The Flaming Lips will continue celebrating the 20th anniversary of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by performing the album in full on a new run of 2024 US tour dates.
Kicking off on April 20th with a previously announced show in Jacksonville, Florida, the trek will continue with stops in New Orleans, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, and more. See The Flaming Lips’ full touring itinerary below.
A Live Nation pre-sale for the newly announced dates will begin on Thursday, February 22nd (use access code Energy) ahead of the general on-sale slated for Friday, February 23rd via Ticketmaster.
Find deals for all of The Flaming Lips’ upcoming tour dates at StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.
Revisit our 2022 interview with Wayne Coyne about the 20th anniversary of Yoshimi and...
Kicking off on April 20th with a previously announced show in Jacksonville, Florida, the trek will continue with stops in New Orleans, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, and more. See The Flaming Lips’ full touring itinerary below.
A Live Nation pre-sale for the newly announced dates will begin on Thursday, February 22nd (use access code Energy) ahead of the general on-sale slated for Friday, February 23rd via Ticketmaster.
Find deals for all of The Flaming Lips’ upcoming tour dates at StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.
Revisit our 2022 interview with Wayne Coyne about the 20th anniversary of Yoshimi and...
- 2/20/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Every classic rock fan can remember one or two songs that left them slack-jawed. A rock star was blown away by one of the songs from The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. He said the tune put John Lennon’s genius on full display. The star in question put his own spin on the track with some help from Miley Cyrus.
A rock star wanted to understand how a song from The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ came together
Wayne Coyne is the frontman of The Flaming Lips, a band behind numerous psychedelic experiments such as “She Don’t Use Jelly.” During a 2014 interview with Newsweek, he recalled his reaction to “A Day in the Life” from Sgt. Pepper. “The ‘Day in the Life’ song is one of the marks of the sheer genius of not just John Lennon but The Beatles as singers, as players, as arrangers, as conceptualizing,...
A rock star wanted to understand how a song from The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ came together
Wayne Coyne is the frontman of The Flaming Lips, a band behind numerous psychedelic experiments such as “She Don’t Use Jelly.” During a 2014 interview with Newsweek, he recalled his reaction to “A Day in the Life” from Sgt. Pepper. “The ‘Day in the Life’ song is one of the marks of the sheer genius of not just John Lennon but The Beatles as singers, as players, as arrangers, as conceptualizing,...
- 11/24/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
A 1990s rock star hated The Beatles‘ “Got to Get You Into My Life” and said he would never play it. That’s saying something, considering this star has covered Beatles tunes over and over! “Got to Get You Into My Life” eventually became a hit once the American public got more into funk music.
A star hated the horns from The Beatles’ ‘Got to Get You Into My Life’
Wayne Coyne is the frontman of The Flaming Lips, a trippy band most known for the hit “She Don’t Use Jelly.” His band once released a track-by-track remake of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band that is far more avant-garde than the original. Some of it sounds downright abrasive! During a 2014 interview with Newsweek promoting the remake album, Coyne named “Got to Get You Into My Life” as his least-favorite Fab Four track.
“I forget the name of it,...
A star hated the horns from The Beatles’ ‘Got to Get You Into My Life’
Wayne Coyne is the frontman of The Flaming Lips, a trippy band most known for the hit “She Don’t Use Jelly.” His band once released a track-by-track remake of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band that is far more avant-garde than the original. Some of it sounds downright abrasive! During a 2014 interview with Newsweek promoting the remake album, Coyne named “Got to Get You Into My Life” as his least-favorite Fab Four track.
“I forget the name of it,...
- 11/22/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
One of the songs from The Beatles‘ Abbey Road blew a 1990s rock star away. He said the song has “no lead guitars and things, it’s just grinding away at this series of chords.” The tune in question is one of several examples of The Beatles’ harder rock songs.
