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Westlife's wild career - brutal Simon Cowell dig, tense feud and bankruptcy woes
READ NEXT: Sugababes' return at Glastonbury sees fans turned away as tent becomes overcrowdedWhile this is the case nowadays, it wasn't always the way.Here, we take a look back at some of the major moments in the career of Ireland's favourite boyband.Initially, the three band members from County Sligo (Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Shane Filan) were part of a group alongside Derrick Lacey, Graham Keighron, and Michael Garrett.The six had performed together in their school musical productions and caught the eye of Louis Walsh after two singles were produced. He was contacted by one of the parents of the lads, and plugged them to Simon Cowell.But that didn't end up going too well, with the media mogul telling Walsh :"You are going to have to fire at least three of them.
