McFly will be the headline act for T-Live – part of Telford & Wrekin Council’s major summer festival T-Party.

The band, who has sold more than 10 million records worldwide in their ten year career, will be the first major act to perform a live outdoor gig in the Telford Town Park Arena.

They will take to the stage on Saturday September 7, with some big name support acts to be confirmed shortly.

T-Live is part of the Council’s new summer festival T-Party, a double weekend of celebration which is expected to attract more than 20,000 people.

It gets under way during the weekend of August 30-September 1 when the Telford Town Park Arena will host a family weekend with street entertainment, a family theatre performance, music and dancing.

T-Party will then culminate with T-Live the following weekend on September 7 when McFly and support acts will take to the stage for probably the biggest outdoor gig ever to be performed in the borough.

Telford & Wrekin Council leader Councillor Kuldip Sahota said: “I am absolutely delighted that we have been able to attract an internationally established act like McFly for the first ever T-Party Festival.

“To my mind, this puts down a marker for the T-Party for future years and will well and truly put Telford and Wrekin on the map.

“We have a wonderful facility in the Town Park Arena and I feel the programme of entertainment we are putting together for T-Party is one that will really excite local residents and visitors as well.

“We will be making more announcements in the coming weeks about what else will feature as part of the entertainment for T-Live and we expect tickets to sell very quickly.”

McFly will play a 75 minute set with support acts on stage from late afternoon and tickets for the gig will be £35 for adults and £30 for young people (11-16) or £32 and £28 for Telford Loyalty Card holders. Under fives will be allowed in free and those aged 5 to 10 will be just £10.

Tickets will go on sale next week and will be available via www.tparty.co.uk or by calling on 01952 382382 or in person at the Box Office counter and Telford Ice Rink. Purchasers who have special access requirements or who have under fives should contact the box office.

Registered Telford Loyalty Card (TLC) holders will be able to snap up theirs at discounted prices.

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There’s a new interview with Tom on this week’s OK! and he talks about his battle with bipolar disorder and the depression time he and Dougie had to battle. You can read below the part he talks about Dougie and the rest of his interview HERE

[...]The 27-year-old – who is about to celebrate his first wedding anniversary – openly speaks about how he struggled with being the ‘fat one’ of the boy group and how a bad year for the band sent him spiralling into depression.

The chart-topper confessed that while he never turned to drugs and alcohol he did end up in a ‘bad place’.

Tom said: “Dougie and I call it the Great Depression – we were really depressed, we’d had a really bad album campaign, there was lots of stuff going on in the band that we weren’t happy with and it sent us on this massive downward spiral.”

Behind the scenes on McFly’s Memory Lane Tour 2013. The fourth and final tour video takes us backstage in Wolverhampton, Brighton and Wembley.

That weirdo with 5 colours in her hair…

On Saturday, some of team GT swapped a trip round Europe for a trip down memory lane, still embracing an evening of ‘euphoria’ as the McFly boys sell out Wembley ten years on.

Yes, you did read that correctly it has actually been ten years since the cheeky chappies burst onto the music scene supporting the Busted boys. What a difference a decade makes because joining support act The Vamps (a mini-McFly 1D-esk foursome) was James Bourne who opened the show with his guitar and old school tracks such as Year 3000.

Still going strong ten years on it seems McFly have partly put their punk pop looks to rest *sigh* as they joined the 13,000 screaming fans with matching shirts, ties and waistcoats complimenting their skinny jeans and converse *swoon*. They opened the show with a snippet from the Memory Lane track before powering up Dougie’s lit up bass and delivering an energised performance of ‘That Girl’. As this was a best of tour the mixed crowd of girls, gays and McMums were treated to classics such as ‘Obviously’, ‘Star Girl’ and of course ‘Five Colours In her Hair’. During their career the boys have accomplished seven number one singles across six albums. With another album on the way this tour was the perfect way to showcase why McFly are still big names in the music industry.

