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photographer: paul birman

Florence & The Machine #1 in the UK, touring, NY, Coachella

Florence & The Machine @ Bowery Ballroom in October (more by Paul Birman)
Florence & The Machine

Florence and The Machine‘s debut album “Lungs” (Universal Island) finally claimed the No. 1 spot it was denied in an opening five-week run at No. 2 last summer, as the new U.K. sales charts were announced.

“Lungs” spent its first five weeks on the U.K. chart at No. 2 last July and August, denied top spot by “The Essential Michael Jackson” (Epic/Sony Music Entertainment). It finally reaches the summit in its 28th chart week last night (Jan. 17), as total U.K. sales rise to 611,000, according to the Official Charts Company. [Billboard UK, Jan 18, 2010]

The UK band visited NYC last October around CMJ for a FADER party, a show at Bowery Ballroom and a short acoustic set at Soho House.

They’re currently on tour in Australia, then they go to Japan and Europe. With a Coachella performance on April 18th, the band does a short North American run leading up to that. The tour includes a show at NYC’s Terminal 5 on Friday, April 9th. NYC’s Holy Hail open. Tickets, as previously noted, are on AmEx presale now. General sale starts Friday, January 29th at noon.

They return to the UK in May. All tour dates and videos of the band are below…

Florence and The Machine – 2010 Tour Dates
Jan 27 The Metro Sydney Sydney
Jan 29 Laneway Festival Brisbane
Jan 30 Laneway Festival Melbourne
Jan 31 Laneway Festival Sydney
Feb 01 Laneway Festival Auckland
Feb 03 The Palace Melbourne
Feb 05 Laneway Festival Adelaide
Feb 06 Laneway Festival Perth
Feb 07 Laneway Festival Singapore
Feb 10 Liquid Rooms Tokyo
Feb 20 Paard van Troje Den Haag
Feb 21 Vooruit Gent
Feb 22 Paradiso Amsterdam
Feb 24 Bataclan Paris
Feb 25 Batschkapp Frankfurt
Feb 26 Astra Berlin
Feb 28 Vega Copenhagen
Mar 01 Rockefeller Oslo
Mar 02 Debaser Medis Stockholm
Mar 06 Stodola Warsaw
Mar 07 Indoor Arena Vienna
Mar 09 Estragon Bologna
Mar 10 Rohstofflager Zurich
Mar 11 Transbordeur Lyon
Mar 13 Bikini Barcelona
Mar 15 Heineken Madrid
Mar 16 Aula Magna Lisbon
Apr 09 Terminal 5 New York
Apr 10 Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto
Apr 12 House of Blues Chicago
Apr 14 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver
Apr 15 Showbox at the Market Seattle
Apr 18 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Indio
May 02 Olympia Theatre Dublin
May 03 Olympia Theatre Dublin
May 05 Corn Exchange Edinburgh
May 06 Corn Exchange Edinburgh
May 07 Empress Ballroom Blackpool
May 09 Empress Ballroom Blackpool
May 10 Civic Theatre Wolverhampton
May 11 Civic Theatre Wolverhampton
May 13 Hammersmith Apollo London
May 14 Hammersmith Apollo London
May 15 Hammersmith Apollo London
Jun 17 Kulturfabrik Esch
Jun 18 Southside Festival Tuttlingen
Jun 19 Hurricane Festival Scheeßel