“Shoes are very new for me, but I certainly can’t be tripping over my shoelaces right now,” Florence Welch tells the crowd as she bends town to tie the laces on her black leather ballet-style pumps. They don’t really go with her bohemian style, but it’s a necessity after she broke her foot while on tour in November last year, delaying her Dance Fever tour while she recovered.
Despite the rescheduled show, fans still flooded the AO Arena in Manchester on Friday night for Florence + The and it was worth the wait. As Florence said herself: “Manchester on a Friday night - this is going to be so fun.”
Before the band takes to the stage the arena is lit up in a bright, white light as a series of chandeliers descend down to the stage, framed by a giant rectangle. At the back are candelabras, creating an altar before which Florence elegantly moves, despite the shoes on her feet.
