David Archuleta to Tour the UK with UK Pop/Punk Band McFly
David Archuleta will be touring the UK as a special guest of the UK Punk/Pop band, McFly.
From McFly’s Myspace:
We are pleased to annouce that David Archuleta (American Idol runner up) will
be the Special Guest on all dates of our new UP CLOSE AND THIS TIME ITS PERSONAL
tour!
Check out McFly HERE. If you haven’t heard of McFly, imagine David touring with Fall Out Boy or Simple Plan. It’s an opportunity to expand the fan base, not only across the pond, but to fans who might not seek out Archie otherwise.
McFly’s tour dates are in April/May. Check out the schedule, after the jump.
April 21 2009 – Wolverhampton Civic, Wolverhampton
Apr 22 2009- Blackpool Opera House, Blackpool
Apr 24 2009- Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
Apr 25 2009 – Glasgow Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow
Apr 26 2009 – Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle
Apr 29 2009 – Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth
May 1 2009 – London Hammersmith Apollo, London
May 2 2009- Southend Cliffs Pavillion, Southend
May 3 2009 – Ipswich Regent, Ipswich
May 5 2009 – Croydon Fairfield Hall, Croydon
May 6 2009- Oxford New Theatre, Oxford
May 8 2009 – Manchester Apollo, Manchester
May 9 2009 – Leicester De Montford Hall, Leicester
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95 Responses to “David Archuleta to Tour the UK with UK Pop/Punk Band McFly”
Ozarka, I like that. ha!!
McFly is nothing like the JoBros. And this is an utterly bizarre pairing. I fail to see how helps either act. It’s Europe, so it’s not like DA is a hot commodity even among tweens and teens over there at this point. Also, I doubt there’s that many crossover fans between the two across the pond or that DA’s music is going to have tons of appeal to European McFly fans.
Now if he could have gotten on the bill with JoBros stateside, THAT would have been massive. Failing that he should try to get an undercard to Miley or one of the other Disney singers.
lol noctem… well apparently he is supposed to be filming an episode of hannah montana soon.
McFly is popular in the UK, David in the US. And pairing them up could introduce each others fans to the others music. Expanding fans both ways for both. I dont think its all that odd. Im excited for it!
Heheh, you guys are so funny! (that’s part of the reason why I LOVE this site so much!!!)
Anyone else wondering if we ought to be concerned for the McFlys? There have been ongoing reports of people being profoundly influenced by our boy. Might I interest you in a sharpie, Mr. McFly?
Naw they’ll all be fine susie hahaha
Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s no way Jeff wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t be joining David overseas. First of all, who really believes that Jeff would miss the opportunity to personally see his son debut overseas? Secondly, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve always had the impression that David sincerely wants his Dad at his side. He doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t consider him a burden. As heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s alluded to many times, he wants to be surrounded by those who have his back and donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t use him for financial gain or take advantage of himà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦people who keep him grounded. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s still too young to understand the business side of things à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s where Jeff comes in. I also agree with those who say that David is his own moral compass. That said, Jeff (and Lupe) instilled those morals and values in him which played a very big part in developing that compass that has so endeared us to him.
Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m happy to hear heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be touring with McFly. I think it will be an eye-opening experience for him in more ways than one. And while I applaud Jive and à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹the Teamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ for keeping David in the public eye, I am a bit concerned about burn out. The poor kidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s barely had a break since the start of AI. I get that this is what he wants to do and I realize that breaking the momentum can be detrimental in the early stages of establishing a career, but the body (and dare I say the voice) is going to betray you at some point.
I don’t know, frogcooke…our David is pretty formidable. heheaheh!
I just watched a McFly video about a girl with colors in her hair. it was fun! They are good musicians; i love their harmony. Their sound reminds me far more of the Beatles than the JBros.
I’m excited for David to have this opportunity! He said on AI that he loved international music, and I think the international music world is going to love him!!!
I am very excited about this. I don’t know who Mcfly is but it seems like they are big over in the UK. This is great exposure for David. I’m glad to see that it seems like Jive is serious about marketing him in the UK. I was wondering if he was going to be doing anything to promote the release of the album. Heck, maybe David will do well enough that eventually he will tour there on his own.
Don’t worry Niall… David may be very sweet but he knows all he needs to know about the birds and the bees and has made a conscious choice to wait until he gets married. It is more likely he will influence the McFlys.
As far as his dad, he loves his Dad and is happy to have someone there for him, as others have stated. Close families are like that.
^^^David may be sheltered but hes not stupid. He knows about all of those things.
