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NHL Florence + The Machine has had to change its tour itinerary twice in the past week due to the NBA and NHL playoffs. Lillie Eiger / HFG Management via Getty Images For the second time this week, sporting events have forced Florence + the Machine to change concert plans due to scheduling conflicts. The band’s April 25 concert, originally scheduled for 7: 30 p. m. ET at Philadelphia’s Xfinity Mobile Arena, directly conflicted with the Philadelphia Flyers’ home playoff game at 8 p. m. the same night at the same venue. On Friday, the band announced its show will now be about 60 miles away, at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N. J. pic. twitter. com/YON6QY8Ekj — Florence + the Machine (@florencemachine) April 17, 2026 Earlier in the week, Florence + The Machine’s “Everybody Scream Tour” was forced to reschedule an upcoming show in Boston from Sunday to Monday because it had been set for the same night as Game 1 of the NBA playoff series between the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers at TD Garden. Advertisement Fans of the band who had previously purchased tickets to the Philadelphia show will automatically be issued a refund. Those who had tickets to the original venue’s show can purchase tickets to the relocated show at 10 a. m. Monday, while the general public sale will open at 10 a. m. Tuesday. “We are so sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, ” the band said in a statement posted to social media after the Philadelphia show was moved. “Unfortunately, this decision is beyond our control, and after exploring many alternative scenarios, this became the only workable solution that would allow us to not cancel the show. ” Scheduling conflicts can arise due to the last-minute planning of the NHL and NBA playoffs. The Flyers and Penguins weren’t confirmed to play in the first round of the playoffs until Monday night, and the NHL’s full playoff bracket wasn’t locked in until early Friday morning, after the NHL’s final games ended late Thursday night. Until the full schedule for Flyers-Penguins was announced after midnight on Friday morning, the only game that had a set time and date was Game 1, which is at 8 p. m. Saturday. The 76ers, meanwhile, only advanced out of the NBA Play-in Tournament on Wednesday, leaving just three days between that game and Game 1 of the NBA’s first round. Further complicating matters in Philadelphia, the 76ers play the Celtics at Xfinity Mobile Arena on April 24 and 26 — with the Flyers game at the same venue on April 25, and the Florence + The Machine show moved to Atlantic City on the same night. Xfinity Mobile Arena shares an owner, Comcast Spectacor, with the Flyers. Spot the pattern. Connect the terms Find the hidden link between sports terms Play today's puzzle Alex Iniguez is a senior editor for The Athletic NHL. He previously worked at the Seattle Times and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.