Fame’s awesome for Lawson

The past year has seen Lawson go from relative unknowns to one of Britain’s hottest bands.

They’ve had three top five hits including When She Was Mine and Standing In The Dark and a top 10 with their debut album Chapman Square.

But lead singer Andy Brown has said the band still can’t take in the A-List company they now find themselves mixing in.

“We’re all big fans of Homeland, which we always watch on tour, and we bumped into its star Damien Lewis at an awards do recently,” Andy told The Sunday Post.

“We were just thrilled to meet him and have a 10-minute chat. But we couldn’t believe it when he knew all of our stuff and said he was a big fan.

“We also met Ronnie Wood. You can’t get a bigger band than the Rolling Stones so meeting him was just brilliant.

“To be honest we’re still pinching ourselves at how well the past year has gone.

“We really are living the dream.”

The band’s success isn’t limited to these shores, with succesful tours this year to America and Asia.

“The most amazing experience we’ve probably had was in Asia,” says Andy, who named the band Lawson after the surgeon who saved his life when he was 19 following an 18-hour brain op.

“We just didn’t realise how big the band was.

“We arrived in Thailand to find ourselves mobbed by thousands of fans.

“Our singles were No 1 and 2 in the charts and it was just crazy.”

The group’s new single Brokenhearted, featuring US star B.o.B, is out today and a major UK tour has been announced.

It includes dates at Newcastle’s City Hall on October 8 and Glasgow Academy on the 9th.

“We’ve worked our way up to bigger and bigger venues in Glasgow, ” says Andy.

“And I can’t wait to play the Echo in my home town. When we started playing in Liverpool we were lucky if there were 10 people in the audience.”

Andy and the boys, who reckon they already have six or seven strong songs ready for their second album, will be at T in the Park on Saturday.

“Festivals are our favourite thing,” he adds.

“We’re on the same day as Rihanna and The Script and it’s brilliant when you get to hang out backstage.”