02 November 2018
Newsdesk
It’s been a huge week for the newly resurgent Busted. After announcing that their new “ultimate Busted album” ‘Half Way There’ would be released on February 8th and followed by a major UK arena tour, the boys powered through three riotous sold-out shows at the 100 Club in a single day.
That relentless momentum continues as they drop the new track ‘Nineties’, which is the first song to be taken from ‘Half Way There’. Produced by the legendary Gil Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighters), ‘Nineties’ erupts into life by taking us back to the era of Smashing Pumpkins and Macaulay Culkin, and the carefree “days of ditching school to watch The Goonies.”
A natural step forwards from all-time Busted favourites such as ‘Year 3000’ and ‘Crashed The Wedding’, ‘Nineties’ features a co-writing credit for their old friend Dougie Poynter of McFly.
“This was the first song we wrote that ended up on the album,” says Charlie Simpson. “And from then on, it was like a domino effect – everything else came pretty easily after that. It’s great that it’s going to be the first thing that fans hear because it’s an important part of the journey.”
‘Nineties’ coincides with the news that tickets for Busted’s UK arena tour in March are now on general sale from
myticket.co.uk/artists/busted. Demand is sure to be huge. The band’s three shows at the 100 Club sold-out within two minutes, and many fans purchased tour tickets in advance by pre-ordering the album.
The dates are:
MARCH
23rd – Glasgow, The SSE Hydro
26th – Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena
28th – Manchester, Arena
29th – Birmingham, Resorts World Arena
30th – London, The SSE Arena Wembley
