Ms Welch threaded the boards at the famous Dublin venue ahead of her eagerly awaited Oxegen appearance this July

Ms Welch mesmerises the crowd at the Academy abley supported by hip young things The Temper Trap

Belsonic, Custom House Square, Belfast

Florence Live: a gypsy, a witch and a diva

The Oxegen-bound singer says her new record is inspired by 'crystals'. We have to profess to being a bit concerned!

The results are in. Florence & the Machine, U2, Imelda May and Villagers are among your chosen winners...

At the end of a victory lap of just about every major music industry awards show going, Hot Press manages to buttonhole the Oxegen-bound Florence Welch...

Florence Welch started the year a virtual unknown, and ended it an eccentric pop genius worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as Bjork, Kate Bush and...

Brit Award winning stars Florence And The Machine have retained pole position on the official albums chart for a second week.

Florence and the Machine return to Dublin to open their Cosmic Love tour with two special shows at the Olympia Theatre on Sunday May 2 and Monday May 3.

Florence Welch’s mic stand is wreathed in a posy of flowers; beside her, her trusty snare, which will get a good battering later. Dressed in a flowing...

A very clever girl who knows the spellbinding heights she can reach by pairing a fearless confidence with an extraordinary vulnerability.

Tickets go on sale this Friday for Belfast and Dublin gigs

She’s shaping up to be one of the break-out stars of 2009, with a number one album and a Mercury Prize nomination to her name. We catch up with Florence...

Florence & The Machine have been added to the bill for the Electric Picnic, which is where the Mercury Prize nominees made their Irish debut last summer.

Though her hippyish sensibilities are a throwback to the flower-power era, Florence Welch - aka Florence And The Machine - is one of the year's most hyped...

B-list Kate Bush doesn’t quite live up to the hype.