The Flaming Lips
Over the weekend, psych-rock veterans the Flaming Lips finally performed the world’s first two “space bubble concerts” over consecutive nights at the Criterion in the band’s home, Oklahoma City. After a lot of planning and a series of trial runs, the concerts were originally scheduled to take place in December, but were postponed due to […]
As you may have heard, psych-rock veterans the Flaming Lips have been putting together plans for a concert in which both the band themselves and members of the audience are housed in a giant plastic bubble, similar to their performance on Colbert earlier this year. “We, The Flaming Lips, already know how to do space bubbles […]
The Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has said that the band are on track to play a concert where each member of the audience is within their own inflatable bubble. While this might seem like usual fodder for the band, this is being done so the band can play a concert without endangering the health […]
Back in June this year, The Flaming Lips performed on the Stephen Colbert show in giant bubbles, with their audience in giant bubbles. While frontman Wayne Coyne says it was initially just meant to be a kind of funny thing, they’re now considering it seriously. The band is now planning out what they’re hopeful will […]
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve seen bands innovate their performances by recording separately and piecing the performances together, and by offering up acoustic renditions. The Flaming Lips, however, took ingenuity to another realm when they were up for a performance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert the other night. The band chose to perform on-stage, […]
When Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots came out in 2002, The Flaming Lips bore the glow of seasoned pros, masters of neo-psychedelia. It’s true that the Oklahoma band, led by Wayne Coyne, had been plying their trade since the mid-1980s, but their elevation to alt-rock prestige really only occurred in the wake of 1999’s The […]
A night with The Flaming Lips is an unforgettable one. Known for their trippy, eccentric and captivating live shows, The Flaming Lips have always enjoyed a great connection with Australian fans and this September, the band will return. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Soft Bulletin, the Wayne Coyne-led group will perform a one-off show in […]
It’s been 20 years since The Flaming Lips released The Soft Bulletin, an album often regarded as their break through release. To celebrate its release, The Flaming Lips are bringing it to Australia’s Sydney Opera House and will be tearing up the Concert Hall on Monday 30th of September and Tuesday 1st of October. Along […]
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