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"Radio:Active"
Release: 2008
Billboard Peak: #8 Label: Super
SHOWS? or TOURS?
UK SHOWS 2009 > > >
14th Feb - Amsterdam
8th Mar - Melbourne
18th Apr - Amsterdam JAPAN 2009 > > >
17th Feb - Shibya, Tokyo
18th Feb - Tokyo SYDNEY AUSTRALIA 2009 > > > 27th Feb - Metro Theatre 28th Feb - Tour tickets ON SALE
THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL TOUR >
21st Apr - Wolverhampton Civi
22nd Apr - Blackpool Opera House
24th Apr - Edinburgh Corn Exchange
25th Apr - Glasgow Clyde Auditorium
26th Apr - Newcastle City Hall
29th Apr - Portsmouth Guildhall 1st May - London Hammersmith Apollo
2nd May - Southend Cliffs Pavilion
3rd May - Ipswich Regent
5th May - Croydon Fairfield
6th May - Oxford New Theatre
8th May - Machchester Apollo
9th May - Leicester De Montford Hall
SUMMER 2009 UK > > >
19th Jun - Westonbirt Arboretum
20th Jun - Sherwood Pines Forest 26th Jun - Dalby Forest
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The song is very catchy, and get's you in a happy-go-lucky mood. I believe it is a fantastic single, with a very confusing video. Here's a review, a bit late sorry, from BBC.co.uk Radio 1. It's pretty wonderful
Fraser McAlpine, 18 Nov 08, 08:22 AM
"Brief clear-up here, before we get onto the actual review:
1. I am not saying the things I am about to say because this is a charity single; there are all kinds of wonderful implications to the fact that this is a charity single, from the worthiness of the cause to the fact that McFly don't *have* to use their huge record-shifting power to do charity work but consistently choose to. Still, our remit here on Chartblog is to review things simply because they chart.
2. Also, with regard to the things I am going to say here, I am not going to say them because the BBC is dumbing down, because I am not a "proper music fan" or because I do not know who Isis are.
3. Just to quickly get over this: this song is by McFly. If that really screws with your head, though, you could think of them as being called Marty, having beards and substitute the word 'pop' with 'art' whenever you deal with the question of what genre of rock they are.
4. THIS SONG IS AMAZING.
The following are things which make it amazing:
-The fact the first five seconds sound exactly like the start of 'The Beautiful People' by Marilyn Manson, confusing people of about my own age all over the country as they start to say "You know, he was actually still good on this album if you ignore this one and- what the hell is going on?"
-The verses are actually pre-choruses and are sung by Tom in a falsetto so determined that you kind of want to give the guy a medal. It's like he wrote the song, said "oh and hey guys, I thought that bit could be sung really high." "Yeah, that'll sound brilliant! Hang on, I'll just get Dougie."
(HOURS PASS) "OH, OK, FINE. I GET IT. I have to write the songs and always do the falsetto."
-It clocks in at under three minutes. How many other songs that clock in at under three minutes have time for bonkers falsetto, retro-style harmonies, bizarro Marilyn Manson referencing, an odd yet not unpleasant resemblance to 'Sit Down' by James (odd not least in its lack of unpleasantness) a ridiculously catchy buffet of choruses for you to find yourself humming at work and the cunning use of castanets? Not that many, I'd imagine.
-The video makes very literally NO SENSE AT ALL. A nice Christmas video you say, Tom? Something to remind people of the spirit of giving, what with it being a charity single and all? Sounds brilliant. Oh, Dougie ordered a set of extras dressed as zombies, so they're all outside. You do know about that, right?
-The glazed look on Harry's face throughout the video also suggests that the other three may have clubbed him at some point during the process in order to convince him to wear that jumper.
-Think about the UK music scene. Can you think of literally any band other than McFly who could or would do this song? No, no you can't. That's why McFly are brilliant. And kind of mad. Which makes them more brilliant."
What it says You boys stripped on stage at London nightclub G-A-Y recently. Who's the most, erm, impressive? TOM: (Laughs) Danny's small in that department and Harry's is unusually tanned, like a porn star's. I don't see Dougie's very often. But mine would put others to shame. HARRY: It sounds like we check each other out. Honestly, we don't.
