McFly announce brand new album and single coming VERY soon 🙌

The band have been teasing fans

McFly
Author: Anna Sky MagliolaPublished 29th Mar 2023
Last updated 29th Mar 2023

After a week of teasing their fans with various cryptic posts across their social media channels and giving their website a makeover, McFly have now announced they will be releasing a new song THIS WEEK, followed by a brand new album later this year.

The band consisting of Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, and Harry Judd announced on their socials: 'We’ve got some news… Our brand new album Power to Play will be out on 9th June 2023 ⚡️ The first single Where Did All The Guitars Go? drops THIS FRIDAY!'

The band also shared the 80s-inspired artwork which looks like a computer game, following on from the teasers they have been posting for fans this week.

The news quickly spread throughout McFly's fans with them commenting on the news, one fan wrote: 'Never ordered so fast 😂', with another saying: 'Looking forward to them both! 😉😄🙂😊😃☺️⭐👍🎵'. (sic)

What is McFly's new album called?

McFly have announced their new album is called 'Power To Play' and will be released on 9th June 2023. 'Power To Play' will be their seventh album.

Speaking about their new record, the band said: "At the start of the process, we all got together and said what they wanted this new album to be. We all had this one thing in common, and it was guitars. We love being on tour and playing live."

What is McFly's new single called?

McFly's new single is called 'Where Did All The Guitars Go?', the song will be released this Friday (31st March).

What formats will the new album be available on?

According to the band's website, which briefly showed an error at 2pm due to overwhelming demand, before revealing the exciting news, has details of the new releases. There is a limited edition mega bundle and signed print, exclusive member CD and signed print, yellow vinyl bundle, and cassette.

The band, which is still touring to this day, formed back in 2003 and have released six albums so far, including five which were in the UK Top 10. They also teamed up with their Busted friends creating the supergroup McBusted in 2014 and 2015.

Both McFly and Busted will be doing separate tours later this year, but no doubt fans will be hoping for a revival of McBusted. 🤞

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