Florence and the Machine

English indie rock band

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2025 Collaborated with Everything Is Recorded on the track 'Never Felt Better', featuring Sampha.
2025 Collaborated with The Weeknd on track 'Reflections Laughing' from his album 'Hurry Up Tomorrow'.
October 2024 Performed 'Florida!!!' with Taylor Swift at The Eras Tour stops in Miami.
October 25 2024 Released the album 'Symphony of Lungs' from the Royal Albert Hall performance.
September 11 2024 Performed with Jules Buckley Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall for the BBC Proms 2024 Series.
August 2024 Performed 'Florida!!!' with Taylor Swift at The Eras Tour's last stop in London.
2023 Rolling Stone ranked Florence Welch at number 128 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time, recognizing her vocal and artistic achievements.
August 28 2023 Posted a personal statement on Instagram about undergoing emergency surgery, which she described as life-saving, while apologizing for cancelling recent performances.
2022 Florence and the Machine initiated the Dance Fever Tour, promoting their fifth studio album, with performances continuing into 2023.
2022 Further lineup adjustments took place, with Sam Doyle briefly on drums, and Loren Humphrey returning to the drum position. Hazel Mills also departed from the band.
2022 Awarded and accepted an honorary fellowship from University of the Arts London.
October 14 2022 Released 'Dance Fever (Live at Madison Square Garden)', recorded over two nights on 16 and 17 September 2022.
September 2022 A Florence and the Machine zine was announced, with proceeds to be donated to the charitable foundation Future for Ukraine, featuring photographs taken in Kyiv in November 2021.
May 13 2022 Released the studio album 'Dance Fever'.
April 20 2022 Released fourth single 'Free'.
March 2022 Welch expressed support for Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, highlighting the personal stories of dancers in her 'Heaven Is Here' music video filmed in Kyiv.
March 16 2022 Sam Doyle from the Maccabees confirmed as joining the band's tour.
March 10 2022 Third single 'My Love' was released, premiered on BBC Radio 1's 'Breakfast with Greg James', where Welch announced the album release date of 13 May 2022.
March 9 2022 Welch announced her fifth studio album 'Dance Fever', describing it as 'A fairytale in 14 songs' via her Instagram page.
March 7 2022 Welch released the second single 'Heaven Is Here' with a music video also directed by Autumn de Wilde.
February 23 2022 Florence Welch released her single 'King' along with an accompanying music video directed by Autumn de Wilde.
April 28 2021 Announced her contribution of music and lyrics to a musical adaptation of The Great Gatsby, titled Gatsby: An American Myth.
2020 Co-wrote 'Easier' with CamelPhat featuring Lowes, working with David Whelan, Michael Di Scala, and Justin Parker
2020 Florence Welch acted in the television series 'The Third Day', further demonstrating her involvement in film and television projects.
April 17 2020 Released 'Light of Love' song in response to COVID-19 pandemic, with proceeds going to the Intensive Care Society.
2019 During her North American tour, Welch advocated for women's rights at concerts in multiple cities, encouraging her audience to donate to the ACLU instead of buying merchandise.
2019 Florence Welch performs a live version of 'Wild Horses' with The Rolling Stones for the Honk deluxe edition
2019 Discussed her struggles with panic attacks in an interview with Sinéad Burke, openly sharing her mental health experiences.
September 29 2019 Finished their High as Hope tour at the Acropolis.
April 21 2019 Featured song 'Jenny of Oldstones' in Game of Thrones episode 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms'.
January 24 2019 Released new single 'Moderation' with B-side 'Haunted House'.
2018 The band embarked on the High as Hope Tour, supporting their fourth studio album, with tour dates extending into 2019.
2018 Significant lineup changes occurred, with Christopher Lloyd Hayden, Mark Saunders, and Rusty Bradshaw departing. Cyrus Bayandor (bass), Aku Orraca-Tetteh (percussion/keyboards), Dionne Douglas (violin/rhythm guitar), and Hazel Mills (keyboards) joined the band.
2018 Welch wrote the song 'Patricia' on the album High as Hope, dedicated to her hero and 'north star' Patti Smith.
2018 Released single 'Hunger', where she first publicly discussed her teenage eating disorder.
2018 Welch publicly supported the removal of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland via Twitter, which ultimately led to the legalization of abortion access in the country.
August 10 2018 Released the third single 'Patricia' from the 'High as Hope' album.
July 2018 Published her first book Useless Magic: Lyrics and Poetry, featuring lyrics, poetry, and artwork from her first album Lungs to High as Hope.
June 29 2018 Released fourth studio album High as Hope.
May 22 2018 Performed a duet with Mick Jagger, singing 'Wild Horses' at London Stadium during the Rolling Stones' No Filter Tour.
April 12 2018 Released the song 'Sky Full of Song' with an accompanying music video directed by AG Rojas.
February 28 2018 Christopher Hayden announced his departure from the band.
2017 Florence Welch released the band's fourth studio album 'High as Hope', which marked a more personal and introspective approach to songwriting, exploring themes of family, addiction, and self-acceptance.
2017 Florence Welch collaborated with Banks & Steelz on the single 'Wild Season' from their album 'Anything But Words'
2017 Florence Welch appeared in the film 'Song to Song', expanding her artistic work beyond music into acting.
2017 Collaborated with Sia on the Wonder Woman soundtrack, co-writing 'To Be Human' featuring Labrinth
2017 Florence Welch won the International Achievement award at the Ivor Novello Awards
May 2017 Contributed the song 'To Be Human' to the Wonder Woman soundtrack, co-written with Rick Nowels.
May 27 2017 Florence Welch confirmed a new studio album was in the works.
March 2017 Appeared in the film Song to Song directed by Terrence Malick.

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