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Greatest Hits Tour (Westlife)

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Associated album
  
Greatest Hits

Legs
  
2

Start date
  
22 February 2012 (2012-02-22)

End date
  
23 June 2012 (2012-06-23)

No. of shows
  
33 in Europe 8 in Asia 41 Total

The Greatest Hits Tour (also known as The Farewell Tour) was the twelfth and final concert tour by Irish boy band, Westlife. The tour, visited the Europe and Asia and supported the group's compilation album, Greatest Hits. After the tour finished, the group disbanded after performing for 14 years.

Contents

The last show, on 23 June 2012 was aired live via satellite from Croke Park, Dublin to cinemas all across Europe. Delayed screenings will be shown in cinemas in Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa in July and August 2012. The encore was also shown again in select cinemas across UK on 26 June 2012. Each member of the band made £2,000,000 from the tour after tax.

Background

In October 2011, the group revealed plans for the release of a compilation album, spanning their entire career. Many media outlets speculated the band would tour the album. An official announcement was made on 18 October 2011, a mere week after ending their previous tour in Southeast Asia. On the statement released on the group's website, it reported they would perform all 14 of their number one hits along with other favourites. After announcing the tour, tabloids rumoured the band would break-up after their tour was done. On 20 October 2011, the members of the band made an official announcement of their disbanding. They responded:

"We see the greatest hits collection and the farewell tour as the perfect way to celebrate our incredible career along with our fans. We are really looking forward to getting out on the tour and seeing our fans one last time. We would like to thank our fans who have been with us on this amazing journey and are part of our family too. We never imagined when we started out in 1998 that 14 years later we would still be recording, touring and having hits together. It has been a dream come true for all of us."

Opening acts

  • Wynona Leigh McCullough (Belfast)
  • Jedward (Dublin)
  • The Wanted (Dublin)
  • Lawson (Dublin)
  • Lilygreen & Maguire (United Kingdom)
  • Glenn Cal (United Kingdom)(Dublin, Ireland)
  • Vanquish (United Kingdom)

    • Setlist

    1. "What About Now"
    2. "What Makes a Man"
    3. "My Love"
    4. "Safe"
    5. "Uptown Girl"
    6. "If I Let You Go"
    7. "Queen of My Heart"
    8. "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"
    9. Medley:
      1. "I Gotta Feeling"
      2. "Party Rock Anthem"
      3. "Sex on Fire"
      4. "Don't Cha"
      5. "Let Me Entertain You"
      6. "Bohemian Rhapsody"
    10. "When You're Looking Like That"
    11. "Mandy"
    12. "Swear It Again"
    13. "Home"
    14. "You Raise Me Up"
    Encore
    1. "World of Our Own"
    2. "Flying Without Wings"

    References

    Greatest Hits Tour (Westlife) Wikipedia
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