Fightstar's EP is out today, it's called They Liked You Better When You Were Dead. It features the tracks Palahniuk's Laughter, Lost Like Tears In Rain, Amethyst, Mono, Speak Up, plus a hidden track - Hazy Eyes. Unfortunately, the fantastic Until Then doesn't make an appearance.

Anyway, it's available from HMV, hopefully Woolworths and Virgin also. It's only a fiver, so get buying. In other Fightstar news, there's a small interview with Charlie in TOTP.

27.02.05

Please click here and vote for 'BUSTED - SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO (MATT) [A TICKET FOR EVERYONE ELSE NEWCASTLE 26.11.04].WMV' - this is your chance to see a video of it!
Yes, I know the link stopped working. I got an email from the owner (to all the members) saying that loads of people have been voting for videos already online. Which is why I specifically said Newcastle and NOT Wembley.

Also, by request of Cat, vote James!

Laura recorded the Newsround interview onto DVD, so I'm going to ask her if I can upload it. :-)

Already, two people are copying the WIGTSF idea. As you may have heard, V were dropped yesterday and decided to call it quits (it's a bit weird that Busted, V and Undesided toured together in November/December, and by the end of February all three bands have split). Fans are planning to buy You Stood Up as a tribute.. some Busted fans are also looking to plan B - buying 3am/Thunderbirds. To be honest, I'm happy with the success Kat's idea had, and I don't want people to waste their money even more.

I've answered all your questions, by the way. Finally.

26.02.05

Wahey, I got a complaint about the rant. Bit late, but meh. I'm answering questions later anyway, but yeah, I don't consider myself rude. At the end of the day, I'm a human being just like you, I have emotions and I have the right to get pissed off when people insult me or my friends. I'm sorry if I offended anyone. x

The Newsround interview with Kat is TODAY on CBBC (grr why not channel 4?! lol) at 3.50pm. I can't record it, but my mum is getting her friend to record it for us.. I still don't know how to get videos on the computer but I'm going to TRY haha.

24.02.05

Fightstar are in Sneak (a page article) and Rock Sound (two pages, a sticker and Mono is on the free CD).

There is a bit in Kerrang about what's on Charlie's iPod:
Basement Ghost Singing - Armor For Sleep
5 Minutes Alone - Pantera
Bike Scene - Taking Back Sunday
Paper Tigers - Thrice
In Gratitude - Aereogramme
The Ideal Height - Biffy Clyro
2 Stone - yourcodenameis:milo
Understanding In A Car Crash - Thursday
First Breath After Coma - Explosions In The Sky
Feiticeira - Deftones
I'll Be Your Emergency - Brigade
10.45 Amsterdam Conversations - FFAF
Hurt - Johnny Cash

Good choice. <3 That's my favourite Biffy song as well.

23.02.05

HASFKFJGTKJKDFJK I got another email. A good one, this time.

'Hey Clazz!!! I've got news! Matt has said that he'll go solo, that his CD will be on sale whenever he WANTS it to be but that he'll release a single in November surely. And there are TOUR dates, the 1st is on 19 November 2005 in the Shepherd Bush Empire, London. All the concerts will be in "small" places. This is all I know and Matt said it himself. lots of kisses from Tanita.'

OoOoO. The dates are probably pretty vague - the single could be any time at the end of the year, and the gig date is likely to change. At least we've got a rough idea of what's going on hahah. :-D I can't wait.

22.02.05

Firstly, What I Go To School For is number 86. At least we got it in the top 100 haha.

Secondly, Kat has been invited down to do an interview with NEWSROUND about the plan, wowwww. She's invited me along too, but unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to make it. Still pretty damn cool though.

Thirdly, I want to apologise for the rant yesterday, I'm surprised I didn't get any complaints haha. This one won't be as dramatic.

'Hahaha look at you getting so worked up about it. You only posted my comment on the site so you can get people to stick up for you. You always do that, does it really make you feel better? And you were to arrogant, you were EXPECTING it to work and it's funny that it failed, because it was obvious it was never going to work. Why do you feel such a need to prove how much you love them? It's so childish, you'll be laughing at yourself when you're 50.'

