Florence + the Machine to Kick Off 'How Beautiful' North America Tour This Spring

Following a gigantic 2015, which saw the release of their first U.S. #1 album How Big How Blue How Beautiful (Republic Records), Florence + The Machine will embark on their "How Beautiful" tour of North America this spring with support from Grimes and Of Monsters And Men. Dates include Brooklyn's Barclays Center June 14, Chicago's Hollywood Casino Amphitheater June 12, Boston's Xfinity Center June 7 and many more. The tour kicks off May 13 in Miami.

American Express Card Members can purchase tickets in select markets before the general public beginning today at 10:00 a.m. local time through Friday, January 15 at 10:00 p.m. local time. Tickets go on sale to the public Saturday, January 16 at 10:00 a.m. local time.

For more information and to purchase tickets visit florenceandthemachine.net

Florence + the Machine are nominated for five awards at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards: Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Ship to Wreck," Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for "What Kind Of Man" and Best Pop Vocal Album for How Big How Blue How Beautiful. How Big How Blue How Beautiful is also nominated for Best Recording Packaging.

Additionally, Florence has created an exclusive Pandora mixtape inspired by songs she listens to on the road. Pandora listeners can hear the mixtape here and learn more about Pandora's pre-sale that beginsThursday, January 14 at 10AM local time.

Released to extensive critical acclaim and named to best of lists from Rolling Stone, NPR Music, SPIN,American Songwriter, Consequence of Sound and more, the album landed Welch bookings on "SaturdayNight Live," "Good Morning America," "Ellen," "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert."

How Big How Blue How Beautiful was written and recorded over the course of 2014. Produced by Markus Dravs (Björk, Arcade Fire, Coldplay) with contributions from Kid Harpoon, Paul Epworth, John Hill and James Ford, the album follows Florence's globally acclaimed Lungs (2009) and Ceremonials (2011). Download the album HERE.

With three albums to her name, Florence continues to reach new heights-How Big How Blue How Beautiful reached #1 in the U.K. (her third #1 album in the country), Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Switzerland and Canada after reaching the top spot on iTunes charts in 24 countries worldwide. Download the album via iTunes here and stream it via Spotify here.

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE LIVE

May 13 Miami, FL AmericanAirlines Arena
May 14 Orlando, FL Amway Center
May 17 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion*
May 18 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center*
May 19 Austin, TX Austin360 Amphitheater*
May 24 Kansas City, KS KRBZ Cricket Wireless*
May 26 Denver, CO Pepsi Center*
June 2 Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center*
June 4 Cleveland, PA Blossom Music Center†
June 7 Boston, MA Xfinity Center†
June 8 Montreal, QC Bell Centre†
June 10 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre†
June 11 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre†
June 12 Chicago, IL Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre†
June 14 New York, NY Barclays Center*

*with Grimes
†with Of Monsters And Men

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