British pop/rock bands
Busted and
McFly combined to create supergroup
McBusted after first performing together at
McFly's tenth anniversary concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall in 2013. The full complement of
McFly members were present in the line-up, but only
Matt Willis and
James Bourne of
Busted joined the group, with their former bandmate,
Charlie Simpson, declining the invitation; he instead continued to work on his solo project and his band
Fightstar. The six-piece consists of three guitarists
James Bourne, Tom Fletcher, and Danny Jones;
Dougie Poynter and
Matt Willis on bass, and drummer
Harry Judd, with each member taking vocal turns and joining in on harmonies. During 2014 they embarked on an extensive 34-date U.K. tour, which included headlining the British Summertime show at Hyde Park, and later in the year they supported boy band
One Direction in a handful of shows on the European leg of their tour. After much media speculation, it was announced that the band would be recording new material, and they subsequently entered the studio with
blink-182 bassist
Mark Hoppus and
All-Time Low guitarist
Alex Gaskarth to pen material for their self-titled album that arrived in late 2014. ~ Scott Kerr