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Just had an email from local coach company and it would cost me about £350 for taxi, coach and cheap end ticket at Manchester. Will have to hope they show it in Cinemas like they have done before, I have seen them a few times so think I will save my money this time and spend it on a long week-end away.
 
Just watching the show from Royal Albert Hall on youtube. Looks like somebody did it on a phone from the stalls and the sound isn't brilliant but it looked a good night. Shane Filan had to work hard on every song, Kian Egan doing plenty of singing and Nicky Bryne doing his usual job of posing and gazing about plus the audience did the most singing as normal.
They were quite out of breath after the first song and I did wonder if they would last the whole 2 hours. :D
I saw this. I don’t get why don’t they share out marks lines on flying without wings?
 
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There is a Heart Radio interview on youtube they did this week and the tour is going to be enormous as they said they are going to Aus and New Zealnd etc. I really don't know how they are going to get through it without Mark and his incredible voice.
Yes there are 3 in Take That but they have alsort going on and can spread it out a bit without singing all the time.
Perhaps they should take Ed Sheeran with them. :)
 
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There is a Heart Radio interview on youtube they did this week and the tour is going to be enormous as they said they are going to Aus and New Zealnd etc. I really don't know how they are going to get through it without Mark and his incredible voice.
Yes there are 3 in Take That but they have alsort going on and can spread it out a bit without singing all the time.
Perhaps they should take Ed Sheeran with them. :)
plus Take That I love Jason but he wasnt doing main vocals, so easier for them
 
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There is a Heart Radio interview on youtube they did this week and the tour is going to be enormous as they said they are going to Aus and New Zealnd etc. I really don't know how they are going to get through it without Mark and his incredible voice.
Yes there are 3 in Take That but they have alsort going on and can spread it out a bit without singing all the time.
Perhaps they should take Ed Sheeran with them. :)
Take that don't sing every song. There's a fair amount of miming going on. We saw them at a cinema showing and and at the bits where they go down to the front of the crowd, they definitely weren't singing and their miming was all over the place.

If I'm being frank, I think the days of live vocals for most groups and singers are over!!!

My work colleague got tickets to see Bon Jovi. Jon Bon's voice has been deteriorating for years. I saw posts from ardent fans saying he struggled with 6/7 songs at a small gig. No way will he be able to do a stadium tour 'live'. So they'll mix a prerecorded vocal with the live stuff.

And we saw Dolly Parton a fair few years ago and no way was she singing. She talked and told us loads of stories but was obviously miming the songs (we still loved it)

I got tickets for Glasgow. This will be my first time ever seeing Westlife live. I'm in the disabled section (for my mum) on the second floor. But hey, it's Westlife. We were lucky to get a ticket.
 
🤣 i wonder how it feels knowing Shane has to go the heavy lifting and they just stand their looking pretty. I’d feel like tit
The media campaign they’ve been on the past week or so Kian looks anything but pretty he looks down right miserable and grumpy. I imagine he’s not the easiest person to be in a band with!
 
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🤣 i wonder how it feels knowing Shane has to go the heavy lifting and they just stand their looking pretty. I’d feel like tit
Probably feels ok if you being paid a ton of money for it! Probably feels worse for Shane.
 
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Just had an email from local coach company and it would cost me about £350 for taxi, coach and cheap end ticket at Manchester. Will have to hope they show it in Cinemas like they have done before, I have seen them a few times so think I will save my money this time and spend it on a long week-end away.
Odeon is showing the Royal Albert Hall concert on the 30th November.
 
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I’ve saw Westlife live many times. Not really since their comeback besides the initial reunion. Admittedly Shane being so rude to me when I met him twice really put me off them. Kian also had a face like a slapped a that day so I can believe he’s a pain to work with.

But their formula for tours was too predictable. Always close with You raise me up/Flying without Wings. Medley in the middle of other pop songs. Bad dancing. Some parts which are blatantly mimed. For the price they are charging ? Eff off Westlife 🤣

Have fun those that are going.
 
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Does anyone listen to Nicky’s podcast? I always listen when he interviews old boy band members. He interviewed Dane Bowers and didn’t even ask about Katie Price 🙄
 
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Does anyone listen to Nicky’s podcast? I always listen when he interviews old boy band members. He interviewed Dane Bowers and didn’t even ask about Katie Price 🙄
I started to the watch the one he did with Brian McFadden but got bored with it and gave up. Can't remember what they were talking about except how they got to join Westlife (which went on for ever) and Brian's kids living in Ireland.
 
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There is a Heart Radio interview on youtube they did this week and the tour is going to be enormous as they said they are going to Aus and New Zealnd etc. I really don't know how they are going to get through it without Mark and his incredible voice.
Yes there are 3 in Take That but they have alsort going on and can spread it out a bit without singing all the time.
Perhaps they should take Ed Sheeran with them. :)
Nooo I don't want bleeping Ed sheeran on the circus tour
 
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I started to the watch the one he did with Brian McFadden but got bored with it and gave up. Can't remember what they were talking about except how they got to join Westlife (which went on for ever) and Brian's kids living in Ireland.
Yeah nothing about how he moved to Australia for years and barely saw his kids
 
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Mark's voice is on some of their new material 🥳🥰 is this the beginning of a come back do you think?
I listened to it and I think this might have been AI use of his voice, not actually him singing in a studio. Sad as it would be, but I’d be surprised if he ever returns to performing or even recording for Westlife. Having his voice on there obviously elevates the song and gives fans hope he might return.
I would love to see Westlife in concert, just for the old songs alone. But I’m not sure I can take Shane audibly straining to sing that much, Kian glaring and Nicky doing…Nicky things 😁
 
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Not a Westlife fan but Westlife without Mark just doesn't work. Shane sounds like a bleating lamb, and the other two can't hold a tune.


I listened to it and I think this might have been AI use of his voice, not actually him singing in a studio. Sad as it would be, but I’d be surprised if he ever returns to performing or even recording for Westlife. Having his voice on there obviously elevates the song and gives fans hope he might return.
I would love to see Westlife in concert, just for the old songs alone. But I’m not sure I can take Shane audibly straining to sing that much, Kian glaring and Nicky doing…Nicky things 😁
I doubt it's AI. What would be the point? He recently auctioned off a private wedding performance for Neurodiversity Ireland. If he's well enough to travel to a destination in Europe to sing one Westlife song live, I can't see why he wouldn't record parts of one song in a studio close to home.
 
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Not a Westlife fan but Westlife without Mark just doesn't work. Shane sounds like a bleating lamb, and the other two can't hold a tune.



I doubt it's AI. What would be the point? He recently auctioned off a private wedding performance for Neurodiversity Ireland. If he's well enough to travel to a destination in Europe to sing one Westlife song live, I can't see why he wouldn't record parts of one song in a studio close to home.

Bleating lamb gave me a great laugh! He has a nice enough wee voice (albeit it does sound like a bleating lamb!) but it's not strong enough to carry every single song without Mark.
 
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