Florence Rawlings

Florence Rawlings (born September 26, 1988) is a British singer from South London, England. She first met Dramatico Entertainment chairman Mike Batt when she was 13 years old. He was auditioning female vocalists, and two of them stood out to him: one was Florence and the other was Katie Melua.[1] Batt signed Melua, but as Florence was so young, it was agreed that she should finish her studies before embarking on her professional career.[2] On completing her A level exams, Florence signed to Batt's Dramatico label.

Performances

Rawlings made a special appearance in 2008 with Mike Batt at the Stuttgart Jazz Open. She returned to the event the following year for a performance at the Bix Club and made a guest appearance at the concert given by Katie Melua with Mike Batt conducting the Stuttgart Philharmonic [3]

In the UK, Rawlings was booked to perform at several festivals in 2009 including The Isle of Wight Festival (her performance opened the festival),[4] Wireless Festival,[5] and Guilfest.[6] She performed as support for Booker T at Bush Hall in Shepherd's Bush, London.[7]

Rawlings toured the UK and Europe in Autumn/Winter 2009 as support act for Tom Jones on his "24 Hours" European Tour.[8]

She performed her first headlining show at Bush Hall in Shepherd's Bush, London on 24 February 2010.[9]

She appeared as a support singer, not credited, in Clean Bandit's cover of Royals from Lorde, in January 2014. She again met up with the group to perform 'Extraordinary' as a lead singer at the Capital Summertime Ball in June 2014, and again to perform as a lead singer with the group for their entire set at Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2014. She is currently traveling with the band on their North American tour.

Discography

Album: "A Fool In Love" Dramatico, 2009

References

  1. ↑ Hurley, James (2009-10-16). "Introducing Florence Rawlings". Entertainment.uk.msn.com. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
  2. ↑ "Alleyns School". Edwardalleynclub.com. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
  3. ↑ "Jazzopen Stuttgart: Jazzopen Stuttgart". Jazzopen.com. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
  4. ↑ Archived July 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ "GuilFest Forum //". Guilfest.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
  7. ↑ ' + niceTime(v.created_at) + '. "Music in London – Gigs and live music – Time Out London". Timeout.com. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
  8. ↑ "Twenty year old Florence Rawlings to support Tom Jones on European Tour". Buzzin Pop Music. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
  9. ↑ Archived March 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
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