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Dougie Poynter
Dougie Poynter, November 2007
Background information
Birth name	Dougie Lee Poynter[1]
Born	30 November 1987 (1987-11-30) (age 22)
Origin	Corringham, Essex, England
Genres	pop rock, pop punk
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Bass guitar Vocals Acoustic guitar
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Island, Super Records
Associated acts	McFly
Website	www.mcfly.com

Dougie Lee Poynter^[1] (born 30 November 1987 in Essex, England) is an English musician who is the bass guitarist and vocalist for the British pop punk band McFly who along with fellow band members Danny Jones, Tom Fletcher and Harry Judd rose to fame after the release of their first single, "Five Colours in Her Hair", which reached #1 in the charts as did their following debut album Room on the Third Floor. McFly were signed to Island Records before creating their own Indie label, Super Records in December 2007. Poynter is the band's youngest member having joined the band at the age of 15.

McFly

Poynter is bassist providing many instrumental solos as well as backing vocals and on occasion lead vocals in McFly. He co-wrote many of the tracks since Mcfly's launch in 2004 with his band members. McFly have received praise on their music and live shows from many of their musical peers including The Who's Roger Daltrey who they collaborated with in 2005 and Queen's Brian May

Personal

Poynter was born in Essex, England.^[2] When Poynter was a teenager, he ran away from home to audition to join McFly, and Dougie made it as bass player for the band. Also in 2006, Dougie Poynter received the Virgin Award for "Most Fanciable Male."

He then in December 2009 won News of the World's XS awards - Sexiest Male, beating off tough competition, he beat the likes of Robert Pattinson and Peter Andre, who came second and third.

Poynter was dating and living with Frankie Sandford from The Saturdays,^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]} but the pair split up in March 2010.^[9]

Television and film appearances

Poynter has appeared alongside his McFly bandmates in many TV shows. In January 2005, they guest-starred in an episode of the long-running British drama series Casualty,^[10] and in 2007 made a cameo on the Doctor Who episode "The Sound of Drums".^[11] They also appeared on Ghosthunting with...^[12] and Gordon Ramsay's The F Word.^{[citation needed]}

Poynter has appeared with McFly at many televised music events, including T4 on the Beach and the first annual Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards.^[13] They also starred in the teen comedy film Just My Luck with Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine.^[14]

Poynter appeared on the Channel 4 show Hollyoaks with his band Mcfly on 8th May, 2009. Appearing as themselves, playing their song, ‘Falling In Love’ in a concert they performed outside the 'SU Bar'.

References

External links

• McFly - Official Band Website
• Dougie-Poynter.com