when did shawn mendes go on tour with austin mahone
Shawn Mendes Mendes learned to play guitar by watching YouTube tutorial videos at the age of 13 in 2012.[7] Less than a year later he started posting cover videos on the social video app Vine in 2013 and gained millions of views and followers in a few months, becoming well known for his six-second snippets of renditions of many popular songs.[8] By August 2014, he was the third most-followed musician on Vine.[9] Artist manager Andrew Gertler discovered Mendes online in November 2013, bringing him to Island Records in January 2014. He officially signed in May 2014 and released his first single "Life of the Party" on June 26, 2014.[10] He became the youngest to debut in the top 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it to number 24 for the week ending July 12, 2014.[11] Prior to his signing, Mendes toured as a member of the Magcon Tour[12] alongside other young Viners with a large following on social media.[13] Mendes was also on a nationwide tour with Austin Mahone as an opening act, releasing his debut major label EP in July.[14] The EP debuted and peaked at number five on Billboard 200, selling 48,000 copies in its first week.[15] He won a Teen Choice award in 2014 for Webstar in Music.[16] On September 5, 2014, "Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)" featuring Mendes was released as the fifth single from The Vamps' debut album, Meet the Vamps.[17] On November 6, 2014, "Something Big" was released as the second single.[18]
Youth (Shawn Mendes song) The song premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show, where Mendes talked about the collaborating with Khalid. He was in London at the time when a series of terrorist attacks happened there, which was a major inspiration of the song.[6] He texted Khalid: "When we get together, we have to make a statement, we have to move, we have to write about what's going on in life and how the youth is feeling", saying that they "have the voice to do that". They got into the studio in the aftermath of the attacks.[7][8] "You're always terrified going into a session knowing like, 'Okay, this is going to be a big session. I have one day. Is it gonna be a great song or not?' I remember I woke up in the morning and the whole though of my youth trying to be taken away from me [was overwhelming]. Not youth as in my ageâ€”youth as in my love, my happiness, my joy, my purity. It's not even about age; you could be 50 and your youth is there, it's in you. And all of these horrible things happening in the world, all of the headlines, it felt like everyday it would just be pulled more and more out of us, and I was like, 'This is what I have to write about.'"[9][10]