Florence + The Machine may have been a bit quiet over the past few years, but things seem to be stirring up again, especially with their fans’ post. Messages have been sent to fans with “Florence + The Machine: Chapter 1“ written on them. The details of this can be seen below. Suffice to say, it seems an exciting reminder to keep a lookout for what the band are up to next over the following months.
Chapter 1
KingComing soon…
(Via Lillie Eiger) pic.twitter.com/UDJkQgLvz5
— The Florence + the Machine Fan Club (@FATMFanClub) February 20, 2022
It all comes not one moment too soon, what with their limited output as of recent. Since their 2018 album High As Hope, audiences have been starved of new material, with the 2020 track “Light of Love“ and 2021’s “Call Me Cruella“ being the main exceptions. The latter was made for the 2021 Disney movie, focussing on the infamous 101 Dalmatians villainess.
On writing for the movie, frontwoman Florence Welch said that “Some of the first songs I ever learned how to sing were Disney songs. And the villains often got the best numbers. So to help create and perform a song for Cruella is the fulfilment of a long held childhood dream.” If writing theme tunes for Disney villains isn’t enough, Florence is also writing the music for the new The Great Gatsby Broadway adaptation. Apparently, the original book has a lot of meaning for her, with Welch stating that “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.”
However, the band’s future doings aren’t all a mystery. It’s known they’ll be playing at numerous European festivals throughout the summer, visiting the likes of Spain and Finland. They were the final headliners announced for Norway’s Øya Festival, alongside Gorillaz, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, and Norwegian singer-songwriter AURORA. Occurring this August from the 9th-13th, other well-known acts such as Girl In Red and Yard Act will also be present. It’ll be the first edition of the Øya Festival since 2019, what with COVID forcing its cancellation for the past two years, so it should be an extra special event for music fans all around.
Florence + the Machine’s 2022 European festival circuit continues! OYA FESTIVAL – Oslo, Norway, 12th August FLOW FESTIVAL – Helsinki, Finland, 13th August All upcoming dates for the European tour so far here: https://t.co/T86vEdDVvw pic.twitter.com/EJtbQ7LhDA — The Florence + the Machine Fan Club (@FATMFanClub) January 26, 2022
If you’re interested in seeing Florence + The Machines live, you can look at their touring schedule here. Unfortunately, no UK tour dates have been announced as of yet, but keep your fingers crossed; they’re obviously up to something at the moment.
