Noughties pop group Busted to play Swansea Arena

The English pop-punk trio are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a major UK arena tour. They will be joined by special guests New Hope Club and The Tyne in Swansea on Tuesday 5 September 2023.

The tour will see the original much-loved trio James Bourne, Charlie Simpson and Matt Willis play their hits and fan-favourites to a combined audience of 150,000 people over the course of fifteen shows this September.

Impossible though it may seem, it’s been twenty years since Busted bounced into the charts with the irrepressible pop-punk energy of their debut single‘What I Go To School For’. It kickstarted a succession of hits for the trio, including the #1 smashes ‘Crashed The Wedding’,‘Who’s David’, ‘Thunderbirds Are Go’,‘You Said No’ and the Top 3 singles‘Year 3000’, ‘Air Hostess’ and ‘Sleeping With The Light On’.

Busted’s many successes spread far beyond the singles charts. Three of their four studio albums also peaked at #2, with 4.5 million sales leading to eight Platinum certifications as well as a total of 25 weeks in the Top 10 and two 5x Platinum selling albums. They have won two BRIT Awards – Best Pop Act and Best British Breakthrough – while multiple sold-out arena tours have seen them sell more than 2 million tickets.

Busted’s 20th anniversary tour follows Charlie Simpson’s recent triumph as the winner of 2023’s ’The Masked Singer’, adding to his other projects which have included four solo albums and four albums with the rock band Fightstar.

James Bourne is a renowned songwriter, with credits including McFly, The Jonas Brothers, 5 Seconds of Summer and The Vamps, as well as his band Son of Dork and two recent solo albums ‘Safe Journey Home’ (2020) and ‘Sugar Beach’ (2022).

After releasing his debut solo album, Matt Willis famously won ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here’ leading to a successful television career as well as acting roles which have included the recent West End hit ‘2:22 A Ghost Story’. 

Pre-sales for the Swansea gig open on Wednesday 29 March at 9am, with general sales opening on Friday 31 March at 9am.