WESTLIFE sets sales record
One of the world's most popular bands Westlife has set a record in Wellington, selling out in just three hours of going on sale at Ticketek on Saturday morning.
Over 4000 tickets were sold before lunchtime.
The promoter, Ian Magan from Pacific Entertainment, says he is thrilled that Wellington has responded in such a way.
"This is a reaction befitting the a band of this calibre," says Magan.
Magan advises that very good seats are still available in Auckland, New Plymouth and Christchurch.
Tickets for the Auckland concert at Vector Arena can be purchased through TicketMaster while tickets for the concert at New Plymouth's TSB Stadium and Christchurch's TSB Arena can be purchased through Ticketek.
2008-03-03
Nicky On Anonymous Tomorrow
All irish fans make sure you will not miss the new series of Anonymous tomorrow as Nicky will be on it.
When: 3 March 2008
Time: 9:30pm
Channel: RTE 2
Charts Update
Woohoo! 'Back Home' is at No.23 in the UK albums chart this week, moving up from last week's No.48!!
'Us Against The World' is at No.40 this week with download sales only in the UK singles chart.
In the Irish singles charts 'Us Against The World' is up at No.27 from last week's No.36.
In the Irish Albums chart 'Back Home' is up to No.20 from last week's No.26 and 'Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Vol.1' is down at No.17 from last week's No.16.
2008-03-01
NEW OFFICIAL TOUR PICTURES FROM LIVERPOOL
the link below contains tour spoilers
Hiya everyone! Westlife gave a concert in Liverpool last night and we have new official tour pictures from it.
CLICK HERE TO SEE THEM
Hiya everyone! Westlife gave a concert in Liverpool last night and we have new official tour pictures from it.
CLICK HERE TO SEE THEM
Extra Tour Date for Belfast
Westlife have added one more concert at the Belfast Odyssey Arena for 28th May 2008 as well as the one on 27th May.
This love is unbreakable
With all the Westlife lads happy in love, the band have revealed that without their partners they might be alcoholics or drug addicts.
The guys let Sunday Life into a secret - not only do they still get in trouble just like everyone else, but their partners are the people who keep them sane.
Shane who is married to Gillian Walsh (Kian's cousin) said 'if we didn't have our relationships the way they are and as strong as they are it would be crazy. Without having a relationship that gives you a stable side to your life you'd be a nut bag. I think without our partners we'd all probably be drug addicts or at night clubs drinking all night. You need a rock in your life, especially in this industry. You need that other half who is on Planet Earth all the time. The other half is that level of normality - without it we wouldn't be where we are today as a band.'
Mark also revealed that even Westlife can get in trouble. He's dating former boyband star Kevin McDaid. 'we get in trouble with our partners just as much as anyone else in a relationship - we're not special, we dont get any special treatment' he said.
And Nicky, who is married to Taoiseach Bertie Aherns daughter Georgina, said they even have phone fights in front of the band.
He said ' I always think its quite funny if you are in a room and somebody else is kind of fighting with the partner on the phone or something and you are sitting there listening, because you can't obviously close your ears. You kind of giggle to yourself, because you know when you are in that position its the most horrendous thing in the world. 'So when you're watching somebody else its actually quite funny, but you know they are going to get over it in 10 minutes time.'
Shane admits he tries his best with Gillian to skip the bit where she's angry with him. He revealed ' What I just say is, 'Look let's just skip this part and make up because we are going to make up either way' and she just starts laughing.'
The guys let Sunday Life into a secret - not only do they still get in trouble just like everyone else, but their partners are the people who keep them sane.
Shane who is married to Gillian Walsh (Kian's cousin) said 'if we didn't have our relationships the way they are and as strong as they are it would be crazy. Without having a relationship that gives you a stable side to your life you'd be a nut bag. I think without our partners we'd all probably be drug addicts or at night clubs drinking all night. You need a rock in your life, especially in this industry. You need that other half who is on Planet Earth all the time. The other half is that level of normality - without it we wouldn't be where we are today as a band.'
Mark also revealed that even Westlife can get in trouble. He's dating former boyband star Kevin McDaid. 'we get in trouble with our partners just as much as anyone else in a relationship - we're not special, we dont get any special treatment' he said.
And Nicky, who is married to Taoiseach Bertie Aherns daughter Georgina, said they even have phone fights in front of the band.
He said ' I always think its quite funny if you are in a room and somebody else is kind of fighting with the partner on the phone or something and you are sitting there listening, because you can't obviously close your ears. You kind of giggle to yourself, because you know when you are in that position its the most horrendous thing in the world. 'So when you're watching somebody else its actually quite funny, but you know they are going to get over it in 10 minutes time.'
