Dougie Poynter

Dougie Poynter

Dougie-Lee Poynter is the bassist of the pop rock band McFly. He has had a history of excessive drinking and mental health issues. After McFly’s ‘indefinite hiatus’ in 2016, Dougie admitted to being addicted to prescription valium to ease the feeling of guilt that McFly was no longer together because of him.

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Summary Dougie PoynterDougie-Lee Poynter is the bassist of the pop rock band McFly. He has had a history of excessive drinking and mental health issues. After McFly’s ‘indefinite hiatus’ in 2016, Dougie admitted to being addicted to prescription valium to ease the feeling of guilt that McFly was no longer together because of him. He reached out to his bandmates for help and after a period of rehabilitation is now sober. McFly rose to fame with their first single, \”5 Colours in Her Hair,\” which was released March 2004 and entered the UK Singles Chart at number one in April 2004. In November 2013, McFly joined the band Busted to form the super-group, McBusted.

In April 2016, Mc Fly 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. PoyNter made his runway debut in January 2016 at the Joshua Kane with Lab Series AutumnWinter show for London Collections Men. He is a front-row fixture at LCM and other global fashion weeks, garnering invites from top brands including Topman, Burberry, Louis Vuitton, Moschino, and Saint Laurent Paris.