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Westlife: Live at Wembley

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Besides the release of "Love Album", Westlife also released their 2006 world tour "Face to Face" DVD. This time, the whole show was recorded at Wembley! Mark is my favorite member in Westlife, but I find myself enjoying Shane more this time! Mark's performance is unsteady, while Shane performed better than the albums. Finally, fans can listen to Nicky's and Kian's awesome voices again! Although Nicky's vocal is not strong, his voice is really soothing and gentle; Kian's vocal is surprisingly good, it makes me wonder why he doesn't contribute more to Westlife's album!
The tour consisted of classic Westlife songs ("Flying Without Wings", "Mandy", "Swear It Again", etc), unexpected good old songs ("Seasons in the Sun", "Queen of My Heart"), new songs from the album "Face to Face" ("You Raise Me Up", "Hit You With The Real Thing", "Amazing", etc), and exciting medleys! They also sang "The Dance", which is not a better version than the "Love Album" version, but I really love that song! Overall, another Westlife tour that should not be missed! Westlife will have their brand new tour in 2007, but until then, enjoy this DVD!

The tour does leave out Westlife's traditional continuous ten-minute medley section in its setlist, but does include excellent big band renditions of their hit "Uptown Girl" and a "She's Back/ Billie Jean" mesh. The DVD's opener, "Flying Without Wings" is another highlight, and the best live version I've heard to date due to Mark's outstanding vocals.
Other highlights include "World of Our Own" and "Mandy" (Shane and Mark harmonize surprisingly well on this one). All in all Westlife sound great live on this DVD. Mark turned it up a notch and made the entire show a lot better (you don't have to put up with him missing many notes this time!)

Complete tracklisting:

Flying Without Wings
Hit You With The Real Thing
When You're Looking Like That
Amazing
She's Back / Billie Jean
Uptown Girl
Addicted To Love
I Wish / Wild Wild West
Senorita / Don't Cha
Colour My World
Hey Whatever
The Dance
Swear It Again
Seasons In The Sun
World Of Our Own
Mandy
Queen Of My Heart
What Makes A Man
You Raise Me Up

Westlife, you either love them or hate them, but no one can deny their talent. These four young men from Ireland just continue to entertain year after year. The group's annual concert DVDs are a great way for fans abroad to experience the Westlife phenomenon in their own living rooms. It's the next best thing to being there! This is one of their best.

On a technical note, this DVD is Region 0 (free) but is a PAL encoded disc (not NTSC as the description says) so it still requires a PAL converting DVD player in order to play it in the USA.

Not realizing I ordered the PAL Format I could not play this DVD on my player. Had to send back and order one in the DVD format. Loved the DVD once it would play. Was on time as always and in great condition. Love Amazon!

This DVD was a pleasant surprise. It was part of Westlife's "Face to Face" tour and had me jumping up and down and dancing the whole time! The best performance by far was the Lad's re-indition of "Don't Cha" by the pussycat dolls! There wasn't a dry eye in the house, when they sang "Seasons of the sun"! You have never seen Shane, Mark, Nicky and Kian like this before - a definate collector's item!

I am not sure why this DVD is for sale in the U.S., because it is not in a format that can be watched in this country! I was forced to return the DVD for a refund, and I was not happy.

Absolutely brillant video I thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to seeing it again and again.

Since I live in the good ole USofA I don't get to see Westlife in concert. This DVD is the next best thing. It is region 0, but since its PAL I had to play it on my laptop, it wouldn't work in the stand-alone DVD player.

I was a total bum on New Year's Eve & sat in front of the Goggle Box_and watched Westlife Live At Wembley. It was fantastic! Definitely worth purchasing. You will enjoy totally it.

These four men are amazing. The energy delivered was awesome. Shane is outstanding on this tour. Mark is still the most gorgeous of the four witha voice like an angel.. You won't be disapointed.