NEWS: Florence + The Machine To Play Auckland In May

Monday , 28 Nov 2011

Fanning the flames of a fire started just under two years ago, Florence + The Machine are set to ignite stages across the country when they return to New Zealand with a show at Auckland’s Vector Arena on Monday 28th May.

Following on from the multi-million selling, multi-award winning, global smash of a debut album Lungs, Florence + The Machine first landed on kiwi shores in January 2010 on the Laneway Festival bill; playing to stunned audiences over the course of the festival.

The phenomenal success story of Lungs, with the much loved singles ‘You’ve Got The Love,’ ‘Kiss With A Fist’ & ‘Dog Days Are Over’ – has paved the way for her much lauded and highly anticipated sophomore release, Ceremonials.

The woman behind it all, Florence Welch, is an artist teetering on the wind-blown top of her game, and this record is an extraordinary testament to what she refers to as “my incorrigible maximalism”.

“This is the first time I’ve made a record with a sort of overarching, cohesive sound” says Florence: “It’s a proper studio album in that sense: a group of songs that paint a unified picture of where I am in my life right now.”

Recorded with her full band over five weeks over the European summer in Abbey Road's legendary Studio 3, Ceremonials is another product of her long-running collaboration with producer Paul Epworth. Together they’ve created an expansive art-pop vision that can be both captivatingly tender while still frequently soaring to places where it can overwhelm the senses like an emotive tidal wave.

Do not miss out on what is set to be one of the touring highlights of 2012!

Florence + The Machine - What The Water Gave Me (Live on Later w/ Jools Holland)