Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi (born 7 August 1990) is an English singer and songwriter. He is lead vocalist of rock band

You Me at Six You Me at Six are an English rock band from Weybridge, Surrey. The band consists of lead singer Josh Franceschi, guitarists Max Helyer and Chris Miller, bassist Matt Barnes and drummer Daniel Flint. Formed in 2004, the name for the group orig ...

Early life

Josh was born to parents Anne Franceschi and Christian Franceschi in

Weybridge Weybridge () is a town in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England, around southwest of central London. The settlement is recorded as ''Waigebrugge'' and ''Weibrugge'' in the 7th century and the name derives from a crossing point of the ...

, Surrey. He is of Corsican-French (paternal) descent. He has one sister, Elissa Franceschi who is also a vocalist. He lived in Cyprus in his early childhood, but later moved to

Twickenham Twickenham is a suburban district in London, England. It is situated on the River Thames southwest of Charing Cross. Historically part of Middlesex, it has formed part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames since 1965, and the borou ...

to live with his grandmother. At the age of 9, he moved back to Weybridge, Surrey. He attended

Heathside School Heathside School is a co-educational secondary school for students aged 11–18 situated in Brooklands Lane, Weybridge, Surrey, England. The Executive Principal is Anne Cullum. The school used to be a Foundation Community Technology Colle ...

until he was 16, and then moved to

Esher College Esher Sixth Form College is an open access, non-selective 16-19 Academy located in Thames Ditton, Surrey, England. Rated as "outstanding" in September 2022 by Ofsted, it now has around 2100 students enrolled, with a catchment drawn from north ...

, where he studied A-Levels in politics, history and film studies. He now lives in north London.

Public image

Ticket touts

In 2016, Josh Franceschi began to criticise the way that tickets are re-sold for extortionate prices as there were consequences for both musicians and fans. He, along with a variety of other musicians came together under the Fan Fair Alliance to tackle the touts
Franceschi spoke against the rising issue
along with Ian McAndrew and Annabella Coldrick in Parliament; many MPs backed the argument, agreeing that something must be done.

Personal life

Josh Franceschi is vegan. The band all organised a pop-up vegan kebab shop at the release of their album VI. He is an

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fan. In 2021 Franceschi tweeted that he is the cousin of McFly bassist

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Discography

Guest appearances

*"Salt" (with Elissa Franceschi) *"This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things (I Don't Care)" (with The Blackout) *"Fuck" (with

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) *"A Decade Drifting" (with Your Demise) *"Not Alone" (with Kid Arkade) *"24" (with Hellions) *"Outlines" (with

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on ''Straight to DVD II: Past, Present and Future Hearts'') *"Lose My Mind" (with

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) *"Hallucinate" (with Yours Truly)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Franceschi, Josh 1990 births Living people English male singer-songwriters British people of Corsican descent English people of French descent English people of Scottish descent English people of Welsh descent People from Weybridge