News Assignment 4

McFly fans show support through concerts, not records

McFly fans refused to buy albums as they saw their favourite band play at Bournemouth International Centre on Monday.
The music industry has recently seen record sales plummet from top UK acts such as McFly, because of the increase in illegal downloading from file sharing programmes.
Bournemouth International Centre’s feedback survey showed 60% of ticket holders admitted to pirating McFly’s latest album Radio:ACTIVE.
Hundreds justified this by saying that they would rather support the young men from London by buying tickets for their concerts instead.
Rebecca Steadman, 15, of Keswick Road in Bournemouth said “It’s so easy to get the album for free, when everyone has it I think it’s better for us to show our support by seeing them live.”

McFly left Record Islands in May, creating their own label Super Records in the hope of evolving their style and boosting sales.
Since then McFly have failed to achieve a number one in both the UK Album and Single charts.
The band’s UK Tour continues to boast successful attendance figures though, including a sell out crowd of 10,145 at Bournemouth International Centre
Karen Bell, 40, an events manager from Maple Road in Poole said “It’s a great evening for our family. Our kids love the music and I would much rather pay for them to see the band on stage then purchase the album.”
The wife of two kids, aged 12 and 13 said “We’ve seen them twice now. I don’t mind them downloading the album as long as it doesn’t have viruses.”