Florence Welch says recent mystery surgery “saved my life”

Florence Welch has disclosed that she recently underwent emergency surgery which “saved [her] life.” Welch revealed the news in an Instagram post explaining the recent cancellation of two Florence and the Machine festival dates in Europe. The band were forced to pull out of Zurich Open Air Festival and and Rock En Seine, both of which were due to take place this past weekend, on "medical advice."

In a follow-up post shared on Sunday, Welch revealed a little more information as to why the shows were affected, stating that she underwent the surgery "for reasons I don't really feel strong enough to go into yet."

"I’m so sorry that I had to cancel the last couple shows," she wrote. "My feet are fine, I had to have emergency surgery for reasons I don’t really feel strong enough to go into yet, but it saved my life." The mention of feet is seemingly a reference to the last time the band had to pull shows, when Welch broke her foot performing in London.

Welch went on to add that she is fit to perform at the last two Florence + The Machine shows of the summer, scheduled to take place on September 1 in Lisbon and the following day in Málaga, Spain, though she might not be as energetic as usual. "But you can do that for me," she wrote.

Florence + the Machine released their fifth album, Dance Fever, in May 2022. Towards the end of the year Ethel Cain appeared on a live recording of album track "Morning Elvis."