Hope Is A Drug

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Charlie Simpson releases new EP after winning The Masked Singer Kerrang! Magazine. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023. After another four year hiatus, whilst the band focused on other projects, in May 2023 Busted announced they would be returning for a 20 Year Anniversary Greatest Hits tour, which went on to become the biggest selling UK arena tour of 2023. They also released a Greatest Hits album which went to number 1 in the UK album charts.

Fightstar end Island Records contract". Digital Spy. 8 September 2006 . Retrieved 8 September 2006. Hope Is A Drug’ proves that Charlie’s uncompromising approach to creating truly honest music will make 2022 an exciting new chapter for one of the UK’s most celebrated voices. Signed vinyl, CDs and cassettes are available from Charlie’s official store, as well as a selection of bundles which also offer new merch designs. Simpson went into the studio in June 2010 to start recording his full-length debut album with producer Danton Supple, whose previous work includes Coldplay and The Cure. The album was funded through PledgeMusic and as one of the main incentives for the campaign, fans received an EP called When We Were Lions on Christmas Day 2010. The full-length album was finally finished in February 2011 and was mastered by John Davis at Metropolis Studios in London. The first single to be taken from the album was called "Down Down Down" and it had its first radio airplay on 11 April, as Radio 1 DJ Fearne Cotton's Record of the Week. The single was officially released on 16 May, though it was made available to buy on iTunes straight away. The album, titled Young Pilgrim was released on 15 August 2011. It went straight into the UK album chart at number 6, having been at number 5 in the midweeks. Simpson signed to PIAS Records in Germany and the album was released in Europe in August 2012. I have taken the difficult decision to postpone the ‘Hope Is A Drug’ album and tour by a few weeks. Covid continues to impact manufacturing supply chains, therefore delivery of the physical formats have been delayed. As a lifelong music fan, being able to get my hands on a physical album is something I treasure, and I feel very passionate about continuing this tradition by releasing all formats at the same time.Listening to Hotel California’. From my recent single ‘All The Best’. Whoop whoop! That’s easy to remember because I only wrote it around four months ago!” I get asked to do all that stuff, like Strictly Come Dancing – but I’m a terrible dancer, which would rule that out. Not to say I wouldn’t do something like that in the future, but those shows don’t fit with me at the moment.” Charlie says, “Everyone has been touched by the feeling of hope. It’s fascinating how the human psyche has the endless capacity for optimism as a mechanism for overcoming adversity. The effects of hope are like a powerful drug, and it’s inspired me to return to the theme time and time again in my lyrics.” He met Alex Westaway in late 2003, forming what became Fightstar shortly afterwards. For over a year he would lead a secret "double life": by night he would attend rehearsal sessions with his new band after completing obligated media work and concert performances with Busted. [15] During 2004, he and Westaway wrote Fightstar's debut EP, They Liked You Better When You Were Dead. The EP showcased a heavier post-hardcore influenced sound that differed greatly to Busted's material. [16] The EP was recorded during November with Mark Williams in London. [15] During this time, speculation began to grow about Busted's future. He announced he was leaving Busted to pursue his career full-time with Fightstar in January 2005. An ‘80s pop star covered ‘ Crashed the Wedding’? I didn’t even know that happened! Was it Chesney Hawkes?”

Busted announce reunion tour and new music for 2016". BBC News. 10 November 2015 . Retrieved 10 November 2015.Crashed the Wedding’ kept Britney Spears and Madonna’s collaboration ‘ Me Against the Music’ off the Number One spot upon its release in 2003… On November 6th 2023 Fightstar announced they would be returning for their biggest ever headline show at Wembley Arena to mark the bands twenty year anniversary.

Goods that are faulty or sent in error must be returned to Crash Records Limited, 35 The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 6PU within 7 working days of the item being received by the customer. In 2023, Simpson appeared on Gunship's third album "Unicorn", lending his voice to "Tech Noir 2", the sequel to "Tech Noir" from the first album. with film director John Carpenter and Tim Cappello from Tina Turner (1939–2023) and the movie The Lost Boys (1987) on Saxophone. [33] Personal life [ edit ] In October 2014, Simpson announced that he would play a 13 date UK solo acoustic tour in January/February of the following year. [27] A lot of my friends were texting me about that, thinking it was me. Davina was really sweet about my stuff and Robobunny was very good apparently, so it’s a compliment.” The fourth studio album by Charlie Simpson, the record was announced on November 16, 2021, along with its tour. Hope Is a Drug is preceded by the singles “I See You,” “Blameless,” “One of Us,” and “All the Best”.Crumlish, Callum (31 March 2023). "Busted star Charlie Simpson confirms second Gunship collaboration". Express.co.uk . Retrieved 1 October 2023. Everyone has been touched by the feeling of hope. It’s fascinating how the human psyche has the endless capacity for optimism as a mechanism for overcoming adversity. The effects of hope are like a powerful drug, and it’s inspired me to return to the theme time and time again in my lyrics. INTERVIEW: Fightstar". Yorkshire Evening Post. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009 . Retrieved 29 January 2009. Simpson announced on 28 April 2014 that his second solo album is to be called Long Road Home and will be released later that year, since revealing the release date would be 4 August 2014. [26]

In 2005, which ’80 pop star covered Busted’s ‘Crashed the Wedding’ on the ITV1 show Hit Me, Baby, One More Time’?Simpson was educated at Brandeston Hall Prep School in Suffolk and then at Uppingham School, where his great grandfather, Robert Sterndale Bennett (1880-1963), had been a most influential Director of Music between 1908 and 1945. [ citation needed] Career [ edit ] Busted (2002–2005; 2015–present) [ edit ] Hari, Johann. "Busted: An Interview". Archived from the original on 18 September 2010 . Retrieved 22 November 2009. Simpson has achieved eleven UK Albums Chart top-40 releases across his musical career, six of which entered the UK top 10. He has also had four number-one singles with Busted and a number-one album, as well as two top-20 singles with Fightstar and two UK top-10 solo albums. Between Busted, Fightstar and his solo projects, he has sold over five million records worldwide, winning two Brit Awards and being nominated for two Kerrang! Awards. Charlie has also been involved in film scoring, stating in an interview that this was something he was keen to pursue later in his career. He wrote the score for an independent British film ' Everyone's Going To Die', which debuted at the SXSW Film Festival in March 2013. [ citation needed] America Or Busted Episode 2". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011 . Retrieved 7 December 2011.