Westlife tickets go on general sale today

HALF of the tickets available for the Westlife concert at the Manx Telecom Bay Festival have already been sold.

Festival organiser Jonathan Irving revealed that more than 2,000 tickets had been purchased within an hour after they went on sale at 10am March 21, exclusively to Manx Telecom customers.

The rest of the tickets will go on sale today, March 23 at 8am.

Organisers have capped the number of tickets available at 4,500 to create “a much more intimate environment” according to festival promoter Jamie Irving.

Westlife will headline the festival on Sunday, June 19, and will be supported by Cascada and Example. The Irish band has clocked up 14 number one singles with only Elvis and The Beatles topping this.

The band also holds the record for the most consecutive number one singles in the UK and are the UK’s biggest selling band with seven number one albums.

Tickets go on sale at 8am today – Wednesday, March 23. Standing tickets cost £45 and seated tickets start from £49.50. They can be purchased from www.hmvtickets.com.

Credit/Source: isleofman.com