ONE look at the Vamps touring schedule tells you everything about how their career is going.

This weekend they've got two sell-out gigs at the Clyde Auditorium lined up and next year there's already a return date at the SSE Hydro booked in.

Their Scottish dates are bringing some extra pressure for bassist Connor Ball, who is originally from Aberdeen.

"I've got quite a lot of family coming down to the shows at the weekend," he says.

"I guess that will make it a bit more nervous for me because I don't want to mess up in front of them.

"My family has always supported me from day one, right from when I first started playing guitar or when I was in other bands.

"It's nice they're still coming to shows even though it's hours away from Aberdeen."

The shows form part of the Vamps first ever headline tour, and tickets were snapped up almost instantly.

With a series of breezy pop hits already under their belts, the foursome look set to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Busted and McFly.

Connor met the rest of the boys - singer Brad Simpson, guitarist James McVey and drummer Tristan Evans -through a mutual friend, and they were signed by Mercury Records at the end of 2012.

Hits like Can We Dance and Wild Heart both went top three, and paved the way for this year's Meet The Vamps album, which was only kept off top spot by Paolo Nutini's Caustic Love record.

Yet while the foursome might already cause teenage girls to swoon, they're adamant they're still just a bunch of normal lads.

"We just have a laugh and we're mates, just like we did at the start of the band," says Connor.

"Nothing's changed, really. We don't really argue and if there's a problem then we just laugh about it.

"I was out last Saturday with a load of my mates from home, and it was just the same as before the Vamps. We just had a laugh, and that definitely keeps you grounded."

Although Meet The Vamps was only released earlier this year, the teenage quartet are already looking ahead.

They've started writing songs for their next record, and hope it will start to take shape soon.

"We haven't really sat down and thought about what the general sound of the album should be yet as a whole, but we do have a collection of songs already," adds Connor.

"We need to go into the studio and create a production sound for them.

"With the first album it was down to us and management to decide what went on there.

"This time we'll just be writing the songs ourselves and have a bit more control for us, as a band."

Some of those new songs might get rolled out on their big arena jaunt next year, including the SSE Hydro on April 18.

"We're trying to keep this tour and the one next year separate, so they won't be the same," adds Connor.

"Hopefully it will have a bigger production, a bigger stage and we'll have more songs, as well as pyro - it'll be a proper rock show."

While this is the first headline tour for the group, they've certainly had some big gig experience, including a date in front of 80,000 people at Wembley Stadium as part of the Capital FM Summertime Ball pop spectacular.

"Being in front of 80,000 people was just an incredible thing to do," recalls the bassist.

"There were nerves, because you're backstage and you look out, and you see all these people. But then you're onstage, and it almost doesn't feel real that all these people are there, and you get on with it."

Away from the music, the band have been taking over the small screen, filming a cameo appearance in soap Hollyoaks earlier this year.

Hollywood isn't beckoning, though.

"We had to do the scene about a million times from different angles, because we're not actors," says Connor.

"The director was probably getting really annoyed at how awful we were! It's cool to have a different change of scene but it's just a bit of a laugh.

"I wouldn't mind appearing on the Big Bang Theory though, it's brilliant."

n The Vamps, Clyde Auditorium, Saturday/Sunday, sold out. Tickets for the SSE Hydro show on April 15 go onsale on Saturday October 18.