Hurts /

Hurts are a British synthpop duo formed in 2009, consisting of singer Theo Hutchcraft (born August 30, 1986 in Richmond, North Yorkshire) and synthesist Adam Anderson (born May 14, 1984 in Manchester). Their debut album Happiness, which was released in September 2010, has reached the Top 10 in 12 European countries, and has sold over 1 million copies worldwide. The band have also sold more than 1 million singles worldwide. Theo Hutchcraft, Adam Anderson and Scott Foster met outside the 42nd Street nightclub in Manchester in November 2005, whilst their friends got involved in a fight. Too drunk to join in, the trio got talking about music instead, and realising they had similar tastes, decided to start a hi-NRG electropop band. Over the next few months they exchanged music and lyrics via e-mail, before forming Bureau in March 2006 with Jamie Alsop and Flick Ward.