So, Danny, after doing G-A-Y, would you ever consider dating a guy? No! I have a girlfriend I've been seeing for a while. I like women, I could never be gay.
But if it was life or death? George Clooney or David Beckham - he looked good in the Giorgio Armani photos. I'm not saying I fancy him! I just apperciate his six-pack.
Danny, what happened between you and Kimberley from Girls Aloud? I got her number at a part and texted her, but she never replied. She spurned my advances. Can you believe it? Just look at what she's missing!
Harry, you had more luck with Lindsay Lohan (they spent the night together). She's now seeing Mark Ronson's sister Sam - how do you feel about that? It doesn't surprise me that Lindsay's with a woman - she seemed like she'd be up for a lot of things.
Who's the most famous person you've ever met? DANNY: Rod Stewart. He's the ultimate sexy rocker. DOUGIE: The Queen. We were at the Royal Variety Performance and Danny spoke to her when he wasn't supposed to. He'd have lost his head for that 100 years ago!
Time to get creative. Dougie, what would be the band's Spice Girl nicknames? Harry would be Hairy Spice. Danny would be Ginger Spice, I'd be Flaky Spice because I get dry skin, and Tom would be Bottom Spice because he's always complaining about toilet problems.
Harry, you've been singled out for being hairy. Would you consider waxing? I would if I had a hairy back, but i'm not that bad. I'm just a normal man - unlike this lot! I have heart-shaped chest hair. It's the rug of love and it's nice to snuggle up to.
What was you last dream about? DANNY: Sharon Osbourne. I was at her house telling her I didn't want to stay over. DOUGIE: I was on a yacht with Cheryl Cole and Daniel Radcliffe, who were jumping off, getting sucked uner the propellers, then being fired out. I refused to do it and everyone was annoyed. Analyze that!
Dougie, you're the heart-throb. Have you ever slept with a fan? This is a hard-core interview! I've never done that because it would be wrong and I have a girlfriend.
You all have girlfriends - what would you do if they said they didn't want children? TOM: Mine wouldn't say that. I defienitely want kids, but not at the moment. DANNY: I'd adopt, like Brangelina. DOUGIE: We'd get dogs, I already have a chocolate Labrador called Flea, and I'd get a husky, a German shepherd and a boxer. HARRY: I'm not thinking about kids yet.
If you could live the life of a celebrity who's died, who would it be? TOM: Walt Disney DANNY: James Brown DOUGIE: Lolo Ferrari. I like boobs and she had the mother of all boobs. HARRY: Jim Morrison from The Doors.
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Our Children In Need single is in the shops this Monday!
The single CD will be everywhere including ‘Stay With Me,’ ‘Do Ya’ and our version of Katy Perry's ‘I Kissed A Girl’ which we performed on Radio 1's Live Lounge in September (£2.99).
The DVD is just at HMV and HMV.co.uk with video footage of our trip to Brazil and behind the scenes from the ‘Do Ya’ video shoot (£1.99).
Please join us in supporting Children In Need. We had an amazing night on Friday when we performed live on the show as well at our own arena show in Birmingham. So far the fundraising has reached an amazing £21 million but there’s still a way to go to beat last years total of £37 million. Hopefully the profits from ‘Do Ya’ will go a little way to reaching that target.
Our arena tour is in full swing and we hope you're having as much fun as we are. This week we have Aberdeen, Glasgow, Wembley and Liverpool – and remember you can download the live version of ‘Do Ya’ from any night of the tour with backstage video from that night and help Children In Need. Go to our myspace for details.
The tour has been great! We will be emailing and blogging about some of our experiences on the tour.
4/5? That's pretty spanking good, and it's well deserved.
By David Balls McFly: 'Do Ya' / 'Stay With Me'
Is it time for the McFly boys to collect their MBEs? Aside from being talented songwriters, gifted musicians and owners of their own record label, they've also proved themselves to be endlessly charitable. First they recorded a song for Comic Relief, then one for Sport Relief and now they're making it three in a row with this double A-side release in aid of Children In Need.
'Do Ya', which manages to sound like it was recorded at the height of the 60s, showcases the group's unfailing ability to hammer out an infectious pop hook. Band member Tom Fletcher thinks its one of the best songs they've written and he's probably right. 'Stay With Me', a cover of The Faces' 1971 classic, is a slightly weaker offering, but it does prove McFly aren't ones to shirk a challenge. When it comes to charity records, they've just nailed the hat-trick.
