Pop-rock boy-band McFly have confessed that they ‘took their success for granted’ before releasing their 2010 album ‘Above the Noise’.
Although they managed to get the record to #20 in the charts and score a #4 hit with ‘Shine a Light’, the boys think they spent too much time out of the public domain before the release of the album, and struggled to get people involved with the band again. But luckily, says Harry Judd, they managed to keep their fans interested enough to tour again.
“We did an album in 2010, but we had a long gap between album four and five,” Judd told Digital Spy. “We'd been going for six or seven years; it took a year and a half to make it, and we didn't do any publicity during that time. I think we realised how hard it was to get people interested again.
“I think we'd taken our success for granted. Thankfully the album went well and we had a big hit with 'Shine a Light', which meant we could go on tour again. At the same time though, other bands were coming through and it's hard to stay relevant.”
Judd was then asked whether he and the rest of the boys had ever considered parting ways – to which he replied: “No, definitely not, unless there's something they're not telling me! I think we have something unique in the four of us. We're still going strong and we're still great mates. We hope we can still have success that allows us to release music and tour.”
You can catch McFly on their up and coming March-time UK tour – check the dates and details below and grab yourself a pair of the cheapest tickets available.
Mar 7th - Portsmouth Guildhall
Mar 9th - Sheffield City Hall
Mar 10th - Manchester Apollo
Mar 11th - Oxford New Theater
Mar 13th - Margate Winter Gardens
Mar 14th - Folkstone Leas Cliff
Mar 16th - Nottingham Royal Centre
Mar 17th - Leeds Academy One (McFly on stage at 8:30pm)
Mar 18th - Stokes Hanley Victoria Hall
Mar 21st - Southampton Guildhall
Mar 22nd - Swindon Oasis
Mar 24th - Plymouth Pavilions
Mar 25th - Torquay Riviera
Mar 26th - Bristol Colston Hall
Mar 28th - Ipwsich Regent
Mar 30th - Birmingham Academy One (McFly on stage at 8:30pm)
Apr 1st - Lincoln Engine Rooms
Apr 3rd - Norwich UEA
Apr 4th - Southend Cliffs Pavillion
Apr 6th - Reading Hexagon
Apr 7th - London Hammersmith Apollo
Apr 10th - Cambridge Corn Exchange
Apr 11th - Preston Guildhall
Apr 13th - Glasgow Clyde
Apr 14th - Newcastle Academy One
Apr 15th - Leicester De Montfort
Apr 17th - York Barbican Centre
Apr 19th - O2 Academy, Birmingham
Apr 20th - HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London
Apr 21st - Apollo, Manchester
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