Bustedâs Charlie Simpson:Â âNobodyâs More Shocked By This Reunion Than I Amâ
About two hours ago, all of our teenage dreams came true as Busted confirmed the worst kept secret in showbiz: theyâre back, and they have Charlie Simpson in tow.
After quitting the hugely successful band almost eleven years ago due to âcreative differencesâ, Charlie stunned everybody when he agreed to team up with his former bandmates, Matt Willis and James Bourne, for some new music and a tour across the UK and Ireland.
Speaking at a press conference earlier today, the husky-voiced star explained: âI have honestly lost count of the amount of times that I said that I would never do this again.
âI genuinely meant it; there wasnât a time where I said that and I didnât wholeheartedly believe it, I have changed my mind and thatâs due to circumstance.
âWe went to Philadelphia and we wrote new music and thatâs where everything changes. I was prepared to go there and come back saying âthis doesnât feel rightâ, but the fact that it did feel right was as much of a shock to me as it is to everyone else.
âItâs been a weird journey but a very natural one, and itâs nice that we have been able to connect as friends again, it feels right and weâre not doing this for any other reason.â
When asked how he felt about the potential backlash from both old-time Busted fans and followers of his rock band, Fightstar, Charlie shared: âIf people have a problem with the decisions I make then I totally respect that.
âI canât live my life by what other people think; I hope they are supportive, if they are supportive of me as a person then theyâll be supportive of the decisions I make.â
Matt and James reignited their singing careers two years ago, when they teamed up with their good friends McFly and created supergroup McBusted, with James insisting that nothing will change between them and their fellow McBusted bandmates, explaining: âMcBusted was always two bands; a broken band and a not broken band.
âThey were still McFly within McBusted, and McFly still have eachother. They are very supportive of this and have been texting this morning to wish us all the best.
âIt doesnât have to be over forever; we just had a chance to go home.â
Does anybody else have a tear in their eye?
Charlie also revealed that when James and Matt teamed up with McFly, he was finally rid of the guilt that he felt for tearing apart their band all those years ago.
He admitted: âI wasnât jealous of McBusted but I was really happy for the guys. In a way, it sort of alleviated some of the guilt I had from back in 2005.
âI did take this band away from them - McBusted wasnât right for me but I had an overwhelming sense of happiness that Matt and James were having a great time.â
So what can we expect from the Busted tour of 2016? Matt had all the details: âWeâre definitely going to do some new music,â he told us, âThere might be new music before the tour if we get our act together.
âBusted only had two albums so weâre probably going to play every song that you know then start from the beginning and play it all again.
âPretty much every single Busted song.â
Needless to say, we couldnât be any more excited.
Tickets for Bustedâs 2016 Tour go on sale this Friday
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