1. I only posted it because I didn't have time to answer questions (which is the same with this one), and I was pissed off after failing an exam so I felt like ranting.
2. If I want people to stick up for me, I don't have to post it on here.
3. We didn't fail, we just didn't succeed. Although we did. It still got no.86 and numerous press mentions. Anyway, as I said, I didn't come up with the idea, I just promoted it.
4. I didn't know whether to expect it to work, but fine, I won't be optimistic ever again. *rolls eyes*
4. It was a way of saying thank you.
5. I won't laugh at myself, a lot of people tell me I will, but at the end of the day Busted are the reason I'm still alive.. so I won't be laughing.
6. You are an idiot. :-D But well done for spelling arrogant right this time. ;-)

21.02.05

Okay, rant time. Long time since I've had one of these. Basically, I got this message in the question form:-
'HAHAHAHAHA you're pathetic attempt to get the boys to notice you failed. I knew it would - it was a bloody crap idea, AS IF it would ever work. That's what you get for being so arragont about the whole thing.'
I was NEVER fucking arrogant, you're being a fucking selfish twat. We did it as a present for the boys, we only wanted to show how dedicated their fans are. It wasn't even my fucking idea so don't give me that shit you fucking tosser. If you think I'm arrogant, you can fuck right off this site and kindly NEVER FUCKING COME BACK. Twarrrrrrt.

Some people are fucking idiots.

20.02.05

I'm annoyed. Not just because WIGTSF didn't get in the top 40, but the fact that loads of you bothered to buy it - so many of you spent £6 per copy and we didn't even get in the fricken top 40. I'm going to check the launch chart later (same as official chart) because that goes up to no.75. I just hope Matt, James and Charlie know what we've done for them and how dedicated we are.

I've changed the download of the moment, but you can still download the press conference audio here. The download is now basically some random clips from America put together with the remixed What I Go To School For playing in the background. It shows the boys in a much better light than in America Or Busted. :-)

By the way, it's on yousendit.com which only allows 25 people to download it, so if you can't download, put something in the news form about it and I'll reupload it. :-)

19.02.05

AHAHAAHHA Matt was just on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, basically it showed a woman in the audience at work, with Busted posters on the wall. She was brought to the front and was shown footage of the filming this week.. Matt phoned her, stood in the corner while she was in the gym, and then wore a motorbike helmet while delivering flowers.. and she didn't realise it was him! HAHA then he came in the studio and was asked what the best part was, and he said 'sneaking round her house' AHAHA so then it showed footage of him in her house, looking at all her stuff. Nice to see him back, twas funny. :-D Keep watching in case he's on again later.

There are rumours circulating about a greatest hits album to be released on April 4th. I have no idea if there is any truth in this, but the rumour states that the CD will be called 'Our Life In A Greatest Hits', it will be a double CD with the greatest hits in the first CD and rare b sides and UNRELEASED tracks on CD2. I will look out for more information on amazon and HMV, so watch this space.

Today's your last chance to purchase What I Go To School For so what are you waiting for?! BUY BUY BUY!!

It's currently NUMBER ONE (!!!!!!!!) in BOTH the HMV chart and the amazon pop single chart (third - but should be second - in general CD singles and ninth - but behind two pre-releases so they don't count - in general overall singles!!). As I said in the last update, it doesn't account for all the singles being sold in other major retailers, so WE NEED YOUR HELP! Please remember that this is NOT an official release, therefore the only promotion has been made by the fans.

If you haven't bought it yet, remember how much Busted did for you. This is your chance to do something to say thanks. The thing that's special about this is it's been planned COMPLETELY by the FANS, and therefore is a surprise for the boys to show how dedicated we are. Thank you everyone for your support so far, we honestly can't believe it's actually happening.

17.02.05

First thing's first - I emailed HMV asking if it matters whether people buy several copies of singles at once, and I just got the reply:
Sales of singles is counted in units. One CD single is one unit, therefore if you purchased two copies of a CD single two unit are sold regardless of whether they are purchased at the same time.
WAHEY, so it doesn't matter if you order more than one copy at once. :-D

More news on the tribute single.. on HMV, it is the SIXTH best seller at the moment, the top three being different versions of U2's single, so they don't count haha. On amazon, it's the second best selling pop single, and 22nd in everything!! KEEP BUYING IT, we need all the help we can get because those charts do not reflect sales in major retailers such as Virgin, Woolworths and possibly HMV. The plan has also been mentioned on the Orange World News or something, woo.

