In July 2009, upon the release of their debut album, Florence and the Machine announced a six-date concert tour of the United Kingdom.

Six soon became nine as three more dates (one in Glasgow, one in Bournemouth and two more for London's Shepherd's Bush Empire) were added.

In an interview with Nick Grimshaw, Florence mentioned that her tour was going to be brought to Australia.

After the continued success of Lungs and its new UK chart peak of number 1, Florence Welch announced another nine-date UK and Ireland tour, entitled 'The Cosmic Love Tour'.

Florence and The Machine's official website held an exclusive fan pre-sale event on 27 January 2010 and tickets were fully released on Friday, 29 January at 9 a.m. All tickets for all dates officially sold out.