Westlife set to swear it all over again with a mega arena tour

WESTLIFE’S comeback looks set to blow Boyzone and Take That out of the water – with a UK and Ireland arena tour, and an exciting Croke Park show.

The Irish Daily Mail can reveal the Irish pop act has signed a new multimillion euro tour deal that will dwarf the current Boyzone farewell tour.

The band has also signed a separate six-figure record deal with Virgin Records and have brought pop hitmaker Ed Sheeran on board to pen a number of singles.

Nicky Byrne, 39, Kian Egan, 38, Mark Feehily, 38, and Shane Filan, 39, have been secretly masterminding the comeback for the past 12 months and an official announcement on the tour is due next month.

It is understood the group will follow the big tour reveal with the release of their new single, rumoured to be already written by Sheeran.

The tour will begin in the UK early in the new year. However, the big news for Irish fans is that the tour will end in a bumper Croke Park date, signalling their return to the top of the pop pantheon.

And it seems Brian McFadden, 38, has been left out in the cold for the tour. A well-placed source told the Mail: ‘The time had to be right for all the members of Westlife to get back together.

‘There was a big offer on the table to re-form with Brian but the four decided that coming back as a fourpiece was what the fans would have liked.

‘Boyzone are wrapping up their career playing small shows and racecourses so this comeback tour has to be bigger and better than anything they have done before.

‘This is going to put Westlife back at the top of the charts and the Croke Park show will give Take That a run for their money.

‘This new tour and album will put them back at the top of the charts.’

There was heartache for fans when Westlife disbanded in 2012.

The group, pictured, formed in 1998 and was originally made up of Brian McFadden, Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Shane Filan.

But back in 2004 Brian decided to quit the band and pursue a solo career, leaving Westlife to continue as a massively successful fourpiece.

According to a well-placed source, record label bosses were so impressed by the demand for a Westlife reunion that they signed the band up to a five-year deal.

‘This deal will make Westlife one of the wealthiest groups on the planet,’ added the source.

‘By the time this tour is announced Westlife will have eclipsed Take That and Boyzone and will be the No.1 touring boyband in Europe.’