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Cian O'Broin

'Ireland, we're working on it' - Busted tease fans with Irish dates as tickets fly out for reunion tour

Popular 2000s boyband Busted has told Irish fans that they are working on adding dates here o their once-off 20th anniversary reunion tour, after Dublin and Belfast were previously snubbed.

The group, who are set to embark on a reunion tour after disbanding more than 18 years ago, received widespread backlash from fans on the island of Ireland after dates in England, Scotland and Wales were announced but not Ireland.

The 15-date greatest hits tour was an instant sell-out, and due to popular demand six more dates were added, however, none of these were in Ireland or Northern Ireland.

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The Year 3000 and Crashed the Wedding singers have now told Irish fans to hold on as they work on adding dates.

They said: "You guys are incredible. Six new dates added, all on sale now. Ireland we’re working on getting to you too so watch this space. This is going to be the most epic tour EVER."

The group, from Essex, is made up of James Bourne, Matt Willis and Charlie Simpson. In total, they have sold over 5 million records.

The trio had previously joked with Irish fans following the snub, whereby they posted a TikTok video, following a trend where a person is running away from the police. In jest, they captioned it: "If not announcing tour dates in Dublin and Belfast was illegal."

Heartbroken fans have since demanded the boyband, one of the most popular to come out of the UK in the early 2000s, come to Belfast as part of a tour they said, could be their one and only reunion.

To the latest tease, one Twitter user wrote: "I'm actually crying can't believe you are actually considering Ireland."

While another said: "OMG yes, please come to Ireland."

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