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Musician Tim Cappello has a pretty fantastic bio on Wikipedia, the website describing that he’s “notable for his muscular physique, his sexually provocative movements during his performances and for his tendency to perform shirtless, with his skin oiled and hair in a ponytail.” Of course, Cappello is most known for his sexy sax solo in Joel Schumacher’s The Lost Boys back in 1987, which has gone on to become one of the most iconic aspects of the movie.

Here in 2023, Tim Cappello is back at it with a brand new sexy sax solo in the just-released music video for “Monster in Paradise,” the latest single from synthwave band Gunship!

Directed by Elliott Gonzo, the cyberpunk video “Monster in Paradise” can be watched down below, and you can jump to 4-minutes in to see Tim Cappello doing what he does best!

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Busted have announced a reunion tour to celebrate their 20th anniversary.

The British band consists of Charlie Simpson – who just won the latest series of The Masked Singer – Matt Willis and James Bourne. The trio are all now in their late thirties.

Fans had been wondering if a reunion was in works after the band teased a cryptic video clip with old footage.

They didn’t have to wait long; on Thursday (23 March), the band posted a video on Instagram informing fans that they are back for a special anniversary tour.

“Busted is back ð..¥ Tickets for our 20th Anniversary Greatest Hits tour with special guests @hanson go on sale next Friday 31 March,” they wrote in the caption of the video.

“A decade is a long time, two decades is an even longer time. We can’t wait to see you. #Busted20” they added.

The band also appeared to announce a new single,...

Busted have announced a greatest hits reunion tour to celebrate their 20th anniversary.

On Thursday (23 March), the band posted a video on Instagram informing fans that they are back for a special anniversary tour.

“Busted is back,” they wrote in the caption for the video, before informing fans that tickets will go on sale from Friday 31 March.

The British boy band were hugely famous in the noughties for pop-punk hits such as “Year 3000”, “What I Go To School For” and “Crashed The Wedding”.

The group, consisting of Charlie Simpson, Matt Willis and James Bourne, were teens in Busted’s early days, and are now in their late 30s.

Although they may not have been together as Busted for a while, the group members have been very busy for the last 20 years.

So what exactly have Busted been up to for the last two decades?

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In a new podcast hosted by Megan Phelps-Roper, Jk Rowling will give a rare interview in which she addresses her controversial remarks on transgender rights.

The forthcoming seven-episode podcast, titled The Witch Trials of Jk Rowling, has been made after the Harry Potter author sat down with US writer Phelps-Roper at her home in Edinburgh.

But who is Phelps-Roper and how did the podcast come about?

Here’s what we know...

Megan Phelps-Roper is 37 and she lives in rural South Dakota. She is best known for escaping what Louis Theroux called “the most hated family in America” in his 2007 documentary on the extremist Westboro Baptist Church, led by Phelps-Roper’s grandfather Fred Phelps.

The hate group, founded in Topeka, Kansas, picketed the funerals of soldiers and Aids victims. It is known for its hate speech against atheists, Jews, Muslims, LGBTQ+ people, and numerous Christian denominations. Their theology and practises have...

Charlie Simpson, recent winner of The Masked Singer, has revealed that he chose his rhino costume on the show as a nod to his wife’s childhood and family.

The former Busted frontman won ITV’s secret singing competition on Saturday evening, after he performed three songs including Lewis Capaldi’s “Before You Go”.

Now, the 37-year-old has explained the sentimental reason why he decided to opt for a rhino costume.

“My wife grew up in Kenya so I spend a lot of time in Kenya, and we spend a lot of time on safari,” said Simpson. “I actually walked with rhinos, and some of the rhinos, there’s only a handful of them left.”

He continued: “They’re really endangered and they have to be guarded by military personnel now, so the poachers don’t get them and I actually got to go and walk around with them, with these guards,...

The final of The Masked Singer attracted 1.5 million fewer viewers than last year’s concluding episode.