I've been slacking (okay I haven't, I've been doing two exams) and forgot to update you with some random news from here and here.. and another one here, at the bottom. There's also stuff about Charlie saying that Busted were being turned into a 'boyband machine', I'll try and get the whole interview up some time (from NME) rather than some random misleading article.

In other news, the Naomi award winners have been announced and I'm going to go a bit off topic on this. (you'd better not think these are serious HAHA) Busted got 'worst British attempt at rock'.. yes, because they 'try' to be rock, my arse. :-)

On a lighter note, McFly got worst British breakthrough act. At least that one almost makes sense (the fact they ARE a breakthrough act).

Anyway, quick explanation of these awards shows the inanity (is that even a WORD?! Well it is now, tell the dictionary Clazz claimed it) - 'Most awards take themselves too seriously. The Naomis recognise those who shouldn't have enjoyed what little success they have had.'
Nah, changing the face of pop isn't being very successful, is it?! :-D (and to the person who said I'm an arrogant idiot for thinking that they did - they paved the way for other guitar bands like McFly and Rooster, they kicked a lot of manufactured stuff out, and they put a different light on pop music. If that's not changing pop music, I don't know what is.)

But one that we can all whole-heartedly agree on:-
Outstandingly Bad Contribution to Music: Louis Walsh.

15.02.05

LOOK!!! The plan got a mention on the TOTP site, how wicked is that?!!? :-D!!

Matt's going to be on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway this week, so don't miss that.

Back to the plan - a few people have asked me or someone from the UK to buy What I Go To School For for them. If you're willing to pay £6, either go here and reply to the post, or email me and I'll get back to you about it. Obviously it's hard to know who to trust and so on, but I'll try my best.

14.02.05

Today's the day, people! Get buying What I Go To School For - CLICK! We can do this. <3 All information is here. I emailed popjustice and they've put information on about it! YAY. <3! I also got an email saying we should buy copies separately - but p+p is £1, so I'm going to look into this, I'll email HMV about it.

We have also come up with another plan. Originally, we wanted to do Sleeping With The Light On, and I was thinking perhaps we should request WIGTSF on radio stations to get it into other charts that are based on airplay. I suddenly thought, why not SWTLO?! So come on, get requesting on all your local radio stations, as well as online ones such as Hit40UK and Capital FM etc etc. I will try and get a list of UK radio stations some time.

So that's What I Go To School For - buy from HMV to get it into the official charts. Sleeping With The Light On - request it on radio stations for other charts!

AND WOW! Huuuuuuuuuge thank you to MARIAAAA for making this site a FANLISTING! <333!!! Thank you so much hun! <3 While I'm on the plugging, go join my fanlisting as well haha. :-D Shameless plugs ahoy.

13.02.05

Okay, the Busted 'special' thing was just a repeat of that Popworld special thing from late 2003. Bahhh.

A lot of you have been asking where you can see/hear the press conference. There are three clips here to watch (including some stuff I've never seen before.. James pouring his water is funny), and you can listen to the entire conference by clicking here. Enjoy.. or something. :-(

I've added a FAQ to the tribute single promotion page. :-)

On with some proper news. Hopefully not just a rumour, this is from News Of The World (thanks to Emma for typing it up):-

REVENGE OR BUST
A girl who was attacked and spat at by playground thugs hopes to hit back at bullies with a song backed by Busted star Matt Willis.
Claire Pear, 14, was subjected to a year of abuse at Finham School, Coventry. Things got so bad she had to leave and was put on anti-depressants last year.
Everyone Is Someone was written by Matt's brother, Darren Willis, 25, and negotiations are going on to get it released.
Claire said: 'I want other victims of bullying to realise that they can survive.'

My comment - who would seriously call their kid that?! It's mean. But let's hope the song will be good. :-D

12.02.05

Argh, annoyed. There's apparently a special Busted program on TV tomorrow at 4pm, called Rags To Riches. And it's on bloody E4. I hope it's repeated on normal TV.

