Backstage @ TOTP - October 2003 (thanks to Kimberley for typing this up for me!)

CRASH, BANG, WALLOP!

Catching a sly 40 winks is no easy thing when you're one third of bonkers band, Busted, as Charlie grumpily discovered mid-catnap at Top Of The Pops. And while his ears were still ringing, it seems his rude awakening was nothing compared to Matt's sofa slumber shame.

"I once fell asleep at a party on a couch," he confided. "and someone had tipped a drink in my lap to make it look as if I'd peed myself!" Phew, so it looked like he went from napping to needing nappies?! "Well, when I woke up I actually thought I had, it wasn't very funny - well, not for me!" Sorry Matt, but wee think it's hilarious!

The other lads soon woke up to all this piloow talk. "Have you ever fallen asleep when you're in bed?" Charlie teased James. " All the time, sometimes I go to bed on purpose to sleep, ha-ha!" came the sarcastic reply. These Busted lads never get tired of kidding around du-vet?

Even after all the pop power naps, we popsters perked up in time for their rousing performance - an we needn't have worried, "I'm never tired at night." confessed Matt. "I'm totally nocturnal!" Which of course explains why he has to sleep with the lights on!