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McFly have teased that their new music could be a departure from their previous rock pop sound.

The 'Obviously' hitmakers - comprised of Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Harry Judd and Dougie Poynter - are feeling less ''pressured'' to produce a record of a ''particular'' style and so they've decided to experiment.

Tom, 31, said: ''There's been such a big gap between McFly's albums, that now we're at the stage where we're not tied down to a particular sound.

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Only a year has passed since the epic announcement that former Busted members, James Bourne and Matt Willis, would join forces with UK popstars McFly, and its been a pretty wild ride for the McBusted group since then. It only makes sense now that things get even crazier as the band has finally announced their debut album, set for release on December 3.

McBusted are releasing their new album next month

The self-titled record, which will be distributed via Island Records, will be the first official McBusted release, but it'll also be the first album in general from all of the guys in quite a while. The last we heard from McFly was 2010's Above the Noise, while James Bourne released his Future Boy solo album in the same year as well. It's more of a musical homecoming for Matt Willis, however, as his last material came in the form of his excellent solo effort back in 2006.

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McBusted announce the biggest show of their careers as they prepare for British Summertime Hyde Park in London on July 6th 2014.

McFly and Busted have taken the world by storm since they decided to team up as McBusted (minus Charlie Simpson), so much so that they have been forced to extend their original 9-date tour next year to 32 dates, to their utter amazement. And things are only getting better for this newfound supergroup as they were recently told they'd be headlining at the British Summertime Hyde Park next year, with special guests fellow boyband Backstreet Boys.

They have been posting messages to their followers on Twitter about a major announcement, yesterday (December 8th 2013) revealing, 'We have HUGE announcement to make on Monday morning...we cannot wait to tell you about it!' and eventually confirming, 'Have you heard? MCBUSTED ARE HEADLINING @BSTHydePark on Sunday 6th July.... Tickets go on sale Friday at 9am!' Their combined Twitter account also saw various re-tweets from each of the band members expressing their insatiable excitement.

Continue reading: McBusted To Play 'Biggest Show Of Our Lives' At Hyde Park Next Year

The latest from the world of smooshy romantics: McFly's Tom Fletcher and his wife Giovanna have announced that they're about to become parents in a music video posted on Tom's YouTube channel.

Tom & Giovanna Are Expecting A Baby.

The pair took advantage of the upcoming Autumnal holiday to announce Giovanna's pregnancy in a novel and rather adorable way. The short ditty shows the couple, who recently married, gathering up pumpkins, playing with their cat and carving away busily whist the track plays.

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Tom Fletcher's wedding speech was probably a little different to the stuttering start-stop effort of the average Groom. The McFly singer married his girlfriend Giovanna Falcone last May, though waited until this week to post a video of his wedding speech, or should that be wedding song?

Yep, you've guessed it, the singer-songwriter who's had seven No.1 singles decided to sing to his bride after claiming he was too nervous to deliver a speech. Before launching into the track (to the melody of various McFly songs), Tom said, "I don't have any idea how to write a good speech but I do know how to write a song, so I hope this isn't cheating my way out of it too much." The 15-minute ditty began with Fletcher crooning, "Recently I've been, having a wedding, I've married this girl, who's out of this world, believe me." Was it as sickly as it sounds? Probably.

Nevertheless, Fletcher managed to get through it while entertaining his guests, including best friends Harry Judd, Dougie Poynter and Danny Jones. He sang, "Thanks to my best men, you are the best friends, that I know I will ever have, you're more like brothers, sometimes lovers but we won't tell them about that.We've been together for what feels like forever but I'd do it all again and again, but we're only getting started and I know McFly will never end."

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Olly Murs is currently riding high on the UK Singles chart with ‘Troublemaker’ but can he make it a double-whammy with his third studio album? It will mean shaking Rihanna off the top of the tree; she’s currently sat there with Unapologetic, but will the UK decide to favour Olly’s boyish charms, over tabloid perennial Rhi Rhi?

Right Place Right Time is the third full-length release from Murs, who manages to maintain a presence on prime-time TV with his Xtra Factor presenting duties, even when he’s not releasing records. His harmless and affable charm seem to do as well for him as his song choices and the success of ‘Troublemaker’ will, of course, help sales of the album. Which just happens to be coming out a few weeks before Christmas. Which is kind of handy because he’s the kind of middle-of-the-road pop act you can purchase as an ambitious stocking filler, or for your Secret Santa at work, for the girl that doesn’t really seem to care about music very much.

Watch Olly Murs' video for Right Place Right Time

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When reviewing the album of a manufactured band of the 21st century, it's not entirely clear what's to be praised of the band itself. Commending the writers is often not a praise of the band, nor is 'brilliant production' often easily attributed to the band itself. The only compliment that can be mustered is something along the lines of 'your auto-tuned singing is nice'. And, who do you compare a band like One Direction to? Every Boy Band Ever springs to mind. Disseminating the different roles at play in a manufactured band is ultimately fruitless, so we'll take 'Take Me Home' as a whole, and simply work out whether or not we like it. 

As a whole, the answer is, simply, no. By saying that we don't like it does not, however, mean that it's a bad album. What it wants to do, it does. The crowd it wants to draw in will be drawn right in. The world-wide screaming 14-year-old fanbase love nothing more than sweet-cheeked boys that sing about the centre of the world kind of relationship that all teenagers believe they're in. In a song like 'They Don't Know About Us' this is the theme, because 'they' is everyone else, and 'us' are the only two people that matter. 'Live While We're Young' has obvious appeal to the youthful masses, as does 'Kiss You', the upbeat tempo of which will be very well suited to the high sugar content of most adolescent sleep overs the world over. 

Of course there are highlights, and the Ed Sheeran penned second single 'Little Things' is a real gem. It's simple and delightful, and there's a delicacy not only to the lyrics but to the vocals that sets it apart from the rest of the album. Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter and Tom Fletcher of McFly also collaborated with One Direction and co-wrote 'I would', while suggestive in its title is in fact a fairly sweet love song. 'Over Again', another co-written by Ed Sheeran is another lovely song, with interesting vocal rhythms and harmonies. 

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