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Florence Welch: 'I set fire to a hotel room once'

Florence Welch has revealed that she once set a hotel room on fire after a particularly drunken night out in New York City. 

The ethereal vocalist admitted to Q magazine that after polishing off around 17 cocktails with the likes of Kanye West, Lykke Li and "most of Lower Manhattan" she ended up destroying her outfit, chipping her tooth and damaging the suite she was staying in:

"I think I must have had about 17 dirty martinis. I lost my phone and ripped my dress very badly. I accidentally set fire to The Bowery Hotel because I'd left a cinnamon tea light burning."

"I came back to the hotel, passed out in my ripped dress - no phone, chipped tooth - came round and there was black stuff all over the wall, my book had melted on the bedside table and there was a bucket of water on the floor. Actually the last scene you want to wake up to with a hangover. Half the room was singed."

 

 

 

Florence and the Machine have been nominated for 3 NME Awards and you can watch Welch's latest music video for 'Lover To Lover' below: