11th April 2018
~ To celebrate the success of each of their chart-topping bands, Westlife's Brian and Boyzone's Keith have created Boyzlife and are set to make their debut performance in India ~
India, 11 April 2018: Percept Live, the creators of Sunburn, Asia's biggest music festival, brings down the legendary 'Boyzlife' under their Live Intellectual Property, 'FLY'. Percept Live is all geared to bring to India the much loved and very successful Brian McFadden of Westlife and the iconic and ever popular Keith Duffy of Boyzone. The boys respectively, are joining forces for a show for the very first time in India which will be held on 19th May 2018 at Mumbai and 20th May 2018 at Bengaluru.
Percept Live's 'FLY' Music Festival is an International Live Music Festival cutting across multiple genres that brings together the biggest and most legendary names in the world of live music entertainment. The very first edition of 'FLY' was launched in 2015 in Mumbai and saw the iconic English singer-songwriter and musician Ed Sheeran belt out popular pop, acoustic and folk numbers to crowds that had travelled pan India to witness him live.
Titled as "Boyzlife Live", the concert will feature the perfect blend of the greatest hits of Boyzone and Westlife to celebrate the success of each of their chart-topping bands. During this India tour they will perform a special selection of songs from two of the most popular and loved groups of the 90s and 00s, Boyzone and Westlife.
Brian McFadden's debut solo single "Real to Me" topped the charts in the UK, Ireland and across Europe, becoming one of the biggest radio airplay hits that year across the continent. He followed this up with three more solo No. 1 singles and a platinum status in Australia where he resides. Some of Westlife's chartbusting hits include "Swear It Again," "My Love," "Fool Again," "Queen of My Heart," "I Have a Dream," "Uptown Girl," "I Need You," "Soledad," "All or Nothing," and "Seasons in the Sun".
Keith Duffy, on the other hand, has enjoyed success as a member of Boyzone, which was one of Europe's most successful Boybands in the 1990s and the years that followed. Some of the group's greatest hits are "No Matter What," "I Love the Way You Love Me," "Words," "Baby Can I Hold You" and "Love Me for a Reason".
The Boyzlife show has already been performed for over 20,000 adoring fans since the pair came together in 2016, and will now come to India for the very first time in May 2018. With Westlife, Brian McFadden enjoyed 12 UK and Ireland number 1 hits whilst with Boyzone's Keith Duffy enjoyed similar success with five #1 albums that sold over 25 million copies worldwide.
Brian McFadden and Keith Duffy, Boyzlife stated, "We are so excited to come to India and sing all of our hits from Boyzone and Westlife. It's going to be a great night, and I hope to see all of our fans there. We both are super exited and looking forward to the India tour.''
Manuj Agarwal, CEO, Percept Live said, "In 2018, Percept Live will not only deliver the best in class Music experience to our fans but also scale up in different formats in order to increase our geographical footprint and reach. We will be customizing every event pan India in such a manner that fans will get to enjoy a world class entertainment experience of all genres spanning the best artist line-ups, live percussionists, international dancers, state-of-the-art SFX, a curated F&B experience and a wide range of activities to keep them immersed and holistically entertained. The Boyzlife India Tour is our attempt to scale up in order to reach a different crowd without compromising on the experience and quality of the FLY Intellectual Property."
The Tickets for Boyzlife India Tour will go live on Wednesday, 11th April 2018 on bookmyshow.com at 12:30pm ISTwith tickets starting at Rs 1000 only. Get your tickets now and follow us on @FlyMusicFestival (fb) (Insta) @fly_festival (Twitter) for more information and regular updates.
ABOUT PERCEPT LIVE
Percept Live, established in the year 2012, is the live entertainment division of Percept Limited. It owns and manages all the Intellectual Properties created in the Live Entertainment, Sports, Fashion, Digital and Media space. Percept has been in the 'Ideas' business for the past 35 years and has been instrumental in creating many legendary 'Intellectual Properties' in the past for its clients. The creation of a dedicated 'Intellectual Properties' business was but a further extension to Percept's existing knowledge and expertise in the Entertainment, Media and Communications domain with a vision to convert path breaking innovative ideas into Assets in order to create long term value for all its Stakeholders.
Intellectual Properties owned by Percept Live:
· Sunburn - Asia's biggest and most popular Electronic Dance Music Festival
- Bollyboom - World's first and biggest Bollywood Dance Music Festival
- Eat Play Love - India's first Multi-Cultural Food, Music & Art Festival
- Windsong - Adventure Music Festival
- FLY - International Live Music Festival cutting across multiple genres
- Fight Night -India's first indoor boxing bouts between leading Indian and International boxers
- Champions of the World - A platform that brings together the most celebrated super icons in the arenas of Sports, Cinema, Music, Business Entertainment and Entrepreneurship
Percept Live is a Percept company. With capitalized billings of INR 17.26 billion (FY'16), Percept is at an enviable leadership position in the Entertainment, Media and Communications domain with a team of over 400 people and 32 offices across India and the Middle East.
ABOUT WESTLIFE
Over 50 million records sold worldwide with 14 Number one singles and 7 number one albums in UK chart. Ranked 34th biggest selling act in British music history.
ABOUT BOYZONE
Over 25 million records sold worldwide with 6 Number one singles and 5 number one albums in UK chart. Ranked 29th biggest selling act in British music history.
ABOUT BOYZLIFE
Brian McFadden from Westlife & Keith Duffy from Boyzone, performing their multiple super hit songs for the very first time in India.