Thursday, September 26, 2013

WESTLIFE: How It All Began

WESTLIFE were an Irish boy band, formed in July 1998, originally signed by Simon Cowell and managed by Louis Walsh. Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Shane Filan were originally part of a six-member pop vocal group called Six as One, changed in 1997 to IOYOU.






Louis Walsh, the manager of fellow Irish boy band Boyzone, came to know the group after he was contacted by Filan's mother, but the group failed to secure a BMG record deal with Cowell. Cowell told Walsh: "You are going to have to fire at least three of them. They have great voices, but they are the ugliest band I have ever seen in my life." Three members of the band were told they would not be part of the new group, and auditions were held in Dublin where Nicky Byrne and Brian McFadden were recruited out of the hundreds who auditioned.




The new group, formed on 3 July 1998, was renamed Westside but that name was already in use by another band, so it was changed to Westlife.





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