Tom Fletcher
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Fletcher performing on stage
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Thomas Michael Fletcher 17 July 1985 Harrow, London, England |
| Other names | Tom Fletcher |
| Occupation | Musician, singer-songwriter, author, YouTuber |
| Spouse(s) | Giovanna Fletcher (m. 2012) |
| Children | 2 |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Pop rock, pop |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano, ukulele, bass guitar |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Island, Super |
| Associated acts | McFly, James Bourne, Busted, McBusted, Carrie Hope Fletcher |
| Website | www |
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Gibson Les Paul Gibson Flying V Gibson ES-335 Gibson SG Gibson Les Paul Junior Epiphone Les Paul Ukulele |
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Thomas "Tom" Michael Fletcher (born 17 July 1985) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, children's author and YouTube vlogger. Among his accomplishments, he is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists of English pop rock band McFly, in addition to being the group's founder and principal songwriter. He originally auditioned and was accepted into the band Busted before losing out on the place to Charlie Simpson after the record label Island decided the band should be a trio rather than a four-piece. However, he still carried on writing with the band. In his thirteen-year career as a professional songwriter, Fletcher has penned ten UK number one singles and twenty-one top ten singles. He is credited as having written songs for bands including One Direction, Busted, The Vamps and 5 Seconds of Summer.
Fletcher released his first children's book in 2012. Co-written with band-mate Dougie Poynter, The Dinosaur that Pooped Christmas sold over 72,000 copies and became the most popular debut children's novel of 2012. Fletcher has released his first solo novel, The Christmasaurus, on 6 October 2016.
Fletcher was born in Harrow, London. His father, Bob Fletcher, who worked at Kodak and played in local bands, and his mother, Debbie Fletcher, a special needs teacher, encouraged and supported his love of music from a young age. He attended a prestigious music school, Sylvia Young Theatre School in London, where, at age 13, he met Giovanna Falcone, whom he would later marry in 2012. He has a younger sister, Carrie Hope Fletcher, who produces vlogs for the video sharing site YouTube and who has played Éponine in Les Misérables at the Queen's Theatre in London, as well as other musical theatre roles. When he was 10, Fletcher starred as the main role in Oliver! at the London Palladium alongside Jim Dale as Fagin. He then went on to do a documentary about HIV for schools and starred in a commercial. In 1995, Fletcher made a small appearance in the video to the Mike + The Mechanics song Over My Shoulder. When Fletcher was a schoolchild, he was schoolmates with Busted bassist Matt Willis.
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