Westlife clocked up estimated box office ticket sales of €25.1million last year as part of the band’s comeback tour.
Trade industry journal Pollstar revealed the band’s two sell out gigs at Croke Park in Dublin in July 2019 helped catapult the lads into the world’s top 100 tours after years of inactivity for the group.
The combined two Croke Park gigs were ranked in the top 20 international box office performances for last year.
Westlife played to 381,984 music fans overall ranking the group at 63 in the top 100 tours globally last year.
Ed Sheeran claimed the top spot for box office ticket sales with $211.7million (€177.86million). The triumphant return for Westlife came seven years after the band disbanded in 2012.
The stellar performance coincided with the current assets - made up of cash and money owed by debtors – at the entertainment firm owned by a Westlife member increasing sharply.
New accounts by Nicky Byrne’s Studz Entertainment Ltd show the value of the company’s cash and money owed increased more than six fold from €79,104 to €505,475 in the year to the end of October 2019.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the live income from 2020 events has collapsed and many artists have rescheduled for next year
