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Friday, May 18, 2012

Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials Australian tour 2012: Perth

Florence Welch and her band were here on 17th May 2012 :)

Well at first I received a letter from StudentEdge, wasn't sure what I won until two tickets dropped onto my palm - I was freakin' surprised and couldn't believe that it was the General Admission - Front tickets to the show. The competition was held a while ago and they asked "if I were to form a band, what would I name and why". To tell the truth, I forgot what I'd answered.
With no costume change (well, if the jacket that she wore during the first few songs counts, then two), simple stage with the help from lightings and two side screens, the show was mainly focused on her beautiful vocal, I was really impressed with this simple but amazing show. She's really talented (her vocal is beautiful), adorable (she's quite funny, and I love how she interacted with the audience and even her band) and professional (well, she eventually broke down in the middle of "Breaking Down", she stopped the performance and restarted the song again, lol).

Here's the setlist of the show:

1.Only If For A Night
2.What The Water Gave Me
3.Between Two Lungs
4.Cosmic Love
5.Spectrum
6.Heartlines
7.Leave My Body
8.Seven Devils
9.Breaking Down
10.Shake It Out
11.Dog Days Are Over [she asked audience to keep jumping during the chorus]
12.Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
ENCORE:
13.Never Let Me Go
14.No Light No Light

Another note is that she accidentally tripped backstage after the main show, she came up to the stage and performed two more songs for the encore... and jumped on stage several times while performing the last song "No Light No Light" --- and her foot was bleeding! Oh dear, what can I say? Impressive. Very inspiring. 
A stunning tour programme (high quality prints):

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