Where We Are

Where We Are is the tenth album by Westlife.The recording process of their album started on 1 July 2009. It was released on 27 November 2009 in Ireland and 30 November 2009 in the UK through Syco Music. The first and single from this album is "What About Now" and was released on 23 October 2009."Shadows" on this album was subsequently purchased by record label boss Simon Cowellfor Leona Lewis's second album Echo but it was later decided that the song was more suited to a boyband and therefore was given Westlife to record.

On 25 October 2009, during the X Factor results show, Westlife performed "What About Now". It was released online the same day. On 26 October they performed on GMTV and were interviewed in addition to hosting a webchat, with a further interview on The One Show on 30 October 2009. They also performed BBC Children in Need on 20 November and were interviewed on Nov and 4 December on Alan Carr's Chatty Man and The Friday Show respectively.  On 27 November 2009, Westlife performed on infamous UK television shows like Paul O' Grady Show and The Late Late Toy Show.

After Westlife performed in Croke Park in 2008 Kian asked Louis "what are we going to do next Louis like we have already played in Croke Park?" Louis answered "So well do it again". And thats exactly what they were going to do.They started there Where We Are Tour on 2 May 2010 and it will end 3 December completing 36 shows. They only toured the UK and Ireland. Westlife performed in Croke Park on 5 June which was sold out of 84000 people it was afonomianl event with supporting acts Jeward JLS and irish girl band Wonderland.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RgVr_7uLeE&feature=related

The Gravity Tour is an upcoming tour by Irish pop band Westlife in support of their 11th studio album Gravity. The tour will visit the UK & Ireland starting in Cardiff, Wales and finishing in Dublin, Ireland.The tour was announced on 6 September 2010 with ten dates for UK. Tickets went on sale to the general public from 9am on 10 September, but a special fan-only pre-sale has took place on 7 September 2010 at 9am. On 11 September 2010, tour dates for Cardiff, Birmingham, and Glasgow were added. On 17 September 2010, few dates were added.On 29 September 2010, tour dates for Newcastle and Manchester have been added. On 6 October 2010, a new date for Cardiff has been added. On 8 October 2010, a Dublin date has been added. A second Belfast show was announced on 22 October.This tour will probably be their best yet. No band can compare to Westlife’s remarkable success.  In their eleven years on top they have sold over 37 million records globally. In the UK alone they have scored nine multi-platinum albums and a record breaking 14 Number 1 hits (only behind The Beatles and Elvis). Forming in July 1998, Westlife are the only act in UK history to have their first seven singles go straight in at number 1.

Westlife 10 Years

To mark their tenth year in music, Westlife staged a special 10 Years Of Westlife sold-out concert at the world's thirty-third and Europe's fourth biggest stadium, Croke Park, on 1 June 2008. With a capacity of 82 300, it was the boy's biggest show to date. Shayne Ward filled in as a support act for the concert, which Kian described to be of a "pop extravaganza". Shane confirmed that a corresponding live concert DVD will be released. The concert was fonominal one of their best to date, what ,ade it even more special for the boys was being in their home country with the people the loved.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuXMAZEdxNM.The group announced that they would be on a break for a year after their Back Home Tour and that there would not be an album release in 2008 as they would be spending more time on the production of their tenth album. As promised, the group's official website confirmed on 27 September 2008 the release of a DVD on 24 November 2008 entitled 10 Years Of Westlife - Live at Croke Park Stadium which went straight to number1 on UK, Ireland, South African, Hong Kong and New Zealand Music DVD charts.

As the group ended their successful Back Home tour, Louis Walsh announced in the show Xpose that 1 July 2008 is the official start of the longest break of the group so far. He said that it will be a one-year break, from that day up to 1 July 2009.

 On 13 December 2008, while on a break, Westlife made an unexpected appearance on X Factor Final Performance Night where they performed "Flying Without Wings" with JLS. After the presentation, Shane and Nicky were interviewed on Xtra Factor with Ronan Keating and Stephen Gately of Boyzone. As JLS performed also "I'm Already There", Westlife's version of the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 63 while a new entry on Ireland Singles Chart at number 47 due to extensive downloads only.

On the last week of January 2009, a DVD entitled The Karaoke Collection was released. It contains some of their music video hits. In 27 February 2009 issue of Herald Ireland, Louis revealed that Simon already picked three new songs which he reckons to be instant hits. Nicky spread the word last 8 March 2009 that Westlife will come back to music charts when they start recording in June 2009 when he received his VIP Style Awards as the Most Stylish Man on X-pose, TV3. On 18 March 2009, they won the Best Irish Pop Act on 2009 Meteor Awards for the ninth consecutive time.

