Surgery during her 2023 tour could have ended everything. Instead, it became the catalyst for Florence Welch’s most vulnerable artistic statement and the launching pad for her biggest tour yet.
Global Arena Campaign Spans Three Continents
The Everybody Scream Tour hits major venues worldwide through spring 2026.
Florence + The Machine just announced a massive international tour supporting their upcoming sixth album Everybody Scream, with dates spanning the UK, Europe, and North America throughout 2026. The scale speaks to renewed artistic confidence following Welch’s life-saving surgery during the 2023 Dance Fever Tour.
The tour launches February 6 in Belfast before hitting major arenas across three continents:
- Two nights at London’s O2 Arena (February 16-17)
- European cities including Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin through early March
- North American leg featuring Madison Square Garden (April 21) and Brooklyn’s Barclays Center (April 24)
- Finale with two nights at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum (May 19-20)
Support acts Rachel Chinouriri, Sofia Isella, CMAT, and Mannequin Pussy rotate throughout the North American dates, showcasing Welch’s curatorial vision for emerging indie voices. This isn’t just a tour—it’s a statement about artistic survival and creative renewal.
Personal Transformation Fuels Musical Evolution
Life-threatening health crisis becomes creative catalyst for most intimate work yet.
Everybody Scream, dropping October 31, 2025, represents Welch’s most personal Florence + The Machine album to date. The record emerged from a period of healing and physical discovery following her emergency surgery, transforming potential career catastrophe into creative breakthrough.
Working with Mark Bowen of IDLES, Aaron Dessner, and Mitski, Welch explored themes of witchcraft, folk horror, and mysticism while processing her mortality. The album title stems from her fascination with celebratory screaming—the visceral human impulse to release emotion through sound.
This emotional rawness promises to translate into arena-sized catharsis when these songs meet Welch’s renowned theatrical live presence. Her barefoot performances and ritualistic stage movements have always bordered on spiritual experience. Now, with genuine life-and-death stakes informing the material, these shows could transcend typical concert boundaries.
In an era where indie authenticity often feels calculated, Welch’s willingness to transform genuine trauma into art offers something increasingly rare: vulnerability without performance, healing through honest expression.
