Busted

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Busted celebrate their 20th Anniversary by releasing a Greatest Hits 2.0 collection which features brand new Busted only re-recordings of 15 of the bands biggest songs including Air Hostess, What I Go To School For, Thunderbirds Are Go and many more PLUS a brand new single 'Good One'. CD and poster included.

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Mozafari, Laurence (7 April 2015). "McBusted's Most Excellent Adventure Tour, feat a flying car and giant computer games". Heat . Retrieved 7 August 2023. Busted were first formed in 2000 and released their first, self-titled album in 2002, before their 2003 album A Present For Everyone threw them into even wider fame. 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] Busted Press Conference on Friday". PopDirt. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 . Retrieved 29 July 2009. Crashed the Wedding 2.0" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 57 on the UK Singles Sales Chart. [23]

Release

Looking to find a new band member, Willis and Bourne placed an ad in NME magazine, [16] titled "'Guitarist and singer wanted for pop band…'". [17] Auditions were held at Pineapple Studios in Covent Garden in October 2001. Charlie Simpson and Tom Fletcher were both offered a place to complete the line-up, but Busted's manager told Fletcher via a phone call a few days later that the band was to go ahead as a trio, comprising Bourne, Willis and Simpson. [18] [19] 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]

Busted add new dates to their 2023 UK reunion tour as tickets Busted add new dates to their 2023 UK reunion tour as tickets

Corner, Lewis (22 January 2015). "The Vamps: The music that made us – Arctic Monkeys, McFly, more". Digital Spy. Hearst Corporation . Retrieved 12 November 2015. Hawkes, Rebecca (10 November 2015). "Busted set to return with live tour – and Charlie Simpson". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 10 November 2015. NEWS: Slam Dunk Festival 2019 tease special guests as being Y3K! Dead Press. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019. Warner, Sam (24 December 2019). "Busted's Charlie reveals who he'd love to form a supergroup with". Digital Spy . Retrieved 8 December 2021.

Notes

A European-only single, " Hurra, hurra, die Schule brennt", was released on the same date as "You Said No" was released in the UK. Year 3000 2.0" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 29 on the UK Singles Sales Chart. [24] Cover of the 2003 edition. The original cover is identical but without the Busted or enhanced CD logos. (Band members left to right) Matt Willis, Charlie Simpson and James Bourne. a b "British album certifications – Busted – Busted". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 25 July 2023. Busted announce new album and UK arena tour". The Irish News. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018 . Retrieved 27 October 2018.