They just keep on going.

In 2006, Westlife signed a brand new five-album deal with Sony BMG. Their eighth album, The Love Album, was a "love" concept album which consisted of popular love song covers. The album outsold other compilation albums by Oasis, The Beatles, and U2 in its first week of release and went straight to number1. The first single from The Love Album was a cover version of Bette Midlers classic, "The Rose", which became their 14th UK number1 single. This made Westlife the third act in the UK to have the most number1 singles, Elvis Presley and The Beatles were the top2 being up at the top with The Beatles and Elvis Presley was an outstanding achievment for Westlife, this meant a great deal to them.

 Westlife then kicked off their eighth world tour, "The Love Tour", in Perth, Australia. The group then went on to other Australian cities before moving on to South Africa, the UK and Ireland. Westlife staged their last major concert of 2007 at Bitts Park in Carlisle, England.

On 5 November 2007, Westlife released their ninth album, Back Home, which contained nine new original songs along with three cover songs. The album debuted at number1 on the UK Music Charts and it was also 2007's fifth biggest selling album in the UK. The first single released from the album was a cover of Michael Bublé's "Home", which peaked at number3 in the UK. "I'm Already There", not released as a single, managed to chart in the UK based on downloads alone following a performance on an The X Factor episode on the 24th of November 2007.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxrZDwgCuAQ.

On 15 December 2007, they had a two-hour show called The Westlife Show where they performed 10 of their songs, some voted by the fans through online and some from Back Home. It was hosted by Holly Willoughby.This time, Westlife together with Tesco brought out "The Definitive Westlife Quiz" that asked about the whole history about the boys. It was participated by thousands of fans worldwide. Months later, "Us Against The World" was announced and released as their second single in UK and Ireland. It peaked at number 8 and is the group's lowest charting single to date. Before the release of the second single, they embarked on the Back Home Tour on 2008 February 25. This tour marked the first time that the group have traveled and performed to New Zealand, performing four sold-out shows in Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth and Christchurch. Meanwhile, "Something Right" was released as the second single and "Us Against The World" became the third single in Europe and the Asia Pacific region. Both songs performed well on several music charts.

Nothing can stop them!

Less than a month after McFadden's departure, the group kicked off their "Turnaround Tour" they were determent not to let Brian leaving stop them from livingh their dream . A live version from the tour of "Flying Without Wings" was released as an official UK download, earning them the title of the very first UK Downloads number1 this eased their worry of failing without Brian. They then put out a Rat Pack-inspired album, Allow Us to Be Frank, peaking at number3. No singles were released in the UK from this album. "Ain't That A Kick In The Head", accompanied with a music video, was released as a physical single in other European countries. "Smile" and "Fly Me To The Moon", with music videos as well, were released as digital downloads only.

Shortly after their album release, Westlife scouted for "the perfect fan" to help promote their album from their one-season special show "She's The One", presented by Kate Thornton.After X Factor-style auditions, they found Joanne Hindley, who recorded "The Way You Look Tonight" with the group.To mark this special collaboration, a special programme was televised, showing auditions and live performances. Westlife members' fathers performed this was a surprise on the night for Westlife it was very overwhelming.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKEytRJT-48.

 Westlife continued to tour Europe as part of their "The Number Ones Tour", before taking a four-month break from work. On 4 May 2005, Westlife lost their battle for European trademark from the German trademark "West". In 2005, Westlife returned with their comeback single, "You Raise Me Up", which was taken from their Face To Face album. On 6 November 2005, both the album and the single were at number 1 in the UK at the same time at the second week of the single .The single sold over 440 000 copies on UK. It was the first time that Westlife have held both top album and single position in the same week. "You Raise Me Up" was awarded as their fourth Record Of The Year in UK for 2005.

In December that year, the group released "When You Tell Me That You Love Me", a duet with Diana Ross, as the second single and it debuted at its peak position of number 2. Westlife then released a third single, "Amazing", which debuted at number 4 and marked as the group's lowest-selling single yet. After that, in  2006 Westlife went on the "Face To Face Tour", travelling extensively to the UK, Ireland, Australia and Asia. This tour marked the first time that Westlife have travelled to mainland China for a concert.