A star said 1 song from The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ encapsulates John Lennon’s style
Wayne Coyne of the psychedelic rock band The Flaming Lips. During a 2014 interview with Newsweek, he discussed being a massive fan of The Beatles. In it, he said “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” is one of his favorite Beatles tunes.
“Again, here’s a guy that writes these songs that are so expressive and so musical, and here’s just this very strange riff,” Coyne said. “At the end of it, there’s this chord sequence that’s a completely John Lennon-esque chord sequence.
A star said 1 song from The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ encapsulates John Lennon’s style
Wayne Coyne of the psychedelic rock band The Flaming Lips. During a 2014 interview with Newsweek, he discussed being a massive fan of The Beatles. In it, he said “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” is one of his favorite Beatles tunes.
“Again, here’s a guy that writes these songs that are so expressive and so musical, and here’s just this very strange riff,” Coyne said. “At the end of it, there’s this chord sequence that’s a completely John Lennon-esque chord sequence.
- 11/21/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
A classic rock star once said The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever” includes a morbid message about Paul McCartney. That’s not true. John Lennon revealed what he actually said in “Strawberry Fields Forever.”
A rock star said he thought The Beatles’ ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ was about a death
Wayne Coyne is the frontman of the psychedelic rock group The Flaming Lips. The Flaming Lips are deeply indebted to 1960s music, so it’s no surprise Coyne is a huge Beatles fan. During a 2014 interview with Newsweek, Coyne named “Strawberry Fields Forever” one of his favorite songs by the Fab Four.
“I remember my brothers and their friends listening to that and hearing the end of that, where John Lennon says, ‘I buried Paul,'” he said. “Everybody was thinking that Paul McCartney was dead. All that mythology and all that stuff that was made up then. I was 8 or 9 years old,...
A rock star said he thought The Beatles’ ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ was about a death
Wayne Coyne is the frontman of the psychedelic rock group The Flaming Lips. The Flaming Lips are deeply indebted to 1960s music, so it’s no surprise Coyne is a huge Beatles fan. During a 2014 interview with Newsweek, Coyne named “Strawberry Fields Forever” one of his favorite songs by the Fab Four.
“I remember my brothers and their friends listening to that and hearing the end of that, where John Lennon says, ‘I buried Paul,'” he said. “Everybody was thinking that Paul McCartney was dead. All that mythology and all that stuff that was made up then. I was 8 or 9 years old,...
- 11/21/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles‘ “Tomorrow Never Knows” was a big influence on The Chemical Brothers. One rock star discussed watching The Chemical Brothers work “Tomorrow Never Knows” into one of their electronic dance music sets. The Chemical Brothers also released a tune that sounds a lot like the Fab Four’s track.
The Chemical Brothers wanted to deconstruct The Beatles’ ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’
Wayne Coyne is the frontman of the psychedelic rock band The Flaming Lips, most known for their 1990s hit “She Don’t Use Jelly.” The Flaming Lips also released a track-by-track remake of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band called With a Little Help with My Fwends. During a 2014 interview with Newsweek, Coyne named “Tomorrow Never Knows” as one of his favorite Beatles tune.
“I remember talking to the guys in The Chemical Brothers, and it’s almost like their whole existence is built on ‘What the f*** is happening in that song?...
The Chemical Brothers wanted to deconstruct The Beatles’ ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’
Wayne Coyne is the frontman of the psychedelic rock band The Flaming Lips, most known for their 1990s hit “She Don’t Use Jelly.” The Flaming Lips also released a track-by-track remake of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band called With a Little Help with My Fwends. During a 2014 interview with Newsweek, Coyne named “Tomorrow Never Knows” as one of his favorite Beatles tune.
“I remember talking to the guys in The Chemical Brothers, and it’s almost like their whole existence is built on ‘What the f*** is happening in that song?...
- 11/20/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Flaming Lips’ upcoming headlining set at San Fransisco’s Stern Grove Festival is about to be made all the more special: That date, August 20th, will henceforth be known as “The Flaming Lips Day” in the city, recognizing the Bay Area’s significance in launching the iconic rock band’s career.
