1. Thomas Michael Fletcher was born on 17 July 1985 and is an English musician, composer, author and vlogger.
39 Facts About Tom Fletcher
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Tom Fletcher is one of the lead vocalists and rhythm guitarist of British pop rock band McFly, in addition to being the group's founder.
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Tom Fletcher is credited as having written songs for One Direction, Busted, the Vamps and 5 Seconds of Summer.
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Tom Fletcher was born on 17 July 1985, in Harrow, London.
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Tom Fletcher attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London, where, at the age of 13, he met Giovanna Falcone, whom he would later marry in 2012.
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Tom Fletcher has a younger sister, Carrie Hope Fletcher, who is a musical theatre actress.
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Tom Fletcher then went on to do a documentary about HIV for schools and starred in a commercial.
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In 1995, Tom Fletcher made a small appearance in the video for the Mike + The Mechanics single "Over My Shoulder".
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When Tom Fletcher was a schoolchild, he was schoolmates with Busted bassist Matt Willis.
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At a very young age, Tom Fletcher began writing music commercially.
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Tom Fletcher has since stated that it was Bourne who taught him "how to structure a pop hit".
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Tom Fletcher came up with the idea to name the band after Marty McFly, the main character from his favorite film Back to the Future.
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Tom Fletcher has written the majority of McFly's songs with Jones and Poynter, with occasional contributions by Judd; Bourne has assisted with songwriting on occasions.
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Tom Fletcher co-wrote eight of the songs on A Present for Everyone, as well as all but one of the tracks on McFly's debut album, Room on the 3rd Floor.
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Tom Fletcher is the primary writer on the majority of tracks on all seven of the band's albums.
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Tom Fletcher wrote "On a Rainbow", the official song of the 2012 Summer Olympics' mascots Wenlock and Mandeville.
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Tom Fletcher has co-written several songs with James Bourne including "Chills in the Evening", recorded by V Tom Fletcher co-wrote "High Hopes" along with all four members of the Vamps for their debut album, Meet the Vamps.
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Tom Fletcher is credited as having co-written the 5 Seconds of Summer track "Try Hard".
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Tom Fletcher cowrote the song "Own This Town" with the British band Chapter 13 for their Britain's Got Talent semi-final performance.
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Tom Fletcher released his first solo novel, The Christmasaurus, on 6 October 2016, about a young boy called William Trundle who goes on a magical adventure on Christmas Eve.
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On 21 March 2019, Tom Fletcher released his second novel and released a Lead single from the soundtrack to THE CREAKERS: THE MUSICAL EDITION called "Don't Turn Out The Light" from Britain's Got Talent, along with a music video.
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Tom Fletcher released The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch in October 2019, a sequel to his first solo novel The Christmasaurus.
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In November 2020, a series of Tom Fletcher's books appeared in McDonald's Happy Meals as activity packs, including stickers.
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Tom Fletcher gave the money to Comic Relief and BIRT.
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Tom Fletcher was there to greet Poynter on the red carpet after he had won the series.
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Tom Fletcher has been a guest on Celebrity Juice a total of three times.
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Tom Fletcher has a strong YouTube audience with just over 633,000 subscribers.
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Tom Fletcher was a frequent vlogger, filming his daily life and his life while he was on tour with McFly.
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Tom Fletcher stopped regularly vlogging after the birth of his third child Max.
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Between September and November 2021 Tom Fletcher was a contestant on the nineteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing partnered with professional dancer Amy Dowden.
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In 2024 Tom Fletcher featured as a coach on thirteenth series of The Voice UK alongside Danny Jones in a duo chair.
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On 12 December 2023, it was announced that Tom Fletcher will write the music and lyrics for Paddington: The Musical based on the Paddington Bear stories by Michael Bond and the film series.
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On 18 April 2011, Tom Fletcher became engaged to his schoolmate and longtime girlfriend Giovanna Falcone.
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In January 2013, Tom Fletcher uploaded a video to YouTube, titled My Wedding Speech, in which he sang to the tunes of several of McFly's most successful songs during his speech: the video has received over 24 million views.
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Tom Fletcher released a book in 2017 about motherhood titled, Happy Mum, Happy Baby.
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Tom Fletcher announced on 3 September 2015, again on YouTube, that his wife Giovanna was expecting their second child, by means of a video entitled 'Player 2'.
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Tom Fletcher played the part of Brenda Payne and sang two solo songs, "Thin Ice" and "I've Been a Good Girl".
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In McFly's autobiography Unsaid Things, Tom Fletcher discussed his diagnosis of bipolar disorder, which he has stated was a great influence over McFly's second album, Wonderland.
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Tom Fletcher has described his struggles with his eating disorder, weight, and obsessive dieting.