TRACK OF THE WEEK

In this weeks 'Music Week News' Glad You Came was voted 'Track of the week' see below:

Congrats boys!

CHESTER CHRONICLE INTERVIEWS NATH!

Chester Chronicle have just released a new interview with Nathan, just ahead of the boy performing at Chester Rocks on Saturday!! See it below:

Few British bands of the moment can provoke the kind of fanmania which greets chart-toppers The Wanted wherever they go. Ahead of their Chester Rocks performance on Saturday, CARMELLA DE LUCIA talks to baby of the band Nathan Sykes about their amazing rise to the top.

In a messy house somewhere in South London, five young men are having the time of their lives.

By the amount of beer cans on the floor and frozen pizzas in their freezer, you’d be forgiven for mistaking them for a group of raucous university students living away from home for the first time.

Except that these boys invoke scenes of mass hysteria wherever they go and are quite capable of setting the pulse racing of nearly every teenage girl in the UK.

But Max, Siva, Tom, Jay and Nathan - who make up The Wanted, the country’s boyband of the moment - insist they’re just normal boys, having a laugh.

Despite getting to travel all over the world, including a stop off in Chester to perform at the city’s Chester Rocks festival this summer, baby of the band Nathan Sykes says they’re just five lads who can’t believe their luck.

“We are having such a blast,” enthuses the 18-year-old. “I can honestly say that there are no bad bits of my job. Living with the lads is superb, although a little messy! They’re great guys and we have a lot of fun.”

And the boys will be sure to light up the stage when they perform at Chester Rocks on July 2.

It may not be like the exotic, far flung lands they’ve been used to of late, having jetted back from Singapore earlier this year, but nevertheless, Nathan says the band are looking forward to performing here.

“To all our Chester fans, I’d say just come down and have a ball because that’s exactly what we’ll be doing,” he giggles.

“There’s always such a great atmosphere at local concerts, I just hope it doesn’t rain!”

The fun shows no sign of slowing down, with a packed tour schedule throughout the summer - and the boys couldn’t be happier.

“I could sit here and complain about early mornings and late nights, but what we’re doing is just amazing,” says Nathan emphatically.

“For someone who’s just turned 18, not many people my age are doing what I’m doing and having an absolute blast at the same time. Life is superb!”

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FROM YAHOO!

Today Yahoo.com posted an exclusive interview with the boys, see it below:

The Wanted lads chat exclusively to omg! about their new single Glad You Came, fancying the pants off Parade and getting naked.

Hot boyband of the moment The Wanted may be on the walls of every girl's bedroom right now but when we sat down for a chat with them we felt like we were gossiping with a bunch of mates. The five lads couldn't have been lovelier as we quizzed them on everthing under the sun for the launch of omg!. And here's how it went...

First up Max, who had to shoot off to go to Elton John's bash (very glam!) so we grabbed some time with him quickly on his own before chatting to the rest of the bunch.

And he really IS as hot in real life as in the pics ladies. We asked him to spill the beans on exactly how he proposed to Michelle Keegan but he was a little shy.

So Max tell us all about the special moment.

Max: That's between me and Mich. (awww)

But we know you bought her a dog?

Max: Well that was actually for her birthday but yeah...

And how have the fans reacted?

Max: They've been really supportive. They love her.

No broken hearts then? Max: Nah, that would be the case if it was Nathan getting engaged.

So when shall we buy our hat?

Max: There are no wedding plans yet, we're both too busy.

And with that we were whisked off so he could get changed. Important to note that we took a peak through the window and saw his hot bod, before he put on his tux and white tie and showed it off to us and the rest of the boys. Wit Woo.

Next stop Tom, Siva, Nathan and Jay.

Hello boys. You've come amazingly far. How does it feel?

Jay: It's weird when you sit in these interviews and you think how far we've come. Day to day you don't think about it.

All this fame but it doesn't seem to have gone to your heads?

*Group laughter*

Jay: I've actually got this [chair] on a bit of bungee rope and I'm gonna release myself any moment.

Siva: I've got somewhere to be. Can you just hurry this up?

