Busted look back: ‘We had puppy-dog energy. You can see it in our eyes’

James Bourne and Matt Willis formed Busted in their bedrooms in Southend as teenagers. After recruiting Charlie Simpson to front the group, they went on to become a multimillion-record selling pop punk trio until 2005, when Simpson announced he was leaving. He went on to launch Fightstar, while Bourne wrote for artists including McFly and the Vamps, and Willis became an actor and won I’m A Celebrity in 2006. Since 2016, Busted have released two albums, Night Driver and Half Way There. They tour in September and continue to release reworked versions of classic tracks, with Loser Kid 2.0 (feat Simple Plan) out on 14 April.

Matt (pictured centre)