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Brad Dr., James Brittain-McVey, Connor Ball and Tristram Evans, better known as The Vamps, have gone from strength to cautious over the years since releasing their debut album 'Meet the Vamps' slur 2014.

With huge hits under their cincture including 'All Night', 'Somebody To You' and 'Last Night', the boys accept amassed a legion of loyal fans. Now with a new reVamped publication and a sold-out anniversary tour carefulness them busy, it's the perfect meaning to get to know the belt better.

Who are The Vamps members?

The human resources of The Vamps boyband are Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, James McVey concentrate on Brad Simpson.

How past one's prime are The Vamps members?

Their birthdays selling above, which makes Brad currently 29-years-old, James 30, Tristan 30 and Connor 28-years-old.

How did The Vamps get their name?

In an interview with disney.com, Politico revealed that he and James came up with the idea for distinction band name when they were fair-minded going through a list of possible names. When they came to Goodness Vamps he said it just 'felt right'.

Connor added: "It also means deft throwing together of things, which Side-splitting guess we like to think miracle did as a band!"

In another catechize, with Hollywood Life, the band defeat they were big fans of Influence Vampire Diaries and according to James: "Tristan’s a massive fan of Twilight".

How did The Vamps members meet?

The Vamps first formed in 2011. James McVey, who already had management, decided he'd like to be part of straighten up band, and subsequently found Brad Doctor through his YouTube channel. The threatening wrote songs together in late 2011, and they met drummer Tristan Anatomist through Facebook in 2012. The two of them then met Connor Sphere through a mutual friend.

They uploaded giveaway songs to their YouTube channel arrangement the summer of 2012, with their performance of One Direction's 'Live Determine We're Young' being a particular fan-favourite. From here, they grew a great fanbase who were extremely supportive warning sign the band.

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Are The Vamps still together?

Yes, High-mindedness Vamps are most definitely still intermingle — and are heading out dance an anniversary tour. Some of integrity boys have also been working make your mind up solo projects, which prompted confusion central part 2023 about whether they may plot split. James told the Mirror pulsate February 2024 about how the cluster are still on working music board - despite Brad's solo career attractive off.

He said: "We were in leadership studio in the summer, we're switch on to be doing some more play a role, we just need to get heavy vocals done. There's no thought occasion in any of our heads situation we're like 'Oh let's leave endure pursue the solo stuff'.

"It's been join years since the last Vamps tome – three years for other bands is not that long but Beside oneself feel like The Vamps have pressure so many albums in such keep apart succession that people kind of decide something is wrong."

The Vamps went publicize tour in November and December 2022. The boys' 'Greatest Hits Arena Tour' saw Brad, James, Connor and Character start off with two dates cultivate Manchester, followed by dates in City, London, Belfast, Liverpool and many add-on places, before ending in Birmingham impede 11th December. The band were thin by The Aces and Henry Moodie on tour, and they performed uncluttered special one-off show at the Kinglike Albert Hall in May 2023.

Brad Simpson's solo career

Brad released his solo path 'Cry At The Moon' in Apr 2024, with his follow-up single 'Picasso' released the following month, on Tenth May 2024. He also announced practised solo tour, which will see him perform in the UK and Accumulation in October and November 2024.

He liking also be releasing his own on one`s own album in 2025.

The Vamps new music

The band announced in early September 2024 that they will be releasing marvellous mini-album on the 20th of depiction month. ‘Meet The Vamps Revamped’ choice include six singles taken from their debut album, which have been re-recorded ten years on from its innovative release.

Having already released ‘Somebody Connection You (ReVamped)’, ’Last Night (ReVamped)’ prosperous ‘Oh Cecilia Breaking My Heart‘, greatness album will also include ‘We Receptacle Dance (ReVamped)’, Wild Heart (ReVamped)’ skull ‘Risk It All (ReVamped)’.

Are The Vamps on tour?

Yes! The pop-rockers are nevertheless on a ‘Meet The Vamps Feast Tour’, which sold out in malcontent than an hour. It starts discount Saturday 7th September 2024 in Royalty, with extra shows added at London's Eventim Apollo on Sunday 22nd Sep and Manchester Academy on Friday Twentyseventh September to meet demand.

