TOUR FACTS

Hodgepodge of tour facts from over the years, click on scroll bar for specific years dates or just read along in chronological order and gasp!

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

 

2005  FACE TO FACE TOUR

 

TURNAROUND TOUR  2004
Turnaround World Tour. 1st date of tour - 29th March, at the Odyssey, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 

For the last two years Westlife have been the biggest selling arena act in Europe. They have now performed to over three million fans over four years to become the biggest selling arena tour act ever. Westlife’s live shows are always incredible. Their last two tours have taken the live experience to a new level. With impressive stage and costume designs, pyrotechnics and some of the best loved songs in music Westlife prove on stage just why they have enjoyed such unprecedented success. This year’s critically acclaimed Turnaround Tour was a huge success that saw the boys perform over 70 shows in the space of five months.

FACTS

* This tour had a Far East leg - covering China, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Singapore - however the lads decided it best to concentrate on their new album and cancelled it.
* There was also a second date for Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam that was cancelled.
* The Brighton dates were re-scheduled as Nicky became ill during the tour.
* The Butlins show isn't strictly a part of this tour, however they performed this show with one amendment - the section containing When You're Looking Like That, Tonight, On My Shoulder and Obvious was traded in for a Rat-Pack preview with the songs - Mack The Knife, Fly Me To The Moon, That's Life and Ain't That A Kick In The Head.

 

2003  UNBREAKABLE TOUR MINI FACTS   
Unbreakable: Greatest Hits” tour kicked off in Cardiff on April 13th.  The 62 show tour is the band’s biggest production to date and features a futuristic sci-fi stage complete with Andy Warhol inspired pop art projections, Las Vegas style neon signs and the latest in intelligent lighting technology

* Staging this tour cost €7m!
* This tour was the first time Westlife performed without dancers on tour.
* The lads played a date in their hometown of Sligo which actually cost them money to stage. It took three days too build the stage there, and two days to take it down after, requiring 170 staff.

 

2002 TOUR - IN THE ROUND
Westlife will earn £2 million each for their latest tour I can exclusively reveal, they earn £14,000 each for their 68 World of our own in the round 2002 concerts. They will also get £800,000 each from merchandising as well as an extra £300,000 each for lucrative deals with Adidas.

Tour stuff Westlife just can't live without ... Smash Hits Magazine May 2002
Nicky: I need Lucozade sport when I'm on stage. I get so thirsty and you only get a minute for costume changes. I need a can of something fizzy to give me a boost before I get back up there.
Mark: For me, its everything from catering to my mobile phone, to my music
Bryan: I've got my daughter Molly with me at the moment. She's defiantly a tour essential for me
Shane: Honey- it really wakes my throat up and helps me go out and sing every night.
Kian: My Porsche preferably when its not smashed up! I normally have a playstation and I'm watching a lot of movies like ED-tv, American pie 2 and the Champ - a great old Chaplin movie.

What else is do Westlife have then?
Twenty cans of Diet Coke, Fanta, Lucozade and orange juice
1 Large bowl of M&M's all colours!!!!
One bowl of fresh fruit including grapes, oranges, apples and bananas
A crate of beer to relax with after the show

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