McFly

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McFly
McFly in 2011. Left to right: Harry Judd, Dougie Poynter, Danny Jones and Tom Fletcher.
McFly in 2011. Left to right: Harry Judd, Dougie Poynter, Danny Jones and Tom Fletcher.
Background information
OriginLondon, England
Genres
Years active2003–present (2013-2015 as a part of McBusted)
Labels
SpinoffsMcBusted
Members
Websitemcfly.com

McFly are an English pop rock/pop band[1][2] formed in London in 2003. The band took their name from the Back to the Future character Marty McFly. The band consists of Tom Fletcher (lead vocals, guitar, and piano), Danny Jones (lead vocals, harmonica, and guitar), Dougie Poynter (bass guitar, vocals) and Harry Judd (drums). They were signed to Island Records from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records.[3]

McFly rose to fame after fellow band Busted, with whom they later formed McBusted, helped launch them by inviting them to tour in 2004. In 2005, they won the Brit Award for Best British Pop Act.[4] McFly's debut album Room on the 3rd Floor debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and is certified as double platinum;[5] this led to them taking the record, in the Guinness Book of Records, as being the youngest band ever to have an album debut at number one—a title taken from the Beatles.[6] A month after the album was released, the band had their first UK headlining tour.[7]

The band's second album, Wonderland, which was released in 2005, also charted at number one in the UK[8] making them the youngest band to have topped the UK Albums Chart twice.[9] Their third album, Motion in the Ocean, was released on 6 November 2006 and charted at number 6 in the UK.[10] McFly released their All the Greatest Hits compilation album on 5 November 2007, which charted at number 4 in the UK.[11] The band's fourth studio album, Radio:Active, was given away for free as a supplement in the Mail on Sunday on 20 July 2008, before being released in the conventional manner (via physical release) on 2 September 2008. Their fifth album Above the Noise was released in November 2010 and charted at number 20.

In November 2013, it was announced that McFly would be joining forces with Busted to form the "supergroup" McBusted. They played a 34-date tour with both Busted and McFly songs.[12] The only member of the original groups not to participate in the new lineup was former Busted singer Charlie Simpson.[13] After Simpson's return to Busted in November 2015, McFly made a return and sold out their Anthology Tour in September 2016. After that, the band took an indefinite hiatus, with their Twitter account confirming that the boys were focusing on solo projects in 2018.[14] In January 2019, Poynter confirmed via a podcast that the band would be reforming that year with a new album and tour.[15] In September the band announced a new album of previously unreleased material and a concert at the O2 Arena in November 2019,[16] followed by a 2020 come-back arena tour, this would however be delayed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their sixth album, Young Dumb Thrills, was released in 2020.[17]

According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), McFly has been certified for 2 million albums and 2.6 million singles in the UK.[18] and more than 10 million records worldwide. As of 2016, McFly have had 18 consecutive UK top 20 singles, seven of which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart and fifteen of which were consecutive top ten singles.

  1. ^ Chudy, Emily (17 April 2020). "McFly re-records number one song in aid of NHS". Belfast Telegraph.
  2. ^ "McFly Biography". Star Pulse. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  3. ^ "We're gonna McFly solo lads tell record label Tag". Daily Mirror. 17 May 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  4. ^ "McFly BRITs Profile" Archived 26 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Brits.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2012
  5. ^ "BPI Certification for Room on the Third Floor". Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2007.
  6. ^ "McFly – The Heart Never Lies single / Greatest Hits Album". Archived from the original on 23 December 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2007.
  7. ^ "Only a few tickets left for McFly tour!". McFly Official. 25 August 2004. Archived from the original on 9 July 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2007.
  8. ^ "McFly Wonderland Music charts". αCharts. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  9. ^ Guinness World Records 2007 "Youngest double toppers". Guinness World Records Limited. 29 September 2006. p. 98. ISBN 1-904994-11-3.
  10. ^ "The Official UK Charts Company 11/12/2006". The Official Charts Company. 11 December 2006. Archived from the original on 29 December 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
  11. ^ "McFly – Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  12. ^ McGeorge, Alistair (11 November 2013). "McBusted: McFly and Busted become supergroup 2014 tour dates for supergroup". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  13. ^ Denham, Jess (11 November 2013). "Boybands McFly and Busted to form supergroup for UK tour". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  14. ^ McFly [@mcflymusic] (14 March 2018). "We as McFly just want to say how much we support Dougie and wish him well with his new band INK.
    Even though we are all working on solo projects in 2018, McFly are still looking forward to working on a new record some time in the future"     (Tweet). Retrieved 15 March 2018 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "McFly announce reunion plans — including their first album in 9 years". Digital Spy. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  16. ^ "'McFly is forever': The boyband is back". BBC News. 10 September 2019.
  17. ^ "McFly confirm 2020 UK tour dates, find out how to get tickets". The List. 17 September 2019.
  18. ^ "Certified Awards". Bpi.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2019.