Facts

Full Name: Florence Leontine Mary Welch
Date of Birth: 28 August, in 1986
Place of Birth: Camberwell, London
Siblings: 1 brother (J.J.), 1 sister (Grace) & 3 step-siblings (Maddie, Sam, John)
Parents: Evelyn Welch (Harvard-educated Professor) & Nick Welch (Advertising Executive)
Career: Lead singer of Florence + the Machine
Previous bands: Toxic Cockroaches and Ashok
Height: 5ft9 (175 cm)
Tattoos: She has a total of 2 (A birdcage on her right middle finger and another one on her left arm dedicated to her good friend Sophie Hart Walsh)
FACTS:
- Flo went to the Camberwell College of Arts at 18 to study illustration
- The name of her band “Florence + the machine” began as a joke
- She provided the soundtrack for “Eat Pray Love” (2010)
- Florence is inspired by spirits
- She suffers from Dyspraxia
- Her first band’s name was “The Toxic Cockroaches”
- Flo’s parents separated when she was at the age of 13
- She’s a fan of Nirvana and Green Day
- Florence was performing at family weddings and funerals at the age of 7

Great Gatsby Soundtrack (2013)
I Come Apart (2013)
Ceremonials (2011)










