Boyzlife UK Tour 2027

Boyzlife is the partnership of two men who between them sang on most of the biggest Irish pop records of the late 1990s: Keith Duffy of Boyzone and Brian McFadden, formerly of Westlife. The pair first teamed up in 2016, and what started as a light-hearted side project has turned into one of the busiest touring acts on the British theatre circuit.

Their calendar runs straight through into 2027. A 24-date autumn tour visits theatres and concert halls between 8 October and 22 November 2026, and a further block of twelve spring dates follows from 6 to 23 May 2027, starting at the Alban Arena in St Albans and finishing at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton. Both runs are on sale.

On this page you will find every announced date, a record of the British shows Boyzlife have played since 2022, the songs that come up night after night, a short history of the two careers that feed into the act, and practical advice on tickets. Dates are taken from the official ticket listings; nothing is guessed.

Boyzlife UK Tour 2027: confirmed dates

The May 2027 leg is short and tightly routed. After St Albans on 6 May come the Assembly Hall in Tunbridge Wells (7 May), Salisbury City Hall (8 May) and the Orchard Theatre in Dartford (9 May). The following week the duo head to Scotland for Eden Court in Inverness (13 May) and the Caird Hall in Dundee (14 May), then return south to the Darlington Hippodrome (15 May) and the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on 16 May. The final weekend takes in King George's Hall in Blackburn (20 May), the Baths Hall in Scunthorpe (21 May), the Embassy Theatre in Skegness (22 May) and Northampton (23 May).

That spring run went on general sale on 7 August 2026, two days after an O2 Priority presale. The autumn 2026 tour, which had been announced in December 2025, opens at Sheffield City Hall's Oval Hall on 8 October and includes the only London date announced so far, at indigo at The O2 on 17 October. Scotland gets three nights in November: the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow, Aberdeen's Music Hall and the Alhambra in Dunfermline.

Read together, the two legs show how Boyzlife work: they rarely play arenas, they visit towns that the bigger pop tours skip, and they come back to the same rooms year after year. Skegness, Scunthorpe, Buxton and Darlington are all on the 2026-27 list, alongside the big concert halls in Birmingham and Manchester.

Boyzlife UK Tour 2027: night by night

Thursday 8 October 2026 — Sheffield City Hall Oval Hall, Sheffield (autumn 2026 tour). Boyzlife last played Sheffield City Hall on 2 March 2025 (World Tour 2025). The tour starts here.

Friday 9 October 2026 — Venue Cymru Theatre, Llandudno (autumn 2026 tour).

Saturday 10 October 2026 — Swansea Building Society Arena, Swansea (autumn 2026 tour).

Sunday 11 October 2026 — The Anvil, Basingstoke (autumn 2026 tour). Boyzlife last played The Anvil on 9 February 2025 (World Tour 2025).

Thursday 15 October 2026 — Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea (autumn 2026 tour). Boyzlife last played Cliffs Pavilion on 25 January 2025 (World Tour 2025).

Friday 16 October 2026 — Ipswich Regent Theatre, Ipswich (autumn 2026 tour). Boyzlife last played Regent Theatre on 26 January 2025 (World Tour 2025).

Saturday 17 October 2026 — indigo at The O2, London (autumn 2026 tour). Boyzlife last played indigo at The O2 on 8 February 2025 (World Tour 2025).

Sunday 18 October 2026 — De Montfort Hall, Leicester (autumn 2026 tour). Boyzlife last played De Montfort Hall on 4 May 2023 (Old School Tour Part Two 2023).

Thursday 22 October 2026 — Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe (autumn 2026 tour).

Friday 23 October 2026 — Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth (autumn 2026 tour). The artist's previous show at this venue was on 29 October 2022, on the Old School Tour 2022.

Saturday 24 October 2026 — Lighthouse, Poole (autumn 2026 tour).

Sunday 25 October 2026 — Hall for Cornwall, Truro (autumn 2026 tour). The artist's previous show at this venue was on 1 November 2022, on the Old School Tour 2022.

Thursday 5 November 2026 — Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow (autumn 2026 tour). The artist's previous show at this venue was on 28 February 2025, on the World Tour 2025.

Friday 6 November 2026 — Music Hall, Aberdeen (autumn 2026 tour).

Saturday 7 November 2026 — Alhambra Theatre, Dunfermline (autumn 2026 tour).

Sunday 8 November 2026 — The Sands Centre, Carlisle (autumn 2026 tour).

Thursday 12 November 2026 — Symphony Hall, Birmingham (autumn 2026 tour). The artist's previous show at this venue was on 30 January 2025, on the World Tour 2025.

