Florence and the Machine – review

Alexandra Palace, LondonFlorence Welch has stopped to catch her breath. "It's International Women's Day!" she trills. Welch has just spent "You've Got the Love" skipping gymnastically from one end of the stage to the other, as though in preparation for an Olympics floor exercise. Singing while flouncing is one of the sterner tests of a performer, but Welch clearly has the aerobic capacity of one of those dolphins that races motorboats. Her cover of the Source's song rings out clear and true.Even...

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