Westlife fans are in for a 'visual extravaganza' when the boys kick off their highly-anticipated reunion tour in Belfast tonight, says Louis Walsh.
The band's former manager who still works with them says they've pulled out all the stops for this tour, including getting teams from Cique Du Soleil in Las Vegas involved.
Speaking ahead of the Twenty Tour which will run for five nights in Belfast's SSE Arena this week, Louis said: "It would have been the easy option to just get back together with a comeback tour and no new material.
"But these guys don’t take the lazy option and this is going to be bigger and better than ever.
"They have spent a fortune on the live show and brought in the guys behind Cirque Du Soleil in Las Vegas to design everything.
"The new tour is a visual extravaganza and will blow people away."
With two massive sold-out nights at Croke Park, Dublin concluding the UK and Ireland leg of the tour, Shane, Mark, Nicky and Kian say they are delighted with how rehearsals have gone.
"The tour has everything. Heartfelt emotional songs and also great uptempo’s that are designed for our forthcoming stadium performances.
“We’re going to give the fans the best tour we have ever done. We are giving everyone the best version of ourselves - we like to call it 'Westlife 2.0'. We couldn't be happier with how the last few months have gone and we cannot wait for fans to hear the end results. We cannot wait for Wednesday.”
The Twenty Tour has sold more than 560,000 tickets in the UK and Ireland - confirming the band’s status as national pop music treasures.
The huge demand for tickets has led to international tour dates being added to the band’s already packed summer schedule.
Louis added: "The response to Westlife’s return has been better than we could have imagined.
"We have come back with hit songs from Ed Sheeran and lots of hard work. Fans are loving the new music. This is a huge success because of the hard work that Westlife have put into choosing and recording the best songs.
"There is a real maturity about how Westlife has approached the comeback and I have to believe that is why the sales for the tickets went so well.”
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