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8. Lover to Lover One of the most underrated
Lover.
Ceremonials songs, the retro feel to this song
works so well live, especially when Florence teases
the crowd with an extended intro!
9. Heartlines Acoustic version, sing-along time,
Heartlines.
slowing the tempo a bit, and allowing the crowd
to pause for a bit of breath.
10. Sweet Nothing Acoustic version - a place has to
Nothing.
be found in the set list for Florence’s sublime
acoustic version of her No.1 collaboration with
Calvin Harris.
11. Spectrum Leading up to the end of the main set,
Spectrum.
Florence starts generating more energy in the
crowd.
12. No Light, No Light What else! This has to be
Light.
either a main set closer or last song in an encore,
no question! Frenetic end to a set, with all classic
Flo song attributes present and correct.

Encore 2
16. Rebel Rebel We need a surprise. One of my
Rebel.
minor criticisms of Florence, especially since the
end of the Lungs tours, is that she doesn’t surprise
us often enough. This would surprise on two
counts: firstly in that we’re in a second encore,
and secondly that Florence would do this.
Florence famously covered this at the Met Gala in
2011, and although the song was written by
Bowie 40 years ago, it could have been written for
or about Florence! I would LOVE to see this one
played live by Florence + the Machine!
17. Kiss with a Fist A second surprise! This has only
Fist.
been played live once since the end of the Lungs
tours, and missed by many longer-term Flows
who remember the short sharp burst of energy of
this song. This song would bring the show to a
suitably chaotic finish!

Encore 1
13. Over The Love. See the Chime for Change
performance; the only reason I need to include
this gem!
14. Never Let Me Go I can never understand why
Never
Go.
this was dropped from the set on the final leg of
the Ceremonials Tour. It means so much to so
many people out there.
15. Dog Days Are Over A FATM show without this
Over.
is unthinkable. After 2 slow paced songs, this
brings the show up to another crescendo.

I could start a thousand debates over this! There is one g
laring omission, but it should be noted that this song wa
s only played at about half of the Ceremonials gigs (You'
ve Got the Love). I could easily make a case for includin
g Leave My Body and Blinding, but something else wou
ld have to come off the set list instead! Who knows what
the set list might evolve into with album #3, one suspect
s that it may go up to about 18 songs for full arena gigs,
but maybe stay at 12 – 14 songs for festivals. Hopefully
we won’t have to wait too long!

THE FLOW MAGAZINE ISSUE 6 | APRIL 2014
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