Westlife 25: The Anniversary World Tour

Westlife are playing the Bournemouth International Centre on Wednesday 14 October, part of their 25th-anniversary world tour. It's a run that stretches through 2026 and into 2027, and the band describes it as a thank-you to the fans who've been with them for the last quarter-century. The set is built to span their whole career, from the ballads and chart-toppers that made them known to their newer material.

To mark the milestone, they released 'Chariot', written by Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid and Will Reynolds and produced by Steve Mac. It sits alongside 21 fan favourites, including 'You Raise Me Up', 'Uptown Girl' and 'Flying Without Wings', on the album 25 - The Ultimate Collection, which came out on 13 February 2026. That's the record the tour is built around, so you'll hear the new song alongside the ones most people know by heart.

The line-up on stage is Kian, Nicky and Shane. Mark Feehily announced in February 2024 that he was taking time off to focus on his health and hasn't been planning to return, so it's the three of them out here. This is a straight pop production, not an orchestral one; the brothers previously toured with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London's Royal Albert Hall in October 2025, but that's a different beast entirely. This is the band as they are now, playing the songs that run through their career.

The show is at the BIC Windsor Hall, Exeter Road, Bournemouth, BH2 5BH, starting at 6:30pm on Wednesday 14 October.