Florence + the Machine Announce Tour

January 23, 2012 1:15 PM

Following a run of TV appearances including Austin City Limits and MTV Unplugged, Florence + the Machine will kick off its 15-city tour on April 14 in Santa Barbara. The tour, presented by MSN, includes stops at Coachella, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and Radio City Music Hall. The shows wrap on May 12 in Atlantic City.

 
Tickets go on sale this Friday (Jan. 27) at 10 a.m. on Ticketmaster, with tickets for the Jazz & Heritage Fest currently available at nojazzfest.com. Coachella is already sold out.
 
Full list of tour dates: 
April 14: Santa Babara, Calif. (Santa Babara Bowl) 
April 15: Indio, Calif. (Coachella Festival) 
April 17: Reno, Nev. (Grand Sierra Resort) 
April 18: Davis, Calif. (Mondavi Center: UC Davis) 
April 20: Phoenix, Ariz. (Comerica Theatre) 
April 21: Las Vegas, Nev. (The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas) 
April 22: Indio, Calif. (Coachella Festival) 
April 27: Minneapolis, Minn. (Hennepin Theatre) 
April 28: Milwaukee, Wis. (Eagles Ballroom) 
April 29: St. Louis, Mo. (Peabody Opera House)  
May 1: Dallas, Texas (Palladium Ballroom) 
May 2: Houston, Texas (Verizon Wireless Theatre) 
May 3: New Orleans, La. (New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival) 
May 8: New York, N.Y. (Radio City Music Hall) 
May 11: Uncasville, Conn. (Mohegan Sun Arena) 
May 12: Atlantic City, N.J. (Borgata Spa & Resort Event Center)

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