WESTLIFE COME TOGETHER FOR 25TH BASH GIG

WESTLIFE compared themselves to The Beatles as they played the first of two concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall.

- BY LUCY NEEDHAM

Shane Filan, Nicky Byrne and Kian Egan were accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra as they kicked off their 25th anniversary celebrations in style.

But they were more like the Fab Three in the absence of fellow original member Mark Feehily.