McFly announce 'Best of Tour' celebrating greatest hits

McFly have announced that they will be touring in April and May 2013 to celebrate their greatest hits album.

The 18-date Best of McFly Tour will start in Swindon and visit cities including Birmingham, Glasgow and Cardiff.

Memory Lane, their greatest hits album, was released on 26 November and features singles including All About You, Shine a Light and Obviously.

McFly have seven number one singles and 10m album sales to their name.

They recently announced that they were recording an hour-long programme for ITV called The McFly Show.

It is thought it will feature comedy sketches as well as performances of some of their hits.

All four have been tweeting pictures of the set, including a picture from Danny Jones, guitarist and vocalist, of a sign reading "The McFly Marshmallow Massacre".

The band have also played in the US recently with sell-out shows in New York and Los Angeles.

Bassist Dougie Poynter won I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2011.

Drummer Harry Judd also won BBC TV dancing competition Strictly Come Dancing last year.

Tickets for the Best of McFly Tour go on sale at 9am on Saturday 8 December.