Shane admits he tries his best with Gillian to skip the bit where she's angry with him. He revealed ' What I just say is, 'Look let's just skip this part and make up because we are going to make up either way' and she just starts laughing.'
Ticket chaos hits Westlife gig
TICKET problems caused huge queues outside a Westlife concert in Liverpool last night.
Hundreds of fans who bought tickets over the phone fromthe Ticketmaster agency dad to collect them from the ECHO Arena box office when they did not arrive through the post.
Long queues built up outside and tempers flared as concertgoers had to wait in the wind and rain for more than an hour.
The gig was delayed by 25 minutes so every fan could take their seat.
Kath Johnson, 55, from Liverpool city centre, said: “It has been horrendous. I have never known anything like it. I had to wait over an hour to get my ticket.”
Arena general manager Tim Banfield apologised to fans, saying: “The tickets were not sold by the ECHO Arena and we have asked the ticket agent concerned to explain why this arose.
"Hundreds of fans arrived with email print-outs and credit cards, and we had to check every transaction manually.”
The concert itself proved a big winner, with the queues and a two-minute power cut between songs in the middle of the gig failing to silence rows of screaming fans.
Full review in Monday’s ECHO
Westlife breaking records
WESTLIFE are back - for the umpteenth time - at Newcastle’s Metro Radio Arena next week, as Entertainment Editor GORDON BARR reports.
FORGET Take That, the newly-reformed Boyzone and even young pretenders McFly - none can compare to Irish pop stars Westlife when it comes to performing in Newcastle.
That has nothing to do with actual performance or material, though - rather it is based solely on the number of appearances and the number of people who have seen the chart-toppers at the city’s Metro Radio Arena.
When Westlife take to the arena’s stage on Tuesday it will mark their 26th concert at the venue - and you can add one more, when they return the following day too.
Love them or loathe them, that means more than a quarter of a million people will have seen Shane, Kian, Mark and Nicky there – a record that will be hard to beat.
The latest tour is called Back Home, and Westlife must feel that the Metro Radio Arena is, indeed, a home from home these days.
The shows follow the release on Monday of their latest single Us Against The World, from their Back Home album.
"Us Against The World is our favourite track on the album and one of our best songs ever,” says Nicky. “It has a beautiful melody and as soon as we recorded it we knew it just had to be a single.”
Mark adds: “This song is a symbol of Westlife recording the kind of songs we really believe in.
"Good quality well produced pop music, which is exactly what our loyal fans deserve. It’s a taste of what’s to come in the future.
"In my eyes it’s also one of our best vocal performances ever.”
Few pop bands can compare to Westlife’s remarkable success. In their nine and a half years on top they have sold over 40 million records globally.
In the UK alone they have scored nine multi-platinum albums and a record breaking 14 No.1 hits (behind only Elvis and The Beatles).
Westlife have also picked up innumerable awards and appeared on hundreds of magazine covers around the world.
They are the only recording artists to win the Record Of The Year four times and other top awards include two Brits and an MTV Europe Award.
2008 is a special year for Westlife as it marks the 10th anniversary of their career and will celebrate this fact in spectacular style with a huge concert at Dublin’s Croke Park in June in front of more than 80,000 fans. The album Back Home has to date sold more than a million copies in just eight weeks.
Westlife are at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle on Tuesday and Wednesday next week.
FORGET Take That, the newly-reformed Boyzone and even young pretenders McFly - none can compare to Irish pop stars Westlife when it comes to performing in Newcastle.
That has nothing to do with actual performance or material, though - rather it is based solely on the number of appearances and the number of people who have seen the chart-toppers at the city’s Metro Radio Arena.
When Westlife take to the arena’s stage on Tuesday it will mark their 26th concert at the venue - and you can add one more, when they return the following day too.
Love them or loathe them, that means more than a quarter of a million people will have seen Shane, Kian, Mark and Nicky there – a record that will be hard to beat.
The latest tour is called Back Home, and Westlife must feel that the Metro Radio Arena is, indeed, a home from home these days.
The shows follow the release on Monday of their latest single Us Against The World, from their Back Home album.
"Us Against The World is our favourite track on the album and one of our best songs ever,” says Nicky. “It has a beautiful melody and as soon as we recorded it we knew it just had to be a single.”
Mark adds: “This song is a symbol of Westlife recording the kind of songs we really believe in.
"Good quality well produced pop music, which is exactly what our loyal fans deserve. It’s a taste of what’s to come in the future.
