Westlife are back in Manchester at the AO Arena, a venue they could almost call home they've performed here that many times, and they definitely mean business. Talk about blasting open a show - there were fireworks and confetti cannons within the first three minutes of this non-stop party of a performance on Thursday night.
While the uninitiated may think of Westlife as the Irish ballad-belting boyband who occasionally jump off their stools, their adoring masses of course know it's not like that at all. And they, like the four lads on stage, have come here for a night of wild celebration.
The Westlife boys - Kian, Nicky, Shane and Mark - are going hell for leather on this new Wild Dreams tour. It feels like they're throwing everything bar the kitchen sink at this one - they even start Beyonce-style booty-shaking at one point in this eye-popping extravaganza of a show.
