New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The UK's top selling album group of the 21st century, Westlife, finally return with their highly anticipated first new single in eight years, 'Hello My Love', released
Thursday 10th January.
'Hello My Love' is written and produced by superstar hitmakers
Ed Sheeran and Steve Mac, and is a soaring solid gold pop anthem featuring the band's trademark stunning vocals and harmonies. The song is set to return
Westlife to their rightful place as the
Kings of Pop.
Shane, Nicky, Mark and Kian announced their return to music in October 2018 to a frenzy of media coverage and social media activity. The band have signed a new record deal with Virgin EMI, with a new album to follow in 2019.
Westlife will tour the UK and Ireland for the first time in seven years next May, June and July, with The Twenty Tour. Celebrating Westlife's 20th anniversary, the tour will kick off in Belfast on 25th May, with the run of live shows ending in Dublin on 5th July.
The Twenty Tour is Westlife's fastest selling tour of all time. The band sold an incredible 400,000 tickets in just 48 hours. The shows will see the global pop kings perform brand new songs, alongside their greatest hits and all 14 of their UK No.1 hits including as 'Swear It Again', 'Flying Without Wings', 'You Raise Me Up' and 'Unbreakable'.
These shows will be their first as a group since they played Croke Park in Dublin on 23rd June 2012.
Westlife have sold over 55 million records worldwide, and are the only band to have their first 7 singles enter the UK chart at No. 1. They also have the most singles of any artist to debut at No. 1 in the UK.
Overall the band have had an incredible 14 No. 1 singles, behind only
Elvis Presley and The Beatles.
They have had 33 No.1 albums worldwide and as a live act have sold 5 million concert tickets worldwide.