Westlife announce extra tickets for Belfast SSE shows this December

If you missed out last time - this is your chance!

Author: Emma DicksonPublished 1st Sep 2022
Last updated 1st Sep 2022

Extra tickets will be released for Westlife’s The Wild Dreams tour at the SSE Arena.

Due to incredible demand, extra tickets have been added for all four dates - 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th December.

The group hold the record for the most shows played at the SSE at a staggering 65.

Playing all their hits, from ‘World of our Own’ to 'Starlight,' the Irish pop band have gone viral on social media on the tour.

Their tour kicked off earlier this summer, with gigs across Ireland and the U.K. including a sold-out Wembley Stadium, Cork’s Páirc Uí Chaoimh and the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

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Tickets will be available to purchase via ticketmaster.ie outlets from 9am on Wednesday 7th September.

Westlife began in Sligo in the late 90s as IOYOU. When a potential deal with BMG (via Simon Cowell) hit the rocks, school friends Mark Feehily, Kian Egan and Shane Filan split from the rest of the group and joined up with Dubliners Bryan McFadden and Nicky Byrne.

Under the management of Louis Walsh and former Boyzone singer Ronan Keating, the quintet rechristened themselves Westside, later amending the moniker slightly to Westlife.

After support slots with the Backstreet Boys and Boyzone, Westlife followed the path set out by the latter by making their TV debut on The Late Late Show. Their debut single Swear It Again arrived in 1999 and went straight to No.1 in both Ireland and the UK.

This marked the start of an incredible run of consecutive No.1 and No.2 singles in the Irish charts. Between 1999 and 2003, the band scored a whopping 10 Irish No.1 singles and four No.1 albums with Coast To Coast, A World Of Our Own, the Unbreakable greatest hits compilation, and Turnaround.

Despite changing trends and most of their peers falling by the wayside, Westlife continued apace.

In 2021, the group released the lead single Starlight from their 12th studio album, Wild Dreams.

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