Florence and The Machine's first U.S. concert in 11 months took a backseat to Chris Cornell's guest appearance with Pearl Jam at the Bridge School Benefit show in California Saturday, Oct. 25, but the gig still produced some noteworthy moments.
Fanshot footage is available for much of the seven-song setlist, and "Dog Days Are Over" was a highlight, as usual.
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F&M last played America in November 2013 at New York's American Museum of Natural History, as per Consequence of Sound. They are scheduled to play Neil Young's BSB show again tonight, Oct. 26, but don't have anything else officially planned.
Lead singer Florence Welch is known for her enrapturing onstage performances, and she previously revealed her touring mindset to Your Life & Style:
"In performances I think you can be completely free," she said. "It feels like all the conflicting sides of myself, instead of fighting against each other, they suddenly join forces and that's why it works. There are a lot of internal battles that are going on, which kind of makes me an introverted person off stage. I think they can kind of be resolved though performance, but you don't really get that from conversation, or just day-to-day life. I think the internal war still rages [laughs]."
She discussed the idea of introversion being extinguished onstage:
"I kind of understand that because of the sense of complete freedom and that sense of child-likeness, of being totally immersed in something, like a game, and anything you conjure up in your head you can become on stage. You can create this landscape, which is internal — but you can make it real around you and everyone can go there with you. It's a fantastic thing, so I do understand that. I would quite like to be floating around town, spinning off railings, singing at the top of my lungs and for everything to be a musical, but because everyday life is constrained you can't."
