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Biografie westlife Oprichting (1998)

Voor de oprichting van Westlife maakten

Egan, Feehily en Filan samen

met de in Sligo geboren Derrick Lacey,

Graham Keighron en Michael "Miggles" Garrett

deel uit van de zeskoppige zanggroep "IOYOU"

(soms afgekort tot "IOU").

Choreograaf Mark McDonagh was met twee anderen

de manager van de groep en hun eerste single heette

Together Girl Forever. Louis Walsh,

de manager van de in 1990 ontstane boyband Boyzone,

werd door Filans moeder

op de hoogte gebracht van de band.

Omdat IOYOU van Simon Corwell geen

goedkeuring kreeg voor een platencontract met BMG,

was het duidelijk dat er

veranderingen moesten worden doorgevoerd.

Twee leden van IOYOU konden

vertrekken en in Dublin werden audities gehouden,

waarbij Byrne en McFadden werden gekozen.

Ook Michael Garrett,

een van de oorspronkelijke bandleden

moest de groep verlaten.

De nieuwe groep, die op 3 juli 1998 werd opgericht,

kreeg de nieuwe naam "Westside",

maar omdat deze naam

al door een andere band werd gebruikt,

veranderde het naar Westlife.

Boyzone-zanger Ronan Keating nam samen met

Walsh het co-managementschap op zich.

westlife 1998-2012

westlife
gave an unforgettable performance as they played their

final homecoming concert at Dublin's Croke Park.

Around 80,000 fans attended the Irish pop band's

farewell show at the weekend,

which was also screened in cinemas in Ireland,

UK and across Europe, reported the BBC.

The boyband - made up of Shane Filan, Kian Egan,

Mark Feehily and Nicky Byrne -

belted out all their hits over a set lasting more

than two hours. Kian told the crowd: "

As this is the very last Westlife concert,

the whole idea was to be able to get out here

and see our fans one last time and celebrate 14 years."

His bandmate Mark added:

"For 14 years, Westlife fans have made our dreams come true.

This show is dedicated to each and every one of you.

Our fans mean so much.

You have never stopped supporting us.

"Thanks so much. You're not just our fans,

you are our friends and have been with us

each step of the way."

The group were introduced by their former manager

Louis Walsh, who said:

"I have never known a band like this

in all my time in the business.

"I didn't want them to break up yet -

but they all wanted to go out on a high.

Westlife announced the shock decision to

split up last year after 14 years together.

Love is a feeling that you feel
When you feel a feeling that you've never felt before

Love is the seed of all hope.
It is the enticement to trust, to risk, to try, to go on.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others,
and the delight in the recognition.

Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed:
our love to others, and others' love to us.

Love is a fabric which never fades,
no matter how often it is washed in the water of adversity and grief.

Love is like quicksilver in the hand.
Leave the fingers open and it stays, clutch it and it darts away.

Love isn't something you find.
Love is something that finds you.

True love is not something that comes everyday,
So if it comes, just follow your heart, it knows

Love is anterior to life, posterior to death,
Initial of creation and the exponent of breath.

You don't love a woman because she is beautiful,
she is beautiful because you love her.
 

Absence sharpens love,
Presence strengthens it.

The human heart, at whatever age,
opens to the heart that opens in return.

Like is the word that I love
Love is the word that I like
The person that I like and love is you

Sometimes you make me smile,

sometimes you make me cry,

but my love for you will never die

The closer I am to you...
the happier I am.

Now that I found you

I know what I was looking for all my life

I love you so much
but do you love me too?
I hope so
because I love you
I really do!

If I don't romance you,
If I don't adore you,
If I don't cherish you...
I don't deserve you.

You can fall from a mountain
you can fal from a tree
but the best thing that you can do is
fall in love with me