*More group laughter*

Very funny. You've just finished touring, how was it?

Jay: Touring made me think oh my Christ on a bike, this is why I'm doing what I'm doing. It's soooo good. Can't wait til we do arenas.

It's hard to gauge how famous you are so we try to underestimate so you don't appear like an absolute ********

You're always on Twitter chatting to all the fans...

Tom: I find our fans absolutely hilarious. For some reason they tweet me filth.

While Tom's chatting to us we decide to ask how his poorly leg is (after THAT footy injury).

Tom: It's alright. Getting there. Did a medial ligament.

The worst part was when the guy on the voiceover said 'Give him a clap'.

So did you have a lot of girls coming forward with their 'nursing' abilities?

Tom: I was actually sat on the sidelines for about 20 minutes screaming before anyone came to help.

Is it effecting your movement *worried face*

Tom: Well I did do a jump the other day which crippled me. But should be fine.

And tell us which was the best crowd on tour?

Siva: I'm gonna say Cardiff only because it was the first time I really saw Nathan get nervous. Because his family were there at the show.

How do you get over your nerves when they hit?

Nathan: I didn't. I was really nervous because all my school friends were there as well. My mum sees us when she can. But my dad isn't able to get to a lot of the gigs so it was the first time he'd really seen us. Because they'll give us an honest opinion aswell. You know if it was bad they'd say it was awful.

Jay: My mum always says things like 'What you doing there you look stupid'.

Nathan: We all have our nervous faces. Jay goes red, I gabble but the other three's eyes glaze over.

Siva: Jay doesn't help because he always looks at me.

Cue lots of banter which ends up in us feeling like these lads are clearly more brothers than anything these days.

Back to the interview and we want to know if they've fallen out with each other at all with the pressures?

Jay: No we've never really fallen out properly. But we bickered earlier Sive... it was over your answer to that question.

We roll our eyes as the boys start bringing up the 'argument' from earlier.

Jay: No matter how bad an argument gets - and it never gets that bad - there's always at least two out of the five that lightens it up.

Talking about arguments, we want to get to the bottom of the Parade feud. Is it true you pooed in their dressing room?

Jay: It's completely true. We pooed twice. And put food in their shoes.

Nathan: It's basically because we all fancy Parade. You know at school when you tease the girl you like? It's like that.

Parade v The Sats then. Who's hotter?

You know Parade have just started out. If you look at The Saturdays when they first hit, there's a big difference to where they are now.

So basically ignorning the question. Very diplomatic.

Tom: Sian from Parade's great. I used to chill with her in Bolton on the streets. So random.

Are you worried about their revenge?

All the boys: Bring it on!

Jay: They're all talk.

Nathan: All mouth and no action. Not inventive enough to do it. The worst they'll do is trash our room back.

The boys then asked us if we'd been given any hints by Parade as to what they'd do... we say no (of course, even if we did know, girls stick together don't they?)

Nathan in particular looks worried: Maybe they are planning stuff then! We know they are going to get us back so we'll use it in our favour and try and get them again.

Right back to business, and the new single (out 10th July)...

The video looked fun to make, did you actually have a huge party?

Jay: The party would start and stop like musical statues. But they basically just filmed what we were doing.

We noticed (of course) that most of you stripped off your tops at various points. Was there gym action?

Nathan: No! It was a case of oh god it's roasting hot we're on a beach, why am I wearing a shirt and a T-shirt?

Is this the way forward then for future vids, nakedness?

Jay: No. Unless they're all dead sunny.

Nathan: If it's boiling hot then maybe. If we had great bodies then maybe we could use it but they're average at best.

(We beg to differ)

Siva then tells us he was told he had a muffin top. The boys don't know what that is so we explain...

So what reaction have you had to the single? Is it the party track of the summer?

Tom: The comments on Twitter are that people are liking it which is what we want. It's a song that just gets you in a really good mood.

Jay: That's where we're at now. We've had strategies in the past and we're now at 'You know what, do we like this tune?' it's a really great song, we're not gonna overthink it. It's summer. And we like it.

What's next music-wise?

