Dougie Lee Poynter (born 30 November 1987) is an English musician, songwriter, fashion model, aspiring clothing designer, children's author and actor. He is the bassist of the

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band

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Biography

Early life

Poynter was born in

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, Essex, England. He went to school at Herd Lane Primary School, Corringham and later, Gable Hall school in Corringham. He has one sister.

Musical career

McFly

In 2003, a then 15 year-old Poynter auditioned for and subsequently became the bass player for the English band McFly. The band consists of Poynter,

Tom Fletcher Thomas Michael Fletcher (born 17 July 1985) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, composer, author and vlogger. He is one of the lead vocalists and rhythm guitarist of English pop rock band McFly, in addition to being the group's founder ...

(vocals/guitar), Danny Jones (guitar/vocals), and Harry Judd (drums). McFly rose to fame with their first single, "Five Colours in Her Hair," which was released March 2004 and entered the

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at number one in April 2004. Their first album, ''

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'', also hit number one in the

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and would earn McFly a

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for being the youngest band to have a debut album enter the chart in the top position, previously held by the Beatles. That year, McFly would support Busted on tour before going on to headline a personal tour in September 2004. The band's second studio album, ''

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'', was released in 2005 followed by ''

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'' in 2006. A Greatest Hits compilation was released in 2007 followed by two more studio albums: '' Radio: Active'' (2008) and '' Above the Noise'' (2010). A second greatest hits album, '' Memory Lane: The Best of McFly'', was released in November 2012. Also in 2012, the band debuted their first written autobiography, ''McFly: Unsaid Things... Our Story'' with Transworld Publishers Ltd. In April 2016, McFly announced that they would be going on tour for a three-night residency in Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester, and London. The Anthology tour, in which they will play all five of their albums, will serve as McFly's first live reunion since 2013. The tour was postponed from June until September 2016 after drummer Harry Judd injured his neck.

McBusted

In November 2013, McFly joined the band Busted to form the super-group, McBusted. They played a 34-date tour called The McBusted Tour. It was the biggest UK tour of 2014. McBusted concluded the tour headlining the

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concert series in Hyde Park where they performed for an audience of over 60,000 attendees. In 2015, the band went on tour for a second time. McBusted's Most Excellent Adventure Tour consisted of 21 shows.

INK

In 2018, Poynter announced on his Instagram he had joined Todd Dorigo and Corey Alexander to form a new

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band ''INK''. That same day, they released their debut EP ''Heaven'' and announced a small UK tour. However, the tour was cancelled due to 'uncontrollable circumstances'. With no formal announcement, the tour was rescheduled without Poynter, who couldn't attend due to the reformation of

. He was replaced by Elliot Morgan.

Fashion career

Poynter made his runway debut in January 2016 at the Joshua Kane with Lab Series Autumn/Winter show for London Collections Men. Off the catwalk, Poynter is a front-row fixture at LCM and other global fashion weeks, garnering invites from top brands including

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, and

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. Runway-side, Poynter is celebrated for his trend-setting personal style. Poynter served as a guest fashion writer for '' Fault Magazine'' during LCM in June 2016. He provided an insider's perspective with his recaps of Topman S/S 2017, Katy Eary S/S 2017, and Christopher Raeburn S/S 2017. His most notable editorial work includes the fashion film ''At Full Tilt'' for '' Vogue India'' (August 2014), an online exclusive for ''

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'' (August 2015), and a spread in Issue 19 of ''Adon Magazine'' (March 2016). Poynter also modelled alongside his then-girlfriend

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in the February 2016 issue of ''Glamour''.

Songwriting

In addition to his work with McFly, Poynter has written collaboratively for talent such as 5 Seconds of Summer and

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(for the track "I Would" from the album Take Me Home and for the track "Don’t Forget Where You Belong" from the album Midnight Memories, respectively). He also worked alongside seasoned artists

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( Blink 182) and

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( All Time Low) to develop the album for the McFly + Busted supergroup, McBusted. He is also credited in Busted's album " Half Way There" for the song " Nineties".

Other work

Poynter won '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' in 2011. Poynter wrote a children's book with McFly band-mate

titled ''The Dinosaur that Pooped Christmas''. It sold over 72,000 copies and became the most popular debut children's novel of 2012. The follow-up book titled ''The Dinosaur That Pooped A Planet'' was released the following year in August 2013. Poynter also wrote the children's book ''Plastic Sucks!: How YOU Can Reduce Single-Use Plastic and Save Our Planet'' (2019). Poynter is also an active participant of The 5 Gyres Institute and their mission to eradicate the pollution of plastic in the ocean. He supports the banning of

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materials across Europe, citing the serious detrimental impact of these substances on the marine environment as the reason of his disapproval. Poynter has also been part of charity endeavors alongside McFly. The band has raised money for causes such as

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, Children in Need, Live 8, Sport Relief, and

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. In addition to this, Poynter has founded various clothing lines. His skate clothing brand Zookie is still active under different ownership. He also owned and founded Saint Kidd, and Polonius, both of which are no longer trading.

Personal life

Poynter dated Frankie Bridge (née Sandford) of

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from 2008 to 2010. His relationship with fellow musician

was confirmed in February 2014; the couple split in 2016. In 2021, it was revealed he is related to Josh Franceschi who is the lead singer of English rock band

You Me at Six You Me at Six are an English rock band from Weybridge, Surrey. The band consists of lead singer Josh Franceschi, guitarists Max Helyer and Chris Miller, bassist Matt Barnes and drummer Daniel Flint. Formed in 2004, the name for the group origi ...

References

External links

Dougie Poynter former website
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