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Westlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012 after their farewell tour. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden (left the band in 2004). The group is the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one. Westlife have sold over 44 million records worldwide which includes studio albums, singles, video release, and compilation albums. Despite the group's worldwide success, they only have one hit single in the United States, "Swear It Again", which peaked in 2000 on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 20. The band were originally signed by Simon Cowell and are managed by Louis Walsh. The group have accumulated 14 number-one singles in the United Kingdom, the third-highest in UK history, tying with Cliff Richard. The group had also broken a few records, including "Music artist with most consecutive number 1's in the UK", which consists of their first seven singles and only behind The Beatles and Elvis Presley. The Official Charts Company credited Westlife as the second biggest-selling artist and biggest-selling band of the decade. It is also noted that Westlife are the most successful boy band to originate from Ireland. With sales in excess of 44 million, 14 UK number ones and 25 top ten singles. They also certified that Westlife have sold 20.2 million records and videos in the UK across their 14-year career - 6.8 million singles, 11.9 million albums and 1.5 million videos.

On 1 June 2008, Westlife marked their tenth anniversary with a concert in Croke Park, Dublin which had more than 83,000 fans attending the special occasion. Music Week revealed on their website that Westlife are the official third top touring act within the years 2005-2008, while they were seventh top touring act of 2008. Also in 2008, they were declared Ireland's ninth-richest celebrities under 30 years old and thirteenth in general with 36 million euros as a group. In 2009, they dropped as sixteenth richest Irish with estimated 8 million euros each. They were named as the fourth most hard-working music artist in UK by PRS in 2010. In August 2011, it was reported in the Irish Examiner that the profits of the band's firm grew five-fold in 2010. On 19 October 2011, Westlife announced they were to split after their Greatest Hits was released on the 21st of November 2011 it debuted in Ireland at number1 for 1 week and debuted and peaked at number 4 in the UK and a farewell tour in Spring 2012.

The No. 1's Tour was originally called The Red Carpet Tour, but the name was later changed as confusion over the type of show became apparent. The Number Ones Tour took place after the Rat Pack album Allow Us to Be Frank.

Tracklisting:
1. Uptown Girl
2. Hey Whatever
3. If I Let You Go
4. Mandy
5. Unbreakable
6. My Love
7. Swear It Again
8. When You're Looking Like That
9. Disco Inferno
10. Oh, Pretty Woman
11. I Feel Fine
12. Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough
13. Footloose
14. Ain't That a Kick in the Head?
15. Smile
16. Mack the Knife
17. World of Our Own
18. What Makes a Man
19. Flying Without Wings

Bonus Features:
1. "Best Of" featuring 11 of their greatest live songs
2. Number Ones Tour - Six Months After.....
3. Exit The Stage
4. You Raise Me Up (Music video)

Extra Informatie:
Bestandsnaam: Rtthbmrnsn
Aantal Discs: 1xDVD9
Formaat: ISO/MDS
Geluidspoor: DD2.0, DD5.1 & DTS5.1
Audio: Engels
Ondertitels: Engels
Menu: Ja
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 & 1.78:1
DVD Release Datum: 14 November 2005
Speelduur: 129 minuten
Cover: Hoesje is in de RARs verwerkt

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