Hello Dougie, I am sure NME readers might me interested to hear how Mcfly are now 'proper indie'. "They might but they still won't like us though. We thought we might be better off and more in control of creative stuff if we had our own label. And it's been a lot happier. We took as much time as we wanted to on the album."
So when it came to leaving your label you said, 'Thank you major record label for spending millions of pounds on us so we are now successful enough to leave your label and coin it in ourselves'.
"Well, maybe it was a slight bit like that but there's no bad blood. They've got some hot people working there! That's what we're going to do with our label, we're just going to hire a load of hot people."
There's not enough sexuall harassment in the music business. Not like the old days. "Bring it back!"
Now you are in charge of your own label, have you designed compliment slips? "What's a compliment slip?"
It is a slip of paper with 'compliments' written on it. "I don't think we've done that."
This is a disaster. When you gave your album away with the Mail on Sunday were you going after Mcfly's untapped 'bigoted mortgage-owner' market? "I can't really read, so I don't know anything about that. Everything I need to know is on Google. This is the best album we've made and we wanted everyone to hear it. We always said that if we could afford it we'd hire a helicopter and go around the country throwing the CD out to them."
Why have you not done that? "It would probably hurt people."
If you're made redundant from Mcfly in the coming recession, what will you do? "I'm not qualified to do **** all except sleeping and masturbating."
You could be a sperm donor. "I could do that."
Conventional backs will struggle, but the increase in unemployment will mean there's a lot more masturbation. It could be a great time to work at a sperm bank. "I don't think I'd want to work there, I'd just go and hang out."
Do you really have a tattoo on your foot that says 'athletes'? I cannot really believe anybody would be that stupid. "Yes. I wasn't even drunk or anything. Me and there rest of the band were all out together and [drummer] Harry decided he was going to get 'big' on his foot then [vocalist/guitarist] Danny went 'I'll get "Good F" for 'good effort'. We did it and now I'm stuck with the bastard for the rest of my life. Good times!"
Do you think these tattoos will create the right impression when, as a music business mogul, you are attempting to impress potential clients and investors? "As soon as people see my face they'll know I haven't got a clue what the **** I'm talking about. I tend to communicate through email because it has spell-check. I's be screwed without it."
You enjoy the company of animals. Who's the latest arrival? "I have a dog, a chocolate Labrador. He's awesome. He spoons me in the night."
If you knew nobody would ever find out would you have sex with your dog? "No way I've smelt his farts. (pause) Plus, of course, it's just wrong. I'm not going there. Dude. WRONG. Bad."
When your animals die, do you have an emotional funeral or do they just go in the bin? "I've got one who's unwell at the moment. He's a bearded dragon. A lizard. I've had him since I was about nine. I'm going to have to take him to the vet and have him put down. It will be sad. I breed fiji iguanas though, and they're pretty rare."
How much do you sell them for? "If you wanted just one, two grand."
TWO THOUSAND POUND FOR A LIZARD? "You don't even want to know what I paid for the breeding pair. They're one of the most expensive things I've ever bought. My car wasn't that expensive. Just as well because, er, I don't drive."
An article posted in response to FOB's new album release, but the critic connects FOB with McFLY and the Jonas Brothers.
Here's the bit envolving McFLY "And y'know, once you start asking questions like these, it does tend to lead to other questions. Like this one: What is the actual qualitative difference between McFly and Fall Out Boy? Musically there's not a huge amount in it, besides a lack of mum-friendly shinypop songs like 'All About You' on Fall Out Boy's side, and a lack of ramalama punk choruses like 'This Ain't A Scene...' on McFly's. But they are both bands who use loud guitars and rock dynamics to make pop songs. And I'll go you one further...even though it may hurt... I'm not even sure there is that much to choose between the current Fall Out Boy output and the Jonas Brothers. If you take the view that JoBro are an American take on McFly's rocking pop music - complete with the classic Disney overproduction and that curious breathy/croaky vocal inflection which Britney Spears pioneered - and that Fall Out Boy are generally becoming more and more pop conscious with each passing album, the similarities start to pile up. "
