Where We Are Tour (Westlife)

Where We Are Tour
Tour by Westlife
Promotional poster for tour
Associated albumWhere We Are
Start date2 May 2010
End date28 August 2010
Legs1
No. of shows36 Total
Westlife concert chronology
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Times[1]
This Is Bristol9/10[2]

The Where We Are Tour is a tour by Irish pop band, Westlife in support of their ninth studio album, Where We Are. The band toured in numerous counties in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Faroe Islands, Scotland and Wales. The 14 May date of the tour, which took place on The O2 Arena, London, had a live broadcast on Sky Box Office.[3] It was also taped for a concert DVD, Where We Are Tour: Live from The O2, which was released on 29 November 2010. This was the third hottest tour of May 2010 according to Billboard.[4]

Background

Before the album was released, different reports had been publicized, such as Westlife already having their 2010 tour with two dates in Croke Park on their minds.[5] The tour was designed by Baz Halpin and produced by William Baker as said from an article with the content and design used for the tour.[6] On 28 May, it was announced that Westlife would play an intimate and exclusive gig called "A night with Westlife" at The O2 in Dublin, the gig will be filmed and streamed live via The O2's blueroom website o2blueroom.i.e. The event took place on 20 August with a shorter and different setlist.[7] The tour has been tagged by Stereoboard UK as the fourth most in-demand tour of 2010. The tour was seen by 360,000 fans.[8]

Support acts

Irish girlband Wonderland was announced as one of the support act for Westlife and were the only to serve the full tour.[9] On 27 April 2010, it was announced that American boyband WOW also served as an opening act for this tour, from 12 May in London's O2 up to 5 June in Dublin's Croke Park.[10] On 16 May 2010, boyband The MacDonald Brothers was added as a support act exclusively for the Glasgow dates.[11] JLS, runners up of The X Factor in 2008, alongside Jedward another X Factor contender.[12] will support the band's return at Europe's fourth biggest stadium, Croke Park on 5 June 2010,[13] which gives Westlife a total of four support acts for their Croke Park gig – Wonderland, Wow, JLS and Jedward. Indie rock group The Fuel will support the band on their Bristol date.[14] McLean also supports the band on 18 July, Tamworth Festival.[15]

Setlist

  1. "Where We Are"
  2. "What About Now"
  3. "When You're Looking Like That"
  4. "My Love"
  5. "Uptown Girl"
  6. "Swear It Again" (with acapella intro)
  7. "Mandy"
  8. "If I Let You Go" (contains excerpts from "All Out of Love")
  9. "Shadows"
  10. "Home"
  11. "I'm Already There"
  12. Medley:
    1. "I Gotta Feeling"
    2. "Halo" / "How to Break a Heart"
    3. "The Boys Are Back in Town"
    4. "Sex on Fire"
  13. "What Makes a Man"
  14. "Flying Without Wings"
  15. "World of Our Own"
  16. "I'll See You Again"
  17. "You Raise Me Up"
Notes
  • "Reach Out" and "Unbreakable" were performed at the Odyssey Arena on 2 May 2010.

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Support Act
Europe[16][17]
2 May 2010 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena Wonderland
3 May 2010
4 May 2010
6 May 2010 Nottingham England Trent FM Arena Nottingham
7 May 2010 Liverpool Echo Arena Liverpool
9 May 2010 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
10 May 2010
12 May 2010 London The O2 Arena WOW, Wonderland
13 May 2010
14 May 2010
16 May 2010 Birmingham LG Arena
17 May 2010
20 May 2010 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena
21 May 2010
22 May 2010
24 May 2010 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre The MacDonald Brothers, Wonderland
25 May 2010
26 May 2010
28 May 2010 Manchester England Manchester Evening News Arena WOW, Wonderland
29 May 2010
31 May 2010 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
1 June 2010
5 June 2010 Dublin Ireland Croke Park Wonderland, WOW, JLS, Jedward
17 June 2010 Bristol England Ashton Gate Stadium Wonderland, The Fuel
6 July 2010[A] Cork Ireland The Docklands
7 July 2010[A]
18 July 2010[B] Tamworth England Tamworth Castle
30 July 2010 County Sligo Ireland Lissadell House
5 August 2010[C] Esher England Sandown Park Racecourse
7 August 2010[D] Klaksvík Faroe Islands Miðbýur
13 August 2010[F] Newmarket England Newmarket Racecourse
14 August 2010[G] Newbury Newbury Racecourse
20 August 2010[H] Dublin Ireland The O2
21 August 2010 Mansfield England Field Mill Stadium
27 August 2010 Llandudno Wales Venue Cymru Arena
28 August 2010 Cawdor Scotland Cawdor Castle
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A These concerts were a part of "Live at the Marquee"[18]
B This concert was a part of the "Midlands Music Festival"[19]
C This concert was a part of the "Sandown Park Music Nights"[20]
D This concert was a part of the "Summarfestivalurin"[21]
F This concert was a part of the "Newmarket Nights"[22]
G This concert was a part of the "Party in Paddock"[23]
H This concert was a part of "A Night in with Westlife"[24]
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
28 August 2010 Bangor, Wales Vaynol Estate Cancelled.[25] This concert was a part of the "Faenol Festival"[26]

Box office score data

Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
Trent FM Arena Nottingham 6,889 / 7,291 (94%) $395,914
Echo Arena Liverpool 9,163 / 9,163 (100%) $522,061
Sheffield Arena Sheffield 19,923 / 22,604 (88%) $1,119,520[27]
O2 Arena London 35,261 / 47,808 (74%) $1,988,780
LG Arena Birmingham 21,628 / 24,826 (87%) $1,194,190[27]
Cardiff International Arena Cardiff 13,699 / 14,080 (97%) $746,189
Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre Glasgow 23,655 / 24,922 (95%) $1,300,950[27]
Manchester Evening Arena Manchester 22,580 / 28,002 (80%) $1,245,320[27]
Metro Radio Arena Newcastle 8,630 / 9,043 (96%) $473,542
Croke Park Dublin 86,500 / 86,500 (100%)[28] $5,914,820

Credits

  • Director: William Baker
  • Musical Director/Arrangements: Steve Anderson
  • Choreographer: Priscilla Samuels
  • Lighting Designer : Baz Halpburn
  • DVD Audio Mixed by Toby Alington and Steve Anderson

Band

  • Jamie Norton – Keyboards
  • Gareth Brown – Drums
  • Steve Octave – Bass
  • Ben Mark – Guitar

Live Concert Music DVD

Main article: Where We Are Tour: Live from the O2

A Night with Westlife / Westlife Acoustic Show - O2 Dublin

As part of their Where We Are Tour, the band did an acoustic performance along with The Irish Film Orchestra and choir on 20 August 2010.[29]

  • Musical Director/Arranger – Steve Anderson
  • Strings Arranged by Steve Anderson and Cliff Masterson
  • Choir Arranged by Sean Gilligan
  • Mixed by Andy Knightley

Band

  • Vocals – Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne
  • Drums – Gareth Brown
  • Piano – Jamie Norton
  • Bass – Steve Octave
  • Guitar – Ben Mark
  • Guitar – Luca Campaner
  • Guitar – Kian Egan
  • Percussion – Robert 'Skins' Anderson
  • Strings – The Irish Film Orchestra
  • Choir – The Hallelujah Choir[29]

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