Where Dreams Come True Tour
The Where Dreams Come True Tour was the second concert tour by Irish boy band Westlife seen by 600,000 fans making £12,000,000, in support of their second studio album, Coast to Coast. The tour was nicknamed "The No Stools Tour" due to the band's reputation of performing while perched on stools. Before this full-length world tour, they had a short tour within UK, Ireland and Southeast Asian countries.
Tour by Westlife | |
![]() Promotional poster for tour | |
Start date | 9 February 2001 |
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End date | 9 June 2001 |
No. of shows | 70 |
Westlife concert chronology |
A Coast to Coast Itinerary was made as a tour programme with original 63-page A5 sized spiral-bound tour itinerary book for 1 February to 31 March UK tour. It lists the band possibly doing 10 nights at Wembley Arena. Includes details on tour dates & venues, Crew & Band member listing, hotel & travel arrangements for both band & crew and more, complete with the original front colour cover and front clear protective cover laminate.
This would have only been issued to crew/people involved with the tour, and were not for sale to the general public. In most cases less than 100 copies were ever made.[1]
Support Act
- Reel
- Bellefire
- Masai
- Fixate
- Christian Wunderlich
- GrannySmiths
- Anna Fegi
- Trademark
- Cool Colors
Setlist
- "Dreams Come True"
- "No No"
- "If I Let You Go"
- "Swear It Again"
- "Somebody Needs You"
- "Seasons in the Sun"
- "I Have a Dream"
- "You Make Me Feel"
- "When You're Looking Like That"
- "My Love"
- Medley:
- "Fool Again"
- "Uptown Girl"
- "What Makes a Man"
- "I Lay My Love On You"
- "Flying Without Wings"
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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Europe[2] | |||
9 February 2001 | Newcastle | England | Telewest Arena |
10 February 2001 | |||
11 February 2001 | |||
12 February 2001 | |||
13 February 2001 | |||
14 February 2001 | |||
16 February 2001 | Glasgow | Scotland | Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre |
17 February 2001 | |||
18 February 2001 | |||
19 February 2001 | |||
20 February 2001 | |||
21 February 2001 | |||
23 February 2001 | Manchester | England | Manchester Evening News Arena |
24 February 2001 | |||
25 February 2001 | |||
26 February 2001 | |||
27 February 2001 | Nottingham | Nottingham Arena | |
28 February 2001 | |||
2 March 2001 | Birmingham | NEC Arena | |
3 March 2001 | |||
4 March 2001 | |||
6 March 2001 | Sheffield | Sheffield Arena | |
7 March 2001 | |||
8 March 2001 | |||
10 March 2001 | London | Wembley Arena | |
11 March 2001 | |||
12 March 2001 | |||
13 March 2001 | |||
14 March 2001 | |||
16 March 2001 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Odyssey Arena |
17 March 2001 | |||
19 March 2001 | Dublin | Ireland | Point Theatre |
20 March 2001 | |||
21 March 2001 | |||
22 March 2001 | |||
23 March 2001 | |||
24 March 2001 | |||
25 March 2001 | |||
26 March 2001 | |||
27 March 2001 | |||
28 March 2001 | |||
29 March 2001 | |||
30 March 2001 | |||
31 March 2001 | |||
1 April 2001 | |||
6 April 2001 | Manchester | England | Manchester Evening News Arena |
7 April 2001 | |||
12 April 2001 | London | Wembley Arena | |
13 April 2001 | |||
14 April 2001 | |||
15 April 2001 | |||
17 April 2001 | Birmingham | NEC Arena | |
18 April 2001 | |||
19 April 2001 | |||
22 April 2001 | Oslo | Norway | Vallhall Arena |
23 April 2001 | Stockholm | Sweden | Stockholm Globe Arena |
24 April 2001 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Forum Copenhagen |
26 April 2001 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Rotterdam Ahoy |
28 April 2001 | Prague | Czech Republic | Paegas Arena |
5 May 2001 | Munich | Germany | Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle |
6 May 2001 | Hanover | AWD Hall | |
7 May 2001 | Düsseldorf | Philipshalle | |
9 May 2001 | Berlin | Max-Schmeling-Halle | |
11 May 2001 | Hamburg | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle | |
Asia | |||
14 May 2001 | Beirut | Lebanon | Beirut Hall |
15 May 2001 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Zabeel Stadium |
16 May 2001 | Tel Aviv | Israel | Hayarkon Park |
Africa | |||
18 May 2001 | Cape Town | South Africa | Bellville Velodrome |
19 May 2001 | North West Province | Sun City Superbowl | |
20 May 2001 | Johannesburg | MTN Sundome | |
Asia | |||
22 May 2001 | Bangkok | Thailand | Hua Mark Indoor Stadium |
24 May 2001 | Jakarta | Indonesia | Soemantri Brodjonegoro Stadium |
26 May 2001 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Putra Indoor Stadium |
27 May 2001 | Singapore | Singapore Indoor Stadium | |
29 May 2001 | Quezon City | Philippines | Araneta Coliseum (now Smart Araneta Coliseum) |
31 May 2001 | Seoul | South Korea | Jamsil Arena |
3 June 2001 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong Coliseum | |
4 June 2001 | Tokyo | Japan | Yoyogi National Gymnasium |
5 June 2001 | |||
6 June 2001 | Osaka | Osaka-jō Hall | |
Europe | |||
8 June 2001 | Barcelona | Spain | Palau Sant Jordi |
9 June 2001 | Madrid | Palacio de Deportes | |
Box office score data
Venue | City | Tickets sold / available | Gross revenue |
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MTN Sundome | Johannesburg | 20,000 / 20,000 (100%) | N/A[3] |
Smart Araneta Coliseum | Quezon | 17,887 / 17,887 (100%) | $354,367 |
Album and video
Where Dreams Come True | ||||
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Video by | ||||
Released | 19 November 2001 | |||
Recorded | Dublin | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 110 minutes | |||
Label | BMG | |||
Director | Hamish Hamilton | |||
Producer | Jim Parsons | |||
Westlife chronology | ||||
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A live concert DVD of the tour was released later that same year.
The DVD contained several bonus materials such as an Access All Areas documentary, a World of Our Own featurette, a link to an exclusive website and a music video of "When You're Looking Like That" in Dolby Digital 2.0 & 5.1 sound.
This was re-released in China into CD/DVD format.[4] Release contains a free poster of the band and a booklet with the lyrics of the CD-songs translated to Chinese. With the same DVD track listing and bonus CD contains 5 live tracks from the same performance as the DVD:
- "Fool Again"
- "Uptown Girl"
- "What Makes a Man"
- "You Make Me Feel"
- "Flying Without Wings"
Chart performance
Chart | Peak position |
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Ireland | 1 |
Sweden | 14 |
Sweden Music Videos | 10 |
UK Music Videos | 1 |
UK DVD Videos (OCC)[5] | |
UK Videos (OCC)[6] | |
Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[7] | 4× Platinum | 200,000^ |
*sales figures based on certification alone |
References
- http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=468677
- "Upcoming Events". Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- http://allafrica.com/stories/200105210208.html
- "Westlife - Where Dreams Come True CD/DVD". Discogs. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20111120/1/
- http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20111120/1/
- "British video certifications – Westlife – Where Dreams Come True". British Phonographic Industry. Select videos in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Where Dreams Come True in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.