San Fransisco mayor London Breed will present the special proclamation to The Flaming Lips ahead of their performance at the festival, which is the longest-running outdoor music festival in California. Joining her in bestowing the honor are the festival’s Board Chair Matthew Goldman, Executive Director Bob Fiedler, and Commissioner and Chair of California State Parks Phil Ginsburg.
“We’re very grateful to embrace August 20 as The Flaming Lips Day in San Francisco,” the band’s Wayne Coyne said in a press release. “We’ve had many shared moments in this city and we feel grateful to be...
San Fransisco mayor London Breed will present the special proclamation to The Flaming Lips ahead of their performance at the festival, which is the longest-running outdoor music festival in California. Joining her in bestowing the honor are the festival’s Board Chair Matthew Goldman, Executive Director Bob Fiedler, and Commissioner and Chair of California State Parks Phil Ginsburg.
“We’re very grateful to embrace August 20 as The Flaming Lips Day in San Francisco,” the band’s Wayne Coyne said in a press release. “We’ve had many shared moments in this city and we feel grateful to be...
- 8/16/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Tl;Dr:
A future rock star could only hear part of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Hearing an off-kilter version of the album changed his attitude toward music in a major way. The star’s band later released a track-by-track cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club’ | Bloomberg / Contributor
A star initially heard The Beatles‘ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) on a malfunctioning stereo. He fell in love with the distorted music. Subsequently, this strange listening experience inspired his band’s audio experiments.
The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne initially couldn’t hear the 2 halves of ‘Sgt. Pepper’
Wayne Coyne is the lead singer of The Flaming Lips, a neo-psychedelic band. During a 2017 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Coyne said he didn’t initially hear Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in the intended way.
A future rock star could only hear part of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Hearing an off-kilter version of the album changed his attitude toward music in a major way. The star’s band later released a track-by-track cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club’ | Bloomberg / Contributor
A star initially heard The Beatles‘ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) on a malfunctioning stereo. He fell in love with the distorted music. Subsequently, this strange listening experience inspired his band’s audio experiments.
The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne initially couldn’t hear the 2 halves of ‘Sgt. Pepper’
Wayne Coyne is the lead singer of The Flaming Lips, a neo-psychedelic band. During a 2017 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Coyne said he didn’t initially hear Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in the intended way.
- 5/26/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Miley Cyrus‘ plans for Endless Summer Vacation apparently do not include another tour, according to a new interview with British Vogue.
“It’s been a minute,” the “Flowers” singer acknowledged about her live hiatus before reflecting on her last headlining arena show during 2014’s “Bangerz” world tour. “I kind of looked at it as more of a question. And I can’t. Not only ‘can’t,’ because ‘can’t’ is your capability, but my desire. Do I want to live my life for anyone else’s pleasure or fulfillment other than my own?”
She later shared her preference for performing to intimate audiences consisting of her family, friends, and team over the hordes of adoring Smilers. “Like, singing for hundreds of thousands of people isn’t really the thing that I love,” she explained. “There’s no connection. There’s no safety… It’s also not natural. It’s so...
“It’s been a minute,” the “Flowers” singer acknowledged about her live hiatus before reflecting on her last headlining arena show during 2014’s “Bangerz” world tour. “I kind of looked at it as more of a question. And I can’t. Not only ‘can’t,’ because ‘can’t’ is your capability, but my desire. Do I want to live my life for anyone else’s pleasure or fulfillment other than my own?”
She later shared her preference for performing to intimate audiences consisting of her family, friends, and team over the hordes of adoring Smilers. “Like, singing for hundreds of thousands of people isn’t really the thing that I love,” she explained. “There’s no connection. There’s no safety… It’s also not natural. It’s so...
