WESTLIFE TO PERFORM IN RIGA NEXT SUMMER
The legendary Irish boy band Westlife will also perform in Latvia next year as part of their major 25th anniversary tour. This autumn, the group will complete a particularly successful first leg, for which tickets are already completely sold out. Next summer, the tour will continue, and countless fans of the band will once again be able to relive the school-time emotions and memories of their millennial generation at a concert right here at Xiaomi Arena on June 12 in Riga.
Tickets go on sale on May 15 at 10:00 in the “Biļešu Serviss” network. Positivus Festival and FBI Concert Club members, as well as Delfi Plus subscribers, will be able to buy tickets in advance from May 14 at 10:00 using the code that will be sent to registered users.
The group’s story began in the late 1990s in the Irish town of Sligo, where Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Shane Filan decided to form their own band after taking part in the school musical “Grease.” At first, the group was known as 6 as 1 and I.O.YOU, but after Nicky Byrne and Brian McFadden joined, it took the name Westlife and soon became one of the most popular pop groups in Europe.
With their debut single “Swear It Again,” the musicians quickly conquered the top of the British charts, becoming the first boy band in history whose first three singles debuted at number one in the UK chart. The group’s winning streak continued as they became the only act whose first seven singles reached number one in the UK chart. Over the course of their career, the group has won two Brit Awards, four MTV awards and a World Music Award, and has been entered into the Guinness World Records four times.
To date, the band has released eleven studio albums and sixteen singles that reached number one in the UK chart. Their music has been streamed billions of times, while their concert tours have attracted millions of listeners around the world over the years. After a creative break in 2012, Westlife returned to the stage in 2018 with the album “Spectrum,” followed by the album “Wild Dreams.” Since reuniting, the group has performed more than 200 concerts in 30 countries.
The concert will feature hits such as “Swear It Again,” “Flying Without Wings” and “You Raise Me Up,” as well as other songs from Westlife’s quarter-century repertoire. “This year is special for us because it marks 25 years since we began this incredible journey, and it still feels like it is only the beginning. The support from the fans has been phenomenal, and the opportunity to celebrate it with a world tour, new music and an album means a great deal to us,” the band members say.
