The Vamps
For those who aren't British or maybe some Non-British folk might know of them.. But there's a new-to-the- charts boy band on the music scene.
The Vamps are a British boy band consisting of (l-r) James McVey, Guitarist and backing vocals (19), Connor Ball, Bass Guatarist and backing vocals (17), Bradley Simpson, singer and songwriter (18) and Tristan Evans, Drummer. (19). They've been together since 2011 and have since been singing covers and performing at festivals and intimate gigs across the UK.
- They started out with James discovering Brad on YouTube and getting in touch with him. Tristan then added James on Facebook and Connor joined the band as bass guitarist and you can watch their proposal here; http://thevampsfansite.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/big-news-no-one-has-expect-that-to-happen-connor-joins-the-vamps/
- They have a few of their own songs and covers including:
- Their own song Wild Heart: Filmed by someone in Brighton - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM_hc7ZPmUw
- Little Things: Originally by One Direction : credit to delishia04 for re-uploading this link on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOeIczWsyCc
- Cecilia: Originally by Simon & Garfunkel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB5rsqvm8DA
- And their debut single Can We Dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqSww10eeKw
Also, The Vamps will be supporting Selena Gomez on 2 London dates.
Follow the lads:
- Twitter: @thevampsband @thevampstristan @thevampsbrad @thevampscon and @thevampsjames
- Instagram: @imcalledconnor @thevampstris @bradleywillsimpson and @iamjamesmcvey ☺
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Luminites
Luminites (l-r) Corey- Acoustic guitarist and backing vocals, Steph Vocalist, JJ - Vocalist and Ben - Vocalist and beatboxer, started off busking around London Town. They auditioned for Britain's Got Talent 2013, singing Hurts So Good and came 5th place in the show.
Steph always has perfect pretty nails like this:
Since the Britain's Got Talent finals they've completed their own UK tour and have performed at a few Festivals across England.
Here you can watch some of their performances and covers:
- Their audition song Hurts So Good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na2f2yLSwAg
- Cover of Bruno Mars' Locked Out Of Heaven: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJbjZOPttFY
- Their performance of Head In The Sky on British breakfast show This Morning : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqWYE8eUG8k
- Cover of Rita Ora's Shine Ya Light : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O5Oy9olZxQ
Follow them on Twitter @Luminites
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Joe McElderry
Joe McElderry is a British solo artist from South Shields, Northern East of England. He auditioned for the X Factor in 2009 with the song Dance With My Father by Luther Vandross. He came 1st place and won!
Since The X Factor he was on a TV Show called Popstar to Opera Star alongside Danny from McFly, who we'll come to very soon..He has also released an opera album, which is really good, I don't particularly like opera music myself but his voice is so powerful.
Here are some links to his performances and X Factor songs:
- Joe's X Factor audition song : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b_5_LTlqkc
- Joe's winner song by Miley Cyrus - The Climb : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEca0ZnzOKw
- Joe's live final performance of Journey's - Don't Stop Believing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaS8YqRuY8o
- Joe's performance of Nessun Dorma from Pop star to Opera star. (He's actually amazing!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aral2nghrns
Follow Joe on twitter @joemcelderry91
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Little Mix
Little Mix (l-r) Perrie Edwards, Jade Thirlwall, Jesy Nelson and Leighanne Pinnock are a 4 piece British girl band. They all individually auditioned for The X Factor 2011 and weren't successful passing the boot camp stage, however the judges decided to bring them back as a group and they carried on to become the first group to win The X Factor. Originally they were called Rhythmix but conflict with a children's charity having the same name they decided to change their name to Little Mix.
On 18th August 2013 Zayn Malik, of One Direction proposed to Perrie and she said yes! (go Zerrie!)
Here are the girls' X Factor audition songs:
- The making of Little Mix : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Y870NfGJw
- Little Mix - Wings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOQDsmEqVt8
- Little Mix - Change Your Life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifRoMGG8Wvs
- My favourite X Factor Performance of En Vogue - Don't Let Go : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9N2fEqLt8A
Follow the girls on twitter: @littlemixoffic
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McFly
McFly (l-r) Tom Fletcher- Vocalist& Guitarist, Danny Jones - Vocalist& Guitarist, Dougie Poynter - Bass Guitarist and Vocalist and Harry Judd- Drummer and backing vocals. McFly are a British pop rock band who started out as a band in 2003 with their first single 5 Colours In Her Hair. Tom wanted to name the band after the character from Back To The Future, Marty McFly.
They featured in Just My Luck with Lindsay Lohan back in 2006.
The lads have been to Africa to film a video for their Comic Relief song All About You.
I've waited 10 years to see McFly and my wish was granted yesterday, easy to say it was my favourite EVER live show and I cried throughout.
They've all appeared in TV shows too:
- Harry won the 9th series of Celebrity Strictly Come Dancing with his dance partner Aliona Vilani.
- Dougie was crowned King Of The Jungle in the 11th series of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Outta Here!
- Danny came 5th place on Pop star to Opera star.
- Tom played The Cube, a British challenging strategy game show and won £100,000 for charity.
- As a group they appeared on Gordon Ramsay's 'The F Word' as guests and cooked a 3 course meal for 50 customers, 115 out of 150 dishes were paid for by customers.
Here's some of their songs:
- McFly's first single 5 Colours In Her Hair: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8wcYrqIzhg
- Tom's incredibly cute wedding speech : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27WufdasQYs
- McFly's charity single All About You: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mUFbdW0XwY
- McFly's acoustic single Love Is Easy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APlPjz9Ry84
Follow McFly on twitter :
@mcflymusic , @tommcfly @dougiemcfly @dannymcfly and @mcflyharry
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- Emma.
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