Where Dreams Come True Tour

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Where Dreams Come True Tour
Tour by Westlife
Poster Westlife WhereDreams.jpg
Promotional poster for tour
Associated album Coast to Coast
Start date9 February 2001
End date9 June 2001
No. of shows82
Westlife concert chronology

The Where Dreams Come True Tour was the second concert tour by Irish boy band Westlife, in support of their second studio album, Coast to Coast .This is the second largest westlife tour just behind the Wild Dreams Tour with 98 dates

Contents

Support Act

Setlist

  1. "Dreams Come True"
  2. "No No"
  3. "If I Let You Go"
  4. "Swear It Again"
  5. "Somebody Needs You"
  6. "Seasons in the Sun"
  7. "I Have a Dream"
  8. "You Make Me Feel"
  9. "When You're Looking Like That"
  10. "My Love"
  11. Medley:
    1. "More Than Words"
    2. "My Girl"
    3. "I Can't Get Next to You"
    4. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg"
    5. "Baby I Need Your Loving"
    6. "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
  12. "Fool Again"
  13. "Uptown Girl"
  14. "What Makes a Man"
  15. "I Lay My Love on You"
  16. "Flying Without Wings"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Europe [1]
9 February 2001 Newcastle England Telewest Arena
10 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
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 2001London 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
23 March 2001
24 March 2001
25 March 2001
27 March 2001
28 March 2001
29 March 2001
31 March 2001
1 April 2001
6 April 2001ManchesterEnglandManchester Evening News Arena
7 April 2001
12 April 2001LondonWembley Arena
13 April 2001
14 April 2001
15 April 2001
17 April 2001BirminghamNEC 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 2001Berlin 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
31 May 2001 Seoul South Korea Jamsil Arena
3 June 2001 Hong Kong Hong Kong Coliseum
4 June 2001TokyoJapan 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

VenueCityTickets sold / availableGross revenue
MTN SundomeJohannesburg20,000 / 20,000 (100%)N/A [2]
Smart Araneta ColiseumQuezon17,887 / 17,887 (100%)$354,367[ citation needed ]

Album and video

Where Dreams Come True
WhereDreamsComeTrueDVD.jpg
Video by
Released19 November 2001
Recorded Dublin
Genre Pop
Length110 minutes
Label BMG
Director Hamish Hamilton
Producer Jim Parsons
Westlife chronology
Uptown Girl
(2001)
Where Dreams Come True
(2001)
World of Our Own
(2002)

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. [3] 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:

Chart performance

ChartPeak
position
Ireland1
Swedish Music DVD (Sverigetopplistan) [4] 10
UK DVD Videos (OCC) [5]
35
UK Music Videos (OCC) [6] 1
UK Videos (OCC) [7]
9

Certifications

Certifications for Where Dreams Come True Tour
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [8] 4× Platinum200,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

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