| Tour by McBusted | |||||||
 Official poster for the tour, showing all 21 dates. | |||||||
| Location | UK and Ireland | ||||||
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| Start date | 12 March 2015 | ||||||
| End date | 22 April 2015 | ||||||
| Legs | 1 | ||||||
| No. of shows | 21 | ||||||
| Website | www.mcbusted.com | ||||||
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McBusted's Most Excellent Adventure Tour is a 2015 concert tour by English supergroup McBusted, composed of members of pop rock bands McFly and Busted.
The second McBusted tour, to support their debut self-titled album. On 4 November 2014, the band posted on their Twitter and Facebook pages: "It's possibly the worst kept secret in entertainment, but we are so stoked to announce the #McBusted2015Tour!!!" [1] On 26 January 2015, on their website, they announced that the tour would be called McBusted's Most Excellent Adventure Tour. [2] The tour lasted from 12 March to 22 April 2015, consisting of 21 shows. McBusted were also the support act for the Australian and European legs of One Direction's On the Road Again Tour in 2015. [3] During the Australian dates, McBusted announced and performed two of their own gigs, one in Sydney [4] and one in Melbourne. [5] A music video was shot for their song "Get Over It" in 2014 with the intention of releasing it as a single the next year. However James Bourne confirmed on Twitter that the release was scrapped. [6] A DVD and Blu-ray release of the 2015 tour, McBusted's Most Excellent Adventure Tour – Live at the O2, was released on 22 June 2015 and reached number one in the music video charts. [7] The name of the tour is likely a reference to the 1989 comedy Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 March 2015 | Glasgow | Scotland | SSE Hydro |
| 13 March 2015 | |||
| 16 March 2015 | Newcastle | England | Metro Radio Arena |
| 18 March 2015 | Leeds | First Direct Arena | |
| 21 March 2015 | Manchester | Manchester Arena | |
| 22 March 2015 | |||
| 24 March 2015 | Sheffield | Motorpoint Arena Sheffield | |
| 28 March 2015 | Birmingham | Barclaycard Arena | |
| 29 March 2015 | |||
| 31 March 2015 | Liverpool | Echo Arena Liverpool | |
| 4 April 2015 | London | The O2 Arena | |
| 5 April 2015 | |||
| 7 April 2015 | Brighton | Brighton Centre | |
| 9 April 2015 | Cardiff | Wales | Motorpoint Arena Cardiff |
| 10 April 2015 | |||
| 13 April 2015 | Bournemouth | England | Bournemouth BIC |
| 15 April 2015 | |||
| 18 April 2015 | Nottingham | Capital FM Arena Nottingham | |
| 19 April 2015 | |||
| 21 April 2015 | Dublin | Ireland | 3Arena |
| 22 April 2015 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Odyssey Arena |
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"Here Comes The Bride" Interlude:
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