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Florence Welch co-writes for the new Great Gatsby musical score
Following our announcement a few months ago that Florence Welch is working on a musical score, it was announced today that it would be The Great Gatsby.
Following our announcement a few months ago that Florence Welch is working on a musical score, it was announced today that it would be The Great Gatsby.
The music score, co-written and composed with Martyna Majok and Thomas Bartlett (AKA Doveman who has worked on other songs with Florence including ‘Hunger’, ‘The End of Love’, ‘Big God’ and ‘Jenny of Oldstones’) will premiere on Broadway.
Speaking in a statement, Florence says:
This book has haunted me for a large part of my life. It contains some of my favourite lines in literature. Musicals were my first love, and I feel a deep connection to Fitzgerald’s broken romanticism. It is an honour to have been offered the chance to recreate this book in song.
More details to follow.
10 years of Ceremonials - Fan Project
Submit what Ceremonials means to you to be featured on our website, to celebrate a decade since its release.
This year (2021) marks a decade since the release of Florence + the Machine’s highly-successful second album, ‘Ceremonials’.
In celebration of this, we will be putting together a feature on our website of the album’s impact on fans across the world.
Simply fill in the form below with your story to be published. This could be:
What the album means to you
Your favourite song and its meaning to you
Your favourite moment or memory during the era
A tough or happy time that you associate with the album
Any other story you want us to post related to Ceremonials
Deadline 5th October 2021 - unfortunately you have missed the deadline as we need to now start putting the entries together. We have lots of other projects lined up though so stay tuned!
Florence Welch cover's 'Have Yourself a Very Merry Christmas'
Florence Welch performed an angelic rendition of the classic ‘Have Yourself a Very Merry Christmas’ for Nordoff Robbins’ annual charity event.
Florence Welch performed an angelic rendition of the classic ‘Have Yourself a Very Merry Christmas’ for Nordoff Robbins’ annual charity event.
Take a listen below:
To donate to the charity, follow this link.
Florence Welch covers Elle Magazine Russia
Florence Welch continues her 2020 Magazine cover appearances with Elle Magazine Russia.
She features in Gucci wear throughout the photoshoot.
Full gallery below:
Credits:
Photographer: Ina Lekiewicz
Stylist: Ekaterina Mukhina
Hair: Leigh Keates
Makeup: Sarah Freyton
Gucci Overture Festival sees Florence Welch slipping notes
Florence Welch features in Gucci’s 'Overture' fashion festival, in celebration of designer and creative director's new line of clothing and accessories. The short film sees Florence Welch browsing a vintage store, slipping phrases into pockets for people to find.
She's dressed in head to toe Gucci, complete with a floaty brown pleated dress and large brimmed hat. See photos from the event and video below.
Florence Welch covers Glamour Magazine Spain
Florence Welch covers Glamour Magazine’s latest issue. Full gallery in the article.
Florence Welch features on Glamour Magazine (Spain) for her first magazine cover of 2020.
Set on a grand location, these dreamy images show off Florence’s magical side, including tarot card reading, crystal ball gazing, and a nod to the heavens.
Photos by Lillie Eiger, who also recently shot Vogue’s cover store with Harry Styles, and was Florence’s personal photographer on the ‘High As Hope’ world tour.
Full gallery below:
'The Third Day' by HBO sees Florence Welch in her acting debut
Florence Welch makes her TV acting debut as ‘Veronica’, including an exclusive song.
Florence Welch features in HBO’s new series ‘The Third Day’.
The series takes place over 4 episodes, each titled by a season. Florence appears in her TV acting debut in ‘Autumn’, the third episode.
The series sees a man travel to the island of Osea, on the coast of Essex (England, UK) and discover their ritualistic way of life. In ‘Autumn’, Florence Welch takes on the role of Veronica, a celtic-style chanteuse who greets him, leads him to a ritual spot and sings an untitled hymn written by Florence.
The episode mirrors many biblical moments, from the wiping of the face by Veronica, to crucifiction, to baptism. All in all, it leads to some stunning visuals.
You can watch some key snippets below:
Concept sketch of ‘Veronica’ for The Third Day (1)
Concept sketch of ‘Veronica’ for The Third Day (2)
Florence Welch x Gucci Bloom / Holiday Spectacular
Florence Welch features in the new Gucci Bloom fragrance campaign (gallery and video).
Florence Welch features in the new Gucci Bloom fragrance campaign.
Images and video below.
Gucci Holiday Spectacular
Shine A Light - Florence Welch's birthday gift 2020
“Try to fill us with your hate and we will shine a light.
And the days will become endless and never turn to night”
Since 2007, it has been clear that Florence + the Machine fans have been united with a common cause: for love, hope and bettering the world in which they live. Every day, we are inspired by the solidarity fans show during such testing times.
It is why, for Florence Welch’s 34th birthday, we have collaborated with fans Ariel (@flomachinenews) and Emily (@purefeelingflo) to create a donation page for fans to celebrate and continue to strive for a better world through supporting charities that Florence has also recognised in recent times. They include:
Médecins Sans Frontières - a charity aimed at providing medical care to all those in need of it, transcending borders, political ties and financial ability.
Mermaid UK - a charity which supports and nurtures the needs of transgender and gender-variant children and teens in the UK.
The Bail Project - an organisation which aims to prevent the mass incarceration of often under-represented groups in the US justice system, particularly those in poverty, black and ethnic minority groups, and many more.
This is a tough time financially for a lot of people, so any amount that you are able to donate would go a long way if you are in the position to do so.
UPDATE 28th AUGUST 2020:
We are excited to announce the winners of our raffle!
1st Prize: a signed, limited Gucci edition of ‘Useless Magic’. Danielle Dennis
2nd Prize: Three prints from Theo’s collection (you choose which ones). Natalja Handy
3rd Prize: a special edition burgundy Lungs vinyl (10th anniversary). Drew Romano
LINK AND MORE INFO TO CONTINUE DONATING: https://www.justgiving.com/team/FlorenceWelchBdayGift2020
The Big FATM Quiz 2020
Join us on Sunday 17th May 2020 for our first-ever Big FATM Quiz 2020! Click the link above for details.
After 12 years of iconic quotes, unforgettable memories, eccentric photo-shoots and a shed-load of hit songs, the time has finally come to show off your Florence + the Machine knowledge in true lock-down fashion.
Join us on 17th May 2020 (this coming Sunday) for The Big FATM Quiz 2020! The quiz will include 5 rounds, lasting around 1.5 to 2 hours in total, and will include multiple choice questions, “fill in the gaps”, true/false questions, and wouldn’t be complete without a picture and music round!
Where: Zoom (a popular, secure video calling app).
When: 17th May 2020 at 19:30pm BST (UK time).
How can I get involved: Simply register your interest before midnight (00:00 BST) on Saturday 16th May 2020 by filling in this form.
We will be running the quiz in groups of 4. Ideally, we’d love you all to make a group of 4 yourselves and choose an imaginative team-name. Otherwise, we’ll allocate you to teams on the night, or you can choose us to allocate you too. Note, we will also accept teams of less than 4 and you can ask to play by yourself.
Feel free to leave questions below, or find us on social media.
See you on Sunday for some Florence + the Machine-related quizzing fun!
WINNERS
Anne Hegerty's Angels + Squirrels Yeah!
Excellent Potatoes
Flownery
BEST NAME
Quisa Machine
For those that missed out on the quizzes, you can do them all here and see the answers!
https://bit.ly/fatmpics
https://bit.ly/fatmmusic
https://bit.ly/fatmquotes
https://bit.ly/fatmtf
https://bit.ly/fatmmcq