Thursday August 4th 2005
ASH frontman Tim Wheeler has split with his ex-model girlfriend Audrey Nugent, the Diary can reveal.
The pair were due to tie the knot some time in the next year but sadly they have decided to go their separate ways.
Friends say the pressure of Ash's punishing tour schedule and the break-up of Nugent's three piece, The Alice Band, took its toll on the romance. "The wedding is definitely off," said a pal.
The couple dated for six years after meeting through their mutual friend, acclaimed artist Jim Fitzpatrick, and they got engaged in Christmas 2003. Jim brought his good pal Audrey to an Ash gig at the St Francis Xavier Hall in Dublin and afterwards introduced her to the band's lead singer, Tim.
The two instantly hit it off and began an intense relationship that saw Audrey quit modelling and move to London to form her own female group, Alice Band.
Smitten Tim even wrote a song for and about Audrey � Shining Light � which won an Ivor Novello award for songwriting, beating off competition from the likes of Chris Martin of Coldplay.
But sadly the two have now decided to call it a day in a move which could see Audrey returning home to her native Dublin.
The Alice Band, a female three-piece with a penchant for short skirts, cowboy boots and jangly guitars, were once hailed as "the next big thing" but broke up this year.
Made up of Audrey, lead vocalist Amy Lindop and Charity Hair, they were always a very cosmopolitan bunch and released an album, The Love Junk Store, several years ago.
Audrey once spoke of what a positive influence Tim had on her life and her music and how she tried to take a leaf out of his book while watching him perform.
"When he�s playing guitar I try and absorb how he's playing or how he'll go about writing a song. I also know how hard he works at making songs, I admire him for that," she said.
She has had a strong bond with artist Jim Fitzpatrick for years, he once referred to her as his "closest friend" but the pair were never lovers.
The Diary
Evening Herald
haih... what's the point?? six years liao... and summore i find this right after i saw the pic of Charlotte and her boyfriend Edgar together. He is the director of the movie Shaun of the Dead by the way. and here's a pic of them together at the premiere (always abit odd for me to see Charlotte in a non-Ash context).
Timing sucks. When Charlotte joined the band, Tim met a great girl. When Charlotte's in a great relationship finally, Tim breaks up. Not just that, he broke up at a time when the band is having a BREAK, with Charlotte on her own Solo Career that's hitting it off REALLY well nevertheless! And they're all having a time off NOT SEEING EACH OTHER, you know??? da hell's with timing man??
I guess sometimes, some things are just not meant to be, huh?
-Tim and his Shining Light, Audrey-
-Charlotte is........... Happy... and finally SERIOUS!!! in a relationship!!!!!!-
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