Unbreakable Tour (Westlife concert tour)

The Unbreakable Tour is a concert tour of the Irish pop band Westlife seen by 700,000 fans making £14,000,000 which covered the UK and Europe in 2003. There were 62 tour dates, including a few outside concerts including their coming home concerts in their home towns of Dublin and Sligo. This tour was the band's biggest production to date and featured a futuristic sci-fi stage complete with Andy Warhol inspired pop art projections, Las Vegas-style neon signs and the latest in intelligent lighting technology which cost £7 million. This was Brian McFadden's last concert tour as a member of the group.

Unbreakable Tour
Tour by Westlife
Tour programme
Associated albumUnbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1
Start date13 April 2003
End date25 October 2003
No. of shows71
Westlife concert chronology

Setlist
  1. "When You're Looking Like That"
  2. "If I Let You Go"
  3. "Tonight"
  4. "Flying Without Wings"
  5. "My Love"
  6. "Bop Bop Baby"
  7. "Queen of My Heart"
  8. "To Be with You"
  9. Medley
    1. "I Get Around"
    2. "Do You Love Me"
    3. "Twist and Shout"
    4. "Great Balls of Fire"
    5. "Kiss"
  10. "Fool Again"
  11. "Swear It Again"
  12. "Written in the Stars"
  13. "Unbreakable"
Encore
  1. "Uptown Girl"
  2. "What Makes a Man"
  3. "World of Our Own"

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
Europe[1][2]
13 April 2003 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena
14 April 2003
15 April 2003
17 April 2003 London England London Docklands Arena
21 April 2003 Stuttgart Germany Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
22 April 2003 Nuremberg Nuremberg Arena
24 April 2003 Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle
27 April 2003 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
29 April 2003 Cologne Germany Kölnarena
30 April 2003 Brussels Belgium Forest National
1 May 2003 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy
3 May 2003 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
4 May 2003 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt
5 May 2003 Hanover Preussag Arena
6 May 2003 Hamburg Color Line Arena
8 May 2003 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen
9 May 2003 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
10 May 2003 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Globe Arena
11 May 2003
12 May 2003 Gothenburg Scandinavium
15 May 2003 Nottingham England Nottingham Arena
16 May 2003
17 May 2003
19 May 2003 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena
20 May 2003
21 May 2003
23 May 2003 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
24 May 2003
25 May 2003
27 May 2003 Birmingham England NEC Arena
28 May 2003
29 May 2003
31 May 2003
1 June 2003
3 June 2003 London Wembley Arena
4 June 2003
5 June 2003
7 June 2003
8 June 2003
10 June 2003 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
11 June 2003
12 June 2003
14 June 2003
15 June 2003
17 June 2003 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena
18 June 2003
19 June 2003
21 June 2003
22 June 2003
24 June 2003
25 June 2003
27 June 2003 Dublin Ireland Lansdowne Road
28 June 2003
1 July 2003 Newcastle England Telewest Arena
2 July 2003
3 July 2003
5 July 2003
6 July 2003
8 July 2003 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
9 July 2003
10 July 2003
12 July 2003
13 July 2003
15 July 2003
16 July 2003 Aberdeen Press and Journal Arena
17 July 2003
18 July 2003 Sheffield England Sheffield Arena
19 July 2003
21 July 2003
22 July 2003
25 July 2003 Sligo Ireland Markievicz Park
Asia
25 October 2003 Hong Kong Tamar Site
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
24 April 2003 Brussels, Belgium Forest National Moved to 30 April 2003
25 April 2003 Leipzig, Germany Leipziger Messehalle Cancelled
26 April 2003 Vienna, Austria Gasometer Cancelled

Video release

Features
  • Games (containing exclusive footage)
  • Miss You Nights (video)
  • Tonight (video)
  • Tonight – Remix (video)
  • Hey Whatever (video)
  • Alternative Edit of When You're Looking Like That
  • Documentary
  • Interactive Game
  • English Dolby Digital 5.1
  • English Dolby Digital 2.0
  • English Audio Commentary Dolby Digital
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Discs: 1
  • Format: PAL
  • Layers: 1
  • Running Time: 90 minutes
  • Transfer Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Credits
  • Management: Louis Walsh Management Company
  • Director: Russell Thomas
  • Executive Producer: Robin Wilson
  • Producer: Sara Martin
  • Support Act: Zoo

Chart performance
Chart Peak
position
Ireland 1
Sweden Music Videos 6
UK Music Videos 1
UK DVD Videos (OCC)[3]
17
UK Videos (OCC)[4]
19

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[5] 2× Platinum 100,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[6] Platinum 50,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References
  1. "Upcoming Events". Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  2. Additional sources for dates in Europe
  3. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20111120/1/
  4. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20111120/1/
  5. "British video certifications – Westlife – Unbreakable: Greatest Hits Tour". British Phonographic Industry. Select videos in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Unbreakable: Greatest Hits Tour in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  6. "Danish video certifications – Westlife – Unbreakable: Greatest Hits Tour". IFPI Denmark. Scroll through the page-list below until year 2004 to obtain certification.
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