After ten years, still best at what they do
WITH Home Park Stadium filled with girls, boys, mums, dads,
grannies, grandads and couples, many with cowboy hats and bunny
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ears, you couldn't help wonder how Westlife would manage to
keep the attention of such a diverse age range.
After Simon Webb's great support act, Westlife stormed the
stage dressed in black leather, and it was soon clear that the
white-suited barstool routine so long associated with the band
was clearly a thing of the past.
Reeling off numbers like 'Uptown Girl', 'Mandy', 'Queen of
my Heart', 'If I let you go', and 'What makes a Man', you
remembered just how many hits the boys have had – in fact
they've notched up 14 number ones.
The party continued in an electric atmosphere with the crowd
jumping around wildly to 'Let Me Entertain You', 'I'm Your Man'
and 'Don't Blame It On The Sunshine'.
When the boys donned Argyle shirts, fans responded by
shouting the soccer chant 'Who are ya?!'
As fireworks flew off the stage and the stage lights flashed
across the stadium, the fans danced on into the night, foot
perfect with all their moves and word perfect with the
lyrics... even the dutiful husbands couldn't help but get into
the swing of it.
When the band finally said their goodbyes and thanked the
audience for such a great 10 years, they saved the best till
last. A heartfelt rendition of 'Flying Without Wings' sent
shivers down the spine and brought a tear to the eye of many
adoring fans.
After a stadium-wide singalong and more screams to get the
band back on stage there just had to be an encore, and the boys
didn't disappoint. 'When You're Looking Like That' soon had
thousands of middle-aged women and teenage girls screaming,
followed by the power ballad 'You Raise Me Up'. Well, if Home
Park Stadium had a roof it would certainly have been
raised.
With endless lashings of cheeky grins and slick dance moves,
this show was pure gold.
Well done, boys...here's to 10 more years.
2 Comments
by natalie, plymouth
Saturday, July 05 2008, 11:23AM
“wat an amazing show boys cya in 2010 get back to plymouth soon x x”
by June, Plymouth
Monday, June 30 2008, 9:04AM
“I thought this was a brilliant concert, they were fantastic even my man enjoyed it and hes not a fan lol, i would pay to see them again if they came bk to plymouth,”