16 years ago, we happened to be at One-stop Midlands Park, Penang, and who were there on a promotional tour, but the Backstreet Boys! Back then, I have not heard of them and there were probably less than 50 fans holding some posters waiting for them to autograph. Then they were on stage singing and dancing with pre-recorded music.
My youngest daughter was only 8 then and not interested at all in the pop group. She was quite contented window shopping with her mum, while I stood near the stage to watch a bit of the action.
I used to tease her about her missed opportunity then when later she became a big fan of BSB, like many other young teenagers. Later, Westlife came into the pop scene and she was quite obsessed with them, buying original CDs just so that they did not get cheated by the profiteers involved in music piracy!
Well, she will get a chance to at least visit Sligo and Dublin, the hometowns of the members of Westlife this festive season...
We will be in Dublin for two nights and going to Enniskillen where Anna's family lives for three nights. And I will be going from Enniskillen to Belfast on the 2nd January for a night before taking a bus back to Glasgow. I did plan to go to Sligo at the beginning but we couldn't find buses from Sligo to Enniskillen so Anna's father wants to do a whole family trip to Sligo! hahahahha.... oh goodness, her family likes me too much even before meeting me. By the way, Sligo is where three of the Westlife members are from, while the other two are from Dublin. Yes, the main reason for visiting Ireland is due to my soft spot for Westlife...
A brief history of Westlife can be found here:
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