Powell, Emma (3 February 2017). "Natives praise Busted's Matt Willis for 'fighting their corner' ". Standard.co.uk . Retrieved 8 December 2021. Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 21 April 2023 . Retrieved 21 April 2023. In April 2018, it was confirmed the album would release in Q1 2019, and the band would return to their original sound. [77] In May that year, Cobus Potgieter, who had previously stood in as drummer on Busted's 2016 tour, announced that he would be the studio drummer for the upcoming fourth album. [78]

Warner, Sam (24 December 2019). "Busted's Charlie reveals who he'd love to form a supergroup with". Digital Spy . Retrieved 8 December 2021. 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. BUSTED RELEASE 'CRASH THE WEDDING 2.0' ". Total Ntertainment. 23 June 2023 . Retrieved 24 June 2023. Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 17 May 2023 . Retrieved 17 May 2023.

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Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 2 June 2023 . Retrieved 2 June 2023. That was amazing to me because I did that with Oasis chord books. It was so cool to hear people did that with our band." [124] Their first two albums went Multi-Platinum and they achieved four number ones in the UK Charts. In 2004, Busted won Best British Breakthrough BRIT Award. Hawkes, Rebecca (10 November 2015). "Busted set to return with live tour – and Charlie Simpson". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 10 November 2015. Hanley, James (20 April 2018). "Busted sign with Coda for live representation". Music Week . Retrieved 20 April 2018. Gibsone, Harriet (24 November 2016). "Busted on reforming: 'People don't get why we are here again … they know how it ended' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 1 January 2021. James Bourne and Willis formed the group in 2000. Simpson came later, in time for them to be launched as a pop-punk boy band in 2002, and also departed first.

NEWS: Slam Dunk Festival 2019 tease special guests as being Y3K! Dead Press. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019. 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. Busted are an English pop-punk [5] band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, consisting of James Bourne, Matt Willis and Charlie Simpson. Formed in 2000, the band has had four UK number-one singles, won two Brit Awards, released four studio albums and sold over 5 million records worldwide. The band released the albums Busted in 2002 and A Present for Everyone in 2003 before disbanding in January 2005. [6] MySpace.com Blogs – Matt Willis – new band". MySpace. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012 . Retrieved 22 July 2009. Busted Press Conference on Friday". PopDirt. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 . Retrieved 29 July 2009.Busted started the summer of 2003 with a win for Favourite Newcomer at the National Music Awards, as well as Best Band at that year's Disney Channel Kids' Awards. After this, the band launched the promotional trail for their new album, A Present for Everyone and its lead single " Crashed the Wedding", which reached number one in the UK chart. Edgier than their previous album, Simpson said that it had some "harder, Good Charlotte type vibes coming through on this album". This album would also go on to reach sales of over 1 million copies. 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] Following the split, all three members pursued separate musical careers: Simpson as the frontman for the post-hardcore band Fightstar, Bourne as the lead singer of pop-punk band Son of Dork and Willis as a solo artist. The band reunited in 2015, embarking on the Pigs Can Fly arena tour [7] in May 2016 and released their third studio album, Night Driver, on 25 November 2016. On 26 October 2018, Busted announced their fourth album Half Way There, released on 1 February 2019, as well as a UK arena tour. [8] At the end of 2019, the band embarked on a hiatus to pursue solo projects. In 2023, Busted announced their return for their 20 year anniversary, consisting of a greatest hits album, Greatest Hits 2.0, and arena tour. Corner, Lewis (30 September 2016). "Busted announce their first new album in 12 years – and it's called Night Driver". Digital Spy . Retrieved 30 September 2016.

According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), Busted have been certified for 2.4million album and 2million single sales in the UK. [9] History [ edit ] 2000–2002: Formation, Busted and rise to fame [ edit ] Did you have more of a potentially far-fetched wishlist, too? Charlie, you’re a very big Deftones fan… Smith, Nikki (20 November 2002). "Busted A Present For Everyone Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 26 September 2011.Sharratt, Joe (2 December 2020). "James Bourne makes long-awaited solo debut with new album Safe Journey Home". Music Talkers . Retrieved 29 July 2023.

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Reid, Kurtis (5 April 2023). "Busted announce Northern Ireland tour date following fan outrage". Belfast Telegraph– via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Oh, of course. Reigning supreme as Busted's biggest UK single so far, Year 3000's accumulated over 1 million UK chart units to date. It's also the group's most-streamed single by quite a stretch, with in excess of 80 million UK streams to its name. A 50th anniversary release of The Who’s chart-topping 1971 album Who’s Next could see the record return to the Top 10 for the first time since its year of release (6). The multi-format remastered collection also includes guitarist and vocalist Pete Townshend’s demos from the band’s ‘lost’ 1971 album Life House for the first time, following much fan demand. See where every song and album by The Who has charted in the UK here. Rewcastle, Elly (31 March 2023). "Busted tour 2023: Band adds second Newcastle date after phenomenal demand". Chronicle Live . Retrieved 31 March 2023.