{"id":300130,"date":"2025-12-05T08:38:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/300130\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T08:38:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:38:12","slug":"boyzlife-to-bring-boyzone-and-westlife-hits-to-basingstoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/300130\/","title":{"rendered":"Boyzlife to bring Boyzone and Westlife hits to Basingstoke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Boyzlife, made up of Boyzone\u2019s Keith Duffy and Westlife\u2019s Brian McFadden, will perform at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basingstokegazette.co.uk\/topics\/the-anvil\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Anvil<\/a> in Basingstoke on Sunday, October 11, as part of their autumn 2026 UK tour.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The duo will perform a mix of Boyzone and Westlife\u2019s biggest hits, along with their own original material.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Boyzlife, made up of Boyzone\u2019s Keith Duffy and Westlife\u2019s Brian McFadden, will perform at The Anvil. (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Keith and Brian said: &#8220;We&#8217;re absolutely thrilled to announce our autumn 2026 tour.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The incredible memories we created during our 2025 shows have us counting down the days until we can hit the road again and reunite with all of our amazing fans.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Brace yourselves for more unforgettable nights filled with music, laughter, and possibly some special guests joining us along the way.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Can\u2019t wait to see you all in 2026.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The tour follows Boyzlife\u2019s successful run in 2025 and upcoming early 2026 tour.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The group began in 2016 when both artists had left their original bands.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  What started as a small, autobiographical performance has since evolved into full-scale global tours featuring a live band, special effects and pyrotechnics.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They have now performed for more than 300,000 fans around the world.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Brian achieved 12 chart toppers overall with Westlife &#8211; including a record-breaking seven consecutive UK and Ireland number ones &#8211; and four number one albums.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He has sold more than 30 million records globally, and also secured a UK number one as a solo artist with Real to Me.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Keith found similar success with Boyzone, which achieved six UK number one singles and five number one albums.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The group\u2019s first 17 releases saw 16 reach the top five in the charts, and they have sold more than 25 million records worldwide.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Keith and\u00a0Brian\u00a0remain committed to new music, with their latest single is titled LoveBirds.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The 2026 show will include Boyzone favourites such as I Love the Way You Love Me, All That I Need, and No Matter What, alongside Westlife hits including My Love, I Lay My Love on You, and Uptown Girl.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Tickets will go on general sale at 10am on Friday, December 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boyzlife, made up of Boyzone\u2019s Keith Duffy and Westlife\u2019s Brian McFadden, will perform at The Anvil in Basingstoke&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-300130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}