It’s three years since Florence Welch’s last album and nearly a decade since she materialised as a fully-realised pop persona — a twirling blend of charity shop Stevie Nicks, millennial Kate Bush and self-aware Bonnie Tyler.

As the curtain falls over a sell-out Electric Picnic 2015, plans are already underway for next year’s event.

Life is as hectic as ever for Florence + The Machine, with a new album and a world tour, writes Andy Welch

Organisers released the tickets today alongside announcing that Florence + The Machine, Underworld, and Manic Street Preachers as acts for this year’s festival.