WESTLIFE have announced they will be playing in Suffolk later this year.

During their 12 years at the top of pop’s hierarchy, Westlife have sold over 43 million records around the world.

In the UK alone they have notched up 10 multi-platinum albums and 14 Number One hits, making them the top-selling group of the past decade.

They have won two BRITS, an MTV Europe Music Award and are the only artists to win the prestigious Record of the Year four times.

On July 15, the group will play at Thetford Forest near Brandon as part of the Forestry Commission’s Live Music series.

Money from ticket sales will be spent on the nation’s woodlands.

Tickets cost �37.50 (subject to booking fee) and go on sale at 9am this Friday from the Forestry Commission box office telephone 03000 680400 or online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music