Flo – Fascinating Lovely Object gave a unique and unusual concert in Cracow,
one summer Saturday. I won't forget being there! As well as other 40 000 people,
all ages, not only Polish, male and female – true fans what we proved by
singing along every song...
Florence became FLOWERence after she
was surprised by Polish Fanclub action spread via Facebook: lots of participants
wore wreaths on their hair and when the vocalist ran from the stage to the
audience she collected many of them. Going back to the microphone she willingly
used the garlands to decorate herself and the stand... That was touching and impressive, exactly like her reaction some
minutes later – while Florence was singing What the Water Gave Me first row of fans unfolded banner ‘What Florence Gave Me?’
and hundreds of people raised up slogans answering that question...
We learnt that this beautiful and
phenomenal British singer is not ‘stiff upper lip’ at all but very emotional,
rather spontaneous and even impulsive. Some hours before, at the backstage, she
and the whole Machine met young Poles who had started the Fanclub and got a very
extraordinary present from them – a bag of glitter. Flo didn’t resist using
that during whole concert – on her skin, rest of her band or nearest
spectators... Unfortunately I wasn’t close enough but somehow after the
concert, emerging from the mass of audience I did catch a grain of this
‘stardust’ on my clothes:).
18 days after the gig FLOWrence celebrated
her birthday and from Polish fans she received this enormous poster – I really
appreciate imagination, organisational skills and creativity of young
organizers responsible for the event:
What Florence and the Machine gave
me? Well, I'd say mental freedom when I hear Shake It Out and feeling of psychic unity with my best friend while sharing emotions,
admiration, ecstasy coming to us with that music...
In
Galaxy of the Lost I wish you Cosmic Love, which gives you Breath of Life
Between Two Lungs, All This and Heaven Too... I wish you Bird Song about
Bedroom Hymns... I wish you Gravity of Love so Heavy in Your Arms, that Never
Lets You Go... I wish you Lover to Lover in No Light at night... I wish you
Addiction to Love in Your Best Dress, Pearls and Roses...I wish you Falling and
Swimming and Howl...
