Greatest Hits Tour (Westlife)

Greatest Hits Tour

Tour by Westlife
Promotional poster for tour
Associated album	Greatest Hits
Start date	22 February 2012
End date	23 June 2012
Legs	2
No. of shows	33 in Europe 8 in Asia 41 Total
Westlife concert chronology

The Greatest Hits Tour (also known as The Farewell Tour)^[1] 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.^[2]

The last show, on 23 June 2012 was aired live via satellite from Croke Park, Dublin to cinemas all across Europe.^[3] Delayed screenings will be shown in cinemas in Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa in July and August 2012.^[3] The encore was also shown again in select cinemas across UK on 26 June 2012.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6] On 20 October 2011, the members of the band made an official announcement of their disbanding.^[7] 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."^[8]

Opening acts

• Wynona Leigh McCullough (Belfast)
• Jedward (Dublin)^[9]
• The Wanted (Dublin)^[10]
• Lawson (Dublin)^[11]
• Lilygreen & Maguire (United Kingdom)^[12]
• Glenn Cal (United Kingdom)(Dublin, Ireland) ^[12]
• 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

16. "World of Our Own"
17. "Flying Without Wings"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Asia[13][14]
22 February 2012	Beijing	China	MasterCard Center
24 February 2012	Hangzhou		Yellow Dragon Gymnasium
25 February 2012	Shanghai		Shanghai Grand Stage
26 February 2012	Shenzhen		Shen-Zhen-Wan Sports Centre
28 February 2012	Wuhan		Hongshan Gymnasium
1 March 2012	Chengdu		Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium
2 March 2012	Guangzhou		Guangzhou Gymnasium
3 March 2012	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	AWE Hall 10
Europe[15]
10 May 2012	Cardiff	Wales	Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
12 May 2012	London	England	The O2 Arena
13 May 2012	Sheffield		Motorpoint Arena Sheffield
14 May 2012	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena
15 May 2012	Liverpool		Echo Arena
17 May 2012	Cardiff	Wales	Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
18 May 2012
19 May 2012	Sheffield	England	Motorpoint Arena Sheffield
20 May 2012	Birmingham		LG Arena
22 May 2012	Nottingham		Capital FM Arena Nottingham
23 May 2012	London		The O2 Arena
24 May 2012
26 May 2012	Manchester		Manchester Arena
27 May 2012	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
29 May 2012	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena
30 May 2012
1 June 2012
2 June 2012
4 June 2012	Birmingham	England	LG Arena
5 June 2012	Nottingham		Capital FM Arena Nottingham
7 June 2012	London		The O2 Arena
8 June 2012	Birmingham		LG Arena
9 June 2012	Manchester		Manchester Arena
11 June 2012	Cardiff	Wales	Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
12 June 2012	Sheffield	England	Motorpoint Arena Sheffield
13 June 2012	Liverpool		Echo Arena
15 June 2012	Newcastle	England	Metro Radio Arena
16 June 2012	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
17 June 2012
19 June 2012
20 June 2012	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena
22 June 2012	Dublin	Ireland	Croke Park
23 June 2012

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
The O2 Arena	London	59,626 / 63,021 (95%)	$3,939,530[16][17]
Manchester Arena	Manchester	13,960 / 14,435 (97%)	$907,287[18]

External links

• Westlife's Official Website

References

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