Wes Nelson pays tribute to his record-holding professional footballer brother after promotion success
The former Love Island star, 26, praised his older sibling Curtis Nelson for achieving a huge record at his club, Derby County.
The official page shared a photo of the footie star and wrote: “Playing 4, 140 minutes in Sky Bet League One, Curtis Nelson did not miss a second of our promotion-winning campaign.”
Musician Wes shared his joy, writing: “This is mental. The only outfield player int he league to play ever second of every game.
“From the start all the way to promotion. My big brother,” followed by a love heart.
Curtis is the former Plymouth Argyle captain.
But it doesn’t stop there…Wes and Curtis’ cousins Ashleigh and Alex Nelson are both Olympic sprinters, with a string of winning medals.
Wes has become successful in his own right with his music career and latest single with Craig David.
But last month the star was forced to postpone his upcoming music tour.
The TV hunk turned hitmaker had planned to hit the road before the summer to perform for his fans but has since moved the tour dates until this November.
Wes confirmed the news in an Instagram story where he apologised to fans for the sudden change but admitted it was all for a good reason.
The Say Nothing singer told his followers that he had landed an incredibly exciting new deal with Sony that would see him have his own record label, Foot Down Records, launched as an imprint under the Sony umbrella.
It will see him release his music under his own company whilst still being backed by industry giant Sony Music Entertainment.
As part of the deal, Wes, who rose to fame on Love Island in 2018, will be recording and releasing a slew of new track and as such has delayed his tour in order to be able to perform the new hits on the road.
Addressing his decision, the star said: “I’m really excited about my new venture with Sony and launching my own record label Foot Down Records.
“However, because we’ve just started that, the idea was to get brand new music out for tour so we are going to have to move the tour back.”
He went onto re-affirm that tickets fans had purchased all remained valid and that further information would be dropping soon.
Wes continued: “We just wanted to get more music out because as it stands we haven’t got enough to sort of make it a new tour.
“With this now kicking off, we are gonna have a load of new music and we’re literally working on it right now to get everything ready and put on the best tour possible.”
The star has seen his music career skyrocket after taking part in The X Factor: Celebrity as part of No Love Lost – a group comprised of fellow Love Island stars Eyal Booker, Samira Mighty and Zara McDermott.
Since the band, Wes has gone solo and enjoyed a string of chart hits including See Nobody, Nice To Meet Ya and Abracadabra.
The singer has already worked with chart-topping acts including Craig David, French Montana and Clean Bandit.