Tom Fletcher

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Tom Fletcher
Background information
Birth name	Thomas Michael Fletcher
Born	July 17, 1985 (age 21)
Origin	Harrow, London, England
Died	-
Genre(s)	Pop rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals Rhythm guitar Piano Keyboard
Years active	2004–present
Label(s)	Island
Website	McFly Official Website

Thomas Michael Fletcher, commonly known as Tom Fletcher (born July 17, 1985 in Harrow, London, England) 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.

1 McFly
2 Songwriting
3 Acting
4 Personal Life
5 External links

Along with Danny Jones, Fletcher plays guitar for McFly, and also shares lead vocals with Jones, and Dougie Poynter on the bass and backing vocals and Harry Judd on the drums. He created McFly shortly after not being chosen for the successful English band Busted. He also writes the majority of McFly's music with Jones, Poynter and Judd. James Bourne (formerly of Busted), a good friend of Fletcher's, has assisted with songwriting on occasions.

Fletcher has penned nine number-one singles: "Crashed The Wedding" and "Who's David" 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) and "Star Girl" 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. Fletcher's influences are musicals, John Williams, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Who and various new artists such as Green Day and Blink 182.

Tom attended Sylvia Young Theatre School and played "Oliver" in the westend musical. Tom 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. He played a character called Dean. He appears briefly in the video for the 1995 Mike & The Mechanics song 'Over My Shoulder' (available for viewing on Youtube).

Tom has also appeared, with the rest of McFly, in the film Just My Luck (2006), which also stars Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine.

Tom has been dating his girlfriend Giovanna for the past few years. Only recently has Tom started to mention his relationship in interviews, as previously he believed that his private life should remain private.

Tom has a younger sister named Carrie Fletcher. She has played in numerous London stage productions and television productions. Most notably she was in the original cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the West End musical. She can be heard on the original cast CD recording as well.