MARK Feehily (AKA Markus) has been confirmed as the special guest for the upcoming Wet Wet Wet Big Picture Tour, which includes a Belfast date at The SSE Arena on 24 February 2016.
The singer to fame as one fifth of Westlife, with the band’s 14 year career seeing them sell over 50 million records worldwide, achieve 14 No.1 singles in the UK and 26 Top 10s.
Now performing under his own name Markus, the star launched his solo career earlier this year and saw his debut album Fire rise to No.2 in the charts.
He said: “I remember listening to Marti Pellow’s voice and being really inspired. It’s a pleasure to go on tour with Wet Wet Wet and I can’t wait to sing in the arenas again”.
Wet Wet Wet front man Marti Pellow added: “Markus has a great voice and as he’ll be performing a selection of Westlife and solo material, we’re in for a real treat. Anybody coming along to the shows is bound to have a great time”.
The 17-date tour reaches Belfast’s SSE Arena on February 24, 2016. It also coincides with the 20th anniversary of their huge No. 1 album Picture This which included the hits Julia Says, Don’t Want to Forgive Me Now, Somewhere Somehow, She’s All On My Mind, Morning and of course Love is all Around.
Two special formats of the album have recently been released to mark the anniversary: ‘The Big Picture Super Deluxe 3CD + 1 DVD’ and ‘Deluxe 2CD edition’
Wet Wet Wet have sold over 15 million records whilst notching up over thirty UK chart hits including three No.1’s. Alongside this incredible success, performing amazing live shows has always been at the heart of what Wet Wet Wet do. Since coming to prominence in 1987 they have played to over 5 million people across the globe.
Tickets for Wet Wet Wet with special guest Markus Feehily on February 24, 2016 are available from the SSE Arena Box Office 9073 9074, 24hr Credit Card Bookings 0844 277 4455 or online at www.ticketmaster.ie and available from all usual Ticketmaster outlets.