- 5/21/2023
- by Bryan Kress
- Consequence - Music
Even some of the most accomplished musicians of all time have found themselves at the center of plagiarism cases. Sometimes, they get off without any trouble; juries determine that the song simply uses common chord progressions or that there are no real similarities. Other times, though, musicians pay a lot of money to settle the cases. Here are four musicians who lost money in plagiarism cases.
George Harrison | Bettmann/Contributor via Getty George Harrison
One of the most notable plagiarism cases involved one of the biggest musicians of all time. George Harrison was fresh off his time with The Beatles when he released “My Sweet Lord.” The song made him the first former Beatle to hit No. 1 as a solo artist. It also brought him legal trouble.
The Bright Tunes Music Corporation brought a lawsuit against Harrison for plagiarizing The Chiffons’ song “He’s So Fine.” After a lengthy legal battle,...
George Harrison | Bettmann/Contributor via Getty George Harrison
One of the most notable plagiarism cases involved one of the biggest musicians of all time. George Harrison was fresh off his time with The Beatles when he released “My Sweet Lord.” The song made him the first former Beatle to hit No. 1 as a solo artist. It also brought him legal trouble.
The Bright Tunes Music Corporation brought a lawsuit against Harrison for plagiarizing The Chiffons’ song “He’s So Fine.” After a lengthy legal battle,...
- 5/14/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
As they celebrate the 20th anniversary of their seminal album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, The Flaming Lips have announced a new vinyl EP called Hypnotist. The tiny-but-mighty collection is out June 16th, and compiles rarities from the Yoshimi era, which we first heard on the massive anniversary box set the band released last year.
The EP opens with a whopping 24-minute “Psychedelic Hypnotist Daydream,” which is long enough to be an EP in itself! But Side B also features demos of “Duck Dodgers Theme” and “I Know I’ve Got to Make That Dream the Real Thing,” as well as an instrumental of “Do You Realize??”
Pre-orders for Hypnotist EP are ongoing, available in an exclusive pink vinyl pressing. Below, you can watch a visualizer for “Psychedelic Hypnotist Daydream,” as well as a clip of frontman Wayne Coyne revisiting the original 4-track recording of the song. Then, keep scrolling...
The EP opens with a whopping 24-minute “Psychedelic Hypnotist Daydream,” which is long enough to be an EP in itself! But Side B also features demos of “Duck Dodgers Theme” and “I Know I’ve Got to Make That Dream the Real Thing,” as well as an instrumental of “Do You Realize??”
Pre-orders for Hypnotist EP are ongoing, available in an exclusive pink vinyl pressing. Below, you can watch a visualizer for “Psychedelic Hypnotist Daydream,” as well as a clip of frontman Wayne Coyne revisiting the original 4-track recording of the song. Then, keep scrolling...
- 5/4/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
The Flaming Lips will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by performing the album in full on an upcoming run of US tour dates.
Beginning in May, The Flaming Lips will stage performances of the album in Brooklyn, Cleveland, St. Louis, Portland, Los Angeles, Seattle, and more. These new shows are in addition to previously announced festival gigs at Atlanta’s Shaky Knees and Boston Calling, as well as a run of career-spanning west coast shows taking place through early March. Check out the band’s full tour schedule below.
Tickets for The Flaming Lips’ newly announced shows go on sale Friday, March 3rd at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
Tickets for all of the band’s other upcoming tour dates are available now via Stubhub — where orders are 100% guaranteed through Stubhub’s FanProtect program.
The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne recently spoke to Consequence...
Beginning in May, The Flaming Lips will stage performances of the album in Brooklyn, Cleveland, St. Louis, Portland, Los Angeles, Seattle, and more. These new shows are in addition to previously announced festival gigs at Atlanta’s Shaky Knees and Boston Calling, as well as a run of career-spanning west coast shows taking place through early March. Check out the band’s full tour schedule below.
