mxdwn.co.uk » the great gatsby https://www.mxdwn.co.uk all that matters in music in the UK Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:12:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 Florence + The Machine Tease Return With Mysterious Post For Fans https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/florence-the-machine-tease-return-with-mysterious-post-for-fans/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/florence-the-machine-tease-return-with-mysterious-post-for-fans/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2022 12:37:59 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=53294 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.

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.


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.

]]> https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/florence-the-machine-tease-return-with-mysterious-post-for-fans/feed/ 0 Florence Welsh Writing Great Gatsby Musical Adaptation https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/florence-welsh-writing-great-gatsby-musical-adaptation/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/florence-welsh-writing-great-gatsby-musical-adaptation/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2021 21:06:02 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=34697 Florence Welsh, frontwoman of Florence + the Machine is set to write the music and lyrics for a new musical adaptation of ‘’The Great Gatsby”. Written by F Scott Fitzgerald in 1925, this jazz age story of love, power and betrayal is considered one of the greatest American novels. Although there have been previous stage adaptations of the story, none have been quite like this.

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The show has been dubbed “The Great Gatsby, A New Musical.” Hannah Giannoulis and James Orange are to serve as executive producers. The production will be co-produced by Access Entertainment. It will be directed by Rebecca Frecknall. An original cast recording will be released by Warner Music. The show is set to open on Broadway in New York. Further details of previews and timings are yet to be released.

In a statement, Welch said: “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.”

Alongside Welch, the show will feature music from Thomas Bartlett, who records music as Doveman. Bartlett notably collaborated with Sufjan Stevens for the track ‘Mystery of Love’ on the soundtrack to the film Call Me By Your Name. The song was nominated for an Oscar and a Grammy. Previously Welch has been involved in a Gatsby project. Florence + the Machine performed the song ‘Over the Love’ for Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 film adaptation starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

The Great Gatsby entered the public domain this year which likely sparked this project. Prior to this year unauthorised reproduction, distribution, display, and creation of derivative works would not have been allowed under copyright law.

 

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