After the announcement of their highly anticipated album “Power to Play,” McFly have released the second single of the new era “God of Rock & Roll”!
“God of Rock & Roll” is an incredibly fun track that defines the bands new era perfectly. After the release of “Where Did All The Guitars Go” a fews weeks ago, fans have had a good insight into the direction the band are taking the new album. Both singles so far has been filled with face-melting guitar solos, insane vocals, and infectious lyricism. You’ll want to dust of that air guitar of yours because it’s impossible not to have one at hand when hearing these tracks, and there’s only more to come.
On the new single, the band explain;
“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.”
A music video was also released alongside the single, and it is just as fun-loving as the track itself. Watch as McFly dance around in body art via YouTube below;
Right now, we can only imagine what these songs will sound like live. But…we won’t have to wait for long as the band have announced that they will be taking “Power To Play” on a UK tour later in the year! Tickets will be on sale here from the 5th of May. Full tour dates can be found below;
Tour Dates:
October
23, Bristol, Academy
24, Bristol, Academy
25, Norwich, Norwich UEA
27, London, Alexandra Palace
28, Bournemouth, BIC
29, Southampton, Guildhall
31, Birmingham, Academy
November
01, Birmingham, Academy
04, Edinburgh, Usher Hall
05, Newcastle, City Hall
06, Newcastle, City Hall
08, Glasgow, Barrowlands
13, Leeds, Academy
16, Manchester, Victoria Warehouse
19, Manchester Victoria Warehouse
21, Nottingham, Rock City
22, Nottingham Rock City
“Power to Play” will be out on the 9th June and is now available to pre-order here. “God of Rock & Roll” is now available to stream via all major streaming platforms! To keep up to date, you can follow McFly on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok.
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