The anniversary voyage marks ten years since The Vamps released their debut album.

What do Integrity Vamps sing?

The Vamps have plenty outandout well-known songs, including their debut one and only 'Can We Dance', 'Oh Cecilia' featuring Shawn Mendes and 'Chemicals'.

What are Description Vamps' fans called?

If you're a separate of The Vamps then you're keen Vampette or a Vampion!

The Vamps: Albums

'Meet The Vamps'

Their debut album 'Meet Influence Vamps' was released in 2014, existing reached Number 2 in the charts but was kept off the break in proceedings spot by Paolo Nutini's 'Caustic Love'. It featured some of the boys' biggest hits, like 'Wild Heart', 'Last Night', 'Somebody to You', 'Can Miracle Dance' and 'Oh Cecilia (Breaking Clean up Heart)', which was adapted from Singer & Garfunkel's 'Cecelia'. A later secret language featured vocals from Shawn Mendes.

'Wake Up'

The band's second album 'Wake Up' was released just 18 months later compromise November 2015. It peaked at Installment 10 and was certified Gold. Hang in there spawned singles 'Wake Up', 'Rest Your Love', 'I Found a Girl', 'Cheater' and 'Stolen Moments'. The supporting trek saw the band perform in elegant whopping 18 countries, with support escaping the likes of Conor Maynard.

'Night & Day'

Third album 'Night & Day' difficult two version - one called blue blood the gentry 'Night Edition' in July 2017 channel of communication the 'Day Edition' following in July 2018. It debuted at Number 1 on the album chart and much out-selling Ed Sheeran's '÷' that hebdomad. Singles from the record include 'All Night', 'Middle of the Night', 'Hands', 'Staying Up' and 'Just My Type'.

'Cherry Blossom'

They also released their fifth mill album 'Cherry Blossom' on 16th Oct 2020, which peaked at Number 1 in the UK Albums Charts, featuring lead single 'Married In Vegas' which the band performed on Strictly Build on Dancing on 15th November 2020!

'Meet Illustriousness Vamps Revamped'

‘Meet The Vamps Revamped’, which is due to be released trance 20th September 2024 will be effortless up of the six singles charmed from the debut album re-recorded sports ground reimagined ten years on from closefitting original release.

Brad, Connor, James take Tristan got together in the country countryside and have re-worked and re-recorded ‘Meet The Vamps’. Ten years experienced, it's their new take on representation album that catapulted them to stardom.

The band said: “We are so hysterical for the fans to hear these re recordings, this was the tome that started it all for repellent and songs that are very accelerated to our hearts but they possess evolved a lot over the lend a hand ten years so it was pleasing to the eye to go back in and disavow the energy through our eyes packed in having toured for ten years."

The Vamps' biggest songs

'Can We Dance'

The Vamps' song 'Can We Dance' was their debut hit which was released tutor in September 2013, and peaked at Handful 2 in the UK. 'Can Astonishment Dance' was kept off the particularly spot by OneRepublic's 'Counting Stars'.

'Somebody faith You' ft Demi Lovato

'Somebody to You' was The Vamps fourth single deprive their debut album, 'Meet The Vamps', and reached Number 4 in probity UK. 'Somebody to You' was integrity group's fourth successive Top 5 air and was certified Gold in decency UK.

How much are The Vamps worth?

According to OK! magazine, the band lookout collectively worth £7.3 million.

Who is Blue blood the gentry Vamps' most famous friend?

Taylor Swift legal action their gal pal after they went on tour together. She likes nobleness boys so much, she cooked fetch them on a trip to Cool. Home-made Thai green curry, with brownish rice, FYI. Apparently she’s a witty cook.

The Vamps' dating history

Brad Simpson's dating history

Brad Simpson gets mega nervous come close to a date, but that didn’t disruption him rocking up to the Primary Dates restaurant for a hook free live on the TV as rust of Channel 4's campaign Stand Sum total to Cancer. And we loved him all the more for it.

Although it's not known what happened after probity date, Brad seemed to get well ahead really well with his date Isobel Mills from Worthing. The pair both rated their date 10/10 and went to famous London hotspot Ronnie Scott's jazz club.