ITV’s musical celebrity guessing game drew to a close on Saturday (18 February).

Beating the characters Fawn and Phoenix to the top spot, Rhino was crowned the winner and was unmasked as Busted and Fightstar singer Charlie Simpson.

According to figures released on Sunday (19 February), the final was watched by an average of 4.8 million viewers.

Compared to the 2022 final, which had an average audience of 6.3 million, this year’s viewership is down 1.5 million.

This marks the second dip in finale viewers in a row, after the 2021 final episode had an average of 8.6 million viewers tune in.

However, viewing figures were generally higher during the first two national lockdowns.

According to ITV, Saturday’s final had a peak of 5.7 million viewers.

Ahead of Charlie Simpson’s reveal, he sang “Before You Go” by Lewis Capaldi,...

Busted’s Charlie Simpson has been crowned the winner of The Masked Singer.

The singer, 37, who rose to fame with the pop punk band which produced hits including Year 3000 and Crashed The Wedding, performed in disguise as Rhino throughout the ITV series.

Simpson performed three times across Saturday’s finale show and beat Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson, who was disguised as Phoenix, and All Saints star Natalie Appleton, who was hiding behind the Fawn mask.

The Busted star admitted he did not expect to win the show and just tried to “remember the lyrics and have fun”.

Asked how he found the experience, he said: “I was terrified the entire time because the thing I was scared most of was remembering lyrics. I often forget lyrics to my own songs.”

He added that his last song of the show, Try by P!nk, was the only time he did...

Busted’s Charlie Simpson has been crowned the winner of The Masked Singer.

The singer, 37, who rose to fame with the pop-punk band which produced hits including “Year 3000” and “Crashed The Wedding”, performed in disguise as Rhino throughout the ITV series.

Simpson performed three times across Saturday’s finale show (18 February) and beat Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson, who was disguised as Phoenix, and All Saints star Natalie Appleton, who was hiding behind the Fawn mask.

The Busted star admitted he did not expect to win the show and just tried to “remember the lyrics and have fun”.

Asked how he found the experience, he said: “I was terrified the entire time because the thing I was scared most of was remembering lyrics. I often forget lyrics to my own songs.”

He added that his last song of the show, “Try” by P!nk, was the only time he did...

McFly and Busted will perform on television for the first time together on Children in Need this week.

Supergroup McBusted will sing a medley of four of their songs on the charity TV show this Friday, November 15.

Other musical highlights will include One Direction singing, Jls performing their greatest hits in Albert Square and Ylvis doing their first UK performance of viral hit 'The Fox'.

Plus, Dido will sing her classic hit 'Thank You', and for the first time on television for over 10 years, Wet Wet Wet will be performing 'Love is All Around'.

McBusted will embark on a tour of the UK in spring 2014, including a show at London's O2 Arena. Kicking off on Friday, April 18 at Glasgow's Sse Hydro, the new group will play 11 shows in total.

Matt Willis and James Bourne will join Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd for the tour. Charlie Simpson will not be involved.

Busted have revealed that they were approached to star in the new series of ITV2's The Big Reunion.

The band - minus Charlie Simpson - have teamed up with McFly to form supergroup McBusted for an arena tour next year, but admitted that they had been approached to reform before.

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"Busted have been approached quite a few times to do things and maybe do the comeback thing," Willis told Digital Spy and the media at a press conference in London this morning.

"Recently The Big Reunion approached us - and I mean, good luck to those guys - but it didn't feel right for our band."

Referring to the McBusted announcement, he added: "But this just feels different. It kind of felt obvious."

Asked if they considered having Charlie Simpson appear as a hologram on stage, James Bourne...

Charlie Simpson has reportedly landed his first movie role. The former Busted singer will appear in upcoming drama In God We Trust, according to The Sun. He will be joined by his Fightstar bandmates Alex Westaway and Dan Haigh in the project. Simpson is said to be playing a covert operations interrogator who later gets shot in the film. It is currently unknown as (more)...