Bradley Simpson talks Vamps reunion at Capital Summertime Ball! Report by BRISTOWP. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Nice to see you. We were just discussing the double denim here. What a look, what a serve.
00:04Thank you, thank you. Well tried.
00:06This is actually my first Summertime Ball.
00:08Is it? Welcome, welcome.
00:10No, no, you get it.
00:12How many have you done?
00:14Two before this is my third.
00:16So it's not like I've done lots, but they're amazing.
00:18Are you enjoying yourself?
00:20So far, yes. I mean, we're in here, so we're not getting to see that much.
00:22But we can hear it, and that's all that matters.
00:24Yeah, you can feel it.
00:26We can feel the vibes. How does it feel to be here solo?
00:28Yeah, it's exciting.
00:30I feel a bit naked without the boys at times,
00:32but it's really nice to kind of step out
00:34and try something different.
00:36Yeah, I'm so proud of the music as well.
00:38So I get to play at Wembley Stadium.
00:40It's crazy.
00:42And how is solo life at the moment?
00:44It's fun, yeah. A lot of gigging.
00:46We've got some great gigs coming up today.
00:48We've got Islay White next week.
00:50Redmond Leeds, Latitude. Lots of great shows.
00:52And then just finishing off the album, really.
00:54So, busy boy, but I'm enjoying it.
00:56So, any dates on the album,
00:58any expectations?
01:00Oh, I couldn't possibly say.
01:02You're a bit busy.
01:04I was tending the double dim on the day.
01:06And you're going to be touring with the boys again, aren't you?
01:08Yes.
01:10So how did that all come about?
01:12Well, we kind of knew we wanted to do that for a while
01:14because we've all explored and are exploring solo projects,
01:16but we're still very much together.
01:18Still best mates, and we still want a gig.
01:20We're just starting the headspace to write an album for us at the moment,
01:22so it's our 10-year anniversary
01:24of our first album, Meet The Vamps,
01:26and we wanted to go out and never played that album in full.
01:28So we're playing it top to bottom,
01:30get to play a lot of fan favourites,
01:32get out and see the fans.
01:34It's all round the UK, so very excited.
01:36How do you think that will be,
01:38reuniting and then getting all together?
01:40It's going to be special, right?
01:42Good, yeah. For a while we nicknamed the tours
01:44The Stag Do.
01:46That was our group's actually called The Stag Do
01:48because we were going on The Stag Do all the time.
01:50So I think it'll be like
01:52we haven't been on tour in a long time,
01:54the four of us.
01:56I think it'll just be nice.
01:58We're brothers, do you know what I mean?
02:00Nice to get everyone back in the room, playing the shows.
02:02Yeah, it's going to be good.
02:04Does it take the pressure off on stage a little bit
02:06when there's more of you?
02:08I mean, it's like
02:10I don't even think about it when I'm playing with those
02:12because we've played together for so long.
02:14When I'm doing my solo stuff like this
02:16because it's all brand new to me
02:18and I'm playing with different musicians
02:20as well, I love them.
02:22Eleanor and James who are playing with me today are fantastic.
02:24But it's kind of like automatic
02:26when you play with those,
02:28with people you've played with for like 12 years.
02:30Yeah, I guess there's a sense of comfort there.
02:32And there's so much love for you guys.
02:34The fans absolutely adore you.
02:36How do you feel about them embracing you
02:38with your solo career as well?
02:40It's been lovely, yeah.
02:42I think I was quite nervous
02:44stepping into it as well
02:46because it's not out of
02:48loving being in the band,
02:50it's just out of exploring something new for me.
02:52So I was very nervous
02:54as to how people were going to react to it
02:56and they've been so supportive.
02:58Like on Cry At The Moon, my first single,
03:00Picasso the second, and the shows have sold out.
03:02My solo shows.
03:04We go on tour at the end of the year
03:06and all those shows have sold out.
03:08So yeah, it's crazy. Huge love to everyone.
03:10All of the fans. Thank you.
03:12What a lovely note to end on.
03:14Good luck. Hopefully I'll get out of this room
03:16Yeah, fingers crossed.
03:18Thank you so much. Nice to meet you.
03:20Bye bye.