- Gordon Dumoulin
nostalgia... 'from boy's to uncle's band'...

Westlife's China concert livestreamed last Friday (Dec. 17) by Tencent's Wechat saw ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ป๐.
For many Chinese people born in the 1980's and 1990's, Westlife's songs were their first real touch with Western music and last Friday's concert brought back dear memories for many. The concert resonated and hyped on social media last weekend with many comments and sharing memories. Apart from their golden oldies such as 'Seasons in the Sun' or 'My love', they dazzled the fans in the end singing a Chinese song ๅนณๅกไน่ทฏ (the road to ordinary), originally by Chinese singer Pu Shu.



Westlife also recalled their last concert in China which was December 2019 in Beijing, a few months before the COVID pandemic started. Due to the cold weather at that time, they were provided ๅๅคง่กฃ, the traditional thick dark green overcoats which were popular in the North of China during the 1970's and 1980's (and still common today in many rural areas). They mentioned last Friday being very grateful for these great overcoats which look like designer brands.

๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ... one fan mentioned in social media
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