Florence And The Machine @ Fox Theater

Fox Theater - Oakland · Friday, November 5, 2010 from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM

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FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE will play Oakland's Fox Theater on Friday, November 5th!

Tickets for FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE go on-sale to the public on Sunday, August 1st at 10am. Visit http://www.thefoxoakland.com/ to purchase tickets.

Presale tickets for FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE will be available on Thursday, July 29th at 10am through Saturday, July 31st at 11:59 pm through Fox Theater's official website, http://www.thefoxoakland.com/.

To listen to FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE visit:
http://www.myspace.com/florenceandthemachine

ABOUT FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE:
Let’s talk about magic. Because music, at its best, is a kind of magic that lifts you up and takes you somewhere else. “I want my music to sound like throwing yourself out of a tree, or off a tall building, or as if you’re being sucked down into the ocean and you can’t breathe,” says Florence Welch. “It’s something overwhelming and all-encompassing that fills you up, and you’re either going to explode with it, or you’re just going to disappear.”

Her soaring, epic vocals, quirky melodies and self-contained musical world have already won her the 2009 Critics Choice Award at the Brits. Some compare her to Kate Bush. You’ll also find touches of Tom Waits and Nick Cave in her dark visions, and if you heard a little of Bjork too, she’d find it a compliment. But mainly, Florence is out on her own: an exhilarating place to be, she points out, but also a little scary.

Her debut album ‘Lungs’ is made of harps, choirs, drums, elevator shafts, bits of metal, love, death, fireworks, string quartets, stamping, sighing, strange electronic wailing, lambs, lions, sick, broken glass, blood, moon, stars, drink, coffins, teeth, water, wedding dresses.. and the silences in between. The songs are full of Gothic imagery, of fairytale flights of fantasy, and although much has been read into her lyrics, Florence says it’s usually simple. “Everything is about boys!” she laughs. “The whole album is about love – and pain. People see my lyrics as crazy, but to me it’s an honest, heartfelt album. I didn’t set out to be wacky. I just want it to be emotive.”

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