{"id":622402,"date":"2026-08-05T20:20:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/622402\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T20:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:20:31","slug":"bangkok-post-westlife-heads-east-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/622402\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok Post &#8211; Westlife heads east in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Irish pop group Westlife will bring their milestone &#8220;Westlife 25: The Anniversary World Tour&#8221; to Bangkok on Jan 25, 2027, at Impact Arena.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve come a long, long way from their first show in Thailand at Species in Sukhumvit 24, where ticket prices were B500 and there were five of them. The upcoming concert will mark their fifth show in Thailand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6178817.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Currently touring as a trio with Mark Feehily having to step away due to health issues, Kian Egan, Shane Filan and Nicky Byrne will celebrate their band&#8217;s 25th anniversary, delivering a hit-filled show spanning their extraordinary career, from timeless ballads to global chart-toppers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6178822.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The anniversary tour kicks off in September, following the release of 25 &#8211; The Ultimate Collection, a landmark compilation consisting of 21 fan favourites, including You Raise Me Up, Uptown Girl and Flying Without Wings, alongside four new tracks recorded by all four members.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They recently released Your Love Amazes Me, the latest track from 25 &#8211; The Ultimate Collection. Produced by Jamie Scott, Daniel Bryer and Martin Hannah, the soaring emotional pop ballad is built around heartfelt lyrics and the band&#8217;s signature harmonies, offering the timeless sentiment that has long defined Westlife&#8217;s global appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 25 years, Westlife have become one of the most successful pop groups of all time. Their music has been streamed more than\u00a03 billion times globally; they have achieved 14 UK No.1 singles, sold more than\u00a055 million records, surpassed 1 billion YouTube views and sold more than 6 million concert tickets around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Since their reunion in 2019, the band have performed more than\u00a0200 shows across 30 countries, while The Wild Dreams Tour sold over 1.2 million tickets alone. Westlife remain the UK &amp; Ireland&#8217;s top-selling album group of the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6178827.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tickets for \u201cWestlife 25: The Anniversary World Tour\u201d are available via Thai Ticket Major&#8217;s website.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Irish pop group Westlife will bring their milestone &#8220;Westlife 25: The Anniversary World Tour&#8221; to Bangkok on Jan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[264],"tags":[18,117,19,17,41828,337,77250,262942,85360,262941,26553,262940,262939],"class_list":["post-622402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kian-egan","tag-music","tag-nicky-byrne","tag-pop-music-concerts-thailand","tag-shane-filan","tag-thai-ticket-major","tag-westlife","tag-westlife-25th-anniversary-tour","tag-westlife-bangkok-concert"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117044762338265745","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}