Back Home Tour

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Back Home Tour
Tour by Westlife
Promotional poster for tour
Associated albumBack Home
Start date25 February 2008
End date29 June 2008
Legs2
No. of shows45
Westlife concert chronology

The Back Home Tour is a world tour by Irish boyband, Westlife in support of their ninth studio album, Back Home. The band toured the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.

The first leg kicked off in Belfast on 25 February and ended in London on 29 March 2008. The second leg started on a four-day visit to Australia for the promotion of the album and ended on 28 June 2008 at the Plymouth Argyle Football Club in England.

A DVD for the tour was filmed at Croke Park, Dublin on 1 June 2008.

Support acts[edit]

Setlist[edit]

Westlife performing on tour
  1. "Hit You with the Real Thing"
  2. "World of Our Own"
  3. "Something Right"
  4. "What Makes a Man"
  5. "Uptown Girl" (with Acapella Intro)
  6. "The Easy Way"
  7. "If I Let You Go" (contains excerpts from "Where Is the Love?")
  8. "Mandy"
  9. Medley:
    1. "SexyBack"
    2. "Blame It on the Boogie"
    3. "Get Down on It"
    4. "I'm Your Man"
    5. "Let Me Entertain You"
  10. "I'm Already There"
  11. Medley:
    1. "Unbreakable"
    2. "Queen of My Heart"
    3. "Fool Again"
  12. "Catch My Breath"
  13. "Home"
  14. "Us Against The World"
  15. "Swear It Again"
  16. "Flying Without Wings"
Encore
  1. "When You're Looking Like That"
  2. "You Raise Me Up" (contains elements of "My Heart Will Go On")


Notes:

  • My Love was performed on the 25 February in Belfast/

Tour dates[edit]

Date City Country Venue
Europe[2]
25 February 2008 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena
26 February 2008
27 February 2008
29 February 2008 Liverpool England Echo Arena Liverpool
1 March 2008 London The O2
2 March 2008
4 March 2008 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
5 March 2008
8 March 2008 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena
9 March 2008
10 March 2008
12 March 2008 Birmingham England NEC Arena
13 March 2008
15 March 2008 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
16 March 2008
18 March 2008 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
20 March 2008
21 March 2008
22 March 2008
24 March 2008 Nottingham England Nottingham Arena
25 March 2008 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
26 March 2008
28 March 2008 London Wembley Arena
29 March 2008
Australasia[3]
7 May 2008 Christchurch New Zealand Westpac Arena
9 May 2008 Wellington TSB Bank Arena
10 May 2008 Auckland Vector Arena
12 May 2008 ASB Auditorium
13 May 2008 New Plymouth TSB Stadium
Europe[4]
16 May 2008 Aberdeen Scotland Press & Journal Arena
17 May 2008 Glasgow Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
19 May 2008 Newcastle England Metro Radio Arena
20 May 2008 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena
25 May 2008 Sheffield England Sheffield Arena
27 May 2008 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena
28 May 2008
1 June 2008 Dublin Ireland Croke Park
3 June 2008 Birmingham England NEC Arena
4 June 2008 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
21 June 2008 Galway Ireland Pearse Stadium
22 June 2008 Killarney Fitzgerald Stadium
24 June 2008 Nottingham England Nottingham Arena
25 June 2008 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena
28 June 2008 Plymouth England Home Park
29 June 2008[A] Liverpool Echo Arena Liverpool
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert was a part of the "Liverpool Summer Pops"[5]
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
19 May 2008 Nottingham, England Nottingham Arena Postponed. Rescheduled to 24 June 2008
20 May 2008 Cardiff, Wales Cardiff International Arena Postponed. Rescheduled to 25 June 2008
22 May 2008 Birmingham, England National Exhibition Centre Postponed. Rescheduled to 3 June 2008
23 May 2008 Manchester, England Manchester Evening News Arena Postponed. Rescheduled to 4 June 2008
25 May 2008 Herning, Denmark MCH Hall M Cancelled
26 May 2008 Oslo, Norway Oslo Spektrum Cancelled
28 May 2008 Oberhausen, Germany König Pilsener Arena Cancelled
29 May 2008 Rotterdam, Netherlands Cancelled Rotterdam Ahoy

Box office score data[edit]

Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
Odyssey Arena Belfast 39,804 / 39,804 (100%) $2,737,474[6][7]
Croke Park Dublin 82,300 / 82,300 (100%)[8]
Spark Arena Auckland 10,411 $867,779

Live Concert DVD[edit]

10 Years of Westlife – Live at Croke Park Stadium
Video by
Released24 November 2008
Recorded1 June 2008 (Dublin)
GenrePop
LabelSony BMG
DirectorJulie Knowles/ Charlie Lightening
Westlife chronology
Back Home 10 Years of Westlife – Live at Croke Park Stadium

Track listing[edit]

Title Time Run
01 Introduction Music/Hit You with the Real Thing 04:45
02 World of Our Own 03:51
03 Something Right 05:05
04 What Makes A Man 04:11
05 Uptown Girl 03:23
06 The Easy Way 03:29
07 If I Let You Go 03:39
08 Mandy 03:44
09 Sexyback/Blame It on the Boogie 03:49
10 Get Down on It 01:55
11 I'm Your Man 02:46
12 Let Me Entertain You 03:06
13 I'm Already There 06:38
14 Unbreakable 02:13
15 Queen of My Heart 02:05
16 Fool Again 01:22
17 Catch My Breath 05:59
18 Home 03:37
19 Us Against The World 06:15
20 Swear It Again 11:59
21 Flying Without Wings 11:03
22 When You're Looking Like That 05:07
23 My Heart Will Go On/You Raise Me Up 06:57
24 End Credits 01:27
25 The Road Home Documentary 30:12
26 Us Against the World 03:57
27 Flying Without Wings 03:44
28 When You're Looking Like That 03:59
29 Bop Bop Baby 04:28
30 Obvious 03:38
31 Unbreakable 04:32
32 You Raise Me Up 04:00
33 World of Our Own 03:31
34 What Makes A Man 03:43
35 I Lay My Love on You 03:29

Chart performance[edit]

SOURCE:[9]

Chart Peak
position
Hong Kong 1
Ireland 1
Japan 169[10]
Netherlands 14
New Zealand 1
South Africa 1
Sweden 10
UK Music Videos 1
UK Videos (OCC)[11]
21
UK DVD Videos (OCC)[12]
21

Certifications and sales[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] 2× Platinum 100,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[14] 6× Platinum 24,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history[edit]

Region Date Label Catalogue No.
Australia[15] 22 November 2008 Sony BMG 88697389499
Czech Republic[16] 24 November 2008 Sony BMG
Denmark[17] 25 November 2008 Sony BMG
Germany[18] 21 November 2008 Sony BMG 88697389499
Hong Kong[19] 24 November 2008 Sony BMG 88697391949
Ireland 22 November 2008 Syco, RCA
Japan[20] 12 December 2008 Sony BMG
Norway[21] 26 November 2008 Sony BMG 88697389499
Philippines[22] 24 November 2008 Sony BMG 88697391949
Slovakia[23] 24 November 2008 Sony BMG
South Africa[24] 21 November 2008 Sony BMG 88697389499
Sweden[25] 26 November 2008 Sony BMG 88697389499
Switzerland[26] 21 November 2008 Sony BMG 88697389499
United Kingdom[27] 24 November 2008 Syco, RCA 88697389499

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