The group, who have had top-ten hits with Wild Heart, Can We Dance and Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart), will be joined by fellow boy band Union J, who performed at the gig in 2013.
- The first Big Gig in the Park was held in 2010 and featured performances by Will Young and Beverley Knight.
- The following year, the headliners were X Factor stars Olly Murs and Alexandra Burke.
- Stars performing in 2012 included boy band The Wanted and singer Lemar.
- JLS were the headliners in 2013, supported by James Arthur and Union J.
- Last years Big Gig was headlined by Lawson, and saw the introduction of a Legend in the Park event the night before the Big Gig, which starred Tom Jones (below).
Taking place at Howard Davis Park on 5 July, the event is now in its sixth year.
Previous events have seen acts such as The Wanted, Olly Murs and Lawson performing in the Island.
The Vamps, who will be touring the UK in April and May with Union J as their support act, have appeared at a number of festivals over the last two years.
Announcing the line-up, the organisers of this year’s Big Gig in the Park said: ‘We are delighted to be able to announce The Vamps and Union J as our headliners for Sure’s Big Gig in the Park 2015.
‘The Vamps are a massive deal, and to be able to bring them to Jersey after their recent global success is fantastic.
‘Many people will remember Union J from Big Gig 2013.
‘They have been supporting The Vamps on their huge UK tour, so no doubt together the boys will have quite a show for Jersey – lively, energetic and packed with fun.’
Last year, a Big Gig Legend in the Park event was also held for the first time, starring Tom Jones.
This will be returning for a second time this year, on 4 July, and the act for this year’s Legend in the Park event will be announced this Friday.
Sponsored by Sure Mobile, the Big Gig in the Park raises money for local children’s charities, including Help A Jersey Child.
The first Big Gig in the Park was held in 2010 and featured performances by Will Young and Beverley Knight.
Tickets for this year’s event will go on sale on Wednesday morning and are available from the Big Gig website
- British pop band The Vamps consists of Brad Simpson (lead vocals and guitar), James McVey (lead guitar and vocals), Connor Ball (bass guitar and vocals) and Tristan Evans (drums and vocals).
- James, who was managed by Prestige Management, decided he wanted to form a band and discovered Brad Simpson in 2011 through YouTube. The pair began writing songs together and met Tristan through Facebook and then Connor via a mutual friend.
- They first started attracting fans in late 2012 after uploading cover songs to YouTube, resulting in them being signed to Mercury Records in November 2012.
- The band supported McFly on their Memory Lane Tour in early 2013 and supported pop acts including the Wanted, JLS, Little Mix, Lawson and Demi Lovato at several festival-style events around the UK.
- They released their debut single, Can We Dance, in September 2013, which debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart.
- Their second single, Wild Heart, charted at number three in January 2014 and was followed by Last Night in April 2014, which reached number two.
- Debut album Meet the Vamps followed, which charted at number two in the UK Albums chart, held off the top stop by Paolo Nutini’s Caustic Love.
- Further singles have included Somebody to You (featuring Demi Lovato), which reached number four, and Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart), featuring Shawn Mendes – a re-working of the Simon and Garfunkel hit, which reached number nine.
- The band have been compared to One Direction and labeled a boy band but disagree with the stereotyping, pointing out that they formed by themselves and are not the product of a record producer, and that they play their own instruments.
- In May 2014, The Vamps made a cameo appearance in the soap opera Hollyoaks.
- Boy band Union comprises of Josh Cuthbert, JJ Hamblett, Jaymi Hensley and George Shelley.
- In 2007, Blair Dreelan of Alpha Dog Management met 14-year-old Josh Cuthbert, who was auditioning for the fourth series of The X Factor. Josh failed to get through to the next round, but Blair believed that he looked like a pop star and was impressed by his voice. In 2011, Josh met Jaymi Hensley met whilst studying performing arts at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Westminster and decided to put a band together. Former jockey Jamie JJ Hamblett was later added to the group by Blair and they named themselves Triple J (due to each member sharing the same initial).
- In May 2012, after eight months together, Triple J and soloist George Shelley both auditioned in London for the ninth series of The X Factor. The band were given the opportunity to progress in the competition on the condition that George joined the band and they became a four-piece, with the name Union J. The band came fourth in the series.
- Following The X Factor, the band signed a record deal with Sony Music Entertainment before signing a new deal with Epic Records in 2014 – and they released their debut single, Carry You, in June 2013, charting at number six in the UK Singles Chart. Follow up singles included Beautiful Life (number eight),Tonight (We Live Forever) (number nine) and You Got It All (number two).
- To date they have released two albums, 2013s Union J, which reached number six in the charts, and 2014s You Got It All, which charted at number 28.
- In 2013 they partnered up with Pokémon for the UK release of X and Y and last year they released a set of lookalike dolls and teamed up with Panini for an official Union J sticker collection.
