7、Westlife:SwearaSuccessTheWestlifestoryreallybeganwaybackinDecember1996whenthethreeoriginalmembersofWestlifewereperforminginalocalproductionofthemusical‘Grease1’.ShaneFilan,KianEganandMarkFeehillywereallbornandbredinSligo,asmalltownafewhourswestoftheRepublicofIrelandscapitalcity,Dublin.DuringbreaksthethreewouldgettogetherandsingcoversofsomeoftheirfavouritesongsincludingBoyzIIMens‘IMakeLoveToYou’.Thereactiontotheirsingingwassopositivethattheydecidedtoformabandassoonastheyhadfinishedtheirexamsatschool.ThistheydulydidandonJuly31997theyformedI.O.U.TheboysorganizedconcertsintheareaandevenproducedtheirownCDstoselllocally.ThislocalsuccessledtoanappearanceonTVthatwastoproveextremelyimportant.AmongtheviewerswhosawthetrioperforminachildrenshospitalwasBoyzonesmanager,LouisWalsh.SoonafterShanesmothercontactedhim