Pop pin-up busts up boyband

TEEN icon Charlie Simpson will rock Dublin with new act Fightstar just 48 hours after quitting boyband Busted.

Sat, 15 Jan, 2005 - 00:00

Ed Carty

The 19-year-old kicks off his new life at the Ambassador tomorrow night hoping to crack the charts all over again.

The blond pin-up said he had three amazing years with Busted but was devoted to Fightstar. His former bandmates decided they could not carry on without him.

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