Tickets for The Flaming Lips’ newly announced shows go on sale Friday, March 3rd at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
Tickets for all of the band’s other upcoming tour dates are available now via Stubhub — where orders are 100% guaranteed through Stubhub’s FanProtect program.
The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne recently spoke to Consequence...
- 2/27/2023
- by Alex Young
- Consequence - Music
It is fair to assume Criterion could plunder the world of licensed film to build an ultimate noir playlist; credit, then, for focusing sharp and nabbing deep cuts. The Criterion Channel’s November / Noirvember program will be headlined by “Fox Noir,” an eight-title program with Otto Preminger deep cut Fallen Angel, three by Henry Hathaway, Siodmak, Dassin, Kazan, and Robert Wise, and while retrospectives of Veronica Lake and John Garfield will bring some canon into the fold, I’m mostly thinking about that potential for discovery.
Following “Free Jazz,” Bob Hoskins, and Joyce Chopra programs, the other big series is a 30-year survey of Sony Pictures Classics: Sally Potter, Satoshi Kon, Panahi, Errol Morris, Almodóvar, Haneke, Mike Leigh, just a murderer’s row. Streaming premieres include 499 and A Night of Knowing Nothing, two recent epitomes of I Wish I Had Seen That; Criterion Editions comprise Cure, Brazil, Sullivan’s Travels,...
Following “Free Jazz,” Bob Hoskins, and Joyce Chopra programs, the other big series is a 30-year survey of Sony Pictures Classics: Sally Potter, Satoshi Kon, Panahi, Errol Morris, Almodóvar, Haneke, Mike Leigh, just a murderer’s row. Streaming premieres include 499 and A Night of Knowing Nothing, two recent epitomes of I Wish I Had Seen That; Criterion Editions comprise Cure, Brazil, Sullivan’s Travels,...
- 10/26/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Plastic Mermaids play gigs with two goals in mind. “We want people to dance and cry,” says guitarist Chris Newnham. “I like to think the music we make is quite emotive so hopefully someone feels something listening to it,” Douglas Richards, the main vocalist and de facto frontman identifiable by his baby-pink bowl cut, adds. His brother and bandmate Jamie, sums it up nicely: “We just want people not to be bored.”
The group can rest easy knowing the word “bored” has likely never been associated with their music. Eccentric and shifting, psychedelic and euphoric – these are the words that listeners typically use in their efforts to pin down the Plastic Mermaid sound. Boring, definitely not. The six-piece Isle of Wight outfit likewise struggle to define themselves (“A bit folky? A bit electronic?”) but they have no real desire to. Their 2019 debut Suddenly Everyone Explodes whipsawed between soaring guitars and filigree fingerpicking,...
The group can rest easy knowing the word “bored” has likely never been associated with their music. Eccentric and shifting, psychedelic and euphoric – these are the words that listeners typically use in their efforts to pin down the Plastic Mermaid sound. Boring, definitely not. The six-piece Isle of Wight outfit likewise struggle to define themselves (“A bit folky? A bit electronic?”) but they have no real desire to. Their 2019 debut Suddenly Everyone Explodes whipsawed between soaring guitars and filigree fingerpicking,...
- 10/6/2022
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - Music
The Flaming Lips and 14-year-old singer-songwriter Nell soundtrack an expedition across a frozen tundra in the new video for their cover of Nick Cave and the Bad Seed’s “The Weeping Song.”
Nell and the Lips’ rendition of “The Weeping Song” keeps the original’s ominous and moody vibe, but arguably leans into it even more. The tempo is slowed and Nell’s plaintive lead vocals drift in echoey layers over a steady acoustic guitar provided by Nev Cottee.
The video for the cover was shot in Nell’s hometown of Fernie,...
Nell and the Lips’ rendition of “The Weeping Song” keeps the original’s ominous and moody vibe, but arguably leans into it even more. The tempo is slowed and Nell’s plaintive lead vocals drift in echoey layers over a steady acoustic guitar provided by Nev Cottee.
