2. Forming
The band consists of Tom Fletcher, Danny
Jones, Dougie Poynter, and Harry Judd.
They began to form since 2002 as Tom
had been working with the band Busted
where he was replaced on the bands line
up but continued to working with them.
He later met Danny at the audition of the
short lived boy band “V” where Danny
had mistaken that he was auditing for an
instrumental band and not singing group.
The two soon began to work together
writing songs for Busted. Once bustard’s
second and last album was finished Tom
and Danny started their own project
which lead them meeting Harry and
Dougie in the auditions for their band
that was currently unnamed band.
The name “Mcfly” came from Michael J.
Fox’s Back To The Future character Marty
Mcfly.
3. Debut
The band’s first studio album
“Room On The 3rd Floor” released
in July 2004. The first song of the
album “5 Colours In Her Hair”
went straight to number 1 in the
charts in April 2004. When the
album came out they became the
youngest band to have a debut
album to top the charts, the
previous record was healed by
The Beatles. During the beginning
of their career they were
supporting Busted on their U.K
tour. September that same year
they went bon their first
headlining tour.
4. Since the success of their first
album Mcfly began recording
their second "Wonderland".
The first single for the album
was the comic relief charity
single "All About You" which
went straight to number 1 in
March 2005. The second single
from the album "I'll Be OK"
went to number 1 in April
2005 becoming the bands 4th
number 1. The album came
out late April 2005 and was
number 1 on the album charts.
5. Film Debut
In the 2006 teen comedy
"Just My Luck" all four
members of Mcfly played
themselves within the film
which also stared the likes
of Lindsay Lohan and Chris
Pine. Mcfly also did the
soundtrack for the film
which was their first US
album and lead to their
fame over in America.
6. Their first single from their 2006 album
was "Please Please" which was released
in July and went straight to number 1 in
the chats, the single also included the
Sport relief office song, which was a
cover of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now”.
The album was released in the
November on the year, however the
second single from the album “Star Girl”
came out two weeks before the
album, the single also went to number 1
in the charts. The third single from the
album “Sorry’s Not Good Enough” also
included the song “Friday Night” which
featured in the 2006 film “Night At The
Museum”.
Mcfly then went on two tours that
started in September 2006 and the other
in March 2007.
7. In November 2007 Mcfly
released their greatest
hits album called “All The
Greatest Hits” which
consisted of their hit
songs since they formed in
2004. It also featured
three new songs.
8. Mcfly’s 2008 album “Radio:Active” had a
free sample in “The Mail On Sunday” in
the July of 2008 and was properly
released in the September of the same
year.
The first single of the album “One for the
Radio” charted at number 2 in June 2008
after it was included on Radio 2’s A list.
The second song from the album “Do
Ya/Stay With Me” was also the official
song of the Children In Need of 2008
however it became their lowest charting
single as it only reached number 19 in
the charts.
Mcfly arranged two new tours in 2009
one of which was a small venue the
other an arena.
9. Mcfly’s first single form their 2010
album “Above The Noise” was “Party
Girl” was released in the September
of 2010 which reached number 7 in
the charts, however the music video
was voted number 1 in the 4music
Video Honors 2010. The album was
released in the November along with
a DVD film “Nowhere To Run” which
featured the songs of the album with
the band staring in it.
The second single “Shine A Light”
featured Taio Cruz reached number 3
in the charts.
The third single “That’s The Truth”
was released in March 2011.
10. Television
In 2011 Mcfly had their own
TV documentary series “Mcfly
On The Wall” that aired on
5Star.
In late 2011 Harry won
“Strictly Come Dancing”, while
Dougie went to Australia and
won “I’m A Celebrity..Get Me
Out Of Here”.
The band also went on to the
celebrity versions of “Deal Or
No Deal” and “The Cube” to
win money for charity.