On the evening of September 19, Irish band Westlife excited audiences when they announced that they would return to Vietnam to perform on November 22.
Image from the poster of Westlife's concert in Vietnam on November 22 - Photo: Westlife Fanpage
On the evening of September 19, the band Westlife posted on their official fanpage a poster of their performance as part of The Wild Dreams Tour at Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City.
The group wrote: "Vietnam! We are so excited to be back on the Wild Dreams tour on November 22, 2023. Tickets go on sale September 26, don't miss out."
The poster names the event website as Westlifevietnam.vn. Currently, when accessing this website, the audience still cannot see any information other than the poster introducing the program and contact information.
Vietnamese audiences await Westlife
Immediately, the post received nearly 6,000 reactions from Vietnamese audiences, along with 1,500 comments and more than 1,000 shares. Many viewers commented inviting friends to come along or expressed excitement that the boy band from Ireland is about to return to Vietnam.
In 2011, Westlife came to Vietnam for the first time to perform as part of the Westlife Gravity Tour at My Dinh Stadium, Hanoi.
Westlife when they were young were romantic guys singing love songs, very popular in Asia and Vietnam - Photo: The Guardian
Then, in 2014, singer Shane Filan - the group's lead vocalist - came to Ho Chi Minh City to perform in the program You & me tour live in Saigon at 7 Nguyen Tat Thanh, District 4.
In 2017, Shane Filan returned to Vietnam, performing at the Love Always concert in Ho Chi Minh City. He sang a series of hit songs by himself and Westlife such as Uptown Girl, Beautiful in White, Tonight, You Raise Me Up…
Westlife is a pop group formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1998. The group consists of members Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan and Nicky Byrne. In addition, a famous former member, Brian McFadden, left the group in 2004.
In 2012, the group disbanded then reunited in 2018 and continued their musical activities.
Many Vietnamese audiences expressed their willingness to buy tickets to relive their youth with Westlife - Photo: The Irish Sun
Westlife were particularly popular with Vietnamese audiences in the 1990s and 2000s. The group released 11 number one albums in Ireland, along with 16 number one singles and 34 top 50 singles. The group sold 55 million records worldwide and set 4 Guinness World Records.
Westlife's songs are very familiar to Vietnamese audiences, including: My Love, I Lay My Love on You, Queen of My Heart, Seasons in the Sun, Mandy, Fool Again, Swear It Again, When You Tell Me That You Love Me...
For many Vietnamese audiences, Westlife's love songs are associated with a time of youth, a time of romance and memorable memories.
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