Florence opens Cosmic Love tour in Dublin

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.

The Hot Press Newsdesk, 25 Jan 2010

Tickets will go on sale on Friday, January 28 from 9am, priced €28 from Ticketmaster outlets (including booking fee).

The Cosmic Love Tour will take Florence and the Machine to Australia, Japan and Europe form May onwards. Before that she’ll perform her ‘You Got The Dirtee Love’ duet with Dizzee Rascal at the Brits on February 16, and will also perform at this year’s Meteor Ireland Music Awards for which she is nominated in three categories. March will bring the release of the single ‘Dog Days Are Over’ (already number 11 in the iTunes chart).

FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE-COSMIC LOVE TOUR - MAY 2010:

2/3 Olympia Theatre, Dublin

5/6 Corn Exchange, Edinburgh

7/9 Empress Ballroom, Blackpool

10/11 Civic Theatre, Wolverhampton

13/14/15 HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London

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