Westlife

Over 100,000 Westlife fans will flock to Dublin's Aviva Stadium this weekend as the band kick off the Irish leg of their tour.

The Aviva Stadium is a no smoking environment. • By BUS: Dublin Bus Routes 4, 7/a, 39a, 46a, 145 and 155 will all have a full service. • By DART: Extra DART services will operate before and after the concert. These routes are the closest to venue. After the concert Grand Canal Dock DART station will be closed, passengers travelling home should board at Lansdowne Road DART station. deemed to be under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.

Tickets, stage times, Aviva Stadium transport and everything else you need to know about the Westlife concert.

- Shelbourne Road And allow plenty of time to get there in case of delays. - the remainder of Lansdowne Road, from Shelbourne Road to Pembroke Road Band member Nicky Byrne said the group's first major event since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic will be "a momentous occasion for all of us. - Herbert Road - Lansdowne Road from Shelbourne Road to Herbert Bridge

Legendary Irish boyband Westlife will take to the stage in Dublin's Aviva Stadium for shows on Friday and Saturday night.

There are no cloakroom facilities at the venue, and ticketholders are advised to use luggage storage facilities in the city centre if necessary. The blue, red and orange group entrances are located on the west side of the Aviva Stadium, with the purple route to the south-east, and the red route on the north-east of the venue. If you still need to collect your tickets, box offices will open at 4pm on Herbert Road to the south-east, and at the junction between Lansdowne Road and Northumberland Road to the south-west of the stadium. As there are no parking spots available at the Aviva Stadium, concertgoers are advised to travel to the venue on public transport and park their cars in the city centre if necessary. And while VIP packages are already sold out, the most expensive tickets at €109.50 will give you the chance to enter the golden circle right in front of the stage. The gates at the Aviva Stadium will open at 6pm, with no early queueing being allowed according to the concert promoters.

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And they will do it all again tonight when another 50,000 delighted fans will descend on the Aviva for the second of their sold-out shows. Speaking ahead of their shows, Nicky Byrne said it will be a “momentous occasion for all of us. We are looking forward to a great night, they are the pride of Sligo. The eagerly awaited gig even included a nine minute medley of Abba songs, before fans were treated to an encore including Westlife’s massive hit, You Raise Me Up. It’s their first concert after a long, long wait, so it’s going to be great.” Meanwhile, older fans who have followed the band for over 20 years were packed into pubs around Dublin, with many donning pink cowboy hats and Westlife t-shirts as they got into the mood from early on.

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Then it was ‘Flying Without Wings’, delivered at the end of the ramp. Feehily wished his mother who was in the audience a happy birthday. This was followed by ‘If I Let You Go’ and then ‘My Love’ before Egan told the crowd: “We have been together for 23 years. It makes me proud to be Irish. “ Afterwards, Byrne (looking like an ever-youthful Larry Mullen of U2) asked : “Dublin, how are you feeling? It is so good to see people hugging and dancing and being together after last three years. And we have waited a full three years for this special night. This was followed by the zippy Motown moves of Billy Joel's ‘Uptown Girl’ with Filan on lead vocals. But not before ‘Man! I Feel Like a Woman!’ by Shania Twain could be played to further pump up the crowd. “This is the soundtrack to so many people’s lives.” When they finished their set, two songs were played over the enormous speaker system that got a colossal response from the crowd. Byrne asked rhetorically at the end of the song: “Dublin, are you ready for this?” Before 50,000 fans could get the answer out, Feehily told them: “Honestly, guys, it is so good to hear that noise after three years.

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"They get on really well because they have lives outside of the band. I thought Mark did incredibly well on The Masked Singer, he should have won it. They love their music.