Westlife made a heartwarming tribute to their bandmate Mark Feehily after pausing their concert.
It comes after it was confirmed Mark was suffering from pneumonia, leading to some shows being cancelled. The performer explained that he was forced to pull out of some of their recent shows due to his condition and issued an apology to fans.
While performing in Sheffield, Shane Filan paused the performance to inform fans that Mark wouldn't be onstage with him, Kian Egan, and Nicky Byrne. Afterwards, he sent out a positive message for Mark, Yorkshire Live reports.
"We are a man down tonight," he said. "We spoke to him today, he is OK. He wants Sheffield to be Mark tonight. We are going to send him all our love."
Afterwards, they began performing Fool Again, if I Let You Go, My Love, and Swear It Again. At one point, the band stopped performing to film a message for Mark from the crowd.
They asked for the lights to be dimmed so that fans could shine their flashlights and chant: "We love you, Mark. And we miss you!" Mark recently issued an update on his health to his fans online.
"Firstly, I'd like to say a huge sincere thank you to everybody for sending their and get well soon messages - it means so much," the Irish singer wrote. "I was really gutted to miss the weekend shows in Newcastle but I started to feel quite unwell on Friday and that doctors have confirmed that it is a bout of pneumonia.
"I know it's scary when you first hear the word 'Pneumonia', but thankfully, I got to the doctor and the hospital very quickly and got on the antibiotics as soon as possible - so everything is currently under control. I have been informed that the quickest way to recovery is to rest and continue the antibiotics.
"I'm feeling a bit better everyday. The nurses and doctors are taking amazing care of me so it should all be over in no time. This does however mean missing more gigs which is horrible but I'll be back on stage as soon as I can get the all clear."
He added: "Until then, Nicky, Shane, and Kian will continue to fly the Westlife flag high for all of us. Please scream even louder than usual for those three legends in my absence.
"Sending love to you all, I hope to see you back on the road very, very, soon. Mark."
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