The Where We Are Tour is a tour by Irish pop band, Westlife in support of their ninth studio album, Where We Are. The band toured in numerous counties in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Faroe Islands, Scotland and Wales. The 14 May date of the tour, which took place on The O2 Arena, London, had a live broadcast on Sky Box Office. It was also taped for a concert DVD, The Where We Are Tour: Live from The O2, which was released on 29 November 2010. This was the third hottest tour of May 2010 according to Billboard.
Background Before the album was released, different reports had been publicized, such as Westlife already having their 2010 tour with two dates in Croke Park on their minds. The tour was designed by Baz Halpin and produced by William Baker as said from an article with the content and design used for the tour. On 28 May, it was announced that Westlife would play an intimate and exclusive gig called "A night with Westlife" at The O2 in Dublin, the gig will be filmed and streamed live via The O2's blueroom website o2blueroom.i.e. The event took place on 20 August with a shorter and different setlist. The tour has been tagged by Stereoboard UK as the fourth most in-demand tour of 2010. The tour was seen by 360,000 fans.
Support acts Irish girlband Wonderland was announced as one of the support act for Westlife and were the only to serve the full tour. On 27 April 2010, it was announced that American boyband WOW also served as an opening act for this tour, from 12 May in London's O2 up to 5 June in Dublin's Croke Park. On 16 May 2010, boyband The MacDonald Brothers was added as a support act exclusively for the Glasgow dates. JLS, runners up of The X Factor in 2008, alongside Jedward another X Factor contender. will support the band's return at Europe's fourth biggest stadium, Croke Park on 5 June 2010,JLS Supporting Westlife which gives Westlife a total of four support acts for their Croke Park gig – Wonderland, Wow, JLS and Jedward. Indie rock group The Fuel will support the band on their Bristol date. McLean also supports the band on 18 July, Tamworth Festival.
Setlist "Where We Are" "What About Now" "When You're Looking Like That" "My Love" "Uptown Girl" "Swear It Again" (with acapella intro) "Mandy" "If I Let You Go" (contains excerpts from "All Out of Love") "Shadows" "Home" "I'm Already There" Medley: "I Gotta Feeling" "Halo" / "How to Break a Heart" "The Boys Are Back in Town" "Sex on Fire" "What Makes a Man" "Flying Without Wings" "World of Our Own" "I'll See You Again" "You Raise Me Up"
Notes "Reach Out" and "Unbreakable" were performed at the Odyssey Arena on 2 May 2010.
Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueSupport ActEuropeAdditional sources for dates in Europe:2 May 2010BelfastNorthern IrelandOdyssey ArenaWonderland3 May 20104 May 20106 May 2010NottinghamEnglandTrent FM Arena Nottingham7 May 2010LiverpoolEcho Arena Liverpool9 May 2010SheffieldSheffield Arena10 May 201012 May 2010LondonThe O2 ArenaWOW, Wonderland13 May 201014 May 201016 May 2010BirminghamLG Arena17 May 201020 May 2010CardiffWalesCardiff International Arena21 May 201022 May 201024 May 2010GlasgowScotlandScottish Exhibition and Conference CentreThe MacDonald Brothers, Wonderland25 May 201026 May 201028 May 2010ManchesterEnglandManchester Evening News ArenaWOW, Wonderland29 May 201031 May 2010NewcastleMetro Radio Arena1 June 20105 June 2010DublinIrelandCroke ParkWonderland, WOW, JLS, Jedward17 June 2010BristolEnglandAshton Gate StadiumWonderland, The Fuel6 July 2010CorkIrelandThe Docklands7 July 201018 July 2010TamworthEnglandTamworth Castle30 July 2010County SligoIrelandLissadell House5 August 2010EsherEnglandSandown Park Racecourse7 August 2010KlaksvíkFaroe IslandsMiðbýur13 August 2010NewmarketEnglandNewmarket Racecourse14 August 2010NewburyNewbury Racecourse20 August 2010DublinIrelandThe O221 August 2010MansfieldEnglandField Mill Stadium27 August 2010LlandudnoWalesVenue Cymru Arena28 August 2010CawdorScotlandCawdor Castle
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances These concerts were a part of "Live at the Marquee" This concert was a part of the "Midlands Music Festival" This concert was a part of the "Sandown Park Music Nights" This concert was a part of the "Summarfestivalurin" This concert was a part of the "Newmarket Nights" This concert was a part of the "Party in Paddock" This concert was a part of "A Night in with Westlife"
Cancellations and rescheduled shows 28 August 2010Bangor, WalesVaynol EstateCancelled. This concert was a part of the "Faenol Festival"
Box office score data VenueCityTickets sold / available Gross revenueTrent FM ArenaNottingham6,889 / 7,291 (94%)$395,914Echo ArenaLiverpool 9,163 / 9,163 (100%) $522,061Sheffield Arena Sheffield 19,923 / 22,604 (88%) $1,119,520O2 Arena London 35,261 / 47,808 (74%) $1,988,780 LG ArenaBirmingham 21,628 / 24,826 (87%) $1,194,190Cardiff International Arena Cardiff 13,699 / 14,080 (97%) $746,189Scottish Exhibition and Conference CentreGlasgow23,655 / 24,922 (95%)$1,300,950Manchester Evening Arena Manchester 22,580 / 28,002 (80%) $1,245,320Metro Radio Arena Newcastle 8,630 / 9,043 (96%) $473,542 Croke ParkDublin86,500 / 86,500 (100%)$5,914,820
Credits Director: William Baker Musical Director/Arrangements: Steve Anderson Choreographer: Priscilla Samuels Lighting Designer : Baz Halpburn DVD Audio Mixed by Toby Alington and Steve Anderson
Band Jamie Norton – Keyboards Gareth Brown – Drums Steve Octave – Bass Ben Mark – Guitar
Live Concert Music DVD
A Night with Westlife / Westlife Acoustic Show - O2 Dublin As part of their Where We Are Tour, the band did an acoustic performance along with The Irish Film Orchestra and choir on 20 August 2010.
Musical Director/Arranger – Steve Anderson Strings Arranged by Steve Anderson and Cliff Masterson Choir Arranged by Sean Gilligan Mixed by Andy Knightley
Band Vocals – Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne Drums – Gareth Brown Piano – Jamie Norton Bass – Steve Octave Guitar – Ben Mark Guitar – Luca Campaner Guitar – Kian Egan Percussion – Robert 'Skins' Anderson Strings – The Irish Film Orchestra Choir – The Hallelujah Choir
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