Rigorous Technology supply EXE Flexa wireless load monitoring behind the spectacular Florence and the Machine’s ‘Everybody Scream’ Tour
 
Florence and the Machine returned with an electrifying UK and European tour to celebrate the release of their sixth album, ‘Everybody Scream.’   Covering an eighteen-date arena tour, which featured nine dates in the UK, including two nights at London’s O2 Arena, followed by a European leg that kicked off in Paris and concluded at the Uber Arena in Berlin. 


 
The highly anticipated ‘Everybody Scream’ Tour delivered a visually stunning show with cinematic staging effects, capturing the powerful vocals of Florence Welch with a production that pushed the limits of live performance. The tour’s rigging team, Yose Lawson – Head Rigger, Tom Armstrong, and Kieran Bean (aka Beano) are proud to have played a key role in the successful delivery of the tour, providing advanced rigging solutions and precision load monitoring systems supplied by Rigorous Technology that ensured both safety and performance excellence throughout the shows.  To meet this challenge, the team deployed EXE Flexa Wireless Load cells, widely trusted in the entertainment industry for their accuracy, durability, and seamless integration into complex rigging environments. 
 
The tour’s ambitious rigging design featured 131 rigging points and 127 chain hoists supplied by Neg Earth Lights ranging from 500Kg to 2000Kg EXE Technology D8+ Rise chain hoists with 30 EXE Flexa Wireless Load Cells deployed at crucial rigging points, monitoring a total show weight of 67 tons.  The dynamic overhead structure supporting automated lighting arrays, scenic elements, and an impressive video infrastructure made precise real-time load monitoring a critical requirement for the production team. 
 
A show of this scale and complexity requires rigging data to monitor from the initial build through to the show going live. The EXE Flexa wireless load cell system provides continuous, real-time visibility into the load weights across the rigs, capturing key data information that verifies weight distribution, monitors dynamic movement, and maintains safety throughout every performance.  The rigging team deployed EXE Flexa Load Cells on two key video elements: the video header at 11 tons and the upstage screen at 3 tons, whilst monitoring the mother grid at 8 tons and the upstage stacked lighting trusses, which weighed 5 tons. 
 
Yose Lawson said:  “On shows like this, moving between venues, loads cells are essential for our rigging team.  The EXE Flexa units are compact, easy to work with and running on a low-congestion RF band means we can rely on them day in, day out.”
 
The compact design of the EXE Flexa load cell units allows them to be integrated directly onto the EXE Technology chain hoists to monitor the critical rigging points.  The high-precision wireless sensors provide the rigging team with accurate measurements under dynamic conditions created by moving trusses and automated stage effects throughout the show.  The system provides an essential feature for touring productions where efficiency and fast load-ins are key, enabling real-time data information to be displayed directly on a laptop. Without load cells, it is complex to calculate the payload distribution within a grid, impossible to monitor usage or react immediately to any adverse change.  Such technology safeguards the delivery of larger design moments on stage, and more complex rig loads provide real-time data to ensure the structure above is fully monitored. 
 
Throughout the Everybody Scream Tour, the system monitors multiple rigging zones, ensuring that every suspended element—from lighting trusses to scenic features—operates well within its safe working load. The data allows the rigging team to validate calculations, adapt quickly to venue variations, and maintain consistent safety standards across the tour’s busy international schedule.
 
While audiences are swept up in the powerful visuals and dramatic energy of Florence and the Machine’s Everybody Scream Tour, the unseen technology overhead is essential to bringing these unforgettable moments to life safely and flawlessly—proof that innovation and artistry, working together, set new standards for live entertainment.
 
The tour continues for a US leg in the spring of 2026, covering 23 dates stateside, commencing in Minneapolis and includes performances at Madison Square Garden.