Boybands and another one and another one

In 2003, I had two favourite bands - Busted and their proteges, McFly. They were the two biggest pop bands in the UK. Does "What I go to school for", "Year 3000" or "Love is Easy" sound familiar?

Fast track to 2014. Busted has been broken up for almost ten years with no hope of a reunion because there is no way in hell that one member of the trio, Charlie Simpson, is going to be in a pop band again (he was the one that left and broke the band up)

McFly kindly lend themselves to a Busted reunion by joining the two bands together to form one supergroup = McBUSTED. Three guitarists, two bassists, a drummer and a partridge in a pear tree. Who needs Charlie? This was going to be amazing. So this happened:

A pop lover's dream. Unfortunately, 5ive was cancelled due to the Barclaycard Unwind Theatre being broken and unfixable (how about just moving them to another stage??) This news was shattering, but McBusted managed to save the day. In front of about 15,000 people (including British celebs such as Ellie Goulding who is dating the bassist from McFly, model Cara Delevigne and Arya Stark from Game of Thrones) who had been starved of Busted for so long... the atmosphere was electric. The blokes as well as the ladies were singing along and being merry. It was hard not to - the entire show from start to finish was full of energy and so much fun. Beginning with one of Busted's last singles, "Air Hostess" and continuing with mainly Busted tracks and old McFly hits - it was like it was 2003 and I was 15 again. My only regret was not buying every single piece of merchandise when I had the chance.

My sister Sara and I sang and danced madly along to every song. My toes hurt from standing on my tippy-toes the whole time trying to peer through gaps in the heads in front of me. Because Hyde Park is so big, we were still a bit far away. (Concerts would be so much more enjoyable if I was a normal height.) We ooh-la-la'd when the band disappeared from the Great Oak stage and re-appeared on a a tall spaceship in the middle of the park - which provided much better viewing for little me. Even the rain could not kill the mood, with a double rainbow even forming over the stage after the showers during the aptly named McFly song, "5 colours (in her hair)". 

The rain was only temporary, and the weather became perfect as the tunes continued into the sunset. When the band told the crowd that they didn't want the night to end and were therefore going to start the whole set again, I was up for it! At that point, the opening track, "Air Hostess" started up again. It was dark by the last track, "Year 3000" and the show ended magnificently with fireworks and cheering. A good time was had by all. Oh nostalgia. 

McBusted at Hyde Park: view from the top

Other highlights were the support acts - the Backstreet Boys (old school but they are still killing it... Backstreet's back alright) and The Vamps (new school - fun and catchy acoustic pop that makes you feel young again). James from McBusted made a guest appearance during "I Want It That Way" which you can watch below. Perhaps when Busted sings about seeing "boybands and another one and another one... and another one" in the Year 3000, they were actually predicting their concert in Hyde Park on July 6, 2014?

Come again soon. McBusted forever!

Thanks to Sara for coming with me.

Here are some links to some of my favourite songs being performed on the day - these vids are on YouTube (I do not own them):

Who's David

Sleeping with the light on

I Want It That Way - James & BSB

Year 3000 and fireworks! - click here