Josh Franceschi

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

Josh Franceschi
Franceschi performing with You Me at Six at Rock im Park in 2022.
Background information
Birth name	Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi
Born	(1990-08-07) 7 August 1990 (age 34) Weybridge, Surrey, England
Genres	Alternative rock pop rock pop punk post-hardcore
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Instruments	Vocals piano guitar
Years active	2004–present
Website	youmeatsix.co.uk

Early life

Josh was born to parents Anne Franceschi and Christian Franceschi in Weybridge, Surrey.^{[citation needed]} He is of Corsican-French (paternal) descent. He has one sister, Elissa Franceschi who is also a vocalist.^[1] He lived in Cyprus in his early childhood, but later moved to Twickenham to live with his grandmother. At the age of 9, he moved back to Weybridge, Surrey.^[2] He attended Heathside School until he was 16, and then moved to Esher College, where he studied A-Levels in politics, history and film studies. He now lives in north London.^[3]

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.^[4] He is an Arsenal fan.^[5] In 2021 Franceschi tweeted that he is the cousin of McFly bassist Dougie Poynter.^[6]

Discography

Main article: You Me at Six 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 Bring Me the Horizon)
• "A Decade Drifting" (with Your Demise)
• "Not Alone" (with Kid Arkade)
• "24" (with Hellions)
• "Outlines" (with All Time Low on Straight to DVD II: Past, Present and Future Hearts)
• "Lose My Mind" (with James Arthur)
• "Hallucinate" (with Yours Truly)

References

1. Franceschi, Elissa. "Devoid of Rue EP". Pledge Music. PledgeMusic. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
2. "You Me At Six- Biography". Hcc-webhead.net. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
3. "Josh Franceschi lead singer of You Me At Six – talks about the new album, playing Reading and Leeds, and more on Monday 6 October 2008". eGigs.co.uk. 6 October 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
4. Anna Fair (26 September 2018). "YOU ME AT SIX ANNOUNCE VEGAN POP-UP YOU ME AT SHISH BECAUSE WHY NOT". Altpress. Alternative Press, Inc. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
5. "Lawro's Premier League predictions v You Me At Six's Josh Franceschi". BBC Sport. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
6. Franceschi, Josh [@joshmeatsix] (5 July 2021). "Found out @DougiePoynter is my cousin. How mad is that https://t.co/nJIARyphHc" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2022 – via Twitter.