Friday 13 November 2026 — Parr Hall, Warrington (autumn 2026 tour). The artist's previous show at this venue was on 7 May 2023, on the Old School Tour Part Two 2023.

Saturday 14 November 2026 — York Barbican, York (autumn 2026 tour). The artist's previous show at this venue was on 1 February 2025, on the World Tour 2025.

Sunday 15 November 2026 — MECA, Swindon (autumn 2026 tour).

Thursday 19 November 2026 — Buxton Opera House, Buxton (autumn 2026 tour).

Friday 20 November 2026 — Blackpool Opera House, Blackpool (autumn 2026 tour). Boyzlife last played Blackpool Opera House on 31 January 2025 (World Tour 2025).

Saturday 21 November 2026 — The Glasshouse, Gateshead (autumn 2026 tour). Boyzlife last played The Glasshouse on 1 March 2025 (World Tour 2025).

Sunday 22 November 2026 — Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury (autumn 2026 tour). The run finishes here.

Before the Boyzlife UK Tour 2027: UK concert history

Setlist records show the duo playing British theatres regularly since the Old School tour of autumn 2022, which opened at the Pavilion Theatre in Bournemouth in October that year. A second leg, billed as Old School Tour Part Two, followed in 2023. In 2025 they packed in an especially busy summer, with outdoor shows at Crystal Palace Bowl, Boucher Road Playing Fields in Belfast, Temple Island Meadows at Henley and two nights at Lichfield Cathedral, before cathedral concerts in Chester and Durham in October.

The spring 2026 tour, announced in March 2025, was their longest yet: it began at G Live in Guildford on 12 February 2026 and ran through Southampton, Torquay, Liverpool, Edinburgh's Usher Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, Hull, Cheltenham and Bath before closing in Belfast and Manchester in early April. Summer 2026 brought another round of outdoor events, from Hayling Island and Winchester to Stoke Park in Guildford and Sherdley Park in St Helens.

Guildford is the town they have played most often since 2022, followed by Liverpool, Belfast and London. Belfast has a particular significance because McFadden and Duffy both built much of their early following in Northern Ireland and the Republic, and it is where Boyzone and Westlife played some of their biggest arena runs.

The table below lists 99 documented UK concerts by Boyzlife between 2022 and 2026, with the most shows in Guildford (5), Liverpool (4), Belfast (3), London (3), Bath (2), Kingston upon Hull (2). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Boyzlife UK Tour 2027 setlist: the songs played most often in the UK

Across the 15 most recent documented UK concerts with a full song list (5 May 2024 to 22 August 2026), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Love Me for a Reason — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. No Matter What — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Uptown Girl — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. Baby Can I Hold You — played at 14 of 15 shows
5. Picture of You — played at 14 of 15 shows
6. When You're Looking Like That — played at 14 of 15 shows
7. Words — played at 14 of 15 shows
8. World of Our Own — played at 14 of 15 shows
9. Swear It Again — played at 13 of 15 shows
10. When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going — played at 13 of 15 shows
11. If I Let You Go — played at 12 of 15 shows
12. Fool Again — played at 11 of 15 shows
13. Flying Without Wings — played at 10 of 15 shows
14. You Needed Me — played at 8 of 15 shows

Before the Boyzlife UK Tour 2027: past UK tours at a glance

• UK Tour 2026 (2026): 25 UK shows — Guildford, Chatham, Worthing, Cardiff, Southampton, Torquay, Stevenage, Liverpool, Dumfries, Edinburgh, Stockton-on-Tees, Stockport….
• World Tour 2025 (2025): 26 UK shows — Belfast, Plymouth, Southend-on-Sea, Ipswich, Birmingham, Blackpool, York, Hastings, London, Basingstoke, Bradford, Glasgow….
• Old School Tour Part Two 2023 (2023): 12 UK shows — Leicester, Kingston upon Hull, Cambridge, Warrington, Reading, Croydon, Plymouth, Liverpool, Bath, Northampton, Cardiff, Royal Tunbridge Wells.
• Old School Tour 2022 (2022): 11 UK shows — Bournemouth, Oxford, Southend-on-Sea, Folkestone, Scunthorpe, Ipswich, Guildford, Yeovil, Portsmouth, Dartford, Truro.

Boyzlife UK Tour 2027 and UK festivals

Boyzlife are a regular booking for the outdoor summer series that have spread across Britain since 2021: park concerts, racecourse evenings, golf-club shows and cathedral grounds. In 2025 and 2026 they played Temple Island Meadows, Lichfield Cathedral, River Park in Winchester and Sherdley Park in St Helens. No 2027 summer events had been confirmed by early October 2026; the only announced 2027 shows are the May theatre dates listed above.

