April 30, 2015 — NEW YORK, NY — British pop sensations the Vamps graduate to front-line status in the U.S. as they set their first headline tour cross-country in support of MEET THE VAMPS, their Island Records debut album that has already spun off a quintet of top-charted hits, including the #1 iTunes smash, “Somebody To You” featuring Demi Lovato, and “Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)” featuring fellow Island Records star Shawn Mendes. The Vamps are currently in the studio working on their follow up album.
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The Vamps’ 12-city U.S. tour will kick off July 21, 2015t at House Of Blues in Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), and wrap up 18 days later at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on August 8, 2015. (Please see complete tour itinerary below.) Tickets will go on sale May 16, 2015. All shows are all ages.
The upcoming tour comes in the wake of The Vamps’ current sold-out UK and European tour where they played to packed venues including two nights at London’s 02 Arena (where they opened up for Taylor Swift in 2013!). This will also mark The Vamps’ first time touring back in the U.S. since their two-month North American premiere on Austin Mahone’s Secret Tour last summer, which co-starred Shawn Mendes and Fifth Harmony.
The day before they embarked on the tour, the Vamps performed in New York on NBC’s Today Show. Later on, in support of the release of their debut album in November, the Vamps performing “Somebody To You” with Demi Lovato on NBC Universal’s Ellen show, and later performed at Nickelodeon’s 6th annual TeenNick HALO Awards, hosted by HALO Awards creator Nick Cannon.
The Vamps were first introduced to U.S. audiences on Somebody To You, their 4-song debut EP that entered the Billboard 200 albums chart at #10 in the summer 2014. The EP picked up the highest first week sales of any EP in the history of young women’s global retailer Claire’s (with 3,500 stores in 47 countries worldwide).
In addition to being selected as an “Artist to Watch” by MTV, The Vamps – singer Bradley Will Simpson, guitarist James McVey, drummer Tristan Evans, and bassist Connor Ball were named a Radio Disney “Next Big Thing” artist, were voted by fans to be part of LIFT, the influential emerging artists program established by #1 music destination VEVO, and were also recently nominated for “Best Collaboration” for their hit “Somebody to You (featuring Demi Lovato)” at the 2015 Radio Disney Music Awards. The Vamps first arrived in the U.S. in February 2014, and had their debut show at New York’s Gramercy Theater (tickets sold-out in 5 minutes!). While in New York, they made appearances on ABC’s Live with Kelly & Michael, FOX 5’s Good Day New York, and Arthur Ashe’s Kids Day.
THE VAMPS HEADLINING U.S. TOUR:
Date City Venue
July 21 Orlando, FL House Of Blues
July 22 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution Live
July 24 Atlanta, GA Center Stage
July 25 Charlotte, NC Amos’ South End
July 27 Silver Spring, MD Fillmore
July 28 Boston, MA House Of Blues
July 30 New York, NY Best Buy Theater
July 31 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
Aug. 02 Covington, KY Madison Theatre
Aug. 03 Chicago, IL The Vic
Aug. 05 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Aug. 08 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia
