New Hope Club is a British
pop trio formed in 2015, consisting of Reece Bibby, Blake Richardson, and George Smith. Their debut EP, ''Welcome to the Club'', was released through
Steady Records/
Hollywood Records on 5 May 2017; the band released their
self-titled debut album in February 2020, which peaked at number five on the
UK Album Charts
The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts C ...
.
History
George Smith and Blake Richardson formed New Hope Club in October 2015.
[Nicola Craig]
"Artist 101: New Hope Club"
Celebmix, February 2017. As a member of the boy band
Stereo Kicks,
[Lewis Corner]
"The Vamps have signed new band New Hope Club to their record label"
Digital Spy, 8 December 2015. Reece Bibby appeared on the eleventh season of ''
The X Factor
''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for '' Pop Idol'' (2001–2003 ...
'' in the UK in 2014, finishing fifth. Stereo Kicks broke up in July 2015 after failing to land a record deal; in November 2015, Bibby joined New Hope Club. Bibby, Smith, and Richardson are all originally from
Northern England
Northern England, also known as the North of England, the North Country, or simply the North, is the northern area of England. It broadly corresponds to the former borders of Angle Northumbria, the Anglo-Scandinavian Kingdom of Jorvik, and the ...
.
[Shawna Hudson]
"Find Out All About British Boy Band New Hope Club"
Sweety High, 8 May 2017. New Hope Club's first recording was a cover of "
Wake Up" by
The Vamps in October 2015. In December 2015, The Vamps signed the band to their label
Steady Records, a subsidiary of
Virgin EMI Records
Virgin EMI Records was a British record label owned by the Universal Music Group that was formed in 2013. In June 2020, the label was rebranded as EMI Records, and operates Virgin Records as an imprint of the new EMI Records.
History
Virgin ...
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They were the second band signed to the label, after
The Tide.
The band have supported The Vamps on three of their UK/Europe tours (2017, 2018, 2019) and performed a song each night ('Cecilia') on the Wake Up Tour (2016). They also accompanied The Vamps on their 2018 USA tour
New Hope Club's debut 4-song EP ''Welcome to the Club'' was released on
Hollywood Records via
Steady Records on 5 May 2017.
["New Hope Club Announce Debut EP"](_blank)
Jammerzine, 3 May 2017. The video for "Perfume" was released in January 2017, and the video for "Fixed" was released with their EP.
The band spent 10 weeks on the ''
Billboard'' Next Big Sound chart, peaking at number 5 on 16 September 2017. At the
2017 Teen Choice Awards
The 2017 Teen Choice Awards ceremony was held on August 13, 2017. The awards celebrated the year's achievements in music, film, television, sports, fashion, comedy, and the Internet, and were voted on by viewers aged 13 to 19 through various socia ...
, they were nominated for Choice Next Big Thing.
The band released the fourth and final music video of their EP, for the song "Water", on 6 October 2017.
A Christmas song called "Whoever He Is" was released along with a video on 1 December 2017.
The band played their first ever headlining shows at the
O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, in London, on the 1st and 2 June 2018. These shows were sold out and supported by acts such as
Max & Harvey and RoadTrip.
In early 2018, they released the music video for their single "Start Over Again" and two songs from the “Early Man” movie soundtrack ("Good Day" and "Tiger Feet”). In the summer of the same year, they also released the music video for their song, "Medicine." This was their fastest music video to reach 1 million views on YouTube. In October 2018, they released their second EP ''Welcome to the Club Pt. 2''.
They released the single "Permission" on 1 February 2019, and the single "Love Again" on 3 May 2019.
In June 2022, they released the "Getting Better" and "Girl Who Does Both" multi-track single.
Touring
New Hope Club opened for
The Vamps on their 2016 UK tour,
and for their tour of the UK and Ireland in the spring of 2017. They regularly performed "
Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)
"Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)" is a 2014 single by British pop band The Vamps, with a chorus adapted from Simon & Garfunkel's 1970 hit " Cecilia". The song appeared on their debut studio album ''Meet the Vamps'' (2014), but a later version feat ...
" with The Vamps during that tour.
They also opened for
Tini Stoessel on her 2017 Got Me Started Tour in Germany. They have also opened for
Sabrina Carpenter on her North American summer 2017 De-Tour, and opened yet again for The Vamps on their fall 2017 tour in Australia. In August 2017, they performed at
Arthur Ashe Kids' Day
Arthur Ashe Kids' Day is an annual tennis/children's event that takes place in the end of August at the United States Tennis Association at Arthur Ashe Stadium. (USTA) Center in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York. It is sponsored by IBM and th ...
at
Arthur Ashe Stadium
Arthur Ashe Stadium is a tennis stadium at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City. Part of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, it is the main stadium of the US Open tennis tournament and has a capacity of 23,771, ...
in New York City. In the beginning of 2019 they did a special mini tour in Europe, doing shows in Paris, Amsterdam, Antwerp and Cologne. They embarked their first ever world tour, the Love Again Tour last June 8, 2019 in Manila, Philippines at the New Frontier Theater, continuing to Bangkok, Thailand and Seoul, South Korea. In the summer of 2019 they did shows in the US, and the tour visited a few countries in Europe as well. In the autumn of 2019 the tour visited the UK and Ireland.
In 2022, they embarked on their Getting Better Tour, beginning on May 29 with acoustic dates in the U.K., and then fully electric dates in the U.S. beginning on July 12. They will also play dates in Europe, Southeast Asia and Latin America.
Members
* Blake Richardson, born on – lead vocals, guitar, piano.
* George Smith, born on – vocals, guitar, piano.
* Reece Bibby, born on – vocals, bass, drum, cajon, guitar. He was a member of the ''
X Factor
''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for ''Pop Idol'' (2001–2003) ...
'' group,
Stereo Kicks.
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles
Music videos
References
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Musical groups established in 2015
English pop music groups
English boy bands
British musical trios
Hollywood Records artists
2015 establishments in England