The UK does not have an “obsession with nekkedness,” they just feel more comfortable with it. They don’t make a big deal out of it, or swearing, or any of the things that people here in the US would call dirty or need to slap a parental advisory on. McFly are wicked and I wish they would come to the US because people here would love them.
And I’m so sick of people comparing them to the JoBros. They are nothing alike. Two completely different types of music and fanbases. I must agree that this is a way weird pairing of Mcfly and David. I’m thinking he might be a little scared haha.
You never know what you’re going to get when you’re around those crazy Mcfly boys
I doubt that David is scared. He has told us that he follows the music scene in the UK has for many years and I have no doubt that he knows all about McFly and how they have done on the charts and what their songs are and everything. David has been called a walking jukebox and questioned about where he got all his “musical knowledge” and we know it is from his intense interest in all music of all kinds from anywhere.
I’m happy and excited for David! I think UK will love him, especially his voice!
I just checked MCFly and no they are nothing like JB. MCFly have better songs and an older sound and lyric, unless JB also have girl’s underwear reference in their songs?
Well this will be his first time going abroad, I’d be shocked if Jeff doesn’t go along. but please Jeff I beg please at least stay out of the cameras, interviews and such because if that continues, some may get the impression you don’t trust your son to handle himself.
Is not that we dis like Jeff, at least aI don ´t thinks so, is just we don ´t want him in the front so much in stage, stay in the dark please Jeff, please… and beside, I still think going overseas at 18 alone it would be so cool for Archie…
I don’t think David is scared of the McFly boys, more likely, they’ll all end up becoming good friends. a lot of people end up liking David after meeting him in person and what more if they are going to spend almost a month in each other’s company. I hope he also gets the time for sightseeing. I can’t wait for him to blog about this!
Jeff is co managing David with a guy from Azof. Well, let the other guy go with David to UK lol …if Jeff still needs to go, then just remember to put on the invisibility cloack.
…McFly’s songs are so damn catchy! My current fav is “Obviously”
Sorry, Cruzceleste, I didn’t mean to imply in my post that I thought anyone was claiming to dislike Jeff. I agree that if David were to travel overseas on his own, he’d get along perfectly fine. He may come off as innocent and naive, but I think he’s much wiser and capable than perceived. I think the time will soon come where David will be taking full reigns with regard to his career. You can already see his comfort level and confidence growing with each and every interview, media event and meet and greet. That said, I don’t think he’ll ever tire of having family around him and accompanying him on this journey.
Agree–Jeff needs to find a way to be out of camera range/not in studios with David.
I know that it gets complicated b/c Jeff is also David’s co-manager, and normally, managers are anonymous people we don’t recognize. But we all do know him and he just looks like he’s hovering over a little kid when he’s so close to David. Did you see the pictures from Mardi Gras? Jeff must have been not five feet away from David when David was throwing beads to the crowd. He’s in all the pictures w/ his baseball cap.
And in Florida, on Ryan Seacrest’s show, Ryan said “David Archuleta is here with his Dad.” That paints such a different picture than “David Archuleta is here with his manager” or “David Archuleta is here” (because the manager is in the hall).
I wonder if Taylor Swift’s mom or dad is standing an arms-length away at every event she goes to?
Alot of his family was with him in florida, theres vid of him and his cousin on a roller coaster. His dad and sis was with him at the AI experience too. I think the only reason people notice he’s there and look for him is because of the whole AI thing..
McFly is great. I’m from the US, and I’ve been a fan since December ‘06. David touring with them is great because both David and McFly will get exposure (hopefully). I’ve been dying for McFly to come to the US, and hopefully, they’ll get some more American fans because of this. Just like David can get some UK fans.
I just want to clear a few things up about McFly though…
The only thing you can say is that there are bands/singers that caters primarily to teenage girls – like McFly, Busted (one member of this band later formed McFly, and I just noticed that Jonas Brother covered one of their songs à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“What I Go To School Forà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ).
No one from McFly was in Busted… Tom (the blonde lead singer) auditioned for Busted, and he didn’t get in. The record label liked him, so they let him hang out with Busted, and he actually helped write some of their songs. Later, some auditions were held, Tom met Danny (the other lead singer) and later they met Dougie (bassist) and Harry (drummer) on the same day at the same audition. They’ve been a band since like Septemeber 2003.
I love these guys, and it’s great that David’s touring with them. I just wish they’d tour in the US…
So, the block qoutes I tried to put in my post didn’t really work with me… But, I hope it’s clear…