Probably consumed by the mountain of work ahead of them, they hiccuped when posting the dates on their website by dating the gigs in 2022 instead of 2023. So, bare that in mind if checking for their assigned days on their page.

Picking up again on the 24th of March, the band will be flying off to carry out another 22 gigs in Australian, New Zealand and US soil. A lot of Canadians weren’t too happy with the new dates. They were expecting to be granted a visit from the British rock twisters and have expressed their dismay via Black Midi’s social media.

From the 24th to the 26th March the band will be visiting Wellington and Auckland in New Zealand, of which one of them is already sold out. Following after this, from the 28th March to the 2nd April they will be playing in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth in Australia, already partly sold out.

Trailing after, they will be making their way to the US on the 8th of June to play in 15 different American cities. Starting off in Philadelphia and finishing off in Boston on the 8th of July, 2023. Once finished in the US they will round up the tour by an added three gigs in the UK playing at Latitude Festival on the 23rd July, We Out Here Festival on the 11th August, All Points East on the 25th August and a, fairly random, gig in Spain, Torremolinos on the 24th August.

The band’s last LP release was their third studio album Hellfire in 2022. Ever since their debut album Schlagenheim in 2019, the band have not been short of representing their untiring hell. Through stories and hellbound characters they manage to siv their way around humanity’s nastiest aspects in existence. Playing around with math rock delusions and experimental post-rock madness the band dedicated their songwriting to be almost unplayable live.

Their latest release, however, was Live Fire. An only physically distributed album of their live performance in Primavera Sound, Porto. They interpret Hellfire through a more loosened and cheeky manner compared to the studio recordings. The texture given to the workpiece if a unique feel.

Tickets for all their coming live gigs went live on Friday, 3rd of March.

Click here for tickets.

UK Tour Dates:

23/07/2023 – Latitude Festival – Suffolk
11/08 – We Out Here Festival – Dorset
25/08 – All Points East – London

Florence and the Machine initially announced their tour in March 2022, with 41 dates across the UK, North America and Europe, through the months of June to November, to showcase their new album. Their first show is set to take place on the 6th of May, 7 days before the albums release, at the Alice Tully Hall, in New York.

Florence Welch has recently announced 5 additional dates across Australia and New Zealand in March 2023 on twitter, 4 months after her initial North American and European tour comes to an end.

Dance Fever Australia & New Zealand
With special guest @KingPrincess69 for all shows.
Frontier Members Pre-sale begins: Wed 4 May at 11am local time
Tickets on sale: Fri 6 May at 11am local time. $1 from every ticket will be donated to @MSF. https://t.co/pj25RCmn3K pic.twitter.com/jmKfRHCbcv

— florence welch (@florencemachine) May 2, 2022

It is no surprise that Florence and the Machines return to Australia and New Zealand has been long awaited by fans since their last visit in January 2019. They made their mark in the down under in 2018, landing at number 1 on the official New Zealand charts, with their debut EP,  “Make My Bed”. 

Tickets are set to be released for pre-sale on May 4th, and for general sale on May 6th, coinciding with their intimate debut show in New York. Florence and the Machine are also set to appear at various festivals, such as the Flow Festival and more, allowing fans to have a multitude of opportunities to see them live and hear the new album being performed.

March 2023:

04/03/2023- RAC Arena – Perth

08/03/2023- Rod Laver Arena – Melbourne

13/03/2023- Qudos Bank Arena – Sydney

17/03/2023- Entertainment Centre – Brisbane

21/03/2023- Spark Arena – Auckland

From the 11th of June 1964 the Beatles played for 13 days in the country, travelling to 20 shows including Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane. An article in the Sunday Herald explains how at the time Australia was cut off from the world with overly expensive overseas travel and international communication.

These clips showing the highlights of the tour show a country rocked by the appearance of what were the most influential music stars of the century. A news reporter can be heard saying “An assurance has been given that police will to everything in their power to help the fans see The Beatles”.

This footage not only displays the iconic band arriving amongst screaming fans in a media frenzy, but also the beginning of the spread of communication, news, music and a sharing of cultures. The Beatles are historically renowned for changing the face of music by means of experimenting with effects, live systems and recording techniques, but also as you can see for the ability to traverse the global gap and bring their music to the furthest reaches.

In today’s world The Beatles are still celebrated, but remain some of the few iconic bands yet to appear on Spotify, which can be argued to be the modern equivalent to music sharing and has now been granted access to The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Metallica and Pink Floyd who failed to appear on the site in its earlier beginning.