Florence + The Machine
Opener: Holy Hail
Lungs Tour
House of Blues Chicago
April 12, 2010
Age 27
The instant I heard "Kiss with a Fist" from Florence + The Machine I knew I had found my musical spirit animal. The song was FTM's debut single and was on the soundtrack for the movie Jennifer's Body. The song had this raw, wild, and intense feeling that I had not heard before. I immediately had to know what other music FTM had on their debut album Lungs. The album did not disappoint, the big commercial songs like "Dog Days Are Over" and "You've Got the Love" were amazing along with every other song on that album. My favorite songs to this day are "Cosmic Love" and "Girl with One Eye". Florence Welch and Isabella Summers have such an interestingly wicked writing style that I connect to.
When FTM went on tour to support Lungs I knew I had to see them live. They were playing at the House of Blues in Chicago and I gladly took the day trip down there to see them play along with my friend Katrina. Being a general admission concert I annoying had to get there early to secure prime position and we were able to get pretty close to center and just one row back of being on the rail. When the show started it was amazing. Welch came out barefoot and in a black lace dress and howled her way through the energized set while Katrina was focused on how hot the harpist was. At one point the people in front of us left so we were able to move up and lean against the barricades which leads me to one of my all time favorite concert memories. During "Dog Days Are Over" Welch quiets the crowd and gives them instructions on when to release and jump up and down together. As the crowd listened and then proceeded to jump in pure joy during the song, the weight of the crowd jumping up and down on the floor caused Katrina and I to be lifted off the floor (remember we are standing on the metal barricades now). We didn't have to jump at all ourselves, the power of the crowd was vibrating the floor and pushing us up off the metal we were standing on. That pure joy of a crowd literally put us in the air. It is something I will never forget!
Opening for Florence + The Machine was Holy Hail. A folksy hipsterish band that sounded okay but was just not my type of music.
Below is a video from Glastonbury where FTM performed in 2010. You can skip to around the 5:40 mark where Welch quiets the crowd the same way she did in Chicago and see the crowds reaction and just plainly why I love her so much.
When FTM went on tour to support Lungs I knew I had to see them live. They were playing at the House of Blues in Chicago and I gladly took the day trip down there to see them play along with my friend Katrina. Being a general admission concert I annoying had to get there early to secure prime position and we were able to get pretty close to center and just one row back of being on the rail. When the show started it was amazing. Welch came out barefoot and in a black lace dress and howled her way through the energized set while Katrina was focused on how hot the harpist was. At one point the people in front of us left so we were able to move up and lean against the barricades which leads me to one of my all time favorite concert memories. During "Dog Days Are Over" Welch quiets the crowd and gives them instructions on when to release and jump up and down together. As the crowd listened and then proceeded to jump in pure joy during the song, the weight of the crowd jumping up and down on the floor caused Katrina and I to be lifted off the floor (remember we are standing on the metal barricades now). We didn't have to jump at all ourselves, the power of the crowd was vibrating the floor and pushing us up off the metal we were standing on. That pure joy of a crowd literally put us in the air. It is something I will never forget!
Opening for Florence + The Machine was Holy Hail. A folksy hipsterish band that sounded okay but was just not my type of music.
Below is a video from Glastonbury where FTM performed in 2010. You can skip to around the 5:40 mark where Welch quiets the crowd the same way she did in Chicago and see the crowds reaction and just plainly why I love her so much.
And here's the required blurry pictures from the night!
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