McBusted pleased to have influenced One Direction

McBusted have expressed their delight at being an influence over acts like One Direction.

The band's singers Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson have regularly stated that McFly and Busted were some of the acts they grew up with.

Speaking to Sugarscape, McBusted's Danny Jones said that he feels honoured to see younger artists take inspiration from his own band.

He said: "There's a few bands, like the 1D boys, and they're all getting to that age where Busted or McFly was the first gig they ever went to. It's amazing because it's really nice to hear and really nice to see that bands are taking influence from what you do.

"You get the compliment here and there, but to actually see people in bands picking up guitars and going their thing - any musical influence that we can give them - is amazing to see. It's really nice to hear."

McBusted meanwhile have supported One Direction in Europe this year on their Where We Are stadium tour.

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