McFly

Naming themselves after the lead character in the movie Back To The Future, McFly were formed when Tom Fletcher was turned down for a place in the band Busted. A talented songwriter, he was collaborating with James Bourne, contributing songs for Busted songs when he met Danny Jones at auditions for another boyband, V. They subsequently started working together, recruiting bass player Dougie Poynter and drummer Harry Judd from an advertisement in the NME. The result was McFly, who used Tom Fletcher's connections to launch themselves on tour supporting Busted and struck it big with both their first two singles, "5 Colours In Her Hair," released in March 2004, and "Obviously," and album Room On The 3rd Floor all hitting No 1 to make them one of the best-selling bands of 2004. Their more ambitious second album Wonderland—which spawned another No 1 single, "All About You/You've Got A Friend"—was another big success, appealing both to teen pop audiences and a family audience. The group's third album, Motion in the Ocean, arrived in 2006 and went to number 6 on the UK albums chart while they climbed two places with follow-up effort Radio:Active, released in 2008. Following the release of their fifth album Above the Noise in 2010, the band took a ten-year break before returning to reclaim their chart credentials with comeback album Young Dumb Thrills, which soared to number 2 in the UK. They revisited their rock 'n' roll origins with the follow-up LP Power to Play, the band's seventh to date, released in June 2023 and teased by two singles: "Where Did All the Guitars Go?" and "God of Rock & Roll."  In October 2024, the group played two sold-out shows at London’s O2 Arena to celebrate their 21st Birthday, capturing all the excitement on the 21 LIVE album (February 2025). Also in 2025, McFly teamed up with pop-punk peers for the Busted vs McFly Tour.