Jay: Just generally going to be a case of sitting and listening to 30 or so songs that we've recorded and deciding. I've already got one I like and just hope we release Autumn/Winter (he then whispers a name to the others so we can't hear!).

Back to Max, who told us earlier fans weren't gutted about his engagement because they all fancy Nathan. Is that true?

Jay: He gets all the intensly in love ones. Max is seen as a pin-up and Nathan's seen as 'this is my future husband'.

Well we certainly wish Nathan (and the rest) were our future husbands.

In the meantime we'll just get hyped up about their new single Glad You Came which is out 10th July. eeeeek!

RADIO TOUR DATES ARE ANNOUNCED

Tomorrow The Wanted begin their radio tour for Glad You Came, see the dates HERE or below:

Friday

08:00 – 08:30  Clyde One

 09:00 – 09:15  Northsound            

09:15 – 09:30  Tay FM      

09:30 – 09:45  Moray Forth

09:45 – 10:00  West FM    

10:00 – 10:15  Forth One                   

1015 – 10:30   In Demand Scotland   

11:00 – 11:30  Capital

Sunday 3rd July

16:00 – 16:30 Imagine FM (Stockport)

Monday 4th 

10:00 – 10:30 Key 103 (Manchester)

10:30 – 11:00 The Hits & In Demand England (Manchester)

11:30 – 12:00 Capital (Manchester)

13:30 – 14:00 Juice FM Liverpool

14:30 – 15:00 Radio City (Liverpool)

16:00 – 16:30 Rock FM (Preston)

18:30 – 19:00 Real Radio (Leeds)

Tuesday 5th 

08:00 – 08:30 Capital (Leeds)

09:30 – 10:00 Radio Aire (Leeds)

12:00 – 12:30 Viking FM (Hull)

15:00 – 15:30 Lincs FM (Lincoln)

Wednesday 6th 

10:30 – 11:00 BRMB (Birmingham)

13:30 – 14:00 Signal One (Stoke on Trent)

18:00 – 18:30 The Wave (Swansea)

Thursday 7th 

09:30 – 10:00 Real Radio (Cardiff)

11:30 – 12:00 Heart (Bristol)

16:00 – 16:30 The Eagle (Guildford)

Friday 8th 

07:50 – 08:30 Heart (Brighton)

09:00 – 09:30 Juice Brighton

13:30 – 14:30 KMFM & Extra (Kent)

BLISS'S INTERVIEW WITH THE WANTED!

Below is Part one of Bliss's interview with the boys..

We were quite excited to have a catch up with the The Wanted boys. So much so it didn’t even bother us when we nearly drowned in the rain on the way there. Sadly once we were there Max had to nip off to some awards do or other, so he popped in looking very suave in a black suit, gave us a hug, signed a mag and disappeared off into the night, but that still left us with four very cheeky chappies, Tom, Siva, Nathan and Jay to answer your brilliant questions (Jay crept up and pounced on us just before we started the interview. We screamed a little inside.)

So was your question answered? Find out who would date who, who's got a giraffe stashed away, and who would find out what girls walk about in the loos if he were a girl for the day...

PLUS the boys did us some doodles (except Max - he didn't have time to channel Neil Buchanan) and signed some mags. Want to win one? Keep an eye on our Twitter page @blissmag for your chance to win!

Here’s PART ONE of our interview…

Rachelm1995 (Rachel, 16) asked - If you were one of your fans, which of the other four lads would you want to go on a date with and why? Nathan: Myself Jay: I think I would pick Nathan. Why? Because if I was a girl I’d still be quite geeky and I think you are funny. I just think you’re dead fit.

Tom: I’d probably say Jay because he’s got a big…erm…perm and he makes me laugh!

Ikeepysmiling (Victoria) asked - If you were stranded on a desert island for one week what three things would you take with you? Jay: for one week? So then you’re saved? Or you die? You die. Tom: a TV, electricity... Jay: what, you’d have a generator? Tom: yeah, a generator, a bird... A woman, or... Jay: Ha a parrot! Tom: yeah a parrot! Or maybe a pigeon. Nathan: I would have my iPod, Rosie Huntington-whitley, and a speed boat, to get away. Siva: I would have a Nandos store as one item, I would have sun cream, and I would have a notepad and pencils. Nathan: so you wouldn’t take your girlfriend? Siva: well I wouldn’t want her to die would I? 