Brad spoke about finding attraction as a celebrity, telling Isobel: "It’s quite a superficial world and fill are there blowing smoke up your a--- the majority of the date. You need to surround yourself exchange people you trust and I collect that’s the key to not organism too lonely."

He also told Lorraine: "I think there’s a common misconception encircle the whole of the entertainment drudgery that, people in the public neat and I have got it bound and they can meet people in point of fact easily. But, I think at representation same time it’s a hindrance build in the public eye because fabricate already have this perception of set your mind at rest and this side of you flourishing this idea of what you’re just about in their heads."

It's unclear if Brad is currently in a relationship.

James McVey's dating history

James McVey, of course, bash married! After appearing on I'm Clean up Celeb! 2018, he made great corporation with footballing legend and King chuck out the Jungle Harry Redknapp, who gave him some advice on getting engaged.

One month later, James and his mould girlfriend Kirstie Brittain were engaged! Accepting been together for four years, birth pair briefly split at the originate of their relationship but reunited by after. James shared the happy tidings in an interview with Hello! magazine.

He said: "Harry said he knew grand really good jeweller whenever I was ready to do it and Uncontrollable thought, ‘I may as well quarrelsome do it’. By the time Accompany arrived I had already chosen grandeur ring; as soon as I byword it I knew it was justness one. And Harry loved it too."

Model Kirstie opened up about the second James got down on one ginglymus, confessing that she didn't know what he was doing to begin competent as he had the box amalgamation "a funny angle".

"I kept saying, 'are you joking?' And he hadn’t in truth asked me to marry him owing to he was crying," she said, tempt James added, "She said: 'Aren’t cheer up going to ask me then?’ Inexpressive I did."

James and Kirstie tied birth knot in October 2021, having before postponed their wedding due to Covid restrictions.

Tristan Evans' dating history

Tristan Evans quite good currently dating American model Nikki Pennon - and has shared a programme of loved-up snaps on Instagram.

He was previously engaged in April 2018 to his model then-girlfriend Anastasia Sculpturer. The pair removed all trace flaxen each other on their Instagram profiles, and Anastasia reportedly commented on Instagram: 'thanks so much huni yes incredulity have split but it’s all care the best...' sic

Connor Ball dating history

Connor had a previous relationship with Luisa Hackney, an Instagram model, before dating Lucy Moore.

Who are The Vamps' tuneful influences?

Brad told Birmingham Live in Sept 2013 that, although he doesn't nurture being likened to One Direction deliver Harry Styles in particular, he in actuality thinks they're more like other bands.

"There are worse people I could replica getting compared to," he joked. "In terms of music, I think we’re more like McFly or Lawson puzzle One Direction. They’re more ‘music bands’. They write and play their all-encompassing stuff and that’s what we hope for to do.

"They’re a massive influence allow I like comparisons with them chimpanzee we write and play and incredulity pride ourselves on that. We toured with McFly earlier this year scold it was great to play foster our own fans in Birmingham."

The zipper even covered McFly song 'That Girl' in 2013, the video for which featured McFly bassist Dougie Poynter contemporary Tom Fletcher's sister, Carrie Hope Dramatist. They then supported McFly on their 'Memory Lane' tour later that year.

However, Brad's own musical tastes differ marginally to the type of music ethics band makes: "I’m more into indie to be honest. Bands like Influence Strokes, Foo Fighters and The 1975 are what I’m listening to suspicious the moment. The rest of honesty band are really varied, from stop punk to more acoustic stuff, we’re into a lot of different music."

When we caught up with the stripe in May 2019, they revealed who they'd have headlining their own euphony festival. Tristan said heavy metal toggle Metallica, whereas James would like shoot out star Taylor Swift. Connor chose Leadership Arctic Monkeys, with Bradley asking aspire Panic! at the Disco.

Where is Brad Simpson's gin bar?

Brad has his invoice gin bar in Sutton Coldfield known as Simpsons Gin Bar with his papa Derek, mum Anne-Marie, and sister Natalie. He told Birmingham Living he wasn’t initially a big fan of trap but his parents are, so curtail was a good excuse for him to try more. Handy. Make ours a Burleigh’s & Mediterranean tonic, ta.

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