Arcade Fire Make Florence a Crying Machine

Florence Welch, the charismatic voice of Florence and the Machine, recently admitted that meeting Arcade Fire took a toll on her tear ducts. In a video interview with Nylon Magazine TV, Welch copped to being star-struck when she met the Grammy-winning band.

“I love Arcade Fire so much,” she gushed. “Ever since Funeral. I'd love to work with them.”

She may have scuttled her chances of impressing her heroes, though, when she met the group’s frontman.

"I met Win Butler and I was so star-struck that I cried,” she laughed. “It was so embarrassing, ’cause I saw them play at the O2 [Arena] and then we went back to their after-party area and then they all came in. I was trying to talk to him and I just kind of [teared up]. And it was such a disaster. I was so star-struck that I cried, yes. It was a big, big moment for me… and I played it really cool."

Florence and the Machine are currently recording with producer Paul Epworth (Adele, Cee-Lo Green) in London.

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Arcade Fire to Release Deluxe Edition of <em>The Suburbs</em>

It appears The Suburbs are going to get a little more sprawling. Arcade Fire have plans to reissue their Grammy-winner for Album of the Year in a deluxe edition. 

BBC 1 radio DJ Zane Lowe reported that the Canadian band will include two new songs – “Speaking in Tongues” and “Culture War” – on this version, which will be released on June 27. The deluxe edition also will include a DVD with the Spike Jonze short film, Scenes from the Suburbs, and a documentary on the making of the album.

Lowe said he will debut the new songs on the radio on May 23.

As Gibson.com recently reported, band member Will Butler describes Scenes from the Suburbs as a mix between 12 Monkeys, E.T. and Red Dawn.

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