Former Westlife star Brian McFadden has reconnected with one of his former bandmates, after admitting he hasn’t spoken to the group in over a decade
Brian McFadden has opened up about reconnecting with a former Westlife bandmate, despite previously expressing regret over his decision to leave the group.
The singer, 44, who famously left the Irish boyband in 2004 to pursue solo projects, is currently making music and touring with Boyzone’s Keith Duffy as part of ‘Boyzlife’.
Despite confessing that he hadn’t spoken to his ex-bandmates for over 12 years, Brian has now revealed he’s back in touch with Nicky Byrne. The band is also made up of Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, and Kian Egan
Discussing his decision to leave the band, Brian explained: “I needed to just stop. I remember the day. I remember going, ‘Oh, no.’ We had just worked flat-out for like 300 days straight, finished the tour, blah blah blah, and we were in a recording studio in London.
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“Our tour manager came out with an A4 sheet of what we were up to for the next few months. I looked at it. I was looking for a day off and I went through it. I went down through another month. My stomach just sank. I thought: ‘No. I can’t.’ It would be like playing a football match for 90 minutes and someone saying: ‘OK, lads, we’re going out for another 90’.”
Brian also reflected on the internal issues within Westlife, but was quick to clarify they never descended into Oasis-style physical altercations. “I’d rather have got a punch, because the actual mental torture of already being so down and so absolutely deprived of sleep and having no energy. And then, having the people around you bickering with each other – mentally I would rather get a punch in the face than that.”
Brian further reflected on the past, saying: “They were our young years as well. This is what people forget. Those 18 to 23 years – they are the college years for our friends.
As one of the leading boybands of the late ’90s, Westlife took the world by storm, and still have legions of loyal fans to this day.
Formed in 1998 as the Irish answer to Take That, Westlife went on to release 13 albums and embark on 12 world tours before going their separate way in 2012. And they were able to whip up the same magic formula following their 2018 reunion, with their comeback album Spectrum reaching a coveted number one spot.
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