{"id":412843,"date":"2026-02-07T11:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T11:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/412843\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T11:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T11:47:07","slug":"no-rivalry-between-boyzlife-and-westlife-keith-duffy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/412843\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;No rivalry&#8217; between Boyzlife and Westlife &#8211; Keith Duffy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Now, Duffy and McFadden perform as two lead vocalists, typically backed by a live band, sharing verses and choruses throughout the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They said nerves still creep in at the start of a tour, but it&#8217;s more excitement than fear, particularly when performing new material.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We get excited for getting out and doing it live. I don&#8217;t think I could do this job if we didn&#8217;t have the live shows that we do,&#8221; McFadden said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They will entertain Belfast audiences in April &#8211; and both performers singled out Belfast&#8217;s fans as among the most energetic they play to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;You give your best show when the audience give you that kind of energy. So we love coming and playing up here,&#8221; Duffy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They kicked off their 2025 tour in Belfast and said the crowd &#8220;raised the roof off the place&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;They didn&#8217;t even want us to sing. They sang every song themselves,&#8221; Duffy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We were trying to sing, but there was no point. We just put the mics out and they&#8217;d just take over.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Now, Duffy and McFadden perform as two lead vocalists, typically backed by a live band, sharing verses and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-412843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}