Westlife have dropped the music video for ‘Hello My Love’ and it’s a big hit with fans

It's their first single since 2011

Westlife

by Anna Sky Hulton |
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Just 24 hours after dropping their amazing comeback single, 'Hello My Love', Westlife have released the music video and it's a big hit with fans already. 'Hello My Love' is the first new music from the band since 2011, and has been penned by the amazing Ed Sheeran.

The popular Irish band started teasing their new single earlier this week, with a nine-second clip, revealing the single's name and its release date.

Now, Westlife have revealed that they dropped their music video this morning and it's an immediate hit with fans. Taking to Twitter the band wrote, 'Hello My Love video is out now! Check it out here'.

Since then, fans have been taking to social media to say how much they love the single, and now that the music video has dropped, the compliments just keep on rolling in! One fan tweeted, 'It's brilliant! So excited to finally have a notification from the Westlife YT account that wasn't just an upload of old stuff!', with another saying, 'HOLY WOW! What a masterpiece!! Killing it!😍😍❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉', 'Omg ❤️'. [sic]

The video sees the band in a rocky location as the sunrises they find themselves in a huge hot air balloon.

WATCH: The music video for Westlife's 'Hello My Love'

'Hello My Love' is the first single from the band in eight years and for many months it was rumoured that BRIT Award winner Ed Sheeran had written it. This has now been confirmed with the singles release. Did you know that Ed Sheeran has written a number of other songs for other artists? Here are 12 songs you didn't know Ed Sheeran had written.

Now take a look at Westlife through the years:

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Westlife - 1999

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Westlife - 2000

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Westlife - 2001

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Westlife - 2001

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Westlife with singer Lulu (2002)

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Westlife in 2004

Westlife's Bryan McFadden and his ex band mates pose for the last time with Mark Feehily, Nicky Byrne,Shane Filan and Kian Egan.

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Westlife are presented with a special plaque - 2005

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Westlife arrive at The Brit Awards (2006)

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Westlife attend a book-signing at Waterstones (2008)

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Westlife perform at Hampton Court Palace Festival (2011)

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estlife perform on stage during the band's farewell tour at O2 Arena (2012)

'Hello My Love' comes just a few months after Westlife announced a tour to celebrate 20 years as a group. The band will take 'The Twenty Tour' to venues across the UK, including Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Sheffield, Leeds, Nottingham, Birmingham, Liverpool and more!

See the dates for Westlife’s ‘The Twenty Tour’ below:

MAY 2019

Manchester Arena - Thu 30th

Newcastle Metro Radio Arena - Fri 31th

JUNE 2019

Newcastle Metro Radio Arena - Sat 1st

Glasgow SSE Hydro Arena - Mon 3rd

Glasgow The SSE Hydro - Tue 4th

Sheffield FLY DSA Arena - Fri 7th

Sheffield Fly DSA Arena - Sat 8th

Leeds First Direct Arena - Mon 10th

Leeds First Direct Arena - Tue 11th

London O2 Arena - Thu 13th

London The O2 - Fri 14th

Nottingham Motorpoint Arena - Tue 18th

Nottingham Motorpoint Arena - Wed 19th

Birmingham Arena - Fri 21st

Birmingham Arena - Sat 22nd

Liverpool Echo Arena - Tue 25th

Liverpool Echo Arena - Wed 26th

Manchester Arena - Fri 28th

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