Tom Fletcher
Background information
Birth name	Thomas Michael Fletcher
Born	July 17, 1985 (1985-07-17) (age 22)
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. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Northwick Park Hospital is a large Hospital in Greater London, England. Harrow is a town in the London Borough of Harrow, North West London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Daniel "Danny" Alan David Jones, (born 12 March 1986 in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England) is one of the lead vocalists Dougie Lee Poynter (born November 30 1987 in Corringham Essex, England) is bass player and backing Vocalist for the Harry Mark Christopher Judd, (born December 23, 1985 in Chelmsford, Essex, England McFly rose to fame after fellow band Busted helped launch them by inviting them to tour in March 2004.

McFly

Fletcher plays rhythm guitar and piano for pop band McFly. Rhythm guitar is the use of a Guitar to provide Rhythmic chordal Accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a Musical ensemble The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers 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".

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.

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. " 5 Colours in Her Hair " is the debut single from the British pop band McFly. " Obviously " is the second single from the British pop band McFly. " I'll Be OK " is the sixth single from the British pop band McFly and their fourth number #1 hit " Please Please" is a song by McFly from their third album Motion in the Ocean, released as a Double A-side single with their Courtney Whitmore is a fictional character the Superheroine Stargirl (often called "Stars" or "Star" in the DC Comics Transylvania (Ardeal or ro ''Transilvania'' Erdély, see also other denominations) is a Central European region located in the eastern half of the Carpathian

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'. A Present for Everyone is the second studio album by British pop rock band Busted. Room on the 3rd Floor is McFly 's first Album, released in 2004 which debuted at number one in the UK albums chart, breaking the world record The album shot straight to number one in the UK charts, as did the second album 'Wonderland'. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located 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. Thunderbirds is a 2004 Science fiction - Adventure film based upon the television series of the same name of the 1960s directed His most recent number-one is Transylvania which was a double A-side with the Jellyfish cover "Baby's Coming Back". " Baby's Coming Back "/" Transylvania " is the last double A side from McFly 's third album Jellyfish were a Power pop band from San Francisco. The core members were Drummer / Singer / Songwriter Andy Sturmer,

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.

Acting

Fletcher attended Sylvia Young Theatre School and played "Oliver" in the west end musical at the London Palladium. Sylvia Young Theatre School is a Stage school, in Marylebone, London. 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. EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 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. Spot the Dog is a series of books by Eric Hill, which were later made into a popular children's animation for BBC television

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. Just My Luck is a Romantic comedy Film starring Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine released in the US on May 12, 2006 Lindsay Dee Lohan (born July 2 1986 is an American Actress, model and Pop music Singer. Christopher Whitelaw Pine (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor

External links

• McFly official site