue after a stint in Australia, said it was the experience of his first UK tour in eight years that persuaded them to come back.

He told Hello! Magazine: "We only really decided to move back when we got back".

The couple, who married in Tuscany in September, lived in Sydney for two years - though Vogue admits she missed her family.

"I've never met anybody who has so many close friends," said McFadden.

"I think she was probably getting a bit edgy in Australia, just being the two of us."

McFadden decided to release a new album and tour again after supporting his mentor Ronan Keating this year.

He said: "It was my first time touring in eight years and I didn't know how it was going to be.

"When I got such a good response after the first few gigs, I thought if ever I was going to come back and put an album out and do a tour, this was obviously the time.

"I think TV had made my music suffer. I'd spent all my time doing TV and promotion and not the thing I love, which is live performance. I only got into it in Australia because I was asked to do a football show, which was an opportunity for me to play soccer every day. On the back of that, I got offered Australia's Got Talent."

Vogue, 27, said they would like to start a family.

Brian has two daughters Molly, 11, and Lilly, 10, from his first marriage.

She said: "I don't feel I'm in any rush, but it's one of the reasons I wanted to make a base here.

"I think 30 would be a good age - I still have lots of things I want to achieve."

McFadden said: "I'd like to see Vogue concentrate on her career. I'd be happy to be a stay-at-home dad."

:: Read the full interview in Hello! Magazine, out now.

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