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Grace VanderWaal replaces Nathaniel Rateliff as opener for Florence + The Machine in Alpharetta

Grace VanderWaal will open for Florence + The Machine in Alpharetta.
Grace VanderWaal will open for Florence + The Machine in Alpharetta.
Melissa Ruggieri
By Melissa Ruggieri

Fans attending Thursday’s Florence + The Machine concert at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre have a change in opening act.

Grace VanderWaal replaces Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats while Rateliff continues treatment for a hearing issue.

The 15-year-old singer-songwriter who won “America’s Got Talent” in 2016 will also assume opening duties June 5 in Raleigh, N.C., June 8 in Orlando and June 9 in Miami. The Alpharetta show starts at 7:30 p.m.

VanderWaal has released an EP (“Perfectly Imperfect”) and full-length album (“Just the Beginning”) and is planning to unveil new music this year. Last summer, she opened for Imagine Dragons on their North American tour.