Worth the wait for Westlife

Date Published: 25-Apr-2008

When most of us were tucked up in our beds having sweet dreams in the early hours of Wednesday morning, two young County Galway girls were wide awake on Shop Street but were still dreaming — dreaming of a summer date with their heroes Westlife!

Early birds Michelle Sweeney, Mountbellew and Orla Coyne, Newbridge started queuing outside Zhivago’s at 4am on Wednesday morning and were first to secure tickets to pop sensation Westlife’s Salthill summer gig in Pearse Stadium.

Four Castlegar teens Niamh Connell, Sharon Glynn, ElizabethGrier and Natalie Coleman have all seen the Westlife lads in concert between four and six times already, but that hasn’t dampened their enthusiasm for the Salthill gig.

The girls arrived at 6.30am and while it’s difficult for many to comprehend why anyone would get up so early and queue for anything, the girls’ response probably best sums up the feeling of thousands of fans throughout the country.

“Because it’s …………….