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Exclusive Florence and theMachine gig in Sydney

Sat 15th Oct, 2011 in Local News

Last week Melbourne was treated to a one-off Kasabian gig and now it’s Sydney’s turn for a special one off gig by a much loved English act. Florence and the Machine will play an exclusive show at Sydney’s Seymour Centre on the 15th of November showcasing songs from the new album Ceremonials as part of the Debit MasterCard Priceless Music Series.

Florence’s new album, featuring the tracks Shake It Out and What the Water Gave Me, will be released on Friday 28th October, so punters at the Sydney gig will be among the first in the world to hear Florence’s new songs live. Her most recent Australian tour – for last year’s Splendour in the Grass – was met with rave reviews, with FL’s reviewer in Melbourne reporting that “The brilliance of the set design coupled with Flo’s peerless vocal and a perfectly levelled band makes the whole thing a joy to watch, but in amongst the spectral costume and tribal, pagan drumming there are moments that are genuinely quite tense and eerie.”

Although this will be a one off gig we certainly hope that Florence follows Kasabian’s lead and makes her way back to Australia early next year for a full tour.

Florence + the Machine
The Seymour Centre, Sydney
Tuesday 15th November

Tickets for the exclusive show will be extremely limited and will go on sale on Tuesday 8th November. Tickets can only be purchased with a Debit MasterCard.

Florence and the Machine

August 5th, 2010

Enmore Theatre, Sydney

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oldgregg

oldgregg said on the 15th Oct, 2011

seymour centre sydney novermber 15th

fuck you sydney.

surely BDO.

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 15th Oct, 2011

fuck you exams!

but i dunno i would've like to have seen her sitting down. her music has too much energy in it.

zacandthemachine

zacandthemachine said on the 15th Oct, 2011

according to the mastercard website, the event will be 18+. i'm only 16. do you think they would be strict, or what is a way that i could get in? florence + the machine are my life. i'm extremely obsessed, and i'm just so disappointed that this silly issue could defeat me from seeing them :'(:confused:

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 15th Oct, 2011

Same day as TVOTR. Sucks live but I kind of like her new song and supposedly the one time I did see her was an off-day.

Maybe.

shazie

shazie said on the 15th Oct, 2011

Be prepared for a lot of disappointment in life then.

And 18+? One of the best things for concerts.

grattan

grattan said on the 15th Oct, 2011

Same night as TV on the Radio :(

Stefan Beck

Stefan Beck said on the 15th Oct, 2011

I know you kids like to blow things out of proportion but how can a musical act with one album be your "life"?

shazie

shazie said on the 15th Oct, 2011

She doesn't have one?

zacandthemachine

zacandthemachine said on the 15th Oct, 2011

and the thing you don't understand is i am not going to try sneak drinks or sniff coke in the bath room. i am going to see the band that i love, perform live.
well when you say it like that, i do sound ridiculous. but all i can say, is you have obviously never had the opportunity to love an artist that much. and 1 album, or 10 albums, their music is their music. and for two straight years, it has helped me in many ways.
i didn't post this thread to get a lecture.

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 15th Oct, 2011

Have you ever spoken to those kids with chemically straightened black hair who like those bands that make the SW underbill? They make the poster your commenting at seem reasonable.

zacandthemachine

zacandthemachine said on the 15th Oct, 2011

haha gee, i know who the one with no life is. just randomly popping up on a thread, not even discussing the topic.

shazie

shazie said on the 15th Oct, 2011

and the thing you don't understand is i am not going to try sneak drinks or sniff coke in the bath room. i am going to see the band that i love, perform live.
well when you say it like that, i do sound ridiculous. but all i can say, is you have obviously never had the opportunity to love an artist that much. and 1 album, or 10 albums, their music is their music. and for two straight years, it has helped me in many ways.
i didn't post this thread to get a lecture.

Yeah old-man Stefan! You don't know what true love is!

TWO WHOLE YEARS of listening to that music. I mean, man, that's gotta be the longest anyone has listened to a band, right?

zacandthemachine

zacandthemachine said on the 15th Oct, 2011

yeah old-man stefan! you don't know what true love is!

two whole years of listening to that music. i mean, man, that's gotta be the longest anyone has listened to a band, right?

haha go fuck a horse. get a life.

oldgregg

oldgregg said on the 15th Oct, 2011

aha leave the poor kid alone.

zacandthemachine

zacandthemachine said on the 15th Oct, 2011

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 15th Oct, 2011

I'd rather have 16 year olds thinking one average album by Florence Welch is their life when the alternative is 5-10 singles by Chris Brown

oldgregg

oldgregg said on the 15th Oct, 2011

im sure she'll be back with the next few months mate, if you're lucky she'll do a show at the enmore and it'll be all ages.

oldgregg

oldgregg said on the 15th Oct, 2011

haha so true.

oh and florence is pretty special live, i dont know where you saw her but she is cracking, give her another shot santos.

