Fresh from the release of their comeback single “Where Did All The Guitars Go?“ – taken from their forthcoming seventh studio album “Power To Play“ – McFly today (April 26th) share their brand new track “God Of Rock & Roll” and announce details of their upcoming UK tour!
Getting it’s premiere first play on Zoe Ball’s BBC Radio 2 show this morning, the infectious party anthem sees the band pay tribute to the all-encompassing rock sound that has inspired this new chapter in their career.
Commenting on the track, as well as their new album, Harry, Danny, Dougie and Tom say in a joint statement: “Once we had landed on the fact that we were going to do 80s rock, there was just something in it that had such a McFlyness within it. High concept, guitars front and centre, colourful. It’s all the things we have always loved about music and what we do with this band.”
It’s a party rock song at its core, but its seed was that if there was a god of rock and roll, we would undoubtedly be worshipping him. A lot of that came from going to shows ourselves. We all went to see Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer last year and seeing so many people had come to the same place to enjoy rock music was incredible. Rock music celebrates life and having fun, and it feels like we all got deprived of that for such a long time.”
Watch the official music video for “God Of Rock & Roll” below:
As well as teasing fans with new music, the quartet have announced they are to head out on the road this autumn to play a string of live dates up and down the UK in support of the upcoming release of “Power To Play”.
Scheduled to kick off in Bristol on October 23rd and wrapping up at Nottingham’s Rock City on November 22nd, the band will place 17 shows in total including an extra special date at the Alexandra Palace in London on October 27th.
The tour pre-sale will go live on Wednesday, May 3rd for fans who have pre-ordered the album, whilst the general sale for tickets starts Friday, May 5th 2023.
Check out the dates in full below:
McFly’s new album “Power To Play” is set to be released Friday, June 9th 2023 via BMG and is available to pre-order here.