Mikey Thompson

Joey Nicholson (born 02 March, 1989), is a British guitarist and singer, who is a member of the alternative rock boyband Jetfire. Thompson also sings lead vocals on several of the band's songs.

Career
Thompson attended high school with his two best friends Joey Nicholson and Aaron Dixon. The boys formed a band in their final year, and enlisted Sean Cotes, a boy in the year below them to join the band too, due to being aware of his guitar playing skills. After finishing school with 1 1GCSE's and 4 A Levels, the boys decided to try and break into the music bussiness. From 2009 to 2011 they managed to secure many small local gigs, but were unable to get a major label signing.

Before their fame, the band would post YouTube videos online, in the hopes of gaining more notice. Eventually they discovered a new talent show named The Uraps Factor, which was looking for auditionees in the Summer of 2011. The boys applied, not realising quite how enormous the show was going to become. Out of 192,000 entries, the band made it all the way to the live finals, were they were eliminated in the quarter final, finishing in 5th place.

Straight after appearing on the show, several labels showed strong interest in signing the boys, however the boys decided to sign with Next Generation Records, a fairly new label which focused on new and exciting music. In 2012, the boys released their self-titled debut album "Jetfire" which spawned four singles, "Tears In Your Eyes" which charted at #5 on the singles chart, "Turn Back Time" which gave the boys their first #1 single, "Midnight Trail" which peaked at #2 and "Dim The Lights" which gave the group their second #1 hit.

The band released their second album "Counting The Stars" in June 2016, alongside the lead single "Little Black Book", both of which charted at #1 in the UK and launched the band to international success. As of July 2016, the band have sold over three million records in the UK alone.

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Mikey is known for his painfully shy personality. He very rarely speaks during interviews. He claims to "hate fame" but his love for music outweighs the hate. On the very rare occasion that Mikey does speak, he tends to do so with a nervous twitch, and often stops half way through his sentences in the hopes one of his bandmates will finish off his sentence for him.

Personal life
Thompson has been dating dental nurse Rachel Aberts since August 2005. The pair went to school together, and started dating when they were only 16 years old. On 09 May, 2016, after eleven years together the couple got engaged. Thompson hates media attention, and so his relationship was kept a secret from the public until late 2012.

Discography
See Jetfire discography