{"id":111147,"date":"2025-11-02T09:45:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T09:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/111147\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T09:45:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T09:45:12","slug":"tom-fletcher-made-mcfly-bandmates-cry-with-paddington-musical-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/111147\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Fletcher made McFly bandmates cry with Paddington Musical songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there was any doubt in your mind that Paddington the Musical<\/a> is an emotional rollercoaster, you should know it’s already brought many a tear in the rehearsal room \u2013 to noughties boyband members no less!<\/p>\n

In the build up to the show’s world premiere at the West End, composer and lyricist Tom Fletcher revealed his McFly bandmates were some of the first to succumb to the show’s soppiest moments.<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a> he said: “Dougie (Poynter) and Harry (Judd) came to one of the workshops early on, they’ve heard all the songs because wanted to test to see if they\u2019d cry \u2013 they did.”<\/p>\n

He continued: “Honestly, McFly have been so supportive of this, as we all are with our separate projects. But I think they know how special this one is and they’re really excited to come along with their kids.”<\/p>\n

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Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones and Dougie Poynter of McFly.\u00a0Joseph Okpako\/WireImage<\/p>\n

The Voice<\/a> judge added that his bandmates weren’t the only ones who had supported him throughout the song writing process. “When I needed to write something for the Browns family, all I had to do was ask my wife, my sister and my son \u2013 my kids have heard the songs so many times and they’ve been recording all the demos with me.”<\/p>\n

Fletcher’s sister is of course Carrie Hope Fletcher<\/a>, a legend of the West End who has starred in the likes of Les Mis\u00e9rables, Elf the Musical and Heathers, while his wife Giovanna has also appeared on stage in 2:22 A Ghost Story and The Girl on The Train. His son was recently the latest to join the musical pack, starring for a limited time in Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s Starlight Express.<\/p>\n

“Theatre has just changed me and my family,” he said: “I went to full time theatre school from eight to 16 and I was in Oliver when I was nine, so as a kid the West End really defined who I was. I always thought when I left school it would end up being a part of me.<\/p>\n

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Tom Fletcher and Carrie Hope Fletcher.\u00a0Dave J Hogan \/Getty<\/p>\n

“Even in McFly musicals had a massive influence on the songs I was writing, if you go back, a lot of the songs in our first two albums tell one story, and there\u2019s a few that are really orchestral.”<\/p>\n

Even as Paddington begins, Fletcher is still in the midst of the McFly vs Busted arena tour, which wraps up in Sheffield on 6th November, making his schedule less than ideal.<\/p>\n

“It’s bonkers, I don\u2019t get much sleep at the moment,” he laughed, “I did the first week of Paddington rehearsals then I was literally going from there to McFly vs Busted<\/a> rehearsals. I can’t even make the first Paddington preview because we’re playing the O2 that night, so it’s such a juggle.<\/p>\n

“But I mean, I also just have to pinch myself because I can’t believe I get to play a sold-out O2 show on the same night the musical I’ve written is showing at the West End \u2013 it\u2019s ridiculous!”<\/p>\n

Paddington the Musical will kick off with previews from 1st November 2025, although official opening night won’t be until 30th November. It is currently scheduled to run until May 2026.<\/p>\n

You can buy tickets at LOVEtheatre<\/a> and you can still get McFly vs Busted tickets at Ticketmaster<\/a> and Seat Unique<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Make sure you also check out the best West End shows<\/a> and best Christmas shows London<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If there was any doubt in your mind that Paddington the Musical is an emotional rollercoaster, you should…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-111147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}