Wednesday, November 3, 2010

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.

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