WESTLIFE return with 'The Twenty Tour' in May and June 2019

Westlife Return With 'The Twenty Tour' New 2019 Tour Announced Today Celebrating 20 Years Of Westlife   Tickets on sale Thursday 25 October 2018 at 9am

(LONDON, U.K. Wednesday 17 October 2018) – The UK's top selling album group of the 21st century, Westlife, today announce that they will be touring the UK and Ireland for the first time in seven years next May, June and July. Tickets go on sale on Thursday 25 October 2018 at 9am at Ticketmaster UK Celebrating Westlife's 20th anniversary, 'The Twenty Tour' will kick off in Belfast on 25th May, with the run of live shows ending in Dublin on 5th July. The shows will see the global pop kings perform brand new songs, alongside their greatest hits and all 14 of their UK No.1 hits including as 'Swear It Again', ‘Flying Without Wings', ‘You Raise Me Up’ and 'Unbreakable'. Shane, Nicky, Mark and Kian announced their return to music two weeks ago to a frenzy of media coverage and social media activity. The band have signed a new record deal with Virgin EMI, and will release new music soon. These shows will be their first as a group since they played Croke Park in Dublin on 23rd June 2012. Westlife have sold over 55 million records worldwide, and are the only band to have their first 7 singles enter the UK chart at No.1. They also have the most singles of any artist to debut at No.1 in the UK. Overall the band have had an incredible 14 No.1 singles, behind only Elvis Presley and The Beatles. They have had 33 No.1 albums worldwide. As a live act Westlife have sold 5 million concert tickets worldwide. They still hold the record for the most shows played at The SSE Arena, Wembley - 28. They sold out Croke Park Stadium in a record breaking 5 minutes. They also hold the record for the most shows played at The SSE Arena, Belfast by any band - 50. Fans that pre-order a copy of the forthcoming new Westlife album from the official store before 12pm BST on Monday 22nd October will receive an exclusive pre-sale code for early access tickets to the 2019 UK & Ireland tour. Pre-sale starts at 9AM Tuesday 23rd October with general on-sale tickets available from Thursday 25th October at 9AM. UK & Ireland Official Store Link - https://shop.westlife.com/ Tour Dates: 25 May 2019                 Belfast, U.K.                  Belfast SSE Arena 26 May 2019                 Belfast, U.K.                  Belfast SSE Arena 30 May 2019                 Manchester, U.K.          Manchester Arena 31 May 2019                 Newcastle, U.K.            Metro Radio Arena 03 June 2019                Glasgow, U.K.               The SSE Hydro 07 June 2019                Sheffield, U.K.               Fly DSA Arena 10 June 2019                Leeds, U.K.                   First Direct Arena 13 June 2019                London, U.K.                 The O2 18 June 2019                Nottingham, U.K.           Motorpoint Arena 21 June 2019                Birmingham, U.K.          Birmingham Arena 25 June 2019                Liverpool, U.K.              Liverpool Echo Arena 05 July 2019                 Dublin, Ireland               Croke Park Tickets for Westlife go on-sale to the general public on Thursday 25 October at 9am