Flying Away
Filed under: Anglophilia > Music Minute > McFly
It's getting harder and harder for bands to make a splash with album releases these days.
So….musicians are thinking outside the box!
British pop punk band McFly is going the Prince route and teaming up with the UK's Daily Mail to give away its new music in the paper's Sunday, July 20th edition.
McFly's super dreamy singer/guitarist Tom Fletcher says, “We want to get our music out to the widest audience possible and working with a massive paper like The Mail On Sunday will definitely help us achieve that. We’re very excited about this great opportunity."
This partnership will give the band access to the Sunday Mail's reported 5.8 million readers.
Are you Brits excited about the giveaway?
[Image via WENN.]
Posted: June 24, 2008 at 5:51 pm
FIRST
first?
What about us Americans, eh?
first!
FIFTH
dood, super excited.
mcfly are amazing.
That's great for the British fans… but I want my McFly in the States!!!
Thanks for posting, Perez. Keep the McFly news coming.
omg
juddstar is waaaaaay fitter!
second??
radiohead jr? they arent deserving of that title even slightly.
McFly is my life
haha
Nup.
Well ive never heard them be called pop punk!! more like cheesy pop!
But, sad to say i was a massive follower, lets hope there new stuff is more adult!!
p.s i dont buy the mail on sunday so im not one of the 5.8 million that will be getting the free CD
radiohead jr! you have to be kidding.
this remind's me of a story my great grandma used to tell me about slavery when I was just knee high and I didn't understand much of the story because she alway's talked to me without her denture's and she was high as a kite from all the opium she used to smoke but that's neither here nor there. all I know is I'am still waiting for my restitution check. did I mention that after she passed I went to the reading of her will and she left me her old wooden denture's and they have worked great for me ever since as a door stop. well, gotta go. I need to take my squirell's for their afternoon walk and then we go over to the local park and they play on the jungle gym and what not. just a little update on my day laborer's working on my kitchen, you wont believe what happened this morning but the INS pulled up in front of my house and took all my worker's because they were illegal, go figure. who would of known they were illegal's because when I pick them up each day I alway's ask if they are legal and they always assure me that they are.
no im not excited as the daily mail is a crap newspaper, i read the times.
haha, I love your crush on Tom, Perez
And i love this idea, even if I'm an international fan.
no, they fucking suck!
Hmm, I'm not sure if even McFly are a good enough reason to buy the Mail. I hate that paper so much.
Definitely! Tom may be dreamy, but you've gotta love Dougie :O
omgzilla
leave mcfly alone please!
but they're deffs not pop punk.
just pure, catchy pop
i'd like some free mcfly music yeah?
I get the daily mail and the CD is going straight in the bin so
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
dude ! i love mcfly to dath but perez why are putting always bad pics of them !? DOUGIE I LOVE YOU !
i mean death*
I LOVE MCFLY!!! I'm not a Brit but being from Ireland I think we get the papers here……………i'm super excited!!!!!
Hmm the giveaway is understandable. I question how many people would get this music if it wasent a freebie.
As for you guys in America… i dont think your missing out on much!
American artists are much better anyway.
mcfly arent poppunk at ALL.
they're pure pop.
and i lovee danny. he's hot.
i am so jealous that i am not british!
this band is the friggen shit! i wish they would attempt canada or even the usa….
♥dougie!
I love McFly! They need to hurry up and cross the pond… like asap.
i wish thye would come to the states :[
Excited? Don't make me laugh.
But yeh, good for the fans.
Re: Lauz – …really? i feel like british musicians are better..thats a view from an american
i love mcfly!!! i hope we can get the album in the US
mcfly is my favorite band ever but this is a dumb idea
YES! free music is always good.
Re: Lauz –
what are u talking about?!
have u even heard of the beatles?!
Re: lunx – .. Yeah. I prefer alternative music though. You guys have radiostations dedicated to alternative stuff! like K-ROQ.
I always seem to think American artists sound much better vocally. Plus american accents are a bonus!
McFly is sooooo much better than those Jonass twats!!!
Im excited.
They're releasing it again in the shops but with extra stuff to make their money anywayss.
haa.
I love your crush on Tom…Im more of a Harry or Dougie fan myself.
xoxo
I haven't heard McFly complain about poor album sales before they've always sold really well. I think giving away something is declaring that it really isn't worth buying.
its sad cause the americans have to wait to get it
"Are you Brits excited about the giveaway?"
