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Florence + the Machine announce ‘Everybody Scream’ UK and Europe tour
Florence + the Machine have released dates for a short UK and European tour of their upcoming album ‘Everybody Scream’.
Presale will be at 10am UK time on 3rd September, with general sale from 5th September onwards. Pre-sale codes can be obtained using this link: https://t.co/FdDgwizqmh
We’ve updated our website live section to reflect the new dates and locations which you can check out now!
‘Everybody Scream’: the new album and single from Florence + the Machine
Today (19th August 2025), Florence + the Machine announced the release date, name, and first single for their 6th studio album. Titled ‘Everybody Scream’, the LP is set to have 12 songs with 4 bonus tracks featuring chamber versions of four of the songs, only available on exclusive CD or vinyl copies via the Florence + the Machine store.
The first single, of the same name, will be released on Wednesday 20th August 2025. The music video is directed by Autumn De Wilde (who also directed all of the ‘Dance Fever’ music videos as well as the album cover shoot).
Speaking of the album, Florence stated how the life-saving surgery she underwent during the "Dance Fever Tour," led to a period of reflection on the meaning of ‘healing’, relationships, femininity, and the limits of the human body. The first single, ‘Everybody Scream’, mirrors this theme by establishing what her bodily limits are, and how performance allows transcendence beyond that.
Everybody Scream - the album cover. Shot by Autumn De Wilde
Take a look at the provocative album shoot on our gallery page.
You can also pre-order the album at www.store.florenceandthemachine.net, including some limited edition versions by HHV, HMV, and more (see below for variants).
Florence + the Machine join the Maccabees at Glastonbury 2025
Fans seeing the Maccabees headline slot at the Park Stage at Glastonbury 2025 received a little extra surprise. Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine joined the band on-stage for a duet of ‘Love You Better, followed by Florence’s ‘Dog Days Are Over’.
This is not the first time the two bands have collaborated. Their earliest performances together included songs like ‘Midnight’ from the Cosmo project, and duetting ‘Toothpaste Kisses’ at the Hollywood Bowl in 2012.
You can watch the full performance from the Maccabee’s set at Glastonbury 2025 on BBC iPlayer now.
Florence + the Machine to perform 'Lungs' at BBC Proms
Photo by Lillie Eiger
Exciting news has broken for all Florence + the Machine fans.
Florence + the Machine will be performing at the BBC Proms 2024, at the Royal Albert Hall. Their performance will be accompanied by an orchestra, including with medieval instruments, conducted by Jules Buckley.
The band are set to perform the entirety of their debut multi-platinum-selling album ‘Lungs’.
Speaking to Vogue, Florence states she’s most excited to rework lesser-known songs like ‘My Boy Builds Coffins’ and ‘Girl With One Eye’ - “it’s actually the ones you’d think wouldn’t work orchestrally that I’m interested to figure out”. It will mark her only gig for this year, and despite being on a hiatus, she couldn’t let the opportunity pass: “When [the invitation] came in, they were like, ‘We know you’re off, but would you…?’ and I was like, ‘Yes!’”
The BBC Proms is one of the world’s most renowned classical music festivals, and amongst the highlights in the Royal Albert Hall’s annual calendar.
Photo by Something For Kate via Flickr
Florence + the Machine last performed at the Royal Albert Hall in 2012 for the Teenage Cancer Trust, also alongside an orchestral ensemble that is widely regarded as one of their best live performances to date.
Tickets on sale from 18th May 2024 at 09:00 BST. The band will be performing on 11th September 2024 from 20:00 BST.
Florence + the Machine collaborate with Taylor Swift on new album
Exciting news for fans of both Taylor Swift and Florence + the Machine!
Florence and the Machine are set to feature on a track from Taylor Swift’s new album ‘The Tortured Poet’s Department’.
It is Florence’s first feature on a track since she featured on Lady Gaga’s ‘Joanne' track, ‘Hey Girl’. It’s also the first feature on a track as the band, rather than a solo artist.
The song, titled ‘Florida!!!’, will be released on 19th April 2024. More information to follow.
Florence + the Machine's new song 'Mermaids' out now
Florence + the Machine release new track ‘Mermaids’ complete with an epic brass beat, and live discussion on STATIONHEAD on 22nd April 2023.
Florence + the Machine have released a new track to add to the Dance Fever Universe!
The new song, titled ‘Mermaids’, sees Florence struggle with what it means to be sober, and the ‘cheerful oblivion’ that drinking used to offer her. Florence has been very candid in recent years about the dangerous allure that alcohol has previously had upon her, and ‘Mermaids’ reflects the ongoing relationship she has with
The track was produced by Dave Bayley (who also produced songs such as ‘My Love’ and ‘Daffodil’). Take a listen below.
We will also be hosting a very special streaming event on Stationhead on Saturday 22nd April at 6pm BST / 1pm EST so be sure to tune in!
