33 Facts About Charlie Simpson

Charles Robert Simpson was born on 7 June 1985 and is an English singer, songwriter, and musician from Suffolk.

Charlie Simpson is a member of the pop-punk band Busted and he is lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist in the post-hardcore band Fightstar.

AllMusic has noted that Charlie Simpson is "perhaps the only pop star to make the convincing transition from fresh-faced boy bander to authentic hard rock frontman".

Charlie Simpson is a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, bass, keyboard, piano and drums.

Charlie Simpson has achieved eleven UK Albums Chart top-40 releases across his musical career, six of which entered the UK top 10.

Charlie Simpson has had four number-one singles with Busted and a number-one album, as well as two top-20 singles with Fightstar and two UK top-10 solo albums.

The youngest of three boys, Charlie Simpson was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Charlie Simpson's musical maternal heritage dates back to Sir William Sterndale Bennett, who was a notable 19th century English pianist, conductor, and composer.

Charlie Simpson was educated at Brandeston Hall Prep School in Suffolk and then at Uppingham School, where his great-grandfather, Robert Sterndale Bennett, had been a Director of Music between 1908 and 1945.

Charlie Simpson left Busted in 2005 to concentrate on post-hardcore band Fightstar.

Charlie Simpson met Alex Westaway in late 2003, forming what became Fightstar shortly afterwards.

Charlie Simpson announced he was leaving Busted to pursue his career full-time with Fightstar in January 2005.

Charlie Simpson then funded and put together a compilation album called The Suffolk Explosion, which was released through his own label Sandwich Leg Records.

Charlie Simpson has started working on a solo acoustic album, while Westaway and Haigh will be completing post-production on the bands film and working on some music videos.

Charlie Simpson went into the studio in June 2010 to start recording his full-length debut album with producer Danton Supple, whose previous work includes Coldplay and The Cure.

Charlie Simpson signed to PIAS Records in Germany and the album was released in Europe in August 2012.

On 2 February 2013, it was reported that Charlie Simpson had finished writing the follow-up to his 2011 solo debut 'Young Pilgrim' and he would be heading into the studio with producer Steve Osbourne to start recording in early March.

Charlie Simpson spent the summer of 2013 playing on the Vans Warped Tour in the US, which was the first time he has played live as a solo artist in America.

Charlie Simpson previewed two new tracks from the forthcoming album "Winter Hymns" and "Ten More Days".

Charlie Simpson announced on 28 April 2014 that his second solo album is to be called Long Road Home and will be released later that year, since revealing the release date would be 4 August 2014.

On 5 May 2016, Charlie Simpson released his third solo album, Little Hands, a compilation of rare tracks from 2010 though 2016.

The song was recorded as part of the show in which Charlie Simpson travelled to Namibia to spend time living and playing music with the San people.

On 23 October 2020, Charlie Simpson released the first track from his upcoming album I See You, which peaked at 39 on the iTunes chart in its first week.

In late 2021, Charlie Simpson announced his fourth album Hope Is A Drug would be released in March 2022.

Charlie Simpson announced a planned Hope Is A Drug tour.

In 2015, Charlie Simpson released an EP with a side project called Once Upon a Dead Man alongside his two brothers Will and Edd Charlie Simpson, and friend Simon Britcliff.

Outside of his main musical activities, Charlie Simpson has frequently collaborated with other musicians, which include This Is Menace, Gunship as well as indie band, The Travis Waltons.

Charlie Simpson co-wrote the song Can't Escape The Waves on Bullet For My Valentine's 2022 self titled album.

Charlie Simpson has been involved in film scoring, stating in an interview that this was something he was keen to pursue later in his career.

In 2023, Charlie Simpson won the fourth series of The Masked Singer as "Rhino", making him the first male winner in the UK.

In 2024, Charlie Simpson was cast as The Sung Thoughts of the Journalist in The Spirit of Man tour of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds.

Charlie Simpson married his long-time girlfriend Anna Barnard in June 2014, following the announcement of their engagement the week earlier.

In 2004, Charlie Simpson was quoted in Tatler magazine as saying he supported the Conservative Party, stating that he'd "grown up with their views" and "way of doing things".