THE Vamps’ James McVey has seen a meteoric rise to fame as part of his pop-rock band.
The group has enjoyed huge success with chart-topping records and sell-out tours – and he also took part in I’m A Celebrity 2018. Here is everything we know about him.
James McVey, 24, was born April 30, 1994, in Chester, and is best known as the lead guitarist and back up vocalist for the pop-rock group The Vamps.
Prior to joining the band, James released an EP on 5 December 2009, entitled Who I Am.
In 2011, he met future bandmate Bradley Simpson via YouTube before the two later found Tristan Evans through Facebook and lastly, Connor Ball through a mutual friend.
The Vamps have scored five Top 10 singles and their third studio album, Night & Day, reached number one in the charts.
He currently has over 1.79million Twitter followers @TheVampsJames.
The Sun exclusively revealed in early November that James had signed up for the 2018 edition of I’m A Celeb – with bosses hoping the attractive musician will draw in viewers.
James McVey recently got engaged to 23-year-old model Kirstie Brittain, who he has been dating for two and a half years.
The two started dating in late 2014 before splitting and reuniting a year later.
James was previously linked to Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner but the two had a dramatic ‘break-up’ over Twitter in July 2014.
After leaving the celebrity jungle he said “I was joking around with the other Vamps boys saying that my one special item should have been an engagement ring, and I could have really embarrassed her on the bridge coming off, but I’ve not had time to get it yet. That would have been a good one though.”
Instead he proposed on a romantic trip in the Lake District.
King of the jungle Harry Redknapp was involved in the proposal, meeting James at the jewellers where he bought the ring.
The Vamps are giving their fans a real treat by heading out on a huge UK tour next year.
It starts in late April in Plymouth Pavilions and it will see the band travel up and down the UK through Liverpool, Glasgow, and Dublin, to finish June 1 in Bournemouth.
Tickets are on sale now, and you can get them through AXS, Ticketmaster and LiveNation.
Hrvy is The Vamps special guest at the nine arenas, while brit pop-rock trio New Hope Club will be supporting on all 18 dates.
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