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Florence's Blog

Florence's Blog

Fri 4 Dec, 2009

Far, far, far unfit to bear the bitter cold.
Let me, let me, let me freeze again to death.
 
It seems the darkness is encroaching, as the winter knuckles down with freezing fists, and although the day carries on, the night falls around us.. ..ie : its fucking cold and I cant get out of bed in the mornings, but anyway, HOWDY! HOW Y’ALL DOING! It's good to be back on land again, ..bonjour to anyone who saw me on my French sojourn, it was fantastique!, I had a magical day in Paris, tripping around the graves of motparsse, a village for the dead, broken stained  glass and lilacs, walked along the seine, it seems to me the light is different in Paris, kind of rosy gold, when you come through the eurostar you realise how grey purple the light is here, but the greens are brighter.

I got lost in Montmartre, always lost.. but found a charity shop warehouse and the Moulin rouge... the gig at the cigalle was one of my favourite ever, I had been reading edith piafs biography, that I bought from Shakespeare and co, so I was hoping to channel her in some way…
 
it was a pleasure to be back at the union chapel for the little noise sessions, I think the chapel  is my favourite venue in london, and performing with strings was a great way to end a hungover Sunday, I felt pretty unholy as I walked into the church but somehow absolved as I left…

what else what else what else, oh yeah, collaboration extravaganza at the tabernacle for the NME, it was radical, patrick wolf, jack penate, kid harpoon, steve mackey, and jarvis cocker all agreed to play, and DREAM COME TRUE, i got to sing underwear with jarvis on stage..woah, teenage fantasy realised..can die happy now..... did not  manage to play it cool though, grinning like an idiot the whole way through..x

setting off on our last uk tour of the year tommorow, hope to see you there, im of to rehearse with the string section and the gospel choir for the brixton academy show...eeep, very exciting,
best wishes, lots of love florence...x

Click here for shots from Florence's appearance at The Tabernacle.

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  • hiiii I was at your gig on sunday in Belfast, it was absolutely amazing , one of the best gigs i've ever been to! Hope you come back again soon, Carla xo

    Posted by Carla09 on Wed 09 Dec, 2009

  • I agree with Jammy & Luo! Fuppin brilliant gig especially your little climb into the boxes!! Come back soon!!! :-)

    Posted by skipper on Tue 08 Dec, 2009

  • Hi Florence and the band, your in Lincoln Friday home of COFFEE AROMA the uk's best coffee bar (the gaurdian amounst others). Pop in we'd love to see you guys!! oh yes according to your registration nobody was born between 58 and 69 gotta be a song that er well mabe not. Martin, Richard and the gang

    Posted by martin on Tue 08 Dec, 2009

  • AAAAH! ye were amazing last night in Dublin! You totally made my day when you climbed up onto the balcony and shook my hand! coolbeans :)

    Posted by jammy on Tue 08 Dec, 2009

  • Hey! Saw you in Toulouse, France the gig was amazing, I'd love to see you live again, happy holidays and merry christmas!!

    Posted by wakefulness on Tue 08 Dec, 2009

  • Thank you so much for the Dublin olympia gig last night, literly f**king amazing!! Got your drumstick @ the end :) Gig of the year x

    Posted by luo on Tue 08 Dec, 2009

  • Any chance of coming to South Africa any time soon...? (Come to the football world cup!!!) And please keep us rural folk updated on your 2010 gigs. I'm planning a trip to France and Italy in June... hope to see you live somewhere someday somehow [sigh]... best wishes ... Estienne Havenga xx

    Posted by Estienne on Tue 08 Dec, 2009

  • Olympia, Dublin 7/12/2009 - thank you thank you thank you................

    Posted by scanner on Tue 08 Dec, 2009

  • I wish I could go and see that show, I'm sure it would be awesome... Love you, Florence; please, come to Spain soon!

    Posted by Sahakiel on Tue 08 Dec, 2009

  • Am I the ONLY person who didn't get to go to ANY of the concerts? Literally came home from school and cried D'= Epic Fail... Oh please, please, please, please, please have another concert in Ireland soon. I am sadness incarnate at the moment :( And no I am not prone to hyperbole in any form, why do you ask? Hugs and Loves and Mwahs!

    Posted by Jez-ebelle on Mon 07 Dec, 2009

  • Couldn't get tickets for the Dublin gig and was devastated but somehow got tickets for the Belfast gig! Literally blew me away! fucking amazing!! Made my Christmas!x

    Posted by Mugsy on Mon 07 Dec, 2009

  • saw you in BELFAST :D funny whenyou climbed up on the speakers and u touched the person next to me! love! xo

    Posted by hayley on Mon 07 Dec, 2009

  • saw u at t4 stars of 2009, u wer brill in the show! and i saw u walkin gaway from an interview, i got my friend 2 let me sit on her back! u wer soo great! Does anyone no if florence actually sees these comments? luv u flo! xxx :)

    Posted by clumsyducky on Mon 07 Dec, 2009

  • hey i was at your belfast show and you were actually amazing and the band too. The atmosphere was electric. It was what i had hoped for and more! If you ever come to belfast again i will so be going! You are even better live than on the album! xxx

    Posted by sophie1994 on Mon 07 Dec, 2009

  • I wish I could see your show with the gospel choir!And I'd love if you'd do some Edith Piaf:she's so powerful and passionate,and so French [been listening to her,and now I'm addicted].I'm going to your gig in Frankfurt, perhaps I should expect an Edith's cover? xxxxxxxxxxx

    Posted by harlequin.girl on Mon 07 Dec, 2009

  • i am one of the lucky few that got tickets for tonight cant wait :D

    Posted by BabyJane on Mon 07 Dec, 2009

  • So unhappy i'm going to miss you. You are playing in Belfast tonight and i won't be able to see you. I heard kiss with a fist roughly 2 years ago and loved it immediately how long will i have to wait until your back in belfast? Good luck on the rest of your tour.

    Posted by Hezzi on Sun 06 Dec, 2009

  • Oh, I want to go to Paris too, haha. Brazil is wonderful too! And don't be afraid of your carreer, everything will be ok. (:

    Posted by coffee on Sun 06 Dec, 2009

  • Please perform again in Dublin!:)

    Posted by Ciara45 on Sun 06 Dec, 2009

  • Can I also add my name to the petition to add another Dublin date? @sarahonon The Olympia gig sold out in minutes, capacity only 1300 and there are twenty million times more fanatics like us

    Posted by jcunning on Sun 06 Dec, 2009