• Alex Westaway - vocals, guitar
  
• Charlie Simpson - vocals, guitar
  
• Dan Haigh - bass
  
• Omar Abidi - drums

A Nirvana-esque four-piece from London. Have been known to play a cover of Nine Inch Nails' 'Hurt' live. Contain a certain member of Busted. Usually found ripping up London toilet venues, which they have now been selling out in advance.

Upcoming events

• Wed 28 Jan at Nottingham Rock City with Coheed and Cambria, Circa Survive, Madina Lake
• Sat 07 Feb at Birmingham Academy with Coheed and Cambria, Circa Survive, Madina Lake

Releases

• Floods - single, out 03/03/2008 on Institute. (post review)
• Deathcar - single, out 03/12/2007 on Institute. 1 review (read/post)
• One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours - album, out 24/09/2007 on Institute. (post review)
• We Apologise For Nothing - single, out 17/09/2007 on Institute. 1 review (read/post)
• We Apologise For Nothing - single, out 10/09/2007 on Gut Records. (post review)
• Kerrang: New Breed - album, out 16/10/2006 on Gut Records. (post review)
• Grand Unification - album, out 13/03/2006 on Island. 1 review (read/post)
• Grand Unification Part 1 - single, out 31/10/2005 on Universal Music. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Fri 08 Feb at London Brixton Academy. (post review)
• Tue 05 Feb at Newcastle upon Tyne Academy. (post review)
• Sun 03 Feb at Leeds Leeds University Stylus. (post review)
• Fri 01 Feb at Manchester University. (post review)
• Thu 31 Jan at Norwich UEA. (post review)
• Wed 30 Jan at Cardiff University. (post review)
• Sun 27 Jan at Bristol Academy. (post review)
• Sat 26 Jan at Southampton Guildhall. (post review)
• Wed 23 Jan at Belfast Mandela Hall at Belfast University. (post review)
• Tue 16 Oct at London Koko. (post review)
• Mon 15 Oct at Oxford Academy. (post review)
• Sat 13 Oct at Brighton Concorde 2. (post review)
• Fri 12 Oct at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms. (post review)
• Wed 10 Oct at Newport TJs. (post review)
• Tue 09 Oct at Manchester Academy 3 (formerly Hop & Grape). (post review)
• Mon 08 Oct at Sheffield Leadmill. (post review)
• Sat 06 Oct at Birmingham Irish Centre. (post review)
• Fri 05 Oct at Liverpool Carling Academy 2. (post review)
• Wed 03 Oct at Dundee Fat Sam's. (post review)
• Tue 02 Oct at Aberdeen Moshulu. (post review)
• Mon 01 Oct at Edinburgh Liquid Rooms. (post review)
• Sun 30 Sep at Newcastle upon Tyne Academy 2. (post review)
• Thu 16 Aug at London King's Cross Scala. (post review)
• Wed 15 Aug at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms. (post review)
• Mon 13 Aug at Glasgow ABC. (post review)
• Sun 12 Aug at York Fibbers. (post review)
• Sat 11 Aug at Stoke-on-Trent Sugarmill. (post review)
• Wed 15 Nov at Cardiff The Point. (post review)
• Mon 13 Nov at London Camden Underworld. (post review)
• Thu 19 Oct at Birmingham Academy. (post review)
• Wed 18 Oct at Cambridge Corn Exchange. (post review)
• Tue 17 Oct at Cardiff University. (post review)
• Mon 16 Oct at Portsmouth Pyramid Centre. (post review)
• Sat 14 Oct at Nottingham Rock City. (post review)
• Fri 13 Oct at London Hammersmith Palais. 1 review (read/post)
• Thu 12 Oct at Sheffield Leadmill. (post review)
• Wed 11 Oct at Manchester Academy. (post review)
• Mon 09 Oct at Newcastle upon Tyne Northumbria University. (post review)
• Sun 08 Oct at Glasgow Barrowlands. (post review)
• Fri 06 Oct at Belfast Spring & Airbrake. (post review)
• Thu 05 Oct at Derry Nerve Centre. (post review)
• Wed 04 Oct at Dublin Temple Bar Music Centre. (post review)
• Reading Festival 2006: Friday, Fri 25 Aug at Reading Little John's Farm. 1 review (read/post)
• Download Festival - GNR day, Sun 11 Jun at Castle Donington Park. (post review)
• Wed 22 Mar at London Astoria. (post review)
• Mon 02 May at London Alexandra Palace. 1 review (read/post)
• Wed 03 Nov at London Camden Underworld. 1 review (read/post)

News

• 10/12/2007: Chart round-up: the dark lord ascends
• 21/11/2007: Fightstar to pioneer new single format
• 23/05/2007: Fightstar tour around their 'Flood'
• 29/09/2006: Fightstar's Simpson: "Singles are pretty irrelevant"
• 08/03/2006: Light's alive: Brigade announce album details
• 01/03/2006: WIN: Fightstar albums. Seriously...
• 04/11/2005: Bourne still milking the Busted angles
• 29/09/2005: Busted for good: ex-member Bourne gets bitchy
• 08/09/2005: Takin' the Fight' on the road
• 02/02/2005: F4AF to headline Give It A Name Fest

Features

• 06/07/2007: Raz on The Raz @ Download
• 21/12/2006: DiS's interviews of 2006: DiScoveries, heavy-hitters and silly Some Questions
• 22/09/2006: Some Questions: Fightstar
• 17/04/2006: Brigade vs Fightstar
• 23/03/2006: Hearts on sleeves, please: Hundred Reasons and Fightstar albums assessed
• 13/06/2005: "If people come to our show and throw shit at us, they've still paid to get in!"
• 14/01/2005: Wake up: A Busted tribute

Links

• Fightstar - official site
• Fightstar Photos - taken at a gig in Feb'04

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