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Read MoreBefore I start on this review I would like to go back 10 years prior, where I first saw Florence and her Machine passing through King Tuts circa 2008, the same week me and some friends were at the Warehouse Project in Manchester, humble beginnings for what turned into the huge production that was the Hydro!
Kicking off with June it felt like a mass choir had arrive in this Glaswegian church! Haunting melodies and pounding drums. Led by the enigmatic Florence Welch, giving an over the top performance packed full of dramatics! Everyone played into her hands!
The Glasgow crowd is notoriously the best and was in full voice throughout, even prior to the concert we heard her best known song You Got The Love being sung in full voice by a few attendees, they could not wait to see her perform. Florence played to this, running around the stage and into the crowd, the audience also drinking to the memory of her Glaswegian grandmother! a sort of homecoming.
A loveable favourite to Glasgow, it is easy to see how the band have
made it to Festival headliner status. Singing old classics and new favourites like Dog Days are Over, Patricia, Ship to Wreck, ending the gig on a high note with Shake it Out ensured sore throats for the mass choir on Sunday morning.
Welch had the whole room in a literal embrace, "turn to a stranger and
tell them you love them" and also had everyone cuddling at one point!
We all love you,
Signed,
Glasgow!
You can find an extended photo gallery of the show by clicking the link below, all photographs courtesy of Stewart Fullerton Photography.
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