It’s the reunion they said could never happen – even the members themselves have admitted it. But today Busted announce their return to the world of pop in 2016.
Matt, James and Charlie are returning to the road with a full UK arena tour, and they are working on brand new Busted music for the first time since 2004.
“A year ago James and I got together and just started hanging out … and it felt really different, somehow, to how it had ten years ago. And the idea crept into my head after all that time apart: what would Busted look like today?” – Charlie Simpson
“For me, there’s a huge sense of unfinished business … I always thought in my heart we’d do Busted again, but that it was just a matter of when and how” – Matt Willis
Wednesday 11th May 2016 will be their first show together in 12 years – and the first time in 12 years anyone will be able to see the three members play all their greatest hits together live – among them the simply huge, unforgettable smashes “What I Go To School For”, “Crashed The Wedding”, “You Said No”, “Air Hostess” and “Year 3000.”
For the gig Busted will return to the home of their biggest triumph, the venue where anybody last saw them – Wembley Arena. It was here that they broke a record in 2004 by selling out an incredible 12 shows. And it’s here that they will make their long overdue comeback.
“We’ve done this crazy, exciting, adventurous, scenic route back to being Busted. And now we’re here, we’re all super-re-energised” – James Bourne
With an incredible five million record sales, two 4 x platinum albums and four number one singles to their name, a staggering 700,000 concert tickets sold in one year, two BRIT Awards and a Record of the Year Award, Busted are one of the biggest home-grown pop acts of the 21st century.
Busted? These boys are fixed, back and ready to shake up the pop world all over again.
Busted May 2016 tour dates:
Wed 11th The SSE Wembley Arena, London
Sat 14th The SSE Hydro Arena, Glasgow
Sun 15th Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle
Tues 17th Sheffield Arena
Weds 18th Capital FM Arena, Nottingham
Fri 20th Genting Arena, Birmingham
Sat 21st Manchester Arena
Sun 22nd Echo Arena, Liverpool
Tues 24th Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Weds 25th BIC, Bournemouth
Sat 28th The O2, London
Mon 30th The SSE Arena, Belfast
Tues 31st 3Arena, Dublin
Tickets are on-sale from 9am on Friday 13th November (subject to per-ticket charge plus order processing fee).
