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Westlife

Westlife

Westlife turn polished harmonies and sweeping arrangements into emotionally direct pop, with every chorus built to reach the back of the room.

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26 June 2024
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Sundown Sessions #4 26 June 2024
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About Westlife

Westlife formed in Ireland in 1998 and built a long-running pop career around the voices of Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan and Nicky Byrne, with Brian McFadden part of the original five-piece line-up. Their sound centres on close harmonies, large-scale ballads and direct melodic songwriting.

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From their self-titled debut through Coast to Coast and World of Our Own, the group became a fixture of UK and Irish pop before splitting in 2012. They reunited in 2018 and returned to recording and touring, extending a catalogue that includes “Flying Without Wings”, “World of Our Own” and “Unbreakable”.

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