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"The formation of supergroup McBusted has made pop fans of a certain age more excited than Christmas. Both bands have mirrored many of each other&amp;#039;s achievements over the years, so it only seems natural that the two groups have come together (minus Charlie Simpson, of course). To celebrate the supergroup&amp;#039;s official formation and forthcoming tour plans, Digital Spy rounds up ten facts about the two bands.  &amp;gt; McBusted on tour - ultimate fantasy setlist: What songs do you want? 1. Both groups were already linked before they even officially got started in pop music. Prior to finding fame with McFly, Tom Fletcher auditioned for Busted. He originally lost out to Charlie Simpson when Island Records decided that the band should be a trio rather than a four-piece. However, Fletcher was recruited as part of the band&amp;#039;s songwriting team, and credits James Bourne with teaching him how to structure a pop hit. 2. Busted broke a Guinness World Record when their first three singles, &amp;#039;What I Go To School For&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Year 3000&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;You Said No&amp;#039; entered the top three of the UK singles chart in ascending order.      3. McFly&amp;#039;s name is taken from Michael J Fox&amp;#039;s character Marty McFly from Back To The Future. It is Tom Fletcher&amp;#039;s favourite film, though guitarist Danny Jones didn&amp;#039;t agree with the name until he watched the movie for the first time. 4. Busted&amp;#039;s song &amp;#039;Year 3000&amp;#039; also references the &amp;#039;80s blockbuster, with lines including: &amp;quot;Stood there with my neighbour called Peter and a flux capacitor&amp;quot;, and: &amp;quot;He told me he built a time machine, like the one in a film I&amp;#039;ve seen.&amp;quot; 5. McFly&amp;#039;s debut album Room on the Third Floor went straight to number one in the UK charts, and the group set a Guinness World Record at the time for being the youngest band ever to achieve the feat. 6. Busted frontman Charlie Simpson formed post-hardcore band Fightstar in 2003 when he met Alex Westaway, and they started rehearsing together whilst Charlie was still in Busted. Simpson subsequently left Busted, and the band split in 2005. Following the break-up, James Bourne formed Son of Dork and Matt Willis embarked on a solo career.  7. McFly have seen huge success on the reality show front, with drummer Harry Judd winning the ninth series of Strictly Come Dancing and bandmate Dougie Poytner winning series 11 of I&amp;#039;m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! - both in 2011. 8. Busted&amp;#039;s foray into the reality show arena was also successful, as Matt Willis won the I&amp;#039;m a Celebrity... crown in 2006.      9. The supergroup formed between the two bands first came to fruition when members of Busted made a surprise appearance during McFly&amp;#039;s 10th anniversary show at the Royal Albert Hall in September 2013. They performed &amp;#039;Year 3000&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Air Hostess&amp;#039; together. 10. Charlie Simpson has reportedly received a six figure sum to be bought out of his share of the Busted name following the formation of McBusted. James Bourne has said that he doesn&amp;#039;t think that Simpson will ever be ready for a full Busted reunion. Guess we&amp;#039;ll have to make due with McBusted, then. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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