McFly head back to Marlborough
8:46am Tuesday 15th February 2011 in News By Nigel Kerton
McFly in Marlborough in November
Just four months after members of McFly took Marlborough by storm when they visited the Sound Knowledge music shop and attracted the biggest crowds seen in many years the remainder of the boys band will be at the shop on Monday March 7, the day their new single is released.
On November 15 bass player and backing singer Dougie Poynter and drummer Harry Judd visited Sound Knowledge in Hughenden Yard to sign copies of their latest album and were astounded at the phenomenal reception they were given.
Hundreds of fans formed a queue that stretched from the music shop and along the High Street as they waited patiently to get the two band members to autograph copies of their new CD.
They chatted with their fans as they signed their CD’s and autograph books and gave extra time to one young fan, 11-year-old Edward Scipio from Devizes who suffers from cerebral palsy and who was pushed in his wheelchair by his mother Sharon.
Dougie and Harry also had a special word with former St John’s student Robert Dobie, 17, from Marlborough who told them how a dodgy burger had left him with virulent food poisoning from which he almost died.
Shop owner Roger Mortimer said he was astounded when he heard that McFly would be visiting Sound Knowledge in November. “I was truly amazed when McFly said they were coming the first time and my astonishment continues,” he said adding that he reckoned that between 600-700 young people, many of the younger ones accompanied by parents, had queued to meet the two young musicians.
McFly mania is expected to return on March 7 when the other two members of the band Danny Jones and Tom Fletcher, both lead vocals and guitar, will be visiting Sound Knowledge on the day their new single is released.
Mr Mortimer said he was confident there would be huge queues again to meet the McFly members. “The fans will want to complete their sets of signatures by getting Danny’s and Tom’s to go with Dougie’s and Harry’s which they got in November.”
To ensure that the expected large number of young fans can be handled safely they must register with the shop (01672 511106) so that some idea of how many will be attending can be assessed. Mr Mortimer said.
“All of those who want to come along and meet Tom and Danny will need to contact the shop for details of the time when they will be here,” Mr Mortimer said.
