Simon Cowell has revealed why he won’t be on board when Westlife come back for their 20 year reunion tour.
The music mogul, who previously had the Irish boyband as part of his SYCO record label, has admitted that he met with Louis Walsh and the lads ahead of the big announcement last month, but they couldn’t make a deal work.
“They came to the house, had a fantastic meeting. But the deal wasn’t a great deal because the truth is they’re going to make a ton of money on ticket sales.” the 59-year-old told The Sun.
“I would have preferred to have done the deal with a documentary first. The timing didn’t work so I said to Louis, ‘I can’t make the numbers work just on records’ – and that was it.”
Rumours had been circulating as to why Simon was not involved in the reunion, with many feeling that the absence of former band member Brian McFadden was the reason as to why the X Factor judge opted out.
However, Nicky Byrne was quick to shut down any whispers of the fifth member making a comeback.
“To put Brian back into the band, it would be strange for us to have to adapt to that. The stories and the rumours about Simon Cowell offering tours with Brian, it’s just simply not true.” he admitted at a press conference in October.
“100% untrue, that never happened. We did meet Simon Cowell and it was one of those things where we discussed the band as a four-piece, it was never with Brian,”
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