McBusted's 2025 tour: McFly and Busted reunite for 'ultimate battle of the bands'

Two of the UK’s biggest boybands from the 00s, Busted and McFly, are reuniting again for an “ultimate conflict of the bands” tour.

Fans volition spot Busted's James Bourne, Matt Willis and Charlie Simpson connected signifier joined by McFly's Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones.

While Busted took the aboriginal 00s by tempest with pop-punk hits including Year 3000 and Crashed the Wedding, McFly roseate to prominence years aboriginal with pop-rock fig ones specified arsenic 5 Colours successful Her Hair and All About You. The bands person collaborated respective times implicit the past 10 years — successful the workplace and for their sold-out arena tour successful 2014.

Now, the Brit Award-winning groups person announced that they’re teaming up again for a “versus” benignant circuit successful 2025, which they’ve described arsenic the “ultimate face-off”.

“Busted gatecrashed our amusement past nighttime (not cool), and challenged america to a VS circuit adjacent year,” McFly said successful a statement. “They’re aged men now, and we are gonna stroke them and their carers disconnected the signifier adjacent year.”

In a video posted connected societal media, Busted joined McFly connected signifier astatine 1 of their caller shows astatine the O2, which marked the band’s 21st anniversary. “There’s been a batch of speech recently... This is wherever the talking ends!” Busted responded, seemingly poking amusive astatine the bands’ past of being pitted against each different successful the 00s.

“We are acceptable to amusement who is the amended set erstwhile and for all. McFly suck and Busted rock!”

Here is everything you request to cognize astir the bands’ face-off.

McBusted’s large head-to-head volition hap successful England, Scotland and Wales successful September and October 2025. The afloat dates are arsenic follows:

General merchantability tickets for the circuit volition beryllium disposable from 9am connected Friday, October 18.

However, anxious fans tin motion up for the presale via the McBusted website here. Presale tickets volition beryllium disposable from 9am connected Wednesday, October 16.

Tickets volition beryllium disposable to acquisition connected Ticketmaster.