No.
NO I wouldn't buy the mail for anything.
Finally McFLY is here for their music!!!
Love them!!
I would have bought the album anyway…but i guess this is a cheaper option
Can't wait!
Hopefully it'll make more people understand how amazing they are =D
I'll have to run to the shops that morning to beat all the old men! =P
omg mcfly mcfly mcfly mcfly! i can never get enough of those boys. expecially tom. i love tom
I wasn't too happy about it at first but I'm slowly warming up to the idea. McFly deserve for more people to give them a chance and this might be one way to do it. I do think there's a huge risk that people are gonna throw the cd away and not mind it at all though. This breaking free thing McFly are doing right now is scary and is making me nervous but I really want this to happen for them. We'll love them no matter what. Thanks for posting this and Tom's always the cutest guy on earth. Yum.
THANK YOU PEREZ FOR RECOGNIZING THIS AMAZING BAND.
BUT GUESS WHAT!! SOME AMAZING UK FANS ARE SENDING THE OVERSEAS FANS COPIES OF THE FREE ALBUM.
THAT'S LOVE
mcfly need to release this free everywhere!
you rock perez, KEEP POSTING ABOUT THEM!
I think this is a really good idea, but I live in the US so I'm going to have a hard time getting a copy. I'll find a way though! And it is also being released in September, but I don't want to wait
i cant wait for it, i will get up at silly hour in the morning, just so i can get a copy.
Perez you rule and have great taste in men. Tom is yum
xxx
No.
aww i love that you love tom perez
OF COURSE IM EXITED ive been waiting for sum new material 4 lyk a year!!!
im so proud of theese guys
luv yoo mcfly and love you perez!!
Daily mail is xenophobic hypocritical middle of the road piece of shite - having said that, I have just enough time to sweet talk my local newsagent into keeping a CD for me if any become detatched.
thanx sooo much perez for putting something about mcfly on ur page! i rly wish i were in the UK right now :'(
I THINK WE HAVE A SEPARATED AT BIRTH ON OUR HANDS—- TO THE FAR RIGHT THAT BAND MEMEMBER LOOKS ASTOUNDINGLY LIKE RUMER WILLIS
PEREZ THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!…CAN YOU KEEP POSTING MORE McFLY STUFF…LIKE MAYBE THEIR NEW SONGS?…THANKS PEREZ!…PLEASE HELP US GET McFLY HERE!
Yes! A free album - hell yeah!
McFly are a top talented band. Tho you never put the most flattering photos of them up perez…
I wonder if Frankefag is getting paid for this post? WE think he is!
YAY!!!!!!! ILUV MCFLY!!!
anyways offtopic: perez post more "personally perez" vids of just u!
i miss them! yessir!
FUCK BANDS LIKE THIS WITH NO SOUL. When will this shit genre go away? Man, this makes me hate all of the tween demographic.
And they are comingo to Brazil on October!!! yay!!!!
I'm so excited!!!!
=D
NO, you idiot, we 'Brits' are not excited by Mcfly giveaways in right-wing Tory rags like the Daily Mail. Go to some research on the british press, for fucks sake.
Although actually it doesnt matter which newspaper give away their music - the point is McFly are totally shite!
Re: Lauz – oh no they aren't lol, all our artists are becoming fake and useless, the Uk artists a WAY better…
WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE WORLD???
I LOVE McFly but I'm pissed that people outside the U.K. can't get the album until September. Maybe YOU could convince them to tour the U.S ; )
YES PEREZ!!!!!! MCFLY IS AMAZING!!!
keep reporting on them
McFLY is amazing!! They need to come/ sell their stuff in Canada.
P.S.
Danny Jones is gorgeous!
like the whole album ?!
that's insane, it;s not like mcfly even need to give it away
oh well, can't complain =D
IMO I think it's stupid, They are going to release it properly 2 months later with 4 extra tracks, a 32 page booklet and a dvd, cheeky if you ask me. They did it with Motion In The Ocean too( re-released it with an extra track and DVD). However I do get the paper so wehey
. Their new song "One For The Radio" is quite good though 
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However it feels like they are forcing people to listen to them. If people want to listen to mcfly, they will listen to mcfly, but I do think they could do with a few extra fans
. THEY ARE AMAZING LIVE. I hope they go to the USand other countries so the fans can hear them live, their wicked.
Harry is hot, when he has hair
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