The "Above the Noise Tour" is the first worldwide tour by British pop-rock band McFly

McFly

McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records...

, after almost 7 and a half years of their career. The tour is in support of their fifth studio album Above the Noise

Above the Noise (McFly album)

Above the Noise is the fifth studio album from British band McFly. The album was released on 15 November 2010. The album spawned three singles: "Party Girl", which was released on 6 September; "Shine a Light", which was released on 8 November; and "That's the Truth", which was released on 6 March...

, and revolutionary website Supercity.

Background

The UK leg of the tour was confirmed by lead singer/guitarist Danny Jones on the bands ground breaking website Super City. The band originally was set to do a 14-date tour across the United Kingdom but 2 weeks before tour they rearranged 3 of the first dates of the tour. The tour was meant to kick of on 12 March at Nottingham Arena but was re-arranged to the end of the tour, due to Dougie's stint in Rehab over emotional issues. The tour kicked off at Sheffield Motorpoint Arena on Friday 18 March. McFly tweeted ahead of the tour saying "This is the most songs we've played" and that they was some pretty cool things to happen. Due to the success of Supercity and the band discovering new fans across the world, further dates were added for Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 and Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

. Harry from the band also announced on 30 March via Twitter "Don't know why the south American dates haven been announced yet cos we are definitely coming!" McFly were supported by That Sunday Feeling, City Stereo and The Struts on the UK dates. The tour was the first arena tour with the band's new electro-esque sound, Dougie told Bournemouth Echo “Some fans are not into it and played live, our new stuff sounds a lot heavier but I think it still fits in with all of our old tracks and when they hear it live they will see. My favourite track from the new album Above The Noise is ‘Nowhere Left To Run and I’m really looking forward to playing it live on tour.”

Critical reception

The tour received positive reviews from critics. Liverpool Echo gave the tour 8 out of 10 stating "McFly have managed to evolve their music and appeal to a new audience but without leaving any of their original fans behind." The Shields Gazette also gave the tour a positive review along mention how "With a fiery and energetic performance, they kept the crowd going all night long" while also mentioning "It was a top show". The Chronicle Live complimented the set of the show saying "The cavalry had well and truly arrived, while health and safety was thrown out the window as flames started to ascend from the stage and confetti was blasted from cannons" and concluding praising the boys "With an average age of 25, the boys certainly have time on their side and as long as they can keep their problems behind them, there is no reason to suggest why McFly can’t continue to impress their adoring fans." Bournemouth Echo mentioned the experience of the tour which was "A high-octane rampage that never pauses for one second, the McFly live experience is loud, energetic and thoroughly entertaining."

Tour Dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
March 18	Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...	England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...	Motorpoint Arena
March 19	Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...		MEN Arena Manchester Evening News Arena The Manchester Evening News Arena is an indoor arena situated in Manchester, England. It is adjacent to Manchester Victoria station near Corporation Street...
March 20	Brighton Brighton Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...		Brighton Centre The Brighton Centre The Brighton Centre is a conference centre located in Brighton, England. The capacity of the main hall for conferences is 4,500 people and 5,100 for standing concerts.It also has smaller rooms for weddings, banquets etc....
March 22	Cardiff Cardiff Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...	Wales Wales Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...	Motorpoint Arena
March 23	Bournemouth Bournemouth Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth...	England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...	International Centre Bournemouth International Centre The Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, Dorset, is one of the primary venues for conferences, exhibitions, entertainment and events in southern England...
March 25	Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....	Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	AE&CC
March 26	Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...		SE&CC Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre , located on the north bank of the River Clyde, in Glasgow, is Scotland's largest exhibition centre....
March 28	Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...	England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...	Metro Radio Arena
March 29	Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...		Echo Arena
March 30	Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...		LG Arena
April 1	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...		Wembley Arena Wembley Arena Wembley Arena is an indoor arena, at Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium.-History:...
April 3	Belfast Belfast Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...	Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...	Odyssey Arena
April 4	Dublin	Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	The O2
April 6	Nottingham Nottingham Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...	England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...	Capital FM Arena
May 6	Valencia	Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	Pabellón San Luis
May 7	Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...		Palacio Vistalegre Palacio Vistalegre Palacio Vistalegre is an Indoor arena located in Madrid, Spain. The arena opened in 2000 and can hold up to 15,000 people.It is primarily used for bullfighting and basketball and has been the home arena of Real Madrid and CB Estudiantes for several years....
May 8	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...		Razzmatazz
South America
May 20	Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...	Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	Chevrolet Hall
May 21	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...		HSBC Arena HSBC Arena The First Niagara Center, formerly known as HSBC Arena and Marine Midland Arena, is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in downtown Buffalo, New York, USA...
May 23	São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...		HSBC Brasil
May 26	Porto Alegre Porto Alegre Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...		Country Theatre
May 28	Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...	Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...	La Trastienda
May 29
May 30			Teatro Colegiales
Asia
July 26	Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	Akasaka Blitz Akasaka BLITZ Opened in April, 1996, Akasaka BLITZ is a so-called music "live-house" in Minato, Tokyo, owned and operated by Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. Until the opening of Shibuya-AX in 2000, it was the only concert space that in the metropolitan area that could accommodate 1500 people...
July 27
July 28	Osaka Osaka is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...		Big Cat Big cat The term big cat – which is not a biological classification – is used informally to distinguish the larger felid species from smaller ones. One definition of "big cat" includes the four members of the genus Panthera: the tiger, lion, jaguar, and leopard. Members of this genus are the only cats able...

