This is what you go to gigs for – BUSTED are back celebrating their 20th anniversary with a major UK arena tour. They will be joined by special guests NEW HOPE CLUB and THE TYNE (top 5 album, 2bn streams) for two dates in South Wales, Cardiff and Swansea. Ticket details at the bottom of the page.
In the five years they were together between 2000 and 2005, the three-man band – Charlie Simpson, James Bourne and Matt Willis – had four UK number-one singles, won two Brit awards and sold more than 5 million records.
The tour will see the original much-loved trio play their hits and fan-favourites over the course of fifteen shows this September.
Impossible though it may seem, it’s been twenty years since Busted bounced into the charts with the pop-punk energy of their debut single ‘What I Go To School For’. It kickstarted a stream of hits, including the number one hits ‘Crashed The Wedding’,‘Who’s David’, ‘Thunderbirds Are Go’ and the Top 3 singles ‘Year 3000’, ‘Air Hostess’ and ‘Sleeping With The Light On’.
Busted’s many successes spread far beyond the singles charts. Three of their four studio albums also peaked at number 2, with 4.5 million sales leading to eight Platinum certifications as well as a total of 25 weeks in the Top 10 and two 5x Platinum selling albums. They have won two BRIT Awards – Best Pop Act and Best British Breakthrough – while multiple sold-out arena tours have seen them sell more than 2 million tickets.
Busted’s 20th anniversary tour follows Charlie’s recent triumph as the winner of ’The Masked Singer’, adding to his other projects which have included four solo albums and four albums with the rock band Fightstar.
James is a renowned songwriter, with credits including McFly, The Jonas Brothers, 5 Seconds of Summer and The Vamps, as well as his band Son of Dork and two recent solo albums ‘Safe Journey Home’ (2020) and ‘Sugar Beach’ (2022).
After releasing his debut solo album, Matt famously won ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here’ leading to a successful television career as well as acting roles which have included the recent West End hit ‘2:22 A Ghost Story’.
BUSTED are fantastic live and seeing them belt out hit after hit will make this one hell of a show. The guys get to Cardiff International Arena on Monday 4th (TICKETS HERE) and Swansea Arena on Tuesday 5th September (TICKETS HERE).