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 15th Oct, 2011

haha so true.

oh and florence is pretty special live, i dont know where you saw her but she is cracking, give her another shot santos.

At Roskilde. She spent a solid ten minutes trying to teach everyone dance moves and failing. Decided to bail and grab a mojito and some pizza (was lunchtime after all [sup Lukey])

shazie

shazie said on the 15th Oct, 2011

Was just having a bit of a go at her, nothing personal :P

zacandthemachine

zacandthemachine said on the 15th Oct, 2011

you'd be thrilled to know that her is a he

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 15th Oct, 2011

Shazie had the same problem a few weeks ago, actually

oldgregg

oldgregg said on the 15th Oct, 2011

she pulled that off at splendour, and at festival hall, but regardless of her awkward stage antics, shes a very good performer, and despite having man face at times, she gives me a chub.

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 15th Oct, 2011

Florence, Feist, you like 'em with the 30% man-face don't you?

shazie

shazie said on the 15th Oct, 2011

Haha oh yes I remember that :P The picture now gives it away I see.

But yes, you'll find a lot of the promo gigs like this are 18+ because in order buy tickets you need to own a debit card (which you need to be 18+ for) so I'd assume they'd want more people to get debit mastercards. By someone with a debit mastercard taking their friends who are 18+ without debit mastercards to gigs like this, they hope to convince those people to go "well I better get one as well!" but it wouldn't be too much of a gain to them for people under 18 (in the short-term anyways).

It sucks but it's business I guess =/ Hope that's a more informative possible reason for you.

edit: makes a fun drinking game each time I mention debit mastercard

zacandthemachine

zacandthemachine said on the 15th Oct, 2011

haha oh yes i remember that :p the picture now gives it away i see.

but yes, you'll find a lot of the promo gigs like this are 18+ because in order buy tickets you need to own a debit card (which you need to be 18+ for) so i'd assume they'd want more people to get debit mastercards. by someone with a debit mastercard taking their friends who are 18+ without debit mastercards to gigs like this, they hope to convince those people to go "well i better get one as well!" but it wouldn't be too much of a gain to them for people under 18 (in the short-term anyways).

it sucks but it's business i guess =/ hope that's a more informative possible reason for you.

haha nah i'm only 16 and i have a debit mastercard. the commonwealth bank allows it for 16+.
thanks for the help, but i am determined to get in. haha
:)

oldgregg

oldgregg said on the 15th Oct, 2011

shazie

shazie said on the 15th Oct, 2011

haha nah i'm only 16 and i have a debit mastercard. the commonwealth bank allows it for 16+.
thanks for the help, but i am determined to get in. haha
:)

Oh wow you can get one at 16 o.O? I remember waiting for the day I turned 18 so I could get one... maybe that was just credit cards then. Either way I didn't have any money when I was 16 anyways =/

Easiest way to get in, have a brother/cousin who looks like you over 18 or (in one of my friends case when she was 16), have the rta stuff up your L's licence to say you are 22(probably a bit hard to do that)... If all else fails, grow a beard and no one will ever ask you).

As oldgregg was saying though, promo gig is usually followed by a full tour so hopefully you'll at least get to see her soon if you can't get in!

zacandthemachine

zacandthemachine said on the 15th Oct, 2011

oh wow you can get one at 16 o.o? i remember waiting for the day i turned 18 so i could get one... maybe that was just credit cards then. either way i didn't have any money when i was 16 anyways =/

easiest way to get in, have a brother/cousin who looks like you over 18 or (in one of my friends case when she was 16), have the rta stuff up your l's licence to say you are 22(probably a bit hard to do that)... if all else fails, grow a beard and no one will ever ask you).

as oldgregg was saying though, promo gig is usually followed by a full tour so hopefully you'll at least get to see her soon if you can't get in!

thanks heaps for the help man. appreciate it.

tyler07

tyler07 said on the 15th Oct, 2011

I'm starting to think most things give Gregg a chub. Best dude.

oldgregg

oldgregg said on the 15th Oct, 2011

aha you wouldn't be wrong! cheers :p

daveyac8881

daveyac8881 said on the 15th Oct, 2011

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 15th Oct, 2011

Same day as TVOTR. Sucks live but I kind of like her new song and supposedly the one time I did see her was an off-day.

Maybe.

Yeah that was a horrific performance by her....was jsut painful....apparently she was jsut as bad the week after at t int he park, btu she killed it at Glasto and at the Enmore show i went to

haha so true.

oh and florence is pretty special live, i dont know where you saw her but she is cracking, give her another shot santos.

Yeah he is right though.....she just sucked anus

grattan

grattan said on the 15th Oct, 2011

$41.25 inclusive of booking fees and GST (limit 4 per person)

humanracin

humanracin said on the 15th Oct, 2011

Has anyone noticed this gig is right in the middle of Harvest?
Imagine if...

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 15th Oct, 2011

That has made it even more tempting for me.....damn tvotr

grattan

grattan said on the 15th Oct, 2011

Has anyone noticed this gig is right in the middle of Harvest?
Imagine if...

