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Westlife splittras efter 14 år som grupp
Irländska Westlife är en av Storbritanniens bäst säljande grupper genom tiderna. Deras sju första singlar gick alla direkt in etta i England vilket skrev in dem i Guiness rekordbok. Westlifes album har bara i Sverige sålt närmare 700 000 exemplar och de har haft fjorton singlar Topp 10 på SverigeTopplistan. I ett brev till fansen berättar bandet idag att de efter fjorton år går skilda vägar. De sammanfattar karriären med samlingen ”Greatest Hits” som släpps den 23 november.
After 14 years, 26 top ten hits including 14 number one singles, 11 top 5 albums, 7 of which hit the top spot and have collectively sold over 44 million copies around the world, 10 sell out tours and countless memories that we will forever cherish, we today announce our plan to go our separate ways after a greatest hits collection this Christmas and a farewell tour next year. The decision is entirely amicable and after spending all of our adult life together so far, we want to have a well-earned break and look at new ventures. 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.
Over the years Westlife has become so much more to us than just a band. Westlife are a family. 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.
Kian, Mark, Nicky and Shane
Den 23 november släpps albumet "Greatest Hits:
1. Swear It Again
2. If I Let You Go
3. Flying Without Wings
4. I Have A Dream
5. Against All Odds
6. My Love
7. Uptown Girl
8. Queen Of My Heart
9. World Of Our Own
10. Mandy
11. You Raise Me Up
12. Home
13. What About Now
14. Safe
15. Lighthouse (ny låt)
16. Beautiful World (ny låt)
17. Wide Open (ny låt)
18. Last Mile Of The Way (ny låt)
I maj 2012 åker Westlife ut på en Greatest Hits-turne:
Måndag 14 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Tisdag 15 Liverpool Echo Arena
Torsdag 17 Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
Lördag 19 Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
Söndag 20 Birmingham LG Arena
Tisdag 22 Nottingham Capital FM Arena
Onsdag 23 London O2 Arena
Lördag 26 Manchester Evening News Arena
Söndag 27 Glasgow SECC
