JAMES Bay is getting ready to swap the stage for the football pitch at Soccer Aid 2020. One person who will be cheering him on his girlfriend Lucy Smith. Who is Lucy Smith? Unlike most famous musicians James Bay has been with his girlfriend Lucy Smith since they were teenagers. Lucy is also from Hitchin, […]
JAMES Bay is getting ready to swap the stage for the football pitch at Soccer Aid 2020.
One person who will be cheering him on his girlfriend Lucy Smith.
Unlike most famous musicians James Bay has been with his girlfriend Lucy Smith since they were teenagers.
Lucy is also from Hitchin, which is where they met and started dating.
Although they don’t appear much together in public, she is always at the side of the stage supporting him.
The couple got together in 2007.
During his career James has stayed quiet about his love life since he shot to fame.
But after writing a new album about his girlfriend, he finally opened up about their relationship.
The singer-songwriter revealed it was Lucy who encouraged him to get into music in the first place – and she has been his rock through his career.
He told The Sun in July: “I’m a really private person. My home life is a very intimate thing for me but I’m ready to talk about her for the first time.
“These next singles and album are a bit of a tribute to the 13-year journey my girlfriend and I have been on.
“She’s the coolest person in the world. We were close friends before we were in a relationship.
“Back in the day, we would be sitting in on a Wednesday night watching TV, and she would say, ‘Hang on, if you want to be a big artist one day, surely you should be out in some pub or club playing some songs right now’.
“She instilled that in me, and I got out and did it. I wouldn’t be here without her.”
The match will take place THIS SUNDAY (September 6, 2020) at Old Trafford.
There will be no fans in attendance because of the global coronavirus pandemic.
Soccer Aid will be live on ITV from 6.30pm.
