Dougie Poynter

Dougie Poynter
Poynter in 2007
Background information
Birth name	Dougie Lee Poynter[1]
Born	30 November 1987 (1987-11-30) (age 23) Corringham, Essex, England
Genres	Pop rock, pop punk
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Bass guitar, vocals, guitar
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Island (2003-07, 2010-present) Super Records (2008-present)
Associated acts	McFly
Website	McFly.com
Notable instruments
Music Man Sterling Music Man StingRay Fender Jazz Bass

Dougie Lee Poynter^[1] (born 30 November 1987 in Corringham, Essex, England) is an English musician and the bass guitarist and vocalist for the pop rock boyband McFly.

McFly

Poynter is bassist of pop band McFly, also providing backing, and on occasion, lead vocals. He has co-writer credits on many of McFly's tracks, including the lead writer credit on their number one 2007 single "Transylvania." Poynter has called "Transylvania" his favourite song that he has written.^[2] The youngest member of the band, Poynter was also the last to enter it when Danny Jones and Tom Fletcher, who already had been signed to a record deal with Island, held auditions for a bassist and drummer. Poynter was 15 when he was brought into the band.

Personal

Poynter was born in Orsett, Essex, England,^[3] and educated at Corringham Primary School before moving to Gable Hall School, a state-owned Arts Foundation School, in Corringham, Essex.^[4]

Poynter dated Frankie Sandford from The Saturdays,^{[5][6][7][8][9]} until the pair briefly split up in March 2010.^[10] They reunited in April 2010,^[11] but split up again in November of the same year. Poynter has stated that they will not be getting back together for the third time.^[12] He spent some time in rehab following the split.^[13]

In an interview with the Daily Record following his separation from Sandford, Poynter quipped that he was "moving on to [dating] guys." Clarifying his statement, Poynter added that "none of [McFly] are homosexual. All of us are bisexual."^[14][15][16]

Appearances

Poynter is a contestant on the 2011 series of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.^[17]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "GRO Birth Registration Index". Ancestry.co.uk. http://content.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx=view&r=5538&dbid=8964&iid=ONS_B19681AZ-0308&fn=ln=Record+from+England+%26+Wales%2c+Birth+Index%3a+1837-1983&st=d&ssrc=&pid=695685. Retrieved 2007-05-25. 
2. ^ "McFly answer your questions in their hilarious interview". SugarScape. http://www.sugarscape.com/main-topics/lads/554638/mcfly-answer-your-questions-their-hilarious-interview. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 
3. ^ "Dougie Poynter". McFly. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927092330/http://www.mcflyofficial.com/theband/?id=4. Retrieved 25 May 2007. 
4. ^ "McFly: Back to the Future - Dougie Poynter". http://www.simonswebsite.co.uk/mcfly/profiles/dougieprofile.php. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
5. ^ "Frankie Sandford saves her pop career with Saturdays". Metro. 6 January 2009. http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/461552-frankie-sandford-saves-her-pop-career-with-saturdays. Retrieved 20 July 2011. 
6. ^ "5 minutes with a… sex god: Dougie McFly". Daily Mirror. 2 May 2009. http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/celebs-on-sunday/2009/05/03/5-minutes-with-a-sex-god-dougie-mcfly-115875-21316056/. Retrieved 20 July 2011. 
7. ^ Wilson, Benji (2010-01-30). "The Saturdays: Pop music's new high-flyers". Dailymail.co.uk. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1246253/The-Saturdays-Pop-musics-new-high-flyers.html. Retrieved 2011-07-20. 
8. ^ "McFly's Dougie: I follow Frankie". Metro. 2009-09-18. http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?McFlys_Dougie:_I_follow_Frankie&in_article_id=740346&in_page_id=7. Retrieved 2009-09-24. 
9. ^ "The Saturdays' Frankie Sandford comes over all Lily Allen in suspender tights and leather hotpants for Christmas party". The Daily Mail. 2009-12-13. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1235503/The-Saturdays-Frankie-Sandford-channels-Rihanna-suspender-tights-leather-hotpants-Christmas-party.html. Retrieved 2009-12-14. 
10. ^ "McFly's Dougie confirms split". Digitalspy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a207414/mcflys-dougie-confirms-split.html. 
11. ^ "Frankie Sandford: Dougie and I are living together again". Now Magazine. http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/453158/frankie-sandford-dougie-and-i-are-living-together-again/1/. 
12. ^ "Frankie Sandford dumps Dougie Poynter for the second time in a year, before partying at Whisky Mist with a male model". Daily Mail. 2010-11-23. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1332012/Dougie-Poynter-Frankie-Sandford-split-second-time-year.html. Retrieved 2011-01-01. 
13. ^ "Poynter: 'Sandford death threats are out of control'". Ok! magazine. 2011-03-21. http://www.ok.co.uk/posts/view/33431/Poynter-Sandford-death-threats-are-out-of-control-/. Retrieved 2011-07-20. 
14. ^ Lyons (2010-03-25). "Dougie Poynter jokes he's switching to dating men after split from Frankie Sandford". Daily Record. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/music-news/2011/03/25/dougie-poynter-jokes-he-s-switching-to-dating-men-after-split-from-frankie-sandford-86908-23014951/. Retrieved 2011-11-14. 
15. ^ Kelly (2010-03-25). "Dougie Poynter: 'I'll start dating men'". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a311174/dougie-poynter-ill-start-dating-men.html. Retrieved 2011-11-14. 
16. ^ Elliott (2010-03-25). "Dougie Poynter quips: I'm giving up girls for guys". NOW. http://akamai.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/520275/dougie-poynter-quips-i-m-giving-up-girls-for-guys/1. Retrieved 2011-11-14. 
17. ^ "I'm a Celebrity 2011 contestants: retro stars meet the TOWIE generation". The Guardian. 2011-11-09. http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/nov/09/im-a-celebrity-2011-contestants. Retrieved 2011-11-09. 

External links

• Official website
• Dougie Poynter at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Poynter, Dougie Lee
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Date of birth	30 November 1987
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