Setlist

• "Party Girl"
• "Nowhere Left to Run"
• "iF U C Kate"
• "That's the Truth"
• "Transylvania"
• "Lies"
• "Corrupted"
• "Falling In Love"
• "Obviously"
• "All About You"
• "I Need a Woman"
• "End of the World"
• "Smile"
• "Star Girl"
• "Five Colours In Her Hair"
• "Pass Out"
• "The Last Song"
• "One for the Radio"
• "The Heart Never Lies"
• "Shine a Light"

McFly Live Stream

The Wembley show of the UK tour was filmed live and streamed on the bands Facebook and Application on the iPhone on 1 April 2011. To be able to watch the live concert, they had to buy an e-ticket for £2.99. However Supercity members were able to watch the full live performance for free on the website. Before the live show, fans were able to see behind the scenes footage and a Q & A interview consisting of questions asked by fans on the iPhone application. The footage which was recorded is set to be released as a Live DVD from the band.

McFly On the Wall

During the UK leg of the tour, footage on and off the stage and more was filmed for an upcoming fly-on-the-wall documentary series McFly On the Wall due to be shown on the recently re-launched digital channel 5*, made by Channel 5. The announcement for the series was on 1 April 2011 on Supercity. The documentary series will follow the band as they embark on their current tour and is currently being filmed and will air later this Spring on 5. Dougie, Danny, Harry and Tom are now about to go one step further with this new series, which will follow their lives in the most revealing portrait yet. Tom said "We’re all really excited to have the chance to show our fans what it’s really like being in McFly! We'll have a camera crew following us everywhere, so viewers will get a real insight into what goes on behind the scenes.". On the 23rd Of April the trailer for the show had aired on Channel 4 and was put on YouTube, It features a glockenspiel playing Wonderland

Wonderland

-Literature:*Wonderland , the setting of Lewis Carroll's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland*Wonderland , a 1971 novel by Joyce Carol Oates...

 hit All About You

All About You

All About You or All About U may refer to:In music:* "All About You" , a song by The Rolling Stones* "All About You"/"You've Got a Friend", a single by McFly* "All About You", a song by Ideal from Ideal* "All bout U", a song by 2Pac...

 while the boys smash up toy instruments to the song. As the trailer was unveiled. A official date is 11th May.

Episode One

McFly are set to embark on a 14 date UK Tour of album Above the Noise

Above the Noise (McFly album)

Above the Noise is the fifth studio album from British band McFly. The album was released on 15 November 2010. The album spawned three singles: "Party Girl", which was released on 6 September; "Shine a Light", which was released on 8 November; and "That's the Truth", which was released on 6 March...

 when the first 3 dates are rescheduled due to Dougie the bassist, Being depressed over split from The Saturdays member Frankie Sandford. So they promote new single That's the Truth

That's the Truth

That's the Truth is the fourth album by Canadian country music singer Paul Brandt. The album has been certified Gold by the CRIA. Four singles — "That's the Truth", "It's a Beautiful Thing", "That Hurts", and "The Sycamore Tree" — were released from the album, all but "That Hurts" charted on the...

 without Dougie and are set to do live TV performances without him which results in Tom playing Bass. McFly also do signings in some places across UK. The Boys also celebrate Danny's birthday without Dougie.

Episode Two

Dougie is Back and returns straight to rehearsals following his rehab stint. McFly get straight into action and set off on their Tour with the failure of chart domination with That's The Truth peaking at 35, McFly's lowest chart position. Also, Danny's girlfriend buys him a Gym.

Episode Three

McFly are on the road and are set to play the first date of the Above the Noise

Above the Noise (McFly album)

Above the Noise is the fifth studio album from British band McFly. The album was released on 15 November 2010. The album spawned three singles: "Party Girl", which was released on 6 September; "Shine a Light", which was released on 8 November; and "That's the Truth", which was released on 6 March...

 tour at Sheffield's Motorpoint Arena. The boys see the stage set for the first time and performing for their dedicated fans their new sound goes down well. After the show Danny DJ's some of his own tunes at the after party. Danny is seen in his room remixing a track heard to be Take Me There for a single B Side coming soon.

Episode Four

McFly continue with their busy tour schedule whilst they have problems with transport when the tour bus breaks down on the way to a intimate mini gig in London for Sun Bizare, the bus catch a taxi, and Tom is up early for a big day in which he plans to propose to his long term girlfriend Giovanna Falcone. Dougie takes a break to go get Tom & 'Gio' a wedding gift and buys a edible anus chocolate and a pair of oddly-shaped salt and pepper shakers. McFly take a boat trip for fun and Tom is a victim of a prank as he arrives later.

Episode Five

McFly take their groundbreaking tour to Spain, where the band are mobbed by teen fans. After a successfull run of shows where the boys eat and a underground restaurant, Chilled on the Costa Del Sol and met fans, Before returning to England.

Episode Six

McFly are back in England where they are to play at Wembley for the Above the Noise tour. Not only playing for a live audience of 12'000 and all of the boy's families, but the show is being broadcasted live on Groundbreaking inter-actual site SuperCity

SuperCity

SuperCity is a subscription website by Pop Rock band McFly. The idea simply came with a revamp of their official website. It has exclusive content such as Videos, Games, Offers, Meet&Great, Downloads basically money can't buy opportunities. During the 2011 Above the Noise tour McFly let 'Pioneers'...

 and on a brand new McFly iPhone app. It saw the boys being interviewed on how big an honour it is to play at Wembley for the sixth time. Tom's dad makes an appearance on Radio:ACTIVE

Radio:Active

Radio:ACTIVE is the fourth studio album by English pop punk boyband McFly, which also is the band's first under their new, self created label, Super Records after leaving Island Records. The first single from the album is "One for the Radio". "Lies", one of the tracks from the deluxe edition of...

song 'Smile' and the boys talk about the future.