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 was born to parents Anne Franceschi and Christian Franceschi in Weybridge, 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 to live with his grandmother.
At the age of 9, he moved back to Weybridge, Surrey.
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.
2016
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.
Josh Franceschi is vegan.
The band all organised a pop-up vegan kebab shop at the release of their album VI.
He is an Arsenal fan.
In 2021 Franceschi tweeted that he is the cousin of McFly bassist Dougie Poynter.
