Westlife paused their concert in order to pay tribute to their bandmate Mark Feehily, who has fallen ill during their tour. Mark confirmed he was struck down with pneumonia and had to cancel a few shows.
The singer recently posted a lengthy explanation as to why he was forced to pull out of their recent shows and apologised to fans but said he hoped to be back on the road soon, writes The Mirror. During their The Wild Dreams Tour show in Sheffiled on Monday night, Shane Filan, Kian Egan and Nicky Byrne opened with Starlight and Uptown Girl.
Shane then paused the performance to tell fans that sadly Mark wouldn't be joining them. He said: "We are a man down tonight. We spoke to him today, he is OK. He wants Sheffield to be Mark tonight. We are going to send him all our love."
