Following their stellar comeback ‘Hello My Love’, The UK’s top selling album group of the 21st century, Westlife have released ‘Better Man’, the second single from their forthcoming album. Listen here
The soaring contemporary ballad was written by Ed Sheeran and Steve Mac, and once again shows the band on their very best form. The group worked with award-winning Irish director Lochlainn McKenna on the video for ‘Better Man’.
“When we decided to come back, one of our first moments together as a band was to go into Steve Mac’s studio – he started to play us a song that he had just written for us with Ed Sheeran, that’s the first time we heard ‘Better Man’. That was also the exact moment when we all knew we had made the right decision. It’s a song that truly defines Westlife and one that we know will become a classic amongst our fans,” the band say of the single.
Shane, Nicky, Mark and Kian announced their return to music in October 2018 to a frenzy of media coverage and social media activity. The band have signed a new record deal with Virgin EMI, with a new album to follow in 2019.
Westlife will tour the UK and Ireland for the first time in seven years next May, June and July, with ‘The Twenty Tour’. Celebrating Westlife’s 20th anniversary, the tour will kick off in Belfast on 25th May, with the run of live shows ending in Dublin on 5th July.
These shows will be their first as a group since they played Croke Park in Dublin on 23rd June 2012.
The band have also recently announced they’ll be taking ‘The Twenty Tour’ to Southeast Asia with 8 massive shows in July and August!
WESTLIFE – THE TWENTY TOUR 2019 DATES
22 May – Belfast SSE Arena
23 May – Belfast SSE Arena
25 May – Belfast SSE Arena
26 May – Belfast SSE Arena
27 May – Belfast SSE Arena
28 May – Glasgow SSE Hydro Arena
30 May – Manchester Arena
31 May – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
1 June – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
3 June – Glasgow SSE Hydro Arena
4 June – Glasgow SEE Hydro Arena
5 June – Glasgow SEE Hydro Arena
7 June – Sheffield Fly DSA Arena
8 June – Sheffield Fly DSA Arena
10 June – Leeds First Direct Arena
11 June – Leeds First Direct Arena
13 June – London O2 Arena
14 June – London O2 Arena
15 June – London O2 Arena
18 June – Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
19 June – Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
21 June – Birmingham Arena
22 June – Birmingham Arena
23 June – Birmingham Arena
25 June – Liverpool Echo Arena
26 June – Liverpool Echo Arena
28 June – Manchester Arena
29 June – Manchester Arena
1 July – Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
2 July – Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
5 July – Dublin Croke Park
6 July – Dublin Croke Park
WESTLIFE – THE TWENTY TOUR 2019 SOUTHEAST ASIA DATES
26Jul – Thailand Bangkok
27 Jul – Macau Macau Cotai Arena
28 Jul – Taiwan Taipeu NTSU Arena (Linkou Arena)
30 Jul – Philippines, Manila, Araneta Coliseum
07 Aug – Indonesia, Jakarta, ICE BSD
08 Aug – Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malawati Stadium
09 Aug – Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malawati Stadium
10 Aug – Singapore, Singapore National Stadium
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