Jay: It's a desert right? I would take a bucket and spade as one item, I’d have my lizard, and then I would also have a guitar. I can’t play guitar but I’d try and learn in my last week alive.

_sarahhughesx (Sarah) asked - If I gave you a giraffe to hide somewhere, where would you hide it? Jay: that’s brilliant! I would hide a giraffe in an old paper mill. Errr…why? Jay: We actually did our first video All Time Low in an old paper mill and no one would ever go near there. But also it had holes in the ceilings so a giraffe would be fine in there. Siva: what’s the purpose of hiding a giraffe? I need to know a purpose. Nathan: I’ve already got a giraffe hidden. People are looking. Tom: I’d hide it under my bed. That’s cruel! Tom: it’s a bit cruel but it has to adapt to a new environment. Nathan: I would take it out to the countryside and I’d hide it…errr…out there. There’s nice green for it to run around in and eat. Jay: a bit like Bristol zoo, but not quite. Tom: why did no one say a zoo?? Jay: that’s not a very good place to hide it. 

Tom: that’s very true, that’s why no one said a zoo!

VickixxxTW_TT (Vicki) asked - Question for Jay, if someone offered you £1000 to either shave your head or give up skittles for life, which would you do? Jay: I would shave off my head. Nathan: would ya? Tom: shave off your head?? Jay: well shave off my hair because hair grows back, and even though it wouldn’t kill me not having skittles it would annoy me because when someone says you can’t do that you just want to do it. I’d be like ‘why not? Why can’t I have skittles?’ Sort of a boring answer to an interesting question there. Nathan: wonder what Jay would look like with a shaved head. 

Jay: I’d look like me when I was five.

Applesqueek (Libby, 12) asked - If you could be a girl for a day what would you do? Nathan: (before we’d even got the full question out): I’d look at myself in the mirror. Keep it clean, keep it clean.Nathan: I would go into the girls toilets - see, you think I’m going somewhere rude with this but I’m not - and see what everyone talks about because they always go into the girls’ toilets and talk about people. Jay: You know what I’d do? I’d get a contract with Sheila’s Wheels, because men can’t do that and that’s very annoying, and I’d go on a hen party because men can’t do that and it’s very annoying, and I’d go on an all girls holiday weekend. I’d just want to see life from their side. Nathan: Jay wants to be a girl is what he’s saying. Tom: I want to be a bridesmaid. Dunno why, it’d just be quite interesting. Nathan: you want to wear a dress? A pretty dress.Tom: a pretty dress yeah! Nathan: wait Siva, what’s yours? He just said ‘I’m not going to say mine coz mine’s a bit weird’ and I really want to know what he wants to say, even if it’s used or not. We all know that if it’s that weird it can’t be printed so I want to know. Siva: but this can be printed! Nathan: what it’s like to have sex from a woman’s point of view? Siva: no. Nathan: what? Siva: it’s freaky. I want to know what it’s like… Tom: to have a period? Siva: to have a baby. Tom: eugh! Interesting. Siva: coz you’ll never know, so if a girl ever uses it you can say ‘I’ve had a baby I know what it feels like.’ Nathan: they always say get kicked in the balls and that’s what it feels like. It’s happened to me and it’s very painful so I wouldn’t advise it. Hmm...the pain of childbirth might last a bit longer though.Tom: do you women get winded though? Umm…no 

Jay: so therefore it’s worse to get kicked in the balls.

WE'VE CHANGED!

This blog's web adress has been changed, it was originally twfanmily.blogspot.com, but it is now thewanted24-7.blogspot.com !

GLAD YOU CAME VOTED IN ULTIMATE SUMMER ANTHEMS

Today 'Glad You Came' was announced as 2nd in Capital Fm's Ultimate Summer Anthems, with Example - 'Changed the way you kissed me' just beating them to first place! Check it out HERE

Well Done Boys!