"In my eyes it’s also one of our best vocal performances ever.”
Few pop bands can compare to Westlife’s remarkable success. In their nine and a half years on top they have sold over 40 million records globally.
In the UK alone they have scored nine multi-platinum albums and a record breaking 14 No.1 hits (behind only Elvis and The Beatles).
Westlife have also picked up innumerable awards and appeared on hundreds of magazine covers around the world.
They are the only recording artists to win the Record Of The Year four times and other top awards include two Brits and an MTV Europe Award.
2008 is a special year for Westlife as it marks the 10th anniversary of their career and will celebrate this fact in spectacular style with a huge concert at Dublin’s Croke Park in June in front of more than 80,000 fans. The album Back Home has to date sold more than a million copies in just eight weeks.
Westlife are at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle on Tuesday and Wednesday next week.
‘Us Against The World’ out Monday!
‘Us Against The World’ is in stores Monday!
The unforgettable new single marks ten years at the top for Westlife, and is a celebration of the family, friends and fans who have been with Westlife from the start.Don’t forget to snap up your copy of ‘Us Against The World’ and give Westlife their fifteenth Number One!
Here are the formats available:
Download
Buy with iTunes
CD1: Pre-Order Single
1. Us Against The World
2. Get Away
CD2: Pre-Order Single
1. Us Against The World
2. Us Against The World: Ashanti Boyz remix
3. Us Against The World Wideboys remix
Live version
Text Westlife to 82822 to get a live version of Us Against The World.
The text for the live version will cost just £1.50 plus your standard network rate. The track is redeemable from Monday and is the perfect accompaniment to the official single. Please note: this is a UK only service, and not available on Virgin Mobile Networks. Downloads are PC only.
'Us Against The World’, the anthem for Westlife fans, is released on Monday 3rd March.
You can watch the beautiful video on the main site now… and see if you can spot yourself in the footage of fans!
The Back Home Tour
The Back Home tour got off to a fantastic start earlier this week in Belfast. If you’ve seen the show, why not post your review in the newly-created Tour 2008 area on the Forum? Find it here!
Head for the News area to check out details of a new Belfast show on 27th May. And you can read a brand new blog from Westlife about the tour and the single, over on the official site now.
Westlife HQ
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The unforgettable new single marks ten years at the top for Westlife, and is a celebration of the family, friends and fans who have been with Westlife from the start.Don’t forget to snap up your copy of ‘Us Against The World’ and give Westlife their fifteenth Number One!
Here are the formats available:
Download
Buy with iTunes
CD1: Pre-Order Single
1. Us Against The World
2. Get Away
CD2: Pre-Order Single
1. Us Against The World
2. Us Against The World: Ashanti Boyz remix
3. Us Against The World Wideboys remix
Live version
Text Westlife to 82822 to get a live version of Us Against The World.
The text for the live version will cost just £1.50 plus your standard network rate. The track is redeemable from Monday and is the perfect accompaniment to the official single. Please note: this is a UK only service, and not available on Virgin Mobile Networks. Downloads are PC only.
'Us Against The World’, the anthem for Westlife fans, is released on Monday 3rd March.
You can watch the beautiful video on the main site now… and see if you can spot yourself in the footage of fans!
The Back Home Tour
The Back Home tour got off to a fantastic start earlier this week in Belfast. If you’ve seen the show, why not post your review in the newly-created Tour 2008 area on the Forum? Find it here!
Head for the News area to check out details of a new Belfast show on 27th May. And you can read a brand new blog from Westlife about the tour and the single, over on the official site now.
Westlife HQ
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2008-02-29
New tour date
Westlife have announced another new date for their Back Home tour.
They are very excited to be performing another show at Sheffield Arena on 25th May. Tickets are on sale now, and you can book online HERE.
While this is very exciting news for UK fans, Westlife understand that their European fans are very disappointed that they have had to cancel their tour dates in Germany, Holland, Denmark and Norway. This was due to complicated production reasons, and the band are very sorry that they won't get to visit these countries on this tour, but they hope to return very soon. If you've already bought tickets for any of these cancelled shows, please contact your ticket provider for details of a refund.
They are very excited to be performing another show at Sheffield Arena on 25th May. Tickets are on sale now, and you can book online HERE.
While this is very exciting news for UK fans, Westlife understand that their European fans are very disappointed that they have had to cancel their tour dates in Germany, Holland, Denmark and Norway. This was due to complicated production reasons, and the band are very sorry that they won't get to visit these countries on this tour, but they hope to return very soon. If you've already bought tickets for any of these cancelled shows, please contact your ticket provider for details of a refund.
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