The video for the cover was shot in Nell’s hometown of Fernie,...
- 5/3/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Nell and the Flaming Lips appeared on The Late Show for a joint performance of their collaborative Nick Cave cover “Red Right Hand.” The song, off their recent Cave tribute album Where the Viaduct Looms, took on a psychedelic vibe in the clip.
The musicians released Where the Viaduct Looms in November. It’s comprised of nine Cave cover versions with vocals and instrumentation by 14-year-old Nell Smith and instrumentation and production by the Flaming Lips. The album was mastered by Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios.
“It’s always great to meet excited,...
The musicians released Where the Viaduct Looms in November. It’s comprised of nine Cave cover versions with vocals and instrumentation by 14-year-old Nell Smith and instrumentation and production by the Flaming Lips. The album was mastered by Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios.
“It’s always great to meet excited,...
- 1/5/2022
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Update (12/28): The Flaming Lips have postponed their planned New Year’s Eve shows in an underground concert venue. The band will now perform at the Caverns in Pelham, Tennessee, on Feb. 19 and 20. “The Flaming Lips and The Caverns are heartbroken to deliver this news, and we know you’re no doubt sad to read it, but the health and safety of guests, staff, crew and everyone on stage is of utmost importance,” the venue announced on Instagram. “The new dates for the New Year’s celebration are on President’s Day Weekend…...
- 12/28/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Teenagers aren’t typically known for being on time, but the crowd waiting to enter Lollapalooza on Thursday morning proved that generalization wrong. “By 11:30 a.m., it was already poppin’, and usually it’s dead then,” a 25-year-old woman told her friends while waiting for Jimmy Eat World to take the stage. She was right. Thousands of fans arrived early this year in hopes of staking out good sightlines, posing for photo ops, and roaming their first music festival in two years. Wearing fishnet stockings and cowboy hats galore,...
- 7/30/2021
- by Nina Corcoran
- Rollingstone.com
The Hi, How Are You Project — the mental-health nonprofit inspired by the life and legacy of Daniel Johnston — has released a new video set to the outsider artist’s song, “True Love Will Find You in the End.”
The video was directed by Jason Juez Setck and includes some never-before-seen footage of Johnston. It’s also filled with cameos from an array of artists, whose performances of “True Love Will Find You in the End” are seamlessly spliced with Johnson’s original. The various contributors include Beck, the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne,...
The video was directed by Jason Juez Setck and includes some never-before-seen footage of Johnston. It’s also filled with cameos from an array of artists, whose performances of “True Love Will Find You in the End” are seamlessly spliced with Johnson’s original. The various contributors include Beck, the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne,...
- 5/25/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Wayne Coyne provided a behind-the-scenes tour of the Flaming Lips’ “space bubble concerts” on the latest episode of CBS Sunday Morning.
After giving an overview of the Flaming Lips’ “prolific and delightfully weird” career, the morning show took viewers backstage and in preproduction of the concerts, held in March 2021 — the second in a series of the unique shows, after January 2021’s debut performances — at Oklahoma City’s Criterion venue.
As Coyne revealed to CBS Sunday Morning’s Luke Burbank, the idea first came to him — in 2019, prior to the pandemic — while sitting in traffic,...
After giving an overview of the Flaming Lips’ “prolific and delightfully weird” career, the morning show took viewers backstage and in preproduction of the concerts, held in March 2021 — the second in a series of the unique shows, after January 2021’s debut performances — at Oklahoma City’s Criterion venue.
As Coyne revealed to CBS Sunday Morning’s Luke Burbank, the idea first came to him — in 2019, prior to the pandemic — while sitting in traffic,...
- 5/2/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The Flaming Lips have shared a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Lay Lady Lay” from the upcoming compilation, Dylan Revisited, which will be released alongside the June issue of the British magazine Uncut.
