Pop band McFly have been speaking about their new album deal which will make them the latest act to see their record come free with a national paper.

Following in the footsteps of the purple one Prince, the cheeky foursome are treating fans to their new album, Radio:Active, without having to dig too deep into their wallets.

In this way, Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd will become the first mainstream pop act in the UK to distribute an album with a newspaper and are hoping to shift millions of copies.

Lead singer Fletcher says he's hoping it will get more people listening to their music.

He said: "It's really important for us, because it means we can get our album into almost three million homes."

It's the band's first release since leaving their old record company to set up their own label, Super Records.

McFly have so far notched up an impressive seven UK Number one singles and Jones says they are loving having more control over their musical direction.

He said: "Sonically, it's a lot better, a lot ballsier, some songs are slightly different to what we've done before and a lot of them are just awesome McFly songs."

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