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Fletcher was born in [[Harrow, London|Harrow]], [[London]]. When he was 10, Fletcher starred as the main role in [[Oliver!]] at the [[London Palladium]] alongside [[Jim Dale]] as [[Fagin]]. He then went on to do a documentary about [[HIV]] for schools. |
Fletcher was born in [[Harrow, London|Harrow]], [[London]]. He is the older brother of [[Carrie Fletcher]]. When he was 10, Fletcher starred as the main role in [[Oliver!]] at the [[London Palladium]] alongside [[Jim Dale]] as [[Fagin]]. He then went on to do a documentary about [[HIV]] for schools. |
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== Musical career == |
== Musical career == |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Thomas Michael Fletcher |
| Born | 17 July 1985 Harrow, London, England |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano, bass guitar |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Island (2003-07, 2010-present) Super Records (2008-present) |
| Website | http://www.mcfly.com |
Thomas Michael "Tom" Fletcher (born 17 July 1985) is an English musician. He is best known as one of the lead vocalists, guitarists, songwriters and founder of pop rock/pop punk band McFly,[1] along with fellow band members Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd. McFly rose to fame after they were invited to tour with fellow teen-pop band Busted in March 2004.
Education
Fletcher was educated at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, a co-educational independent school in the Marylebone area of the City of Westminster in west London.[2]
Early life
Fletcher was born in Harrow, London. He is the older brother of Carrie Fletcher. When he was 10, Fletcher starred as the main role in Oliver! at the London Palladium alongside Jim Dale as Fagin. He then went on to do a documentary about HIV for schools.
Musical career
Fletcher originally auditioned for Busted[3] but lost out on the place to Charlie Simpson (who later went on to co-found post-hardcore band Fightstar), after the record label decided to have the band as a three-some rather than four-some, Fletcher states that he was in the band "for approximately 24-hours." Though the record label (Island) decided against offering Fletcher a place in Busted, they were intrigued by his song-writings talents, and later offered him a place on the Busted song-writing "team," alongside bandmember (and already accomplished song-writer) James Bourne; Fletcher has since stated that it was Bourne who taught him how to "properly" structure songs, and how to "come up with good, poppy melodies."
During the writing project for Busted's second album A Present for Everyone, Fletcher was asked by the record label if he was available to film auditions for a new band, V. It was at this time that Danny Jones and Fletcher met for the first time; Jones went to the audition mistaking the band to be a Busted-esque band, rather than the conventional, all-singing, all-dancing, boyband, for which they were intended.[4] Fletcher was impressed with Jones's style, and so approached and invited him to write with himself and Bourne. When writing projects for Busted had come to an end, the two began collaborating for their own (as of yet, unnamed) band, and, eventually, moved into the InterContinental Hotel in London for 2 months[5] to concentrate on writing together. Bassist (Dougie Poynter) and drummer (Harry Judd) were subsequently recruited via a classified advertisement in the NME magazine.[3] The name McFly was eventually decided upon as band name; Fletcher proposing the idea based on his love for the American science-fiction comedy Back to the Future trilogy and Michael J. Fox's character Marty McFly.[6]
McFly made it into the Guinness Book of World Records, beating The Beatles's record for "the youngest band to have a début album go straight to number one".[7] Fletcher has written the majority of McFly's songs with Jones and Poynter, with occasional contributions by Judd; Bourne has also assisted with songwriting on occasions. As of 15 November 2010, McFly have released five studio albums and one "greatest hits" album.
Songwriting
Fletcher has written/co-written ten number-one singles: "Crashed The Wedding," "Who's David," and "Thunderbirds" for Busted. "Five Colours in Her Hair" (Bourne, Jones, Fletcher), "Obviously" (Fletcher, Jones, Bourne), "All About You" (Fletcher), "I'll Be OK" (Fletcher, Jones, Poynter), "Please, Please" (Fletcher, Jones, Poynter), "Star Girl" and "Transylvania" (Poynter, Fletcher) were all written for his band McFly. The ambitious "She Falls Asleep" song(s) on McFly's Wonderland album was also written by Fletcher.
He has also co-written eight of the songs on Busted's second album, "A Present for Everyone," as well as all but one ("Not Alone" - Jones) of the tracks on McFly's debut album, "Room on the 3rd Floor." The album shot straight to number one in the UK charts, as did the second album "Wonderland." The second album included the track "She Falls Asleep," an epic track about a suicidal girl in which Fletcher sings and plays piano. He helped rewrite the theme tune for the newest "Thunderbirds" along with James Bourne, which was a number one single for Busted. McFly's most recent number-one is Transylvania(Poynter) which was a double A-side with the Jellyfish cover "Baby's Coming Back."
Tom Fletcher also write two short stories for the book Wow! 366.
Personal life
On 18 April 2011, Tom became engaged to his longtime girlfriend. He proposed to Giovanna Falcone at the Sylvia Young Theatre School where they first met.[8]
References
- ^ "Tom Fletcher biography". McFly Official website. Archived from the original on 1 July 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
- ^ McFly's Tom Fletcher... Accessed 20 March 2011
- ^ a b "McFly Interview by CMU's Chris Cooke". CMU Beats Bar. 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2007.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work=|month=ignored (help) - ^ Alexis Petridis (23 July 2004). "Mad about the boys". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 November 2007.
- ^ "Debut McFly album track by track". McFlyOfficial.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2007.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - ^ "McFly - Harry chats to ilikemusic.com". ilikemusic.com. 2004. Retrieved 23 November 2007.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work=|month=ignored (help) - ^ "BBC Interview". BBC. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - ^ Smart, Gordon. "Mcfly Star Tom is Engaged". The Sun. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
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