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Florence features in Rolling Stone Magazine [Gallery]
Florence Welch features in Rolling Stone Magazine, talking all from anxiety to her new album Dance Fever.
Florence Welch bears all for her cover story of the Rolling Stone Magazine. Speaking to Tara Joshi, Florence talks motherhood, her songs being both daemons and children, and gives us some inside knowledge on the process of writing and recording for Dance Fever during the pandemic.
You can read the full interview here, and see the gallery of photos taken by Ruth Ossai below.
New single ‘Free’ released
Check out the new single Free, along with the music video, taken from Dance Fever and directed by Autumn De Wilde
Following the epic return of Florence and the Machine to the live scene over the last week, the band have released their fourth single from ‘Dance Fever’, ‘Free’.
It was initially debuted at the live shows, and now the studio version is accompanied by a music video starring Bill Nighy. Filmed in Ukraine by Autumn De Wilde, it aligns with the track by following Florence running and embracing her anxiety (played by Bill). Watch the video below:
My Love - Music Video Analysis
Take a read on our thoughts around the ‘My Love’ music video - a dance song about the effects of COVID-19 and Florence’s music writing process.
This analysis piece comes after the epic release of Florence + the Machine’s second teaser single ‘Heaven Is Here’, followed closely by the lead single ‘My Love’.
For some context, ‘My Love’ is a song about writer’s block that Florence was experiencing prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and then how the pandemic itself forced Florence into a state of isolation from both her music in her professional life, and from seeing her loved one in her personal life. This is reflected through Autumn De Wilde’s masterpiece music video, detailed below.
The video begins in a pre-pandemic scenario, with a still but intense few seconds of Florence breathing. This is a theme that runs through all of the videos so far. This may be used to symbolise intimacy and vulnerability, as well as isolation and aloneness, all of which are concepts that COVID-19 amplified in 2020.
Florence appears fearful, with back to her audience, almost as if she does not want to perform. She contorts her hands as if controlled by string; as if she is a puppet to the musical world. This reiterates the line from ‘King’ “dragged me by my hair and back on with the show”. Florence realises that she doesn’t have a choice - the show must go on. Notice that when Florence turns to face the audience, her composure and persona completely changes. Suddenly, her face is one of confidence, standing elegantly and commanding the stage. This scene may be to reflect that behind closed doors, just as highlighted in ‘King’, Florence feels vulnerable and fearful, but being on stage is a moment of catharsis, and also where she must display confidence to the world. Her band and audience sit motionless, like wax-work figures (just as in ‘King’). This may be to highlight that her subjects of writing (her music, her friends and her partner) are models; lifeless topics of interest about which she observes, reduce to lifeless beings, and writes about. It could also be that, as she meanders between these people, she is trying to decide where to put her love, but her inability to decide means she feels disconnected from them.
Then, suddenly, the audience is standing, gasping. This is the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, where the world watched in shock as events unfolded. Florence is panicking, trying to navigate the situation but she cannot gain control.
Florence is left alone now that the audience have been isolated from her, instead surrounded by her ‘lace children’ - her inner thoughts, demons, and support. They dance frantically around her as her thoughts race and panic. One by one, they succumb to the effects of her isolation, collapsing as they do, until Florence no longer has any to support her, and she too collapses.
What is left as a broken version of herself, attempting to navigate the situation in the dark; alone and isolated. She rises again, but as a changed person. We hear the breathing once again to highlight her aloneness and vulnerability, except this time it is away from the performance and the stage.
Also of note, and as pointed out by one of our admins Ariel, Florence’s dress deconstructs and thus becomes less extravagent as the ‘show’ proceeds. This is possibly a reference to her becoming more and more vulnerable (Florence has previously stated that she used clothes to hide her insecurities), and also how COVID-19 stripped her usual freedoms and outlets, including that of fashion.
What are your thoughts? We’d love to hear them below! We’re still trying to work out the significance of the young man, seen first in the King video and now helping her climb down from the stage and facing the other way from everyone else in the gasping scene. Let us know what you think.
Florence + the Machine announce new album 'Dance Fever' and lead single 'My Love'
Florence and the Machine announce new single My Love, and reveal album name and artwork 'Dance Fever’.
Today has been an exciting and busy day for Florence + the Machine Fans!
It has only been 2 days since the buzz-track ‘Heaven Is Here’ was released along with its music video, and today marked the announcement of the album name, artwork, as well as the lead single.
The 5th album is titled ‘Dance Fever’, likely named in ode to the dancing plague of 1518, where citizens danced uncontrollably in a state of mania, apparently infected with the urge, for 2 months. It is also likely a reference to the album being written during the COVID-19 pandemic, where a similar plague swept the world. It is co-produced by Jack Antonoff who also produced albums for Lorde and Taylor Swift.
The lead single, ‘My Love’, has also been announced for release at 8am GMT on 10th March 2022.
Take a look at the premiere and video here (shot by Autumn De Wilde, as have all previous videos from this era):