During a slowed down performance of ‘I’ll Be Okay’ Tom swapped his guitar for a piano and with a candlelit back drop, where they showed off their musical abilities further. During the gig they sang live throughout and sounded flawless. With Danny and Tom on guitar, Dougie on bass and absolutely not forgetting Harry at the back banging his drums, they delivered a fantastic show of musical and vocal talent.

McFly are known for being mischievous and it was enjoyable to watch their banter with each other on stage. During their performances they slipped the odd rude word into their songs too. Dougie also asked the crowd “Do you ever get that feeling your pubes are hanging out? I have that feeling right now.” Between tracks they teased one another about Tom’s 10 million hit wedding speech on YouTube, Dougie’s win in the jungle and Harry’s win on the dance floor. Not afraid to camp it up, they also donned a feather headpiece, sailor hat and cowboy hat for a rendition of YMCA. It’s like they knew we were coming!

The retro, American style billboard staging stayed the same throughout, as did the boys outfits. But they did mix it up with the odd bit of fire and some snazzy lights. McFly will play the Royal Albert Hall on in September to mark their ten year anniversary and we suspect the boys will go all out for the occasion. Maybe some shirtless performances wouldn’t go a miss too? Just saying!

The ten year milestone certainly does not mean the end for Mcfly. Towards the end of the concert they belted out ‘The Heart Never Lies’ and Tom changed the lyrics to “McFly is here forever”. And we sincerely hope so too. Here’s to another ten years!

GT gives it a 4/5

Tickets for the 10th anniversary concert go on sale this Saturday 25 May here.

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Read below another review of McFly’s last concert of the tour at Wembley and check a new pic of the boys during soundcheck that Jason Perry posted on tumblr.

The world of pop is a flaky one. Acts are dropped, spats are exaggerated and flops are a regular occurrence. However, that has not been the case for guitar-strumming cheeky chaps McFly, who have ridden out the past decade as pop’s constant force.

Headlining a sold-out Wembley Arena in London this past weekend served as a reminder of the four-piece’s continued solid standing in UK music. Kicking off proceedings with a storming rendition of 2004′s ‘That Girl’, McFly were energised, charismatic and downright sweaty from the get-go. Popular hits ‘Star Girl’, ‘Transylvania’ and ‘Five Colours In Her Hair’ stood up as modern classics, proving their worth as some of the noughties’ most addictive and authentic pop anthems.
If the songs weren’t appealing enough, then the friendship and on-stage camaraderie between them certainly sprinkled extra charm. Dougie Poynter adopted a Deep South drawl over a Wild West soundtrack to tell the story of Tom Fletcher’s mission to create the band. As the singer-songwriter rode his guitar like a horse, the chemistry and story of the group became the apparent key to their success. People like McFly because they want to be friends with McFly.

It was followed by stand-out chart-topper ‘Obviously’ that caused the crowd to chant along, while a gentle rendition of ‘I’ll Be OK’ placed a spotlight on their standing as accomplished musicians. The show was suitably rounded off with 2007′s arena-honed ‘Heart Never Lies’, with the sentiment summing up the show perfectly; McFly still have a genuine love for each other and what they do, and that doesn’t ring any truer than seeing them perform live.

 

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@jasonperryrock pre production for the new Mcfly album at soundcheck.. LOUD!

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I added to the gallery two more Saint Kidd promotional pics of Dougie for Saint Kidd. All the credit for them goes to Tom Leishman.

[x2]photoshoots > 2013 > saint kidd summer ’13

I added to the gallery two adorable pics of Dougie at Wembley last saturday with his cousins.

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I added to the gallery some pics from the meet and greet the boys had with some lucky fans last saturday before the Wembley gig. All the credit for the pics goes to my friends Ari and Marina so I’m sorry about the tag in some of them but as people ALWAYS steal the pics and those are not mine I had to put it there.

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Yesterday we finally know the dates of the two concerts McFly are doing to celebrate their 10th anniversary as a band in London, 19th and 20th of September at the Royal Albert Hall. Now we know how much the tickets will cost and that for now there’s no standing area planned, but that could change.