McFly's Harry Judd: 'Dougie's Rehab Stint Was Really Hard'
Wednesday, 04 January 2012
Written by Elliott Batte
McFly drummer Harry Judd has spoken out about the agony he suffered watching bandmate Dougie Poynter check into rehab after his break-up with The Saturday’s Frankie Sandford.
Poynter, winner of ‘I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here’, split from the popstar just prior to Christmas 2010, and ended up going to rehab the next month – something which his mate Harry Judd just couldn’t bear to see.
“It was really hard,” Judd confessed, “he's one of my best mates. He was 15 when he joined the band and I looked after him a lot. I was really upset for him, but he's turned his life around. He's a credit to himself.
“He's very mature for his age and - like Tom and Danny - he's a very special person and very unique. He's genuinely the most lovable guy. He deserves the happiness he's having right now. All I care about is Dougie. He has a beautiful new girlfriend; I've never seen him so happy.”
Poynter is fine now and spoke about the break-up with the Daily Mail: “Of course I was gutted about the break-up. It was totally unexpected and I really thought things were going well between us. It was bad timing just before Christmas too. I didn't fit in with The Saturdays and JLS crowd and party scene anyway.”
McFly have lined-up a nice UK tour for March later this year. If you’re a fan, get your hands on a pair of tickets by checking out the dates and details below.
Mar 7th - Portsmouth Guildhall
Mar 9th - Sheffield City Hall
Mar 10th - Manchester Apollo
Mar 11th - Oxford New Theater
Mar 13th - Margate Winter Gardens
Mar 14th - Folkstone Leas Cliff
Mar 16th - Nottingham Royal Centre
Mar 17th - Leeds Academy One (McFly on stage at 8:30pm)
Mar 18th - Stokes Hanley Victoria Hall
Mar 21st - Southampton Guildhall
Mar 22nd - Swindon Oasis
Mar 24th - Plymouth Pavilions
Mar 25th - Torquay Riviera
Mar 26th - Bristol Colston Hall
Mar 28th - Ipwsich Regent
Mar 30th - Birmingham Academy One (McFly on stage at 8:30pm)
April 2012
Apr 1st - Lincoln Engine Rooms
Apr 3rd - Norwich UEA
Apr 4th - Southend Cliffs Pavillion
Apr 6th - Reading Hexagon
Apr 7th - London Hammersmith Apollo
Apr 10th - Cambridge Corn Exchange
Apr 11th - Preston Guildhall
Apr 13th - Glasgow Clyde
Apr 14th - Newcastle Academy One
Apr 15th - Leicester De Montfort
Apr 17th - York Barbican Centre
Apr 19th - O2 Academy, Birmingham
Apr 20th - HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London
Apr 21st - Apollo, Manchester
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