McBusted are back! McFly and Busted announce exciting 2025 tour

Busted and McFly announced they are set to reunite for an incredible head-to-head joint tour in 2025. 

During McFly's gig on Wednesday night attended by MailOnline celebrating the band's 21st birthday, they brought out Busted to reveal the exciting news. 

Busted said: 'Right now here tonight, we challenge you to the ultimate face off, next year, 2025 Busted Vs McFly the tour. The Challenge is yours if you choose to accept it.' 

The two noughties bands explained how they will battle it out on a 14-date tour to be crowned the best. 

Busted's James Bourne, Charlie Simpson and Matt Willis, said: 'The whole tour is to find out who's a better band. Fans can decide. They can come and support their band and they might change their mind. It's going to be a fight to the death.'

Matt continued: 'It has been a long time coming, this tour. Fans have wanted this. There's a massive crossover in the fanbases but secretly I think everyone likes Busted more.' 

Meanwhile McFly is made up of Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Harry Judd and Dougie Poynter and previously joined forces with Matt and James to form McBusted — releasing a Top Ten album and touring the world.

But the super band split when Charlie decided to rejoin Busted, ten years after quitting.

Charlie, who had hits including Crashed The Wedding and You Said No with Busted, explained: '[McBusted] was a different thing. This is very much, we're doing it as two different bands.

'The way we've set up the show is different to a normal show. It's not a co-headline tour and there are going to be some surprises along the way which people genuinely won't have seen before.'

Tickets will go on sale on Friday, October 18, for the 14-date tour, which will kick off in Birmingham on September 16 next year.

McFly achieved 18 consecutive UK top 20 singles, seven of which peaked at number one in the UK Singles Chart. They also won the 2005 Brit Award for Best British Pop Act.

Meanwhile, Busted from Southend-on-Sea, enjoyed four UK number one singles, won two Brit Awards, and sold over five million records worldwide.

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In 2013, the two bands combined to become a six-piece pop-punk supergroup called McBusted, albeit without lead vocalist and guitarist Charlie Simpson, who wanted to focus on his rock band Fightstar and a solo career.

Initially, the new group scheduled eleven concerts for April and May 2014 but, due to high demand, this was extended to 34 shows. They also headlined Hyde Park later that year.

In June 2014, the band made their international debut by supporting One Direction on their Where We Are Tour in Denmark.

Their success led them to support One Direction as special guests on the Australian and European legs of their On the Road Again Tour.

McBusted continued to thrive as they signed with Island Records in October 2014 and unveiled their debut single, Air Guitar, which entered the UK Singles Chart at number 12.

Their eponymous album reached its peak at number nine on the charts, and in 2015, the band went on tour for a second time, playing 21 shows across the UK.

However, later that year, it was announced that Charlie Simpson would be rejoining Busted following 10 years away from the band. As a result, the members of McBusted went their separate ways.