McFly rose to fame after fellow band Busted, with whom they later formed McBusted, helped launch them by inviting them to tour in 2004.
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38 Facts About McFly
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McFly released their All the Greatest Hits compilation album on 5 November 2007, which charted at number 4 in the UK.
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In November 2013, it was announced that McFly would be joining forces with Busted to form the "supergroup" McBusted.
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The album broke records, as McFly earned an award from Guinness World Records for being the youngest band to have a debut album enter the charts in the top position, a distinction previously held by The Beatles.
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McFly supported Busted on their nationwide arena tour along with V in February 2004 and then had their first headlining tour in September 2004.
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McFly headlined their Wonderland Arena Tour, which started on 15 September 2005, supported by Tyler James and Famous Last Words.
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In 2006, McFly turned their attentions to the United States, appearing in the Lindsay Lohan movie Just My Luck, released on 12 May, three days after the soundtrack of the movie, which comprised McFly songs taken from both Room on the 3rd Floor and Wonderland, as well as a new version of "Five Colours in Her Hair".
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McFly held their Motion in the Ocean tour from 17 September 2006 and were supported by The Click Five and Nylon.
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On 20 May 2008, McFly confirmed that their fourth studio album would be titled Radio:Active.
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The album was announced after McFly confirmed that they had left Island Records as they were unhappy with some of the decisions that the label was making for them.
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McFly performed a showcase concert on 10 July 2008 at Shepherd's Bush Empire and performed another concert at KOKO on 24 July 2008 as part of the iTunes Live Festival '08.
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McFly embarked on their sixth arena tour in 2008, starting from 7 November 2008, attending 14 dates, supported by manufactured pop band Avenue and Indie pop rock band Reemer.
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In 2009 McFly decided to arrange a tour to situate smaller venues, this time being called Up Close.
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On 4 August 2012, McFly played for a crowd of 50,000 people at an outdoor show in Hyde Park as part of the Olympic BTLondonLive celebration.
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In October 2012, it was announced that they would release a greatest hits which is titled Memory Lane: The Best of McFly featuring most of the band's hits and 3 brand new songs, Love Is Easy, "Do Whatcha" and "Cherry Cola".
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On 11 October 2012, McFly published their first autobiography, Unsaid Things: Our Story, named after a song from their first album.
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McFly confirmed that they would embark an original 18-date tour to promote their 2012 Memory Lane: The Best of McFly album which would run from April–May.
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McFly went on several writing trips for the writing stage of this album and worked with Matt Willis and Bourne in writing.
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In late January 2013, McFly went on a writing trip with Bourne and wrote five songs.
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McFly's return was still in doubt, with Fletcher working on a feature-length film and regularly writing new books.
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In July 2018, McFly played Matt's anniversary celebrations, the first time performing as a band in almost 2 years.
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On 28 December 2018, Poynter confirmed via a podcast on Sappenin' Podcast with Sean Smith that McFly would be returning from their hiatus with a new album during the year and they would be doing a new tour during the summer.
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Super Records was created after McFly decided to leave Island, Universal Records at the end of 2007.
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On 23 June 2007, McFly made a cameo appearance in an episode of the science fiction series Doctor Who.
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On 22 October 2007, McFly hosted the first annual Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards.
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On 27 May 2008, McFly appeared on Gordon Ramsay's The F Word as the celebrity guests and cooked a three course meal for 50 customers.
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On 31 May 2009, McFly performed at the biggest TV show in Brazil Domingao do Faustao which had a predicted audience of over 30 million viewers.
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In October 2008 McFly performed on the 50th birthday episode of Blue Peter, live outside BBC Television Centre.
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In 2012 McFly appeared on the celebrity edition of Deal or No Deal in which they won £10,000 for their chosen charities.
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On 8 December 2012, McFly appeared as themselves on ITV in a one-off special called The McFly Show.
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On 23 March 2013, McFly performed a one-off concert as part of an event organised by World Wide Fund for Nature for Earth Hour 2013 which was broadcast live via YouTube.
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On 21 September 2013, McFly were the guest band on the BBC One show When Miranda Met Bruce with Miranda Hart and Bruce Forsyth.
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McFly have been cited as having influenced a number of high-profile musicians in various different ways.
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McFly had contributed song-writing to the first three studio albums that the group released.
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Horan has since established a professional relationship with McFly, co-writing a number of album tracks for One Direction with Fletcher, Jones and Poynter, including the song Don't Forget Where You Belong from their 3rd album Midnight Memories, having previously credited them for teaching the group songwriting techniques.
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McFly have been doing it for years and the little things we picked up have really improved our live performance.
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