[показать]Songwriter Tom learns to McFly
Hitmaker ... Tom with some of the smashes he's pennedPictures: DAVE HOGAN
IT was destined to happen, I suppose — TOM FLETCHER is taking McFLY-ing lessons.
The singer has followed in the showbiz footsteps of TOM CRUISE, JOHN TRAVOLTA and ANGELINA JOLIE by spending his hard-earned cash on learning to be a pilot.
And Tom's new cockpit skills will come in handy for McFly bandmate DANNY JONES — who I can exclusively reveal is facing a driving ban because of a speeding offence.
Tom told me: "I might try to buy a plot of land out the back of my house and put in a landing strip.
"I had my first lesson on Saturday. Danny could lose his licence soon so I could be his taxi service."
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Tom's Top 10 No1s [показать] Where it all happens ... Tom in music room at his £2m pad HERE is the amazing list of all TEN No1 singles written by McFly singer-songwriter Tom Fletcher, who is seen above in the music room of his £2million pad. |
Even without the wings, Tom is already flying high.
McFly's single, the double A-side Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania, reached No1 last week and marked the TENTH chart-topper Tom has penned. And the rocker is still only 21.
I met up with him to see his new £2million, five-bedroom gaff near Watford to chat about the amazing achievment that puts him up with SIR ELTON JOHN, QUEEN and ROBBIE WILLIAMS in the songwriting stakes.
McFly have now had seven No1s — placing the band ahead of Queen and Robbie, level with Elton and U2, and just one behind OASIS in the all-time UK No1s list.
But on top of these, Tom has also co-written three other No1s with BUSTED.
And he has no intention of slowing down — he wants McFly to beat ELVIS's record of 21 UK No1s.
Yet no matter how often they top the charts, Tom feels the band don't get the credit their success deserves.
He said: "With a pop act people tend to not really acknowledge you, which has been a bit frustrating over the last few years.
"But I think credibility comes with success. No one doubts Robbie Williams' credibility and song writing but he came from TAKE THAT, the most stereotypical boy band in pop.
"We never take it for granted. Whenever a single is out you are always nervous for the whole week."
The four-piece, who will play the V Festival in August, are so close that they are neighbours too.
When Tom showed the boys his house guitarist Danny and bassist DOUGIE POYNTER instantly put deposits down for apartments in a building across the street.
And drummer HARRY JUDD has bought his own place just down the road.
Tom explained: "The lads own the top and bottom floors of a three-storey block. We have our own studio on the middle floor so we see each other all the time.
"As soon as they moved in they put a skateboard ramp in over the landscaped garden."