Busted and McFly have announced that they are to go head-to-head in a new joint tour for 2025. The Noughties pop bands were once pitted against one another but have since collaborated on a number of occasions, including for a supergroup tour in 2014. McFly were performing as part of their 21st birthday celebrations on Wednesday 9 October when they made the announcement, bringing out Busted as a surprise to fans.
“Right now here tonight, we challenge you to the ultimate face-off, next year: 2025 Busted vs McFly the tour,” MailOnline reports Busted as saying. “The challenge is yours if you choose to accept it.” Busted stars James Bourne, Charlie Simpson and Matt Willis announced: “The whole tour is to find out who’s a better band.
Fans can decide. They can come and support their band and they might change their mind. “It’s going to be a fight to the death.
” McFly said: “It has been a long time coming, this tour. Fans have wanted this. There’s a massive crossover in the fanbases but secretly [we] think everyone likes Busted more.
” McBusted previously joined forces to release a Top 10 album and embark on a world tour in 2014; their success led to them being booked as special guests for the Australia and Europe legs of One Direction’s On the Road Again tour. However, they split when Simpson chose to rejoin Busted, a decade after he quit the group. Tickets for the new McBusted tour will go on sale at 9am Friday 18 October for the 14 shows, which will begin.