Florence + the Machine Announce North American Tour; ‘Dance Fever’ Album Coming 5/13 (Preview)

On May 13, dynamic rock/pop group Florence + the Machine will return with a new studio album, Dance Fever.

The record has been previewed in recent weeks with a handful of music videos, each of which finds front woman Florence Welch at her most expressive — and, with some especially slick choreography:

Dance Fever will be the fifth album from the band.

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“King” is another pre-release track:

Florence + the Machine have now added to the momentum by revealing a North American tour schedule, which will start in early September and wrap on Oct. 14 at a big show at the Hollywood Bowl.

Dance Fever Tour 🌕✨
Tickets on sale now https://t.co/I1CEIFs39E
Support from @wjhealey on all dates @itsaziya will also join the lineup in London 🩸🫀
£1 from every ticket sold will be donated to @chooselove pic.twitter.com/GPjnctbAiA

— florence welch (@florencemachine) March 25, 2022

The dates seen below include two intimate gigs in L.A. and New York City on April 29 and May 6, respectively:

And a bit more about the album’s conception and history:

Dance Fever was recorded in London over the course of the pandemic in anticipation of the world’s reopening. It conjures up what Florence missed most in the midst of lockdown—clubs, dancing at festivals, being in the whirl of movement and togetherness—and the hope of reunions to come.

Just before the pandemic Florence had become fascinated by choreomania, a Renaissance phenomenon in which groups of people—sometimes thousands—danced wildly to the point of exhaustion, collapse and death. The imagery resonated with Florence, who had been touring nonstop for more than a decade, and in lockdown felt oddly prescient.

The image and concept of dance, and choreomania, remained central as Florence wove her own experiences of dance—a discipline she turned to in the early days of sobriety—with the folkloric elements of a moral panic from the Middle Ages. In recent times of torpor and confinement, dance offered propulsion, energy and a way of looking at music more choreographically.