They are also lined up in mid-2014 to play summer festivals across the United States and United Kingdom before returning to North America to embark on their debut tour, The Broken Heart Tour, playing in 12 US and Canadian cities. Justin Bieber joined the group on stage at the SXSW Festival on 10 March 2014. An album was announced for release through School Boy, Giant Little Man, Mad Love and Interscope Records later in 2014. Their first extended play, also titled Me and My Broken Heart followed on 18 March 2014. "Me and My Broken Heart" went Gold on and Rixton were awarded their first Gold plaque two days later in New York City. It has charted in Australia, Sweden, the United States and reached number 1 in the UK.
The band's debut single, " Me and My Broken Heart", was released to radio on 11 March 2014 and made its premiere on KIIS FM in Los Angeles during one of JoJo Wright's shows. The video was released on 22 October 2013 but it was never released as an official single. They later changed the band name to Rixton and they attracted attention with "Make Out", a song that involved the members lampooning famous 2013 music videos such as " Stay" by Rihanna, " Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus, " Roar" by Katy Perry, " Applause" by Lady Gaga, " Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke and " Beauty and a Beat" by Justin Bieber. Soon after being signed by Braun, the band flew to New York City in August 2013 to record their EP, Me and My Broken Heart, and Let the Road, their debut album with producer Benny Blanco.Ģ013–2019: Rixton era, Let the Road, and hiatus Scooter Braun saw this and offered to sign the band.
For this performance, they wore "elf ears" and created what Roche called "more of a comedy sketch". Roche had heard The Nolans – of which his mother was a member – performing " Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" when he was four and suggested that the band cover it. The band's was originally called Relics and their initial fame was through cover releases posted on YouTube in an interview with Metro, Roche divulged that they had performed a number of covers of songs – "stuff like " Ignition" and " Thong Song"" and then decided to do "a more personality driven cover".
They were later joined by Charley Bagnall through mutual friends and finally Lewi Morgan was the last addition to the band after meeting Jake through a girl he was seeing at the time. Jake Roche (son of actor Shane Richie and former The Nolans member Coleen Nolan) and former Push Baby member Danny Wilkin started writing together after they left school. 1.3 2019–present: Name change to Push Baby and Wow, Big LegendĬareer Early beginnings.1.2 2013–2019: Rixton era, Let the Road, and hiatus.