Ceremonials_Tour

Ceremonials Tour

Ceremonials Tour

2011–14 concert tour by Florence and the Machine

The Ceremonials Tour was the second concert tour by the English indie rock band Florence and the Machine. The tour included performances at music festivals because it is lead singer Florence Welch's favourite way to perform live.[1] Welch had originally planned to spend over a year touring for Ceremonials (their previous tour lasted almost three and a half years)[2] before announcing that the December 2012 dates would be the final performances of the tour.[3] On 25 February 2013, it was announced that Florence and the Machine would be playing at the Coke Live Music Festival in Poland on 10 August 2013,[4] and, on 26 March 2013, it was announced that the band would be playing at Chime for Change's "The Sound of Change Live" concert at Twickenham Stadium in London alongside Beyoncé, Ellie Goulding and Haim, amongst others.[5]

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The Ceremonials Tour was a critical and commercial success. Pollstar announced that it was the 40th best-selling tour in the world in 2012 having earned $31.8 million worldwide and having sold 618,436 tickets.[6] Paste magazine ranked the tour the seventh best tour of 2012.[7]

Opening acts

Setlist

Summer Soul Festival

The setlist at São Paulo was:[14]

  1. "Only If for a Night"
  2. "What the Water Gave Me"
  3. "Cosmic Love"
  4. "You've Got the Love"
  5. "Something's Got a Hold on Me"
  6. "Never Let Me Go" (acoustic)
  7. "Between Two Lungs"
  8. "Shake It Out"
  9. "Dog Days Are Over"
  10. "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)"
  11. "Spectrum"
  12. "No Light, No Light"
UK & Ireland: Leg 1

The main setlist for the first UK & Ireland leg was:[15]

  1. "Only If for a Night"
  2. "What the Water Gave Me"
  3. "Strangeness and Charm" (2, 5, 6 March)
  4. "Seven Devils" (4, 8 March)
  5. "Cosmic Love"
  6. "Between Two Lungs" (played before "Cosmic Love": 16 March)
  7. "Shake It Out"
  8. "Dog Days Are Over"
  9. "Breaking Down"
  10. "Drumming Song" (10 March)
  11. "Lover to Lover" (9 March)
  12. "Heartlines" (Acoustic)
  13. "Leave My Body"
  14. "All This and Heaven Too" (added to the encore: 8 March; played before "Shake It Out": 12 & 13 March; played before "Leave My Body": 16 March)
  15. "You've Got the Love" (added to the encore: 9, 10, 15 & 16 March before "Never Let Me Go")
  16. "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)"
  17. "Spectrum"

Encore:

  1. "Never Let Me Go" (played last in the encore 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 March)
  2. "No Light, No Light" (played second in the encore after "All This and Heaven Too": 8 March; last song in main set: 9, 10, 15 & 16 March )
Europe: Leg 1

The main setlist for the first European leg was:

  1. "Only If for a Night"
  2. "What the Water Gave Me"
  3. "Cosmic Love"
  4. "Between Two Lungs"
  5. "All This and Heaven Too" (played before "No Light, No Light" in the encore: 23 March; played before "Lover to Lover": 30 March; not played: 28 March)
  6. "Shake It Out"
  7. "Dog Days Are Over"
  8. "Breaking Down" (not played: 25, 27, 28, 30 March)
  9. "Heartlines" (Acoustic) (played before "Cosmic Love": 30 March)
  10. "Lover to Lover" (Acoustic) (28, 30 March)
  11. "Strangeness and Charm" (28 March)
  12. "Leave My Body" (not played: 28 March; played after "Dog Days Are Over": 30 March)
  13. "You've Got the Love"
  14. "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)"
  15. "Spectrum"

Encore:

  1. "Never Let Me Go" (played before "You've Got the Love": 23 March)
  2. "No Light, No Light"
Royal Albert Hall/Sydney Opera House

All songs were played with orchestral and choral backing. The setlist for the Teenage Cancer Trust Concert and at Sydney Opera House was:

  1. "You've Got the Love"
  2. "Only If for a Night"
  3. "Drumming Song"
  4. "Heartlines"
  5. "Between Two Lungs"
  6. "Breaking Down"
  7. "Cosmic Love"
  8. "All This and Heaven Too"
  9. "Leave My Body" (only in Sydney)
  10. "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" (only in Sidney)
  11. "No Light, No Light
  12. "Never Let Me Go" (played after "Dog Days Are Over" in Sydney)
  13. "Dog Days Are Over"
  14. "Shake It Out"
Sydney Entertainment Centre Concert, 24 May 2012