By the way, some people are bloody mad. £205?! I wonder if they'll actually pay it.

11.02.05

Finallyyyyyyy answered all your questions, took me long enough haha.

10.02.05

Maria told me that MTV Nordic is broadcasting America or Busted at 4pm (CET) this week and probably next week as well. :-)

I found some news I didn't know about on mattjameswillis.com (new site, still under construction but it's cool hehe) - Alex Zane bought a guitar from Matt for charity.

There are a few pictures of Matt and James at the Brits, you can find them on gettyimages.com and wireimage.com.

09.02.05

I've written out a little thing to thank Busted - click here to read it.

There's an interview with Matt in Sneak, Charlie in NME, and James is apparently holding auditions for a new band next month.. more info on that coming as soon as I find it. TOTP has six pages of Busted, including their last ever interview, plus five posters. Smash Hits has a souvenir poster, I haven't got that yet though, so there are probably other things.

Thank you to Kim who told me that on TMF's top costumes in music videos, Busted came 7th with Crashed The Wedding. :-)

Just to plug this again:-

CLICK FOR MORE!! Also go visit the livejournal community with loads of promo discussion and other icons.

Completely Busted-unrelated, but you can listen to the Brit awards live (before it's shown on TV tomorrow night) here (click listen live).

07.02.05

Some news.. not about James or Matt, but Damon has temporarily joined Succioperro, who are doing three gigs in Scotland with Fightstar (one of which I should be at right now :-( pah). He drummed for them on radio 1, and the live session will be aired on Thursday evening. For more info, go here.

I'll answer your questions this week, we're off school from Thursday, but most of the time will be taken up with studying. In answer to some though, yes I am a girl, no I'm not a lesbian, yes I like girls, go figure. :-) Also stop asking me why Busted split up, it's in the FAQ about what happened.

05.02.05

*splutters* How wrong is this?! Busted are up for worst band and worst album, so go and vote for someone else so they don't win LOL. I think that's a bit hypocritical though, because NME claimed that A Present For Everyone is one of the best albums about teenage issues ever or something.

Haha just got some random news in the form - in the new McFly video for Comic Relief (All About You, a - pretty bland, in my opinion - acoustic song), Harry Hill is featured sporting a badge saying 'I am a Busted fan' and some recent issues of TV Hits and Smash Hits manage to make an appearance, both with Busted on the cover. Oo.

04.02.05

Don't miss the Friday Night Project which starts tonight on channel 4 at 10pm, Fightstar are going to be giving us their first ever TV performance. :-)

Thanks to Cristal who told me that there is a Busted poster in the March issue of American magazine Tigerbeat. The boys will also be in the next issue of It's Hot, and Fightstar have invaded eight pages of the current issue of Attitude.

I've got exams starting on the 15th through to the 23rd, so I won't be on much prior to and during that time. If I hear anything exciting, I'll make sure I let you all know.

01.02.05

*sniff* Why won't the stupid content links go into here?! Grr.

It's February! I realised last night that I updated every single day of January except the 10th. Haha damn, there's always at least one day I miss out.

Weebl's latest animation is dedicated to Busted.. the ending makes me laugh haha.

James from Biffy Clyro had a bit to say about Charlie/Busted/Fightstar in the Daily Record - click. :-)

And now for the big news of the day. James (not from Busted or Biffy :-p) posted some exclusive, unreleased song titles on crashedtheboards.com:

Co-written by James:
Appreciate
Already Gone
Breathing Room
Girls Of Summer
Give In
Holly, I'm The One
Rise Again
Road Trip
Sanity
Smart Alecs (the theme tune for the ITV show)
Somebody Save Me
Unemotional
Window Seat
Yesterday Is Calling

Written by James and Tom Fletcher of McFly:
Back In Time
Babywatch Girl
Crying Awake

Written by Busted (or James, at least) and Owen Doyle, I believe:
Count To One

Written by James and Charlie:
Hands Tied

Written by Matt and Charlie, and probably James:
Just Couldn't Win
She Knows (featured on Busted's 1st demo tape)
Wannabe Celebrity

Written by the original Busted (James and Matt with Owen and Kiley {Ki} Fitzgerald:
Spacewalker.

How cool is that?! I really want to hear them haha.