Westlife Tour Overview
Westlife’s Wild Dreams Tour of 2022, in support of their recent album of the same name, will involve the band’s biggest shows to date so far! Beginning in Dublin in July, the tour will visit 14 cities throughout the UK and Ireland, and their show at Wembley Stadium in August has been pegged as a “once in a lifetime” event that is not to be missed.
Based on previous tours, we can expect impressive stage effects, and a set list that will promote the band’s latest material as well as revisiting their much loved classics. Support acts for the shows include James Morrison, All Saints and Emile Sandé.
About Westlife
Westlife are an Irish boy band who originally formed in 1998 with band members, Shane Filan, Markus Feehilly, Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne and Brian McFadden. McFadden left the group in 2004 and the rest of the band split up in 2012 before reuniting again in 2018.
The heart-throb boy band have released twelve studio albums over the course of their career and have had 14 of their singles debut at number one in the UK singles chart - a record that has only been beaten by Elvis Presley and The Beatles. Westlife are the best selling album group of the 2000s decade and have a total of more than 24 million combined record sales in the UK.
The Irish group have retained their popularity throughout the decades and have been on tour fourteen times, selling an incredible 5.5 million tickets across the globe. Westlife have received a wealth of awards including, one World Music Award, two BRIT Awards, four MTV Awards and four Record of the Year Awards. The band’s latest album is titled Wild Dreams and was released in 2021 ahead of their upcoming tour in 2022.
Westlife Facts
- The band underwent a number of name changes before settling on Westlife, having previously been called Westside, IOYOU and Six Of One.
- Westlife have their own chocolate bar after teaming up with Cadbury’s in 2001 to release a special edition Wispa which had the name of each band member carved into it.
- As well as being in the band, Markus also owns a catering van that sells coffees and crepes, he put his time and energy into it whilst the band was on hiatus from 2012 to 2018.
- Before finding fame with Westlife, Kian used to work as a kissogram in Ireland for birthday parties and hen dos, his uniform was a pair of see-through trousers, boxers and a bow tie.
- Nicky has a pair of lucky socks that he wears whenever he performs.
