Featuring dill martinis, much Gucci, and a live performance from Florence herself.
on Friday night. “It’s much more terrifying performing for people you actually know,” the singer joked, waving enthusiastically at the artist Faye Wei Wei before launching into an exquisite rendition of her new single, “King”.
Welch, standing before spectacular Wei Wei artworks brought in to decorate the space, went on to perform tracks from her new album – her first in four years – for the first time in front of a live audience, as well as 2018’s “June”, a song that, with its refrain of “hold onto each other”, took on new poignance during the pandemic, Florence said. She ended with her classic “Shake It Out”, with Alexa Chung and Greta Bellamacina among those chiming in with the chorus.
Dinner came courtesy of another Florence: the celebrated chef Florence Knight, who oversaw a menu of white asparagus, nettle and ricotta ravioli, hake, and lemon tart, all served at long candlelit tables decorated with artfully mismatched arrangements byAs Bella Freud and Alison Mosshart caught up over dessert, Welch was first onto the dancefloor, along with Chung and boyfriend Orson Fry, as well as the singer Griff and Wei Wei, both clad in Simone Rocha.
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