This UK quartet arrived on the music scene in early 2004 as potential rivals to the then current kings of the teen pop rock crown, Busted, and the links between the two bands make interesting reading.
Source: BBC

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alcohol
alone
along
blame
clear
down
empty
forget
lost
lover
overhead
pain
share
skies
smile
strange
through
worse
wrong
yourself

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Check McFly's biography  and find the answers to the following questions:

1. When McFly arrived on the music scene they were already rivals to Busted. True/False?

2. Charlie Simpson is the band's manager. True/False?

3. The band’s first single went straight to the top of the charts. True/False?

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