The Flaming Lips’ cover of “Lay Lady Lay” is at once reverent to the original Nashville Skyline track and willing to take it to characteristically strange places. Though anchored by a simple acoustic strum, frontman Wayne Coyne slathers his vocals in reverb, adding a psychedelic edge to the tune which the Lips continue to toy with throughout the track.
The Flaming Lips’ cover of “Lay Lady Lay” is at once reverent to the original Nashville Skyline track and willing to take it to characteristically strange places. Though anchored by a simple acoustic strum, frontman Wayne Coyne slathers his vocals in reverb, adding a psychedelic edge to the tune which the Lips continue to toy with throughout the track.
- 4/29/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The Flaming Lips have released a new music video for “At the Movies on Quaaludes,” and announced a handful of big 4/20 plans: Frontman Wayne Coyne will launch his own cannabis brand, Love Yer Brain, that day, while the Lips will perform a special space bubble concert at the Criterion in Oklahoma City.
The video for “At the Movies on Quaaludes” — a song off the Lips’ 2020 album, American Head — was directed by Clark Duke and features old Super8 footage of Duke’s brother while he was still in college.
In a statement,...
The video for “At the Movies on Quaaludes” — a song off the Lips’ 2020 album, American Head — was directed by Clark Duke and features old Super8 footage of Duke’s brother while he was still in college.
In a statement,...
- 3/24/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
A month after the Flaming Lips were forced to postpone their planned “Space Bubble Concerts,” the band played a pair of the gigs in their native Oklahoma City this weekend where both they and the audience were quarantined within individual inflatable bubbles.
Frontman Wayne Coyne shared footage from Friday’s concert at Oklahoma City’s The Criterion on Instagram, with the band performing to the bubbled audience. At one point during the show, Coyne shed his own bubble to hold up a giant lettered balloon that read “Fuck Covid-19.”
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Frontman Wayne Coyne shared footage from Friday’s concert at Oklahoma City’s The Criterion on Instagram, with the band performing to the bubbled audience. At one point during the show, Coyne shed his own bubble to hold up a giant lettered balloon that read “Fuck Covid-19.”
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- 1/24/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Miley Cyrus is looking back on a time when she was just being Miley. The star shared a number of throwback photos to her Instagram Story on Wednesday, Jan. 13 of herself and rocker pal Wayne Coyne to celebrate his 59th birthday. One of the pics featuring the Flaming Lips frontman showed the pair looking a tad worse for wear while standing in front of Madame Tussauds Hollywood in what seems to be the wee hours of the morning. The image shows the two musicians leaning their heads against each other while Miley, decked out in a jaunty Minions sweater, is covering her face with her hand and appearing quite exhausted. "Standing on Hollywood Blvd morning after a rager," she captioned...
- 1/14/2021
- E! Online
So, How Was Your 2020? is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture, and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December.
It takes Wayne Coyne a minute to remember he put out a record this year. “Oh yeah!” he says when asked about the Flaming Lips’ excellent latest album American Head. “I forget that we had this record come out — we’ve been working so frantically on these shows with the bubbles.” He’s talking about...
It takes Wayne Coyne a minute to remember he put out a record this year. “Oh yeah!” he says when asked about the Flaming Lips’ excellent latest album American Head. “I forget that we had this record come out — we’ve been working so frantically on these shows with the bubbles.” He’s talking about...
- 12/8/2020
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
The sun is just beginning to set in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley and Miley Cyrus is busy “tweaking on some harmonies,” as she proudly puts it. She’s been holed up in her home studio all afternoon with producer Andrew Watt. Her new album, Plastic Hearts, has long been done, but the pair still have more tricks up their sleeves, like a cover of Metallica’s 1992 single “Nothing Else Matters” for an upcoming compilation. Cyrus has been belting the chorus for the past hour, in a growl that...
- 12/4/2020
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
Last month, the Flaming Lips announced “the world’s first actual Space Bubble live concerts” in their hometown of Oklahoma City in December. Due to the pandemic, those shows have