![]() The injury reminds her that her last touring excursion - almost four years of endless, alcohol-fueled gigs - nearly ended in a breakdown. On June 2 the band will release its third album, How Big How Blue How Beautiful, and Welch will be on the road for the summer and likely beyond. ![]() The Coachella performance was only Welch’s third show back after a year off from touring, and in a way, she thinks snapping the bone may be the best thing that could have happened to her. And there I was, crumpled behind a speaker, hugging my shirt, needing to be carried away.” Peering up through her shaggy bangs, Welch adds: “And I wasn’t even drunk.” ![]() And it looked like a big rock’n’roll fall for dramatic effect, but the truth is I just couldn’t walk anymore. But out of fear and adrenaline, with clothes flying everywhere, I kept running around, and then finally collapsed on the floor. So I jumped pretty fast and hard, and as I landed I just went, ‘Ahhhh!’ I just knew - I heard the crunch. I needed to get down with the other naked people. “I realized no one else in the band has taken their shirts off. “There were naked girls - I was like, ‘If they’re doing it, I have to do it too.’ ” She stripped down to a delicate white bra and flared white pants. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100), she yelled at the throng, “Take off your clothes!” She laughs, gesturing wildly with hands covered in turquoise rings. ![]() THIS COVER STORY FIRST APPEARED IN BILLBOARD MAGAZINE GET THIS WEEK’S ISSUE HERE OR SUBSCRIBE TO BILLBOARD HEREĪt Coachella, Welch felt too far removed from the crowd, so as the band pounded out “Dog Days Are Over” (an early hit and still its biggest in America, reaching No. ![]()
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