Oh dear, this has filled me with a sense of foreboding. Why can't McFly write a new song to be the charity single release for Sport Relief 2006? They did that for Comic Relief, and it was a lovely little number. This time they are covering Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now', which is one of my very favourite songs of all time and, as much as we love McFly round here, I'm just not sure up to doing a good version of this song. Though their live cover of 'Pinball Wizard' rocks, so perhaps they'll prove me wrong.
Anyway, the cover will appear on the flip side to new single 'Please Please' which is out on 17 Jul, and all the cash raised through the single will go to the Sports Relief charity thing. Kevin Cahill of Comic Relief/Sports Relief told reporters: "We are delighted to have the support of McFly and Island Records once again. 'Don't Stop Me Now' is a true classic and perfectly sums up the mood of the Sport Relief Mile. We hope the single will help us raise as much money as possible for people in real trouble at home in the UK and in the poorest countries in the world."
Harry McFly added: "I went out to India for Sport Relief, and having seen what a difference the money raised makes to people's lives I'm so excited that me and the guys are able to make even more of a difference by doing the Sport Relief single!"
Meanwhile Tom McFly has been talking about the pop promo to the aforementioned 'Please Please', which apparently features the band playing naked in a cupboard. On that he says: "I wasn't at all embarrassed about being naked - we're used to stripping off in front of each other. But there was one sticky moment where I didn't realise how low my guitar was and I almost flashed everything on camera!"