The Back Home Tour was in support of Westlife’s 9th studio album, Back Home. The band has been touring the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand. The tour was seen by 385,000 fans.
The tour was divided into two legs. 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.
The 28-page tour programme was measuring 12″ x 12″, celebrating their 10 successful years as recording artists, crammed with stunning photos, spot lacquered images, interviews, personal messages from all 4 band members on lavish screen printed plastic pages and much more, with metallic-effect embossed outer cover. The DVD for this tour was filmed at Croke Park, Dublin on 1 June 2008.
This tour marked as the second Irish act to headline Croke Park Stadium after U2.
Support acts
- The MacDonald Brothers (Europe—Leg 1, select dates)
- Annabel Fay (Australasia)
- Hope (London)
- Shayne Ward (Dublin)
Setlist
- “Hit You with the Real Thing”
- “World of Our Own”
- “Something Right”
- “What Makes a Man”
- “Uptown Girl” (with Acapella Intro)
- “The Easy Way”
- “If I Let You Go” (contains excerpts from “Where Is the Love?”)
- “Mandy”
- Medley:
- “SexyBack”
- “Blame It on the Boogie”
- “Get Down on It”
- “I’m Your Man”
- “Let Me Entertain You”
- “I’m Already There”
- Medley:
- “Unbreakable”
- “Queen of My Heart”
- “Fool Again”
- “Catch My Breath”
- “Home”
- “Us Against The World”
- “Swear It Again”
- “Flying Without Wings”
Encore
- “When You’re Looking Like That”
- “You Raise Me Up” (contains elements of “My Heart Will Go On”)
Tour dates
| Date | City | Venue | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | |||
| 25 February 2008 | Belfast | Odyssey Arena | Ireland |
| 26 February 2008 | |||
| 27 February 2008 | |||
| 29 February 2008 | Liverpool | Echo Arena Liverpool | England |
| 1 March 2008 | London | The O2 | |
| 2 March 2008 | |||
| 4 March 2008 | Newcastle | Metro Radio Arena | |
| 5 March 2008 | |||
| 8 March 2008 | Cardiff | Cardiff International Arena | Wales |
| 9 March 2008 | |||
| 10 March 2008 | |||
| 12 March 2008 | Birmingham | NEC Arena | England |
| 13 March 2008 | |||
| 15 March 2008 | Manchester | Manchester Evening News Arena | |
| 16 March 2008 | |||
| 18 March 2008 | Glasgow | Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre | Scotland |
| 20 March 2008 | |||
| 21 March 2008 | |||
| 22 March 2008 | |||
| 24 March 2008 | Nottingham | Nottingham Arena | England |
| 25 March 2008 | Sheffield | Sheffield Arena | |
| 26 March 2008 | |||
| 28 March 2008 | London | Wembley Arena | |
| 29 March 2008 | |||
New Zealand | |||
| 7 May 2008 | Christchurch | Westpac Arena | New Zealand |
| 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 | |||
| 16 May 2008 | Aberdeen | Press & Journal Arena | Scotland |
| 17 May 2008 | Glasgow | Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre | |
| 19 May 2008 | Newcastle | Metro Radio Arena | England |
| 20 May 2008 | Cardiff | Cardiff International Arena | Wales |
| 25 May 2008 | Sheffield | Sheffield Arena | England |
| 27 May 2008 | Belfast | Odyssey Arena | Ireland |
| 28 May 2008 | |||
| 1 June 2008 | Dublin | Croke Park | Ireland |
| 3 June 2008 | Birmingham | NEC Arena | England |
| 4 June 2008 | Manchester | Manchester Evening News Arena | |
| 21 June 2008 | Galway | Pearse Stadium | Ireland |
| 22 June 2008 | Killarney | Fitzgerald Stadium | |
| 24 June 2008 | Nottingham | Nottingham Arena | England |
| 25 June 2008 | Cardiff | Cardiff International Arena | Wales |
| 28 June 2008 | Plymouth | Home Park | England |
| 29 June 2008 | Liverpool | Echo Arena Liverpool |
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