‘Nottingham… it’s Friday night, are you ready for a party?’ Back for their 20th concert at Motorpoint Arena, Shane Filan, Kian Egan and Nicky Byrne rose up through hidden doors to deafening screams, greeting the 10,000 fans that braved the sub-zero temperatures, to see the long awaited, Wild Dreams tour come to the East Midlands.
Shane, clearly overwhelmed by the reception he and the lads from Ireland had just received, took a moment before adding, ‘You may have noticed, we are a man down, so tonight Nottingham - YOU are Mark, you have to step up and sing even louder!’ A challenge the crowd accepted with thunderous applause.
The fourth member of Westlife, Mark Feehily, is currently recovering from pneumonia, having missed the last two weeks of this tour - a tour which saw the band sell out Wembley Stadium in the summer, with the show broadcast live in cinemas across the UK. Impressive, considering they are now 25 years in to their career.
