Noughties boyband legends McFly are currently in the midst of two huge 21st Birthday Party shows at London’s O2 Arena this week. Yesterday (October 9), at the first of those shows, they announced some very special news: next year McFly will go on tour across the UK with Busted.
Yep, that’s right: two of the biggest boybands of an era will unite for one ma-hoosive tour. Busted ‘crashed’ the stage at the O2 to announce the news, declaring the Busted vs McFly UK Tour 2025.
If you’re a huge fan of these two bands, news couldn’t possibly get any bigger. Here’s everything we know so far about the tour, from the dates and sale dates to ticket prices.
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Busted vs McFly UK tour dates in 2025
Here are the shows, which are all set for September and October 2025.
- September 16 – Birmingham, BP Pulse Live
- September 19 – London, OVO Arena Wembley
- September 20 – London, The O2
- September 23 – Cardiff, Utilita Arena
- September 26 – Sheffield, Utilita Arena
- September 27 – Leeds, First Direct Arena
- September 30 – Aberdeen, P&J Live
- October 2 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
- October 7 – Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena
- October 10 – Newcastle, Utilita Arena
- October 14 – Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
- October 17 – Manchester, AO Arena
- October 20 – Dublin, 3arena
- October 21 – Belfast, SSE Arena
When do tickets go on sale?
General sale kicks off next Friday October 18 at 9am. You’ll be able to buy on Ticketmaster here, on the McFly website here and the Busted website here.
Presale
Presales will take place on Wednesday October 16 at 9am. There will be a fans presale which you can sign up for here, as well as individual venue presales.
Another presale will take place for users and subscribers of phone network Three – that’ll take place at 9am on October 16, too.
Venue presales won’t all be as early as the fan presale and Three presale. These will take place from 9am on Thursday October 17.
Ticket prices
For Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, ticket prices will be between £52.80 and £98.20. Expect pricing to be similar across all tour dates.
You can find out more about pricing here.
What’s been said about the tour?
Speaking of the tour, McFly said ‘Busted gatecrashed our show last night (not cool), and challenged us to a VS tour next year. They’re old men now, and we are gonna blow them and their carers off the stage next year. We’ve had a great time celebrating our 21st birthday this week and next year is going to be even better – P.S Busted Suck.’
Busted said: ‘There’s been a lot of talk recently…. This is where the talking ends….! We are ready to show who is the better band once and for all. McFly suck and Busted Rock!’
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Fan reactions
At the McFly gig announcing the joint tour, needless to say fans were surprised. One described it as ‘surreal moment’ and another said it was ‘an incredible surprise appearance’.
Other fans haven’t been so positive, saying that they ‘can’t get on board with the whole “vs” thing’: ‘We get it, you’re mates who want to find an excuse to tour together.. just do it without the GCSE acting.’ Can’t please everyone, eh?
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