AJ was asked on Friday "no more main stage acts for harvest?" and replied "Nope. We're all done."

Obviously an AJ tweet isn't 100%, but I can't see Harvest getting any bigger.

humanracin

humanracin said on the 15th Oct, 2011

AJ was asked on Friday "no more main stage acts for harvest?" and replied "Nope. We're all done."

Obviously an AJ tweet isn't 100%, but I can't see Harvest getting any bigger.

Yeah, would be too good to be true, just thought the dates were interesting.
There's already too much going on at Harvest anyways!

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 15th Oct, 2011

Didn't you see Florence over Radiohead at Glasto tho? Even though I told our entire campsite that the rumour was Radiohead at The Park?

Inb4 14yo n00b and/or bad troll says "I'd see Florence over Radiohead"

Hinee

Hinee said on the 15th Oct, 2011

oh my lord. if this happens to harvest, my happy fuse might pop. still on a high from buying my first new car, i don't think i could hold it.

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 15th Oct, 2011

Didn't you see Florence over Radiohead at Glasto tho? Even though I told our entire campsite that the rumour was Radiohead at The Park?

Inb4 14yo n00b and/or bad troll says "I'd see Florence over Radiohead"

nah I was waiting for mos def instead, then he didnt turn up...florence was earlier int he day....and you never told me, because i was off with the Scots

Aidan1234567

Aidan1234567 said on the 15th Oct, 2011

someone complaining about 18+ concerts, I've found a friend <3

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 16th Oct, 2011

Why are there so many kids on the forums all of a sudden? Is the NBN being exclusively rolled out to Year 9 common rooms across the country?

daveyac8881

daveyac8881 said on the 16th Oct, 2011

I am on that shit

daveyac8881

daveyac8881 said on the 16th Oct, 2011

and the thing you don't understand is i am not going to try sneak drinks or sniff coke in the bath room. i am going to see the band that i love, perform live.
well when you say it like that, i do sound ridiculous. but all i can say, is you have obviously never had the opportunity to love an artist that much. and 1 album, or 10 albums, their music is their music. and for two straight years, it has helped me in many ways.
i didn't post this thread to get a lecture.

I felt that way about Bloc Party back when they did the debit mastercard show a few years ago and I was 16/17. Luckily I had a fake ID. By now I've seen them / Kele about 100 times, but that was easily the best and one of the best gigs I've ever been to, so I'd say get some fake ID and GO!!!

Now they have those things on them where it has your age all over it though so you're a bit fucked

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 16th Oct, 2011

Friend posted this Ian Mackaye quote today. Relevant.

People that are fifteen, sixteen, seventeen years old, music is their life. And the idea that they can’t go see a band because they’re not old enough just doesn’t make any sense at all. To me, playing a show where people under the age of eighteen or under the age of twenty one are not allowed in is the same thing as not allowing women in, or Asians. It’s a significant part of the population that’s been ruled out for what reason? I’ve never played a show, knowingly at least, that wasn’t all ages. Music is for all people, that’s clear. And I don’t know why other people would ever accept conditions that were set by an industry as insidious as the alcohol industry. Why is music treated as a sideline to a party? To just getting fucked up, I just don’t understand it.

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 16th Oct, 2011

Friend posted this Ian Mackaye quote today. Relevant.

People that are fifteen, sixteen, seventeen years old, music is their life. And the idea that they can’t go see a band because they’re not old enough just doesn’t make any sense at all. To me, playing a show where people under the age of eighteen or under the age of twenty one are not allowed in is the same thing as not allowing women in, or Asians. It’s a significant part of the population that’s been ruled out for what reason? I’ve never played a show, knowingly at least, that wasn’t all ages. Music is for all people, that’s clear. And I don’t know why other people would ever accept conditions that were set by an industry as insidious as the alcohol industry. Why is music treated as a sideline to a party? To just getting fucked up, I just don’t understand it.

This is probably the worst analogy I've ever seen. It is nothing like playing a show and not allowing women or Asians in. Absolutely no correlation.

Also saying that these are conditions imposed by the alcohol industry is a complete falsehood. These are conditions imposed by society. In many places where alcohol is served to consenting adults, children are not allowed. This is not being unfair to children. It is based on many reasons such as alcohol being damaging to developing brains.

To claim that the music is a sideline to a party is ridiculous. Going to a gig and having a couple of beers does in no way equate to getting fucked up.

p1owz0r

p1owz0r said on the 16th Oct, 2011

[QUOTE=Braveheart81;698975

Going to a gig and having a couple of beers does in no way equate to getting fucked up.

Yes. Too many gigs are on weeknights for the latter.

Cr1zZ

Cr1zZ said on the 16th Oct, 2011

yeah she must be on the bdo line-up now, surely.

01seb

01seb said on the 16th Oct, 2011

He's back on the predictions wagon!!!!

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 16th Oct, 2011

wagon?? get the kid a porsche!!