Westlife

Nicky Byrne shares a funny episode during the Westlife Manila concert 2023.

[Former Westlife member Brian McFadden: "The Philippines is my favorite place in the world." "We were all 18, 19 years of age. You got your own children." ](https://www.pep.ph/guide/music/147347/former-westlife-member-brian-mcfadden-the-philippines-is-my-favorite-place-in-the-world-a4427-20191107#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe've%20had%20a%20lot,favorite%20place%20in%20the%20world.%E2%80%9D?ref=article_read_also) [Westlife celebrates 20 years with two-day concert in Manila](https://www.pep.ph/guide/music/145200/westlife-celebrates-20-years-brings-tour-to-manila-a722-20190810-lfrm?ref=article_read_also) [Shane Filan fends off "marriage proposal" from Filipino fan; he promises to return for concert in 2015](https://www.pep.ph/guide/music/14580/shane-filan-fends-off-marriage-proposal-from-filipino-fan-he-promises-to-return-for-concert-in-2015#:~:text=Guide%20Music-,Shane%20Filan%20fends%20off%20%22marriage%20proposal%22%20from%20Filipino%20fan%3B,return%20for%20concert%20in%202015&text=%22It's%20best%20to%20sit%20down,his%20You%20and%20Me%20Tour.?ref=article_read_also) [Shane Filan of Westlife fame open to doing a collaboration with The Voice PH finalist Klarisse de Guzman](https://www.pep.ph/guide/music/13935/shane-filan-of-westlife-fame-open-to-doing-a-collaboration-with-the-voice-ph-finalist-klarisse-de-gu?ref=article_read_also) Paying homage to Swedish supergroup ABBA, Westlife performed a medley of the former's iconic songs "Waterloo," "Gimme Gimme Gimme," "Money, Money, Money," "Super Trouper," "Dancing Queen," "I Have A Dream," and "Thank You For The Music." Other songs on the list were the band's songs "I Lay My Love on You," "World of Our Own," "What About Now" by Daughtry, "Mandy" by Barry Manilow, and "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jack. Westlife kicked off the performance to the upbeat tunes of "Starlight," "Uptown Girl," and "When You're Looking Like That." [Shane Filan](https://www.pep.ph/tag/shane-filan), [Mark Feehily](https://www.pep.ph/tag/mark-feehily), [Kian Egan](https://www.pep.ph/tag/Kian-Egan), and [Nicky Byrne](https://www.pep.ph/tag/nicky-byrne) returned to the Philippines to perform the 50th show of their The Wild Dreams Tour at the Araneta Coliseum. [Backstreet Boys](https://www.pep.ph/tag/backstreet-boys) were also holding their concert at the Mall of Asia Arena. "And you [fans] were banging on the glass, and banging on the doors, and it was crazy. [Westlife returns to Manila for The Wild Dreams Tour](https://www.pep.ph/guide/music/165841/westlife-wild-dreams-manila-a724-20220525?ref=article_read_also) [Westlife](https://www.pep.ph/tag/westlife) has many fond memories of the Philippines.