Seriously talented band get teenagers screaming
The Vamps at Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
I’VE just had a snapshot of what it’s like to be a 14-year-old girl at a pop concert in 2018. It mainly involves screaming, running to the stage in the hope of being close to a member of a boyband and filming as much as you can on your mobile phone.
Thousands of teenagers filled Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena to watch The Vamps – alongside a few mums and dads – but they were also treated to the likes of :PM, HRVY, New Hope Club and Jacob Sartorius, which seemed to keep their musical appetites happy before the main course.
If those names mean nothing to you (no, they didn’t to me either) most of them are YouTube stars, with HVRY having more than 100 million hits for his They also introduced their own version of Personal on YouTube and version of songs like Dua Lipa’s New American Jacob, a mere 15 years old, Rules and Friends, as well as a guest who has 9.2m followers on Instagram. appearance from Maggie Lindemann for
The Vamps themselves also relied on her song Pretty Girl and performed social media to hit the big time – gaining tracks from their latest album. fame in 2012 after performing cover There were no gimmicks or costume songs in their garage on YouTube – but changes required – just the boys, their there is no doubt that these boys – instruments and giant video screens. Bradley Simpson, Connor Ball, James They also managed to keep all the fans McVey and Welshman Tristan Evans – extra happy with a runway and extra are seriously talented. stage so everyone could feel they could
This is already their fifth visit to the get close to them.
Motorpoint and they kept the crowd And that included my daughter who happy with a set list full of their tunes managed to get a quick hand squeeze like Can We Dance, Risk It All from Bradley ]and then proclaimed ‘Life. (performed acoustically by Connor and Made.’ Praise indeed.
James), Wild Heart and Oh Cecelia. ■ Rachel Mainwaring
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