London, Dec 13 - Members of Irish boy band Westlife have revealed they used to skip meals to get drunk.

The group admitted that their advancing years has restricted them from partying longer and harder as they used to and can't believe how they used to behave, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"It you think back to when we were 21, it was like, 'Who cares about food? Just get a bottle of vodka down your neck by 12 o'clock'. Now that we're hitting 30, it's different," said singer Nicky Byrne from the band.

Added his bandmate Shane Filan: "The older we get, the more we prefer a good restaurant to a club. But as long as you have a drink and a laugh..."