Westlife released their eagerly-awaited self-titled debut album, Westlife , in the UK in November Winning numerous awards, Westlife achieved much acclaim and enjoyed a lot of success, breaking records seemingly as fast as they set them. Their second album, Coast To Coast , went triple platinum in Ireland after only one day of release in They gained a placed in chart history with their seventh single release, My Love , as they became the only band whose first seven singles debuted at number one in the UK charts.
March saw a new chapter begin for the group as Brian McFadden announced his departure from the band. We thought maybe this was the end of the band, the beginning of the end. We chose to fight and to stay together.
Westlife released their fifth album Allow us to be Frank, covers of Frank Sinatra hits, in This was followed by Face to Face in and then The Love Album , a concept album featuring covers of popular love songs, in Their eighth studio album, Back Home , also debuted at number one on its release in Westlife took a well-deserved one-year break following their world tour in They released their ninth album, Where We Are , in November , and Gravity , their tenth album, in In October , Westlife officially announced they would be splitting up.
The band released a second Greatest Hits album in , which was followed by a farewell tour. The final performance of the tour was at Croke Park Stadium in Dublin on 23 June , to an audience of 82,, and streamed live to cinemas worldwide. After 14 years, 26 top ten hits including 14 number one singles, 11 top 5 albums, 7 of which hit the top spot and have collectively sold over 44 million copies around the world, 10 sell out tours and countless memories that we will forever cherish, we today announce our plan to go our separate ways after a greatest hits collection this Christmas and a farewell tour next year.
The decision is entirely amicable and after spending all of our adult life together so far, we want to have a well-earned break and look at new ventures. He is also a big supporter of Unicef , and has taken part in several campaigns for the charity.
Alongside Shane, Markus Feehily was one of the lead singers in Westlife, bet he's kept a relatively low profile since the hearthrobs broke up.
Fans were astounded when he was pictured working in a coffee and crepes van at various festivals, but Markus previously known as Mark is proud of his catering business. In he also released a solo album, Fire.
It's been going great guns for Kian Egan since Westlife hung up their microphones. Kian has even found himself time to release a solo album, Home, which hit number nine on the UK album chart in Main content.
What are Westlife doing now? Shane Filan. You must enable JavaScript to play content. Brian McFadden. Nicky Byrne. And boy did the former Westlife star need it by that point. After a few ill-judged property investments earlier on in his career, the star found himself pretty much losing all of his multi-million-euro fortune before declaring bankruptcy. But Louis sorted him out with a new solo deal and world tour, so after writing a load of new songs in Nashville, Shane released his debut album You and Me in November The collection reached number six in the UK, while managing a Top 3 placing in Ireland.
Two years later in and Shane returned with a second solo outing. His third album, Love Always , is out now. Brian McFadden left Westlife eight whole years before they'd all finally call it a day, departing the group in to spend more time with his family. He won't be part of the reunion. The star teamed up with Robbie Williams songwriter Guy Chambers for the majority of his debut album Irish Son , which got to number 24 in the UK but fared better in Ireland at number six.
It didn't de-rail the solo music career at all though, as three more albums followed, including Set In Stone , Wall of Soundz and The Irish Connection But Brian McFadden's solo career hasn't been without its reputation-denting controversies. First up he made some questionable comments during his breakfast show on More FM. In the old days, there was no such thing as gay. It was frowned upon. The church would burn you at the stake. Modern day, if you are not gay, a man should not be wearing pink.
Whoever thought this song was a good idea needs a serious reality check. The track was rightfully criticised for glorifying date rape and eventually plans for an accompanying music video were cancelled.
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