BOLTON drummer Lewi Morgan may be about to get a tattoo of a broken heart but he is far from feeling down.

As one quarter of newest boyband on the block, Rixton, he has scored a number one debut single and will support pop diva of the moment, Ariana Grande, on tour in the US next year.

The former Canon Slade School pupil, who lived in Over Hulton as a youngster, is set to get the inking in honour of Me and My Broken Heart landing the top spot in July.

The foursome, made up of frontman Jake Roche, the son of actor Shane Ritchie and singer Coleen Nolan, Charley Bagnall on guitar, Danny Wilkin on bass and keyboard and Lewi on drums, were playing a show in Liverpool when they heard the news.

Lewi, aged 26, who went to St Andrew's Primary School, said: “It’s hard to put into words how it felt.

“We were all just so excited.

“Jake had got a guy who was going to come down and tattoo us at the show.

“But then we thought, what if we don’t get number one, we’ll look silly so he cancelled and we’ve literally not had time since.

“We are still going to get it done.”

Lewi, whose parents now live in Atherton, started playing bass guitar at the age of 11, before switching to drums and had lessons at Harker and Howarth music shop in Goodwin Street, Bolton.

He had been playing in bands since the age of 14, without major success, when the call came from one of the music industry’s most powerful names — the man responsible for unleashing Justin Bieber on the world.

Scooter Braun, who owns two record labels, saw a video the band had posted online, performing a barbershop style-version of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, wearing festive jumpers and reindeer antlers.

He said: “We got to a point, I was 25 at the time, thinking, ok so is this going to be career or do we focus on getting a real job?

“Luckily, at that time, we were all going through the same thought process.

“Literally, two days after we had a discussion about it we got a phone call from Scooter Braun, it was out of the blue.

“He phoned us and within 24 hours, had flown out to the UK and we met him in London.

“It was for a meeting that was meant to be 30 minutes but ended up being five hours.

“People often use the term lucky but I think you can’t 100% attribute it to luck.

“We worked hard to get to where we have got now.

“But there are God knows how many other cover versions on YouTube he could’ve seen.

“Scooter is just so attentive to want we want and listens to us.

“He’s a really good guy, he is really behind what we do and supports us.”

Next month, the lads will embark on their first UK headline tour, calling in at Manchester’s Academy 2 on October 26 and their second single, Wait on Me, is available to pre-order.

Lewi said: “Our key to getting to where we did, we did it for the love of it.

“A lot of bands posted covers online because they knew they were going to get views but we never cottoned on, we mustn’t have got the memo.

“We covered songs that we loved, that reminded us of times when we were younger and growing up.
“It was just doing it for the love.

“It’s progressed pretty quickly.

“It couldn’t have gone any better.”

The band, which has been championed by the likes of Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1, will also play Vevo's Halloween Party at Manchester's Victoria Warehouse, on November 1, along with Sam Smith, Ella Eyre and Gorgon City.

Lewi said: “This time next year, we would like to be touring still.

“We live and breathe live music.

“When we are on the road, we start writing for the next album.

“I am so in love with tour bus life.

“It seems gross to most people but it’s just incredible, the whole feeling of being on the road, seeing so many places, it’s just insane.“

In recent months Lewi and his bandmates have found themselves flying between countries, flitting from the US to the UK and then Sweden in recent days.

Lewi, who has an older brother in Bolton and a younger sister in Dubai, said: “Right now, we are in London.

“Yesterday we did a video shoot and we’ve got a few meetings.

“It’s a lot of fun.

“I don’t think time zones exist anymore, I just sleep when I can.

“I had three days at home last week and got to visit the family and catch up.”