THE hotly anticipated Busted reunion tour comes to the BIC tonight.

The band will be back in Bournemouth with their original line-up of Matt Willis, James Bourne and Charlie Simpson.

The chart-toppers have reunited after Charlie Simpson agreed to rejoin the band - despite frequent vows never to return. Simpson is to join James Bourne and Matt Willis for a UK and Ireland tour as the trio get back together for the first time since 2005.

Willis said: “We’re back! Busted are back. We’re stoked and we’re going on tour next year.”

To Simpson, he joked: “Aren’t we, Charlie? We are, right?”

On his previous declarations that he would never return, Simpson said: “I genuinely meant that. There wasn’t a time I said that that I didn’t mean it wholeheartedly. I have changed my mind.”

Last year Bourne persuaded Simpson to secretly join him in a studio for a week in Philadelphia, where they put together a number of new songs - a catalyst for the reunion.

Bourne said: “We didn’t know what it would be like being in the studio again so we wanted it to be a no pressure experience for us.

“It was a really fun time. It felt like we were hanging out like old friends.”

Despite their new music, Willis promised to play fan favourites including Air Hostess and Year 3000 during the tour, which rolls into town this evening.

He said: “Busted only had two albums so we’re probably going to play every song that you know.”

Matt Willis added: “For me there is a huge sense of unfinished business. I always thought in my heart we’d do Busted again, but that it was just a matter of when and how.”