1. James Elliot Bourne was born on 13 September 1983 and is an English singer-songwriter and musician.
28 Facts About James Bourne
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James Bourne is known as the co-founder of pop-punk bands Busted and Son of Dork, and he created his own electronic project under the alias Future Boy.
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Bourne was born in Rochford, Essex to Peter and Maria Bourne and moved to Southend-on-Sea at age ten months.
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James Bourne has a sister named Melissa and two brothers named Nick and Chris.
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James Bourne attended the independent fee-paying Thorpe Hall School in Southend-on-Sea.
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James Bourne later attended Morgan Academy of Performing Arts, based in Essex.
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At the age of 17, James Bourne dropped out of the South East Essex College course in Music Technology to pursue his music career.
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James Bourne met Matt Willis at a gig and they started writing songs together at Bourne's house in Southend.
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Willis and James Bourne placed an ad for a third band member in NME magazine.
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The band ended in 2007 after James Bourne had to dedicate his energy to an ongoing lawsuit for the rights to the Busted songs.
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James Bourne has been open for a reunion though stated he would only bring back the members who wanted to come back.
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James Bourne confirmed in 2020 that the second album was 'mixed and mastered' but he would not be releasing it due to his commitment to his solo career.
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In 2012, James Bourne did his debut solo acoustic tour across the UK.
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James Bourne's set consisted of a mixture of songs from Busted, Future Boy and Son of Dork.
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James Bourne announced a follow-up album, Sugar Beach, on his Twitter for a Summer 2021 release.
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In 2013, James Bourne supported for McFly, which was later referred to by the newly formed McBusted as the starting point for ideas of McFly and Busted joining as a contribution to the McFly tour, which then later sparked ideas of their own McBusted tour.
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In late 2013, James Bourne announced via Twitter that he had posted "secret" music under a different name on iTunes.
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James Bourne wrote the majority of Busted's two albums with Matt Willis, Charlie Simpson and Tom Fletcher.
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James Bourne is given writing credits for artists such as Melanie C for whom he wrote "Immune" for her fourth studio album This Time.
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James Bourne has recently been writing with his girlfriend's band The Lunabelles and JC Chasez as well as unknown artists as a part of Metrophonic.
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James Bourne has helped write songs for the British drama Britannia High.
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James Bourne wrote Eoghan Quigg's debut solo single "28,000 Friends", which was originally performed by Bourne at The Living Room, New York on 11 October 2007.
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In November 2009, Bourne collaborated with Leon G Thomas III to write the song "Please Don't Change Your Mind".
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In 2014, James Bourne was writing songs for supergroup McBusted, The Vamps and 5 Seconds of Summer.
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James Bourne tweeted that the musical would be hitting London's West End in 2011; however, it eventually opened on 1 October 2012 at the Garrick Theatre.
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In 2013, James Bourne announced another musical he had been working on, Murder at the Gates.
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James Bourne has a good relationship with the band members of McFly, especially Tom Fletcher, with whom he wrote several songs for both bands.
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James Bourne dated Instagram and YouTube influencer Emily Canham for five years.