THE HEAD-TO-HEAD MEGA TOUR BUSTED VS MCFLYANNOUNCE THE FINAL BATTLES!
21 ARENA SHOWS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO FULFIL PHENOMENAL DEMAND
| Next year’s Busted vs McFly mega tour has already been a knockout, the head-to-head bout of two of pop-punk’s biggest bands already one of 2025’s hottest tickets with shows rapidly selling-out. But now, it’s ding-ding, round two as another 21 massive arena shows are announced to fulfil phenomenal public demand – in the process, more than doubling the size of the tour. The sheer scale of the tour is immense – the two bands will do battle in front of a combined total of 110,000 fans in London alone! The Busted v McFly beef started when Busted stormed the stage at McFly’s 21st anniversary show at The O2 in London to challenge them to a vs tour. The trash talk has continued ever since, with both bands claiming credits for the tour’s huge ticket sales. Tickets for the final battles in Newcastle (October 12th), Birmingham (October 28th) and London (October 30th) go on sale HERE from 9am this Friday, October 25th. Very limited tickets for all other shows are available via that same link. The dates are: SEPTEMBER 2025 16th – Birmingham, bp pulse Live 17th – Birmingham, bp pulse Live (ADDED DATE) 19th – London, OVO Arena Wembley 20th – London, The O2 21st – London, The O2 (ADDED DATE) 23rd – Cardiff, Utilita Arena 24th – Cardiff, Utilita Arena (ADDED DATE) 26th – Sheffield, Utilita Arena 27th – Leeds, First Direct Arena 28th – Leeds, First Direct Arena (ADDED DATE) 30th – Aberdeen, P&J Live OCTOBER 2025 2nd – Glasgow, OVO Hydro 3rd – Glasgow, OVO Hydro (ADDED DATE) 6th – Cardiff, Utilita Arena (ADDED DATE) 7th – Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena 8th – Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena (ADDED DATE) 10th – Newcastle, Utilita Arena 11th – Newcastle, Utilita Arena (ADDED DATE) 12th – Newcastle, Utilita Arena (ADDED DATE) 14th – Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena 15th – Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena (ADDED DATE) 17th – Manchester, AO Arena 18th – Manchester, AO Arena (ADDED DATE) 20th – Dublin, 3Arena 21st – Belfast, SSE Arena 22nd – Belfast, SSE Arena (ADDED DATE) 26th – Dublin, 3Arena (ADDED DATE) 28th – Birmingham, Utilita Arena (ADDED DATE) 30th – London, The O2 (ADDED DATE) 31st – London, The O2 (ADDED DATE) NOVEMBER 2025 1st – London, The O2 (ADDED DATE) 3rd – Glasgow, OVO Hydro (ADDED DATE) 5th – Manchester, Co-op Live (ADDED DATE) 6th – Sheffield, Utilita Arena (ADDED DATE) 8th – Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena (ADDED DATE) Busted – Charlie Simpson, Matt Willis and James Bourne – first bounced into the charts with the irrepressible pop-punk energy of their debut single ‘What I Go To School For’. It kickstarted a succession of hits for the trio, including the #1smashes ‘Crashed The Wedding’, ‘Who’s David’,‘Thunderbirds Are Go’, ‘You Said No’ and the Top 3 singles ‘Year 3000’,‘Air Hostess’ and ‘Sleeping WIth The Light On’. Last year Busted’s ‘Greatest Hits 2.0’ crashed into the charts at #1 – remarkably achieving their first #1 album twenty-one (!) years after debuting with ‘What I Go To School For’. Three of their four studio albums have peaked at #2, with 4.5 million sales leading to eight Platinum certifications as well as a total of 25weeks 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, including 26 sold-out UK arenas last year. It’s been 21 years since McFly first formed, a journey which has taken them from their breakthrough hit ‘Five Colours In Her Hair’ to last year’s full-force rock album ‘Power To Play’. Along the way Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter andHarry Judd have scored seven #1 singles including ‘Obviously’, ‘Star Girl’ and ‘All About You’, seven Top 10 albums, 10 million sales leading to multiple Platinum certifications, a BRIT Award for Best British Pop, sold-out countless arena shows and still remain the youngest band to ever have a debut album go straight to number 1, beating The Beatles. McFly have continued to push boundaries, last year’s ‘Power To Play’ was the album they always wanted to make – a larger-than-life rush of hard rock and pop-punk thrills. The album, featuring standout singles ‘God Of Rock & Roll’ and ‘Where Did All The Guitars Go?’ charted at #2 on the Official Albums Chart. Their touring in support of the album took them from two surprise shows in a day in London’s sweaty, intimate Underworld right through to the Royal Variety Performance via a massive sold-out headline show at Alexandra Palace. This year saw them sell out two O2 Arenas to celebrate their 21st birthday. FOLLOW MCFLY: YouTube | X | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | Spotify FOLLOW BUSTED: YouTube | X | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | Spotify |
