Tom Fletcher

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Tom Fletcher is an English songwriter, singer, musician, children’s author, and a YouTuber

Jul 17, 1985

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Personal Details

  • Birthday: July 17, 1985
  • Nationality: British
  • Famous: Musicians, Guitarists, Pianists, Composers
  • Spouses: Giovanna Fletcher (m. 2012)
  • Siblings: Carrie Fletcher
  • Known as: homas Michael Fletcher
  • Universities:
    • Sylvia Young Theatre School

Tom Fletcher born at

London Borough of Harrow

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Birth Place

Tom Fletcher got engaged to his childhood friend Giovanna Falcone in April 2011. They got married in May 2012. They welcomed their first baby, Buzz Michelangelo Fletcher, in March 2014. Their second child, Buddy Bob Fletcher, was born in February 2016. They are expecting their third child who is due in September 2018.

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Personal Life

Fletcher posted a video titled ‘My Wedding Speech’ on ‘YouTube’ in January 2013. The video showed him singing all the popular songs of ‘McFly.’ It garnered around 18 million “views.”

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His wife is a vlogger and an author.

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Personal Life

Tom Fletcher was born Thomas Michael Fletcher, on July 17, 1985, in Harrow, London, to Bob and Debbie Fletcher. He inherited his love for music from his parents.

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Childhood & Early Life

His father played for local music bands while working for ‘Kodak.’ His mother taught students with special needs.

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Childhood & Early Life

Fletcher grew up in London amid a musical environment. This strengthened his passion for music. Soon, he joined the prestigious music school ‘Sylvia Young Theatre School.’

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Childhood & Early Life

His younger sister, Carrie Hope Fletcher, often created videos and uploaded them on ‘YouTube.’ Soon, he was inspired to become a vlogger. Carrie also played the role of ‘Éponine’ in ‘Les Misérables’ at the ‘Queen’s Theatre.’ Tom met the love of his life, Giovanna Falcone, at the age of 13. She, too, was a student at the ‘Sylvia Young Theatre School.’ They got married in 2012.

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Childhood & Early Life

Fletcher played the main role in the play ‘Oliver!’ at the ‘London Palladium’ when he was just 10 years old. He also did an awareness documentary for schools to make them aware about HIV and appeared in many commercials.

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Childhood & Early Life

His music career started at a very young age, when he auditioned to fix his position in the band ‘Busted.’ However, it was later decided that ‘Busted’ would be a trio and not a four-member band. However, he was recognized for his songwriting skills and joined the band as a temporary songwriter.

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While working on the band’s second album, ‘A Present for Everyone,’ he was asked to audition for a new band, ‘V.’ In the process, he came across Danny Jones, who attended the audition thinking the band would be similar to ‘Busted.’ However, the band was more focused on singing and dancing, which was not Jones’s forte.

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Jones and Fletcher collaborated to write songs for their own band, which was not yet named. They wrote their first album together and named it ‘Room on the 3rd Floor.’

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They included bassist Dougie Poynter and drummer Harry Judd in the band ‘McFly,’ which was named after the main character of Fletcher’s favorite film, ‘Back to the Future.’ They tasted success and entered the ‘Guinness Book of World Records’ as the “youngest band to have a debut album go straight to number one.”

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Some of the songs that he has written for ‘Busted’ are ‘Who’s David?,’ ‘Crashed the Wedding,’ and ‘Thunderbirds.’ He wrote ‘Obviously,’ ‘Five Colours in Her Hair,’ ‘I’ll Be OK,’ ‘Please, Please,’ ‘Transylvania,’ and ‘Star Girl’ for ‘McFly.’ The song ‘On a Rainbow’ was the official song for the 2012 ‘Summer Olympics.’ He wrote this song and stated that he was happy to have worked with his sister, Carrie, who also lent her voice to the song.

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