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Smith, Carl (25 April 2016). "Busted announce Cobus as their Pigs Can Fly Tour drummer". sugarscape.com . Retrieved 26 April 2016. Busted announce reunion tour and new music for 2016". BBC Online. BBC. 10 November 2015 . Retrieved 10 November 2015. Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 21 April 2023 . Retrieved 21 April 2023. Ex-Busted member starts battle for royalties". Business Live. 8 May 2007 . Retrieved 3 April 2023. [ permanent dead link] Skinner, Tom (31 March 2023). "Busted announce extra dates for their 2023 UK reunion tour". NME . Retrieved 31 March 2023.

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INTERVIEW: Fightstar". Yorkshire Evening Post. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009 . Retrieved 29 January 2009. Bourne, Simpson, and Willis were augmented by Chris Banks, Damon Wilson, and Chris Leonard. On bbc.co.uk, Adam Cumiskey stated: "The live element of this album is slightly staid: there's no improvisation in the songs; they sound exactly like the singles. However, with their swagger and confidence... they manage to resist sounding like a contestant in a battle of the bands competition". [1] Simpson's time spent with Fightstar reportedly began to cause tensions within the band, [28] amplified when Fightstar announced a 14-date UK tour. [29] Simpson announced to Busted's manager on 24 December 2004 over a phone call that he was leaving the band to focus on Fightstar full-time. [30] On 13 January 2005, Busted's record label announced that a press conference was to be held at the Soho Hotel in London the following day. [31] The next day, the 14th, it was then announced that Busted were splitting up after Simpson's departure weeks before. [28] With the original line-up of Busted having broken up in 2001, guitarist James Bourne and bassist Matt Willis set about finding a new band member. Charlie Simpson and Tom Fletcher both originally made it in, but the latter was cut from the final lineup. [3] [4] Simpson, Charlie. " "HAUNTED" AVAILABLE NOW". charliesimpsonmusic.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014 . Retrieved 2 June 2014.Miller, Emily (30 March 2023). "Exclusive Interview: Busted On Their 20-Year Anniversary And Hitting The Road Again". The Honey POP. O'Connor, Rachael (23 March 2023). "Busted: 'We were the outsiders. We weren't invited to Atomic Kitten's party' ". Metro . Retrieved 4 April 2023. Busted Confirm Split". NME. IPC Media. 14 January 2005. ISSN 0028-6362 . Retrieved 26 September 2011.

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It’s somehow been more than 20 years since Busted – comprising vocalists Charlie Simpson, James Bourne and Matt Willis, all 39 – burst onto the scene, and they have something very special ahead to celebrate. Rewcastle, Elly (31 March 2023). "Busted tour 2023: Band adds second Newcastle date after phenomenal demand". Chronicle Live . Retrieved 31 March 2023. The boys then headed over to the U.S. to release a self-titled album that was a mixture of their first and second album. Their exploits were captured for the TV series America or Busted, about Busted's attempts to achieve success in the United States, which ultimately failed. The show debuted on MTV UK in November of that year, over the course of the series, it saw Busted's attempts to 'break' America dwindle as interviews fell through and performances remained limited both in terms of audience size and press attention. [24]Corner, Lewis (20 September 2013). "Busted join McFly on stage at Royal Albert Hall show". Digital Spy . Retrieved 20 September 2013. Charlie Simpson – Busted. If Busted were the anti-boy band, Charlie Simpson was the anti-lead singer. The well-bred multi-instrumentalist (a direct descendant of Sir William Sterndale Bennett, no less), had enough of singing suggestive lyrics over pop-punk riffs after three years in the Brit Award-winning trio, & left in 2003. Fightstar, his deliberately emo post-hardcore spin-off band, followed, before he took up a solo career. The unthinkable happened in 2015, with news of a full Busted reunion the next year. | From George Harrison to Zayn Malik: the pop stars who left their bands - Music". The Telegraph. 28 January 2016 . Retrieved 10 March 2020. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (15 February 2003). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Internet Archive. {{ cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= ( help); |last= has generic name ( help) NEWS: Slam Dunk Festival 2019 tease special guests as being Y3K! Dead Press. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019. Simpson was educated at Farlingaye High School's community school in Woodbridge [11] – and then at Uppingham School, where his great grandfather, Robert Sterndale Bennett (1880-1963), had been a most influential Director of Music between 1908 and 1945. [ citation needed] Career [ edit ] Busted (2002–2005; 2015–present) [ edit ]

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Warner, Sam (18 November 2013). "10 Things About... McBusted". Digitalspy.com . Retrieved 8 December 2021. a b " "How do you make up a grown-up Busted album?" – We sat down with the band to talk new album Half Way There". HMV . Retrieved 8 December 2021. The band performed a secret set at Slam Dunk Festival in May 2019, on the Key Club Stage (Right). The band performed under the pseudonym "Y3K", a reference to their song Year 3000. [85] Laing, Rob (17 April 2019). "Busted: "We were just really successful and people couldn't really wrap their heads around that" ". MusicRadar.com . Retrieved 8 December 2021.See is a trademark of SEE GROUP LIMITED. Registered Office: 2nd Floor, Norfolk House, 47 Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham, NG1 2AB. He met Alex Westaway in late 2003, forming what became Fightstar shortly afterwards. For over a year he would lead a secret "double life": by night he would attend rehearsal sessions with his new band after completing obligated media work and concert performances with Busted. [16] During 2004, he and Westaway wrote Fightstar's debut EP, They Liked You Better When You Were Dead. The EP showcased a heavier post-hardcore influenced sound that differed greatly to Busted's material. [17] The EP was recorded during November with Mark Williams in London. [16] During this time, speculation began to grow about Busted's future. He announced he was leaving Busted to pursue his career full-time with Fightstar in January 2005. Hawkes, Rebecca (10 November 2015). "Busted set to return with live tour – and Charlie Simpson". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 10 November 2015. Fightstar end Island Records contract". Digital Spy. 8 September 2006 . Retrieved 8 September 2006. Boyle, Jules (15 May 2016). "Review: Busted's amped-up pop hits that really tore the roof off at the SSE Hydro". Daily Record. Trinity Mirror . Retrieved 17 May 2016.