Dougie Poynter

Biography

Dougie Lee Poynter (born 30 November 1987) is an English musician, songwriter, fashion model, aspiring clothing designer and children's author. He is the bassist of the pop rock band McFly. He won the eleventh series of the ITV reality series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.

== Biography ==

=== Early life === Poynter was born in Orsett, Essex, England. He went to school at Herd Lane Primary School and Gable Hall School, both located in neighbouring Corringham. He has one sister.

=== Musical career ===

==== McFly ====

In 2003, a then 15 year-old Poynter auditioned for and subsequently became the bass player for the British band McFly. The band consists of Poynter, Tom Fletcher (vocals/guitar), Danny Jones (guitar/vocals), and Harry Judd (drums). McFly rose to fame with their first single, "Five Colours in Her Hair," which was released March 2004 and entered the UK Singles Chart at number one in April 2004. Their first album, Room on the 3rd Floor, also hit number one in the UK Albums Chart and would earn McFly a Guinness World Record for being the youngest band to have a debut album enter the chart in the top position, previously held by the Beatles. That year, McFly would support Busted on tour before going on to headline a personal tour in September 2004. The band's second studio album, Wonderland, was released in 2005 followed by Motion in the Ocean in 2006. A Greatest Hits compilation was released in 2007 followed by two more studio albums: Radio: Active (2008) and Above the Noise (2010). A second greatest hits album, Memory Lane: The Best of McFly, was released in November 2012. Also in 2012, the band debuted their first written autobiography, McFly: Unsaid Things... Our Story with Transworld Publishers Ltd. In April 2016, McFly announced that they would be going on tour for a three-night residency in Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester, and London. The Anthology tour, in which they will play all five of their albums, will serve as McFly's first live reunion since 2013. The tour was postponed from June until September 2016 after drummer Harry Judd injured his neck.

==== McBusted ==== In November 2013, McFly joined the band Busted to form the super-group, McBusted. They played a 34-date tour called The McBusted Tour. It was the biggest UK tour of 2014. McBusted concluded the tour headlining the British Summer Time concert series in Hyde Park where they performed for an audience of over 60,000 attendees. In 2015, the band went on tour for a second time. McBusted's Most Excellent Adventure Tour consisted of 21 shows.

==== INK ==== In 2018, Poynter announced on his Instagram he had joined Todd Dorigo and Corey Alexander to form a new alt-rock band INK. That same day, they released their debut EP Heaven and announced a small UK tour. However, a second tour was cancelled due to 'uncontrollable circumstances'. With no formal announcement, the tour was rescheduled without Poynter, who couldn't attend due to the reformation of McFly. He was replaced by Elliot Morgan.