Fresh from the huge success of their massive album ‘Back Home’, the reigning kings of pop Westlife return with their brand new single ‘Us Against The World’, released March 3rd through Syco Music/SonyBMG.‘Us Against The World’ is a beautiful, haunting ballad that perfectly showcases the smooth vocal talents of the band. With lush strings, soaring harmonies and an indelible melody, the track has already proved to be a firm favourite with Westlife fans and was the standout performance on their recent ITV prime time special ‘The Westlife Show: Live’.The track is the second single to be taken from Westlife’s new album ‘Back Home’, which entered the UK charts at No.1 last November, incredibly providing the band with their seventh UK No.1 album and spending eight weeks in the Top 10.‘Back Home’ is a confident collection of twelve brand new pop songs, recorded over the summer, with production credits including Quiz Larossi, Per Magnusson, and Rami and Arnthor alongside long time friend and collaborator Steve Mac. The album has to date sold an amazing 1 million copies in just eight weeks.Nicky from the band says: “Us Against The World is our favourite track on the album and one of our best songs ever. It has a beautiful melody and as soon as we recorded it we knew it just had to be a single”Mark adds: “This song is a symbol of Westlife recording the kind of songs we really believe in. Good quality well produced pop music, which is exactly what our loyal fans deserve. It’s a taste of what's to come in the future. In my eyes it’s also one of our best vocal performances ever."

No pop band can compare to Westlife’s remarkable success. In their nine and a half years on top they have sold over 40 million records globally. In the UK alone they have scored nine multi-platinum albums and a record breaking 14 No.1 hits (behind only Elvis and The Beatles). Westlife have also picked up innumerable awards and appeared on hundreds of magazine covers around the world. They are the only recording artists to win the prestigious ‘Record Of The Year’ an incredible four times (other top awards include two BRITS and an MTV Europe Award). Westlife are also the biggest selling Arena act ever, holding the record for the most concerts held at Wembley Arena, an incredible 23.

2008 is a very special year for Westlife as it marks the tenth anniversary of their incredible career. This spring will see the band return to arenas across the country for the ‘Back Home Tour 2008’. Promising evenings of seamless pop precision, the tour will travel across the UK in February and March, including stops at London’s O2 and the Manchester Evening News Arena. The band will then celebrate an amazing decade at the top in spectacular style with a huge concert at Dublin’s massive Croke Park on Sunday 1st June in front of over 80,000 fans. Westlife

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