The Vamps chat celebrity fans, getting hitched and anonymity
TRISTAN, congratulations on getting engaged to model Anastasia Smith, 27!
Tristan: Thanks! We’re just going through some wedding options at the moment.
It’ll probably be in the UK, but nothing is set yet, and it won’t be this year.
How can you possibly pick a best man?
Brad: Three best men!
Connor: Maybe we’ll do a Tom Fletcher and write a song.
Who else is in a relationship?
James: I’ve been with Kirstie [Brittain, 22, a model] for two and a half years.
Is marriage on the cards?
J: He [Tristan] has beaten me to it! Maybe next year…
B: We’re single Pringles, me and Connor.
So, chaps, whose idea was it to come and drink gin?
B: I own a gin bar in Birmingham called Simpsons. Through that, the band has started drinking more of it and we’ll all have a nice little G&T before a show now.
C: I don’t really drink gin.
B: We drink enough for Connor.
Do you have any celeb fans?
B: I played golf with Damian Lewis recently.
He said: “You’re on in our house the whole time!” He’s got two kids and they’re both fans.
James, you and Brooklyn Beckham are mates and we hear the other Beckham kids are big fans, too.
J: Two or three years ago, I went to pick up Brooklyn as we were going to a James Bay concert, and went inside quickly. His brothers were obsessed, in a cute way. Cruz was doing anything to get my attention – he even offered me a bowl of prawns!
What’s been your biggest showbiz moment?
J: Tris and I got invited to listen to Ed Sheeran’s Multiply three months before it was released. The songs were unedited and there was swearing, which got taken out.
B: We played a gig with the Foo Fighters and I met Dave Grohl. He’s often called the nicest guy in rock, and it’s true!
What can you tell us about your fourth album, which has just been released?
B: It’s the second half of our third album really. It’s very different. The first half Night & Day (Night Edition) was dance-driven, whereas with this one we wrote the songs on guitar and stayed true to our first album.
How much time do you spend with each other?
J: We’re together 90% of the time, I’d say. Apart from when we sleep, obviously.
C: Sometimes we sleep together.
Do you get recognised a lot?
T: It depends if we’re together or not. If you’re near a school and look like you do on your album cover…
BTW
- Tristan’s dream collaboration would be with Michael Jackson, and Brad’s with Jorja Smith.
- Apparently the boys have never had a row.
- Connor and Tristan didn’t drink on our shoot, as they were filming All Star Driving School later.
Would you like to be anonymous?
B: There are times. But you have to realise you’re very lucky and we get to do what we love as a job!
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- Thanks to Ross Butler, Butler’s Gin ().