What’s Really Going On With the Busted vs McFly Tour | Matt Willis
On The Mend
High Performance
4.9 • 566 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In this solo episode, Matt Willis takes listeners behind the scenes of life on tour in “Backstage Battle.” Beyond the excitement of performing, he opens up about the real challenges he faces, managing his mental health, maintaining recovery, and sticking to routines that keep him grounded amid the pressures of life on the road.
Matt also shares how he navigates the adrenaline of nightly performances, stays connected to his family, and celebrates small victories to avoid old, destructive habits. He reflects on revisiting environments that were once difficult, like hotel rooms and touring life, with honesty and self-awareness.
A candid and inspiring look at the ongoing work of recovery, the importance of self-care, and the strength it takes to face your battles when no one else is watching.
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| 0:00.0 | Want to know who's coming up next? |
| 0:01.6 | Hit follow wherever you get your podcast and you'll be the first to find out. |
| 0:09.8 | Hey everybody, Matt Willis here. |
| 0:11.3 | Welcome back to On the Men. |
| 0:12.7 | Now, this is the podcast where we look back to move forward. |
| 0:15.8 | And today, I'm going to be talking to saying, which is massive for me right now, I'm on tour. |
| 0:21.4 | I'm on tour with the Mcfly boys. |
| 0:22.8 | It's Busted versus McFly. |
| 0:25.2 | And it is something I've been looking forward to for a really long time. |
| 0:30.9 | I love those boys. |
| 0:32.2 | And being on tour with them is just epic. |
| 0:34.7 | Touring is a weird thing. |
| 0:35.7 | You know, like I said in the past, it's kind of like somewhere where it's been troublesome for me in the past. But now, if I'm honest, I don't feel |
| 0:44.3 | very troubled about it. I'm at a place now where I feel quite confident in my, in my recovery, |
| 0:53.3 | like where I am in that kind of space to be able to do these |
| 0:57.2 | things to be able to step into this world and not take me back to that place you know to be like |
| 1:02.8 | this new version of myself who I like and admire for being in this situation without having |
| 1:08.7 | to go back to that old version of myself, which was not so |
| 1:12.8 | admirable. And it's kind of bringing me, you know, joy and happiness every day, which is great. |
| 1:19.8 | You know, I get to meet you guys, get to meet some of you, come and chat to me. And when you |
| 1:24.0 | mention that you listen to the podcast, it's just rad. Like I said, we put these out and then we kind of, you know, we don't know who's listening or who's watching these things. So it's really nice to hear from you and I love hearing from you. So let's get into it. Before we dive in, I just want to thank you guys very much for tuning in, for listening. And we love that you get in touch with us and let us know what you're thinking of episodes, what you liked, what you didn't like, what you take away from something, what you thought of a guest. It's wicked to hear from you. So thank you very much. I mean, I think of it as like, you know, following the show is a small act of self-care, right? It's saying, I want to keep learning, healing, |
| 2:01.3 | and showing up. So if this sounds like you, you know what to do. Hit follow, hit subscribe, and we'll see you on the next episode too. So today, we're going to take you behind the scenes, not the actual tour itself, but if you want to see that, maybe let us know. We can maybe do a podcast episode actually backstage. |
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