Radio:Active

On 20 May 2008 McFly confirmed that their fourth studio album will be titled Radio:Active (typeset as Radio:ACTIVE). The album was given away for free as a supplement in The Mail on Sunday on 20 July 2008 and will subsequently be released in stores on 22 September 2008 with four additional tracks, a DVD and a 32-page booklet. The album was announced after McFly confirmed that they had left Island Records as they were unhappy with some of the decisions that the label was making for them. Since announcing the launch of their new record label, the band have said that they "won't rule out" signing other acts, but that for the moment they're just concentrating on releasing their "own stuff". The first single released from the Radio:Active album was "One for the Radio", a song about as the band's "constant struggle for critical acceptance".The single was premiered on BBC Radio 1's Switch with Nick Grimshaw on 1 June 2008 and was released on 14 July 2008.As of the 25 June 2008, "One for the Radio" was included in Radio 1's A list, meaning that it receives primary airplay during the daytime. The single charted at number #2 in the charts. McFly performed a showcase concert on 10 July 2008 at Shepherds Bush Empire and performed another concert at KOKO on 24 July 2008 as part of the iTunes Live Festival '08. An EP of the performance, released August 4, 2008, was made available to download from the iTunes store. McFly will embark on their 2008 arena tour, starting from 7 November 2008, attending 14 dates. They also performed four concerts in Brazil from 5 October 2008 to 11 October 2008. Instead of normal plastic single covers, McFly's singles taken from Radio:ACTIVE will be released in a recyclable digipak form, they have done this for 2 singles already.