The setlist at the Sydney Entertainment Centre was:

  1. "Only If for a Night"
  2. "What the Water Gave Me"
  3. "Between Two Lungs"
  4. "Cosmic Love"
  5. "You've Got the Love"
  6. "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)"
  7. "Spectrum"
  8. "Heartlines"
  9. "Leave My Body"
  10. "Seven Devils"
  11. "Shake It Out"
  12. "Dog Days Are Over"

Encore:

  1. "Never Let Me Go"
  2. "No Light, No Light"
T in the Park, 6 July 2012

The setlist at T in the Park was:

  1. "Only If for a Night"
  2. "What the Water Gave Me"
  3. "Between Two Lungs"
  4. "You've Got the Love"
  5. "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)"
  6. "Spectrum"
  7. "Heartlines"
  8. "Leave My Body"
  9. "Shake It Out"
  10. "Dog Days Are Over"
  11. "Never Let Me Go"
  12. "No Light, No Light"
Lollapalooza, 5 August 2012

The setlist at Lollapalooza was:

  1. "Only If for a Night"
  2. "What the Water Gave Me"
  3. "Cosmic Love"
  4. "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)"
  5. "Spectrum"
  6. "Heartlines"
  7. "Leave My Body"
  8. "Breath of Life"
  9. "Shake It Out"
  10. "Dog Days Are Over"
  11. "Never Let Me Go"
  12. "No Light, No Light"
Bestival, 7 September 2012

The setlist at Bestival was:

  1. "Only If for a Night"
  2. "What the Water Gave Me"
  3. "Drumming Song"
  4. "Cosmic Love"
  5. "All This and Heaven Too"
  6. "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)"
  7. "Lover to Lover"
  8. "You've Got the Love"
  9. "Shake It Out"
  10. "No Light, No Light"
  11. "Spectrum"
  12. "Never Let Me Go"
  13. "Take Care"
  14. "Dog Days Are Over"
Corona Capital 2012, 14 October 2012

The setlist at Corona Capital was:

  1. "Only If for a Night"
  2. "What the Water Gave Me"
  3. "Cosmic Love"
  4. "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)"
  5. "You've Got the Love"
  6. "Spectrum"
  7. "Heartlines"
  8. "Lover to Lover"
  9. "Shake It Out"
  10. "No Light, No Light"
  11. "Dog Days Are Over"
Europe: Leg 2

The setlist at the last European leg (as performed in Milan on 20 November) was:

  1. "Only If for a Night"
  2. "What the Water Gave Me"
  3. "Drumming Song"
  4. "Cosmic Love"
  5. "All This and Heaven Too"
  6. "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)"
  7. "Lover to Lover"
  8. "You've Got the Love"
  9. "Heartlines" (Acoustic)
  10. "Leave My Body"
  11. "Sweet Nothing" (Acoustic)
  12. "Spectrum"
  13. "No Light, No Light"

Encore:

  1. "Shake It Out"
  2. "Dog Days Are Over"
UK & Ireland: Leg 2

The main setlist for the second UK & Ireland leg was:[16]

  1. "Only If for a Night"
  2. "What the Water Gave Me"
  3. "Drumming Song"
  4. "Cosmic Love"
  5. "Bird Song (Intro)"
  6. "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)"
  7. "You've Got the Love"
  8. "Lover to Lover"
  9. "Oh! Darling" (The Beatles cover) (only in Liverpool)
  10. "Heartlines" (Acoustic)
  11. "Leave My Body" (Piano version)
  12. "Shake It Out"
  13. "No Light, No Light"

Encore:

  1. "Sweet Nothing" (Acoustic) (not played in Exeter; played after "Leave My Body" in Dublin)
  2. "Kiss with a Fist" (only in Dublin)
  3. "Spectrum"
  4. "Dog Days Are Over"

Tour dates

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Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

Background and reception

Florence and the Machine played their first performance in support of Ceremonials at New York City's The Boom Boom Room. The performance was sponsored by Interview Magazine, which Florence Welch appeared on the October 2011 cover of.[21][22]

The band played at the Seymour Centre in Sydney, Australia in November where Florence performed in a Jason Wu Fall 2011 dress.[23] The Daily Telegraph reported that the Seymour Centre show was sold-out and called the performance "wonderful" and "another awesome music memory".[24]

Selected box office score data

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