McFly have signed their 1st record deal since 2009!
'We realised we'd been stupid'
"A lot of those things became the unspoken issues," says Tom.
"These are your best friends, who you want to be stood on stage with - and seeing them do things without you is really difficult to deal with."
The catalyst for the band's return turned out to be their manager of the last 18 years, Matt Fletcher.
"He booked the O2 without telling us and he said, 'Are you going to play it or not?'" recalls Tom, "and we all obviously said yes.
The first taste of McFly's new material lands later this month. The title of their comeback single is still under wraps, but it's an intoxicatingly upbeat crowd-pleaser, which the band describe as having a "festival vibe".
"There's that hands-in-the-air feeling about it," says Danny, "like when you're drunk or you're having a barbecue.
Even on Zoom, McFly display a genuine sense of camaraderie and excitement for the new material. They've come a long way since their manager sprung a surprise show on them last summer.
"In hindsight, what we really needed was a break to realise how much we needed McFly," says Tom.
"We've spent our whole adult lives being called Tom McFly or Danny from McFly - and part of you desperately wants to justify that that doesn't define who you are.
"But the truth is McFly totally defines who we are. It's in our DNA."
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