Hailing from South London, Florence Mary Leontine Welch writes songs that occupy the same confessional territory as gossip-loving, genre-bending contemporaries like Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash, Adele, and Lily Allen and the moody, classic art rock of Kate Bush. She blends pop, soul, and Baroque arrangements into a sound that earned the young artist considerable buzz in 2007.

Florence and the Machine released their debut single, “Kiss with a Fist,” in June 2008. The critically acclaimed debut album Lungs followed in July 2009 and quickly became one of the year’s most popular releases in the U.K., where Florence charted four Top 40 singles in less than 12 months.

Florence returned to the studio in 2010 to begin work on their second full-length outing. The resulting Ceremonials, which successfully expanded on the group’s already huge sound, arrived on Halloween in 2011. Her much-anticipated third studio long-player, the Markus Dravs-produced How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, was announced in late 2014 and arrived in May 2015. It was the band’s third consecutive number one U.K. album, and their first to top the U.S. chart.

On December 7, 2015, the band received 5 nominations for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards to be held in 2016. These nominations included “Ship to Wreck” for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Recording Package, and “What Kind of Man” for Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song.

Florence and the Machine w/ Grimes

Thursday, May 19th

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Doors: 6:30pm

All ages