Boyzlife UK Tour 2027: career and records

Keith Duffy joined Boyzone in Dublin in 1993, and the band went on to score six UK number-one singles, among them Words, No Matter What and You Needed Me, before splitting in 2000 and reforming in 2007. Duffy also built a long acting career, most famously as Ciaran McCarthy in Coronation Street.

Brian McFadden auditioned for Westlife in 1998 and was one of the voices on their early number ones, including Swear It Again, Flying Without Wings and Uptown Girl. He left in March 2004 and launched a solo career with Real to Me, a UK number one that autumn, and the album Irish Son. Later solo records, Set in Stone and Wall of Soundz, were made largely for the Australian market, where Just Say So spent three weeks at number one in 2010.

The two joined forces in 2016. Their first album, Strings Attached (2020), set boy-band hits from both groups against orchestral arrangements, and the second, Old School (2022), reached number 42 on the UK Albums Chart. New singles followed in 2025: Dancing with the Echoes in January and Lovebirds in October.

The combination is the point. Boyzone and Westlife were both managed by Louis Walsh, shared producers and songwriters, and competed for the same audience. A Boyzlife concert lets fans hear the two catalogues in one evening, sung by two of the original voices.

Boyzlife UK Tour 2027: two catalogues, one stage

Across the shows documented with a full song list, the core of the set is unchanged from tour to tour: Boyzone's Love Me for a Reason, Picture of You, Words, Baby Can I Hold You and No Matter What, next to Westlife's Uptown Girl, World of Our Own, Swear It Again, If I Let You Go, Flying Without Wings and When You're Looking Like That. Billy Ocean's When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going, a Boyzone hit in 1999, and Westlife's Fool Again also appear regularly.

Each singer takes the lead on the songs he originally sang, and they swap lines on the rest. There is usually a section of later material, including the 2025 singles, but the evening is built around the songs most of the audience grew up with.

Boyzlife UK Tour 2027: theatres, not arenas

Boyzone and Westlife both played multi-night arena runs at their peak. Boyzlife have chosen a different model: seated theatres and municipal halls with capacities of roughly 1,000 to 2,500, booked weeks at a time. That brings the show to places such as Skegness, Truro, Carlisle and Dunfermline, where arena tours rarely stop.

For fans it also means better sightlines and a more relaxed evening, with chat between songs and stories about the 1990s. For ticket buyers it means demand is spread across many dates rather than concentrated on one London night, which is why many shows remain available well after the on-sale date.

Boyzlife UK Tour 2027: what to expect live

Expect a show of around two hours with an interval at most theatres, a live band and plenty of conversation. McFadden and Duffy lean into the nostalgia: they talk about auditions, Louis Walsh, Top of the Pops and life on tour in the late 1990s, and the audience sings along from the first chorus.

Set lists documented in 2026 run to around nineteen songs, mixing hits from both bands with a handful of covers and newer Boyzlife singles. The exact running order varies a little, and support acts and timings are confirmed by each venue closer to the date.

Boyzlife UK Tour 2027 tickets and presales

Both legs are on general sale. The autumn 2026 dates went on sale on 5 December 2025 after an O2 Priority presale two days earlier; the May 2027 dates went on sale on 7 August 2026, again after an O2 Priority presale. Most venues on the routing also sell directly through their own box offices, which is worth checking for returns or seat releases.

Seated theatres price by section, and prices including fees are shown at the point of sale. No public presale code exists for this tour. If a date has sold out, use only the official resale route linked to the original seller rather than social-media offers, and sign up below to be told about added dates or released seats.

Boyzlife UK Tour 2027: questions and answers

Who is in Boyzlife?

Keith Duffy, a founder member of Boyzone, and Brian McFadden, who sang with Westlife from 1998 to 2004.

When are the 2027 Boyzlife dates?

Twelve dates between 6 May 2027 (Alban Arena, St Albans) and 23 May 2027 (Royal & Derngate, Northampton).

Is there a Manchester show in 2027?

Yes, at the Bridgewater Hall on 16 May 2027.

Are there Scottish dates?

In 2027, Eden Court in Inverness (13 May) and the Caird Hall in Dundee (14 May). In November 2026 they also play Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dunfermline.

Is there a London date?

The only London date announced is indigo at The O2 on 17 October 2026. No London show is listed for May 2027.

Do they sing both Boyzone and Westlife songs?

Yes. The set mixes hits from both bands, such as Love Me for a Reason, Words, Uptown Girl and Flying Without Wings, with Boyzlife's own songs.

Is there a presale code?

No public code. The presales were run through O2 Priority before each general sale.