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BUSTED REUNION

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Founded: Feb 26, 2006 7:04 PM
Location: ttown
Connecticut-US
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By now, those of you viewing this page should PROBABLY know the story behind what was one of the UKs greatest music sensations of all time...BUSTED.

if not, I don't really know why your here, but I suppose ill give a bit of a summary:

while on holiday with his parents, young Matt Willis ((aka. Mattie Jay)) is discovered singing karaoke to 'Don't Look Back In Anger' by Oasis. Someone looking for "the next big thing" so to say, hooked Matt up with a music management team.

he is later introduced to the legend himself, James Bourne. These two happened to know each other previously, meeting at a few gigs and auditions around the area.
James and Matt began writing songs at James' parents house in Southend. They realized shortly after starting though, that you can't have a band with just two people. So as it went, James and Matt placed an ad in the NME looking for a third member.
And who just so happened to be skimming through the NME live-ads one afternoon? None other than 16-year-old Charlie Simpson, out of Ipswich. After the auditions, Matt and James said that Charlie had no competition; he was by far the best they had seen.
With the trio lined up as: James the lyrical genius; Matt the wild and crazy "geezer" of the gang; Charlie the clumsy indie posh heartthrob. the boys began the great adventure of blowing up the music charts.

The summer of 2002, Busted wrote and recorded their self-titled debut album. It was released in September of 2002 and the first single to hit the charts was "What I Go To School For". The Times reviewed the album as "catchy punk-pop tunes with a sense of humor".
So after that, needless to say Busted became a huge success. Plenty of gigs, tours, autographs, recording sessions and two albums later...Charlie Simpson came to a decision to leave Busted and pursue a career with his side project band, Fightstar. The trio had previously decided that if one member was to leave the band, then Busted was done. And unfortunately that's what it came down to, the end of the UKs greatest pop-punk phenomenon. And so it goes, Charlie is still in Fightstar, James has formed a new band as well called Son of Dork, and Matt is laying low for a while and aiming for a solo career.



Now the whole point of this page is to see if we could maybe get a Busted reunion tour set up eventually. Just for one last Hurra! so to say. Because my mate and I, like the thousands of other Busted fans around the world, were totally devastated when we discovered what had become of the band. Now don't get us wrong, we absolutely love Fightstar and Son of Dork, they are two of my all-time favorite bands. Not to mention Matt Willis' solo songs. ((broken and goodbye lucy are constantly playing on my iPod)) but we would love if perhaps we could get Matt James and Charlie back together just for one last tour just as a thank you/goodbye to all us fans. And afterwards they can return to their current projects.
So add us as a friend and once we get to 1000 we will send it off to the boys to see what they think about it. So really this is sort of a petition.


SO JOIN THE REUNION!!! myspace.com/bustedreunion




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