Busted were ordered to stay away from McFly to avoid 'tarnishing' the band

Matt Willis said their shared absorption squad were terrified Busted’s hard partying would hitch disconnected connected McFly erstwhile the bands started retired - truthful they couldn't bent retired together

Busted were banned from spending clip with McFly erstwhile the bands started retired – successful lawsuit they corrupted their squeaky cleanable rivals.

Matt Willis said their shared absorption squad were terrified Busted’s hard partying would hitch disconnected connected the newcomers. And helium said that he, James Bourne and Charlie Simpson got a daze erstwhile they yet did walk clip with McFly’s Harry Judd, Dougie Poynter, Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones – and realised that the Please, Please hitmakers could really springiness them a tally for their money.

Matt tells us: “Back successful the day, Busted’s management, who besides managed McFly, would ne'er fto maine bent retired with them. I was ne'er allowed astatine thing they were doing. They’d say, ‘Matt, you’re not allowed, they’re truly cleanable cut, truly good behaved.’”

That representation was shattered erstwhile helium joined the set astatine their location aft the Brit Awards 1 year. He recalls: “I conscionable thought, ‘These are f****** reprobates. That night… it was messy.”

James lets on: “I broke into the McFly location once. I climbed up the drainpipe into the model connected the 2nd floor, and they were each stoned successful the cupboard.” Remembering the moment, Harry laughs: “He frightened the s*** retired of us. We were up to nary good… we thought the constabulary were coming.”

The bands, who person antecedently agreed for gigs nether the sanction McBusted, volition articulation forces adjacent twelvemonth for a unsocial amusement going head-to-head successful a bid to bargain each other’s fans. Harry says: “We’ve been talking astir this for years, it’s lone present it’s the close clip truthful it’s travel together.

“The thought is that each set volition perform, past we’ll travel unneurotic to conflict it out. There’ll beryllium laser beams shooting retired of guitars, and astatine the extremity immoderate benignant of winner.” James laughs: “I emotion the thought of it being a McFly show, and past they sing Bubble Wrap – and the archetypal you spot of Busted is Charlie coming down from the ceiling similar an angel, singing the chorus.

“I’ve got a 100 of those ideas. I wanted to person the intro similar successful ET, with 7 of america flying successful connected BMX bikes successful the sky. That would beryllium epic.”

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