Tom Fletcher
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| Birth name | Thomas Michael Fletcher |
| Born | July 17, 1985 |
| Origin | Harrow, London, England |
| Genre(s) | Pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals Rhythm guitar Piano Keyboard |
| Years active | 2004 – present |
| Label(s) | Island (2004-2007) Super Records (2008 - present) |
| Website | mcflyofficial.com |
Thomas Michael Fletcher (born 17 July 1985 at Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, London, England), commonly known as Tom Fletcher, is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists in the British pop band McFly, along with fellow band members Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd. McFly rose to fame after fellow band Busted helped launch them by inviting them to tour in March 2004.
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[edit] McFly
Fletcher plays rhythm guitar and piano for pop band McFly. Fletcher created McFly shortly after not being chosen for the English band Busted. He writes the majority of McFly's songs with bandmate Jones, with occasional contributions by Poynter and Judd. James Bourne, formerly of Busted, is a good friend and has assisted with songwriting on occasions. Fletcher named the band after the main character in his favourite film Back To The Future, Marty McFly.
One of McFly's songs, "Friday Night" can be heard in the movie , "Night at the Museum," in the end credits, but not in the American version. Also, the soundtrack for the American film "Just My Luck" consists entirely of McFly's songs, which are featured in the film's end credits as well as throughout the film. The song "Star Girl" was played in the background advertisement of the movie "The Holiday".
McFly made it into the Guinness Book of World Records, beating The Beatles out of the slot for "the youngest band to have a debut album go straight to number one".
[edit] Biography
He was born and raised in Harrow along with younger sister Carrie. He attended the Sylvia Young theatre school and left with 10 GCSEs.
[edit] Songwriting
Tom Fletcher has written/co-written ten number-one singles: 'Crashed The Wedding' and '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, Judd), 'Star Girl' and 'Transylvania' (Poynter, Fletcher) were all written for his band McFly.
He has also co-written eight of the songs on Busted's second album, 'A Present for Everyone', as well as all bar 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. His most recent number-one is Transylvania which was a double A-side with the Jellyfish cover "Baby's Coming Back".
Fletcher's variety of influences include musical theatre, film composer John Williams and popular bands such as the Beatles, The Beach Boys, Queen, Green Day, Blink 182, The Used and many others.
[edit] Acting
Fletcher attended Sylvia Young Theatre School and played "Oliver" in the west end musical at the London Palladium. He was also featured in a short film on AIDS awareness, appeared in a TV commercial for Curry's and was once an extra in EastEnders, kicking a football in the background. He played a character called Dean in Grange Hill, but wasn't a main character. Fletcher was also an extra on "The Ant and Dec Show", where he was sent to buy the boys their shopping. He has appeared briefly in the video for the 1995 Mike & The Mechanics song 'Over My Shoulder'. His voice was heard as "Spot" the dog in the Spot the Dog episode, Spot and his Grandparents Go to the Carnival.
Fletcher has also appeared, with the rest of McFly, in popular BBC drama series Casualty and in the 20th Century Fox film Just My Luck (2006), which also stars Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine.
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