No Rock And Roll Fun

"TWO WOULD BE BETTER THAN NONE": Nobody knows more about coping after the departure of a handsome lead man than Newsround, which has carried on despite John Craven's shock decision to quit a few years back. So, where better to look for how the nation is coping with the Busted than the Newsround reaction report?.

Michaela suggests the band should carry on:

"I think Matt and James should continue with Busted because two would be better than none."

Or, more cruelly: it's not like any of them actually did anything more important than turn up and gurn, is it? We'll bet that Matt and James have considered this course of action, too.

Nicole, from Luton, thinks that she might have wasted her entire life:

"How could busted split? I have stayed with them since the beginning and it is really sad that this is happening now but I wish them all the luck in the world!! Love ya guys !!XXXXXX"

Yes, "stayed with them since the beginning" but Nicole's efforts just weren't enough to keep them together. It's lucky she'd managed to move on before the end of her email.

It falls to Alex to weigh in with the American Pie overstatement:

"Charlie has made a blunder! Real music has died. Busted WERE The Beatles for me."

... although, of course, Charlie's main problem with Busted was that they weren't actually 'real' music. But we're sure Alex is right - they'll probably shunt Top of the Pops off to BBC TWO now or something, you know.

Maisy from Southampton isn't surprised:

"I suspected it would happen all along. In different interviews and television appearances the boys didn't seem as happy as they were when they first came onto the music scene. I never liked Busted so I will cope fine but I feel sorry for all the fans. "

Maisy doesn't explain why she felt that the split would come back when the band came onto the scene and seemed to be really happy, but she obviously has her own methods. If only she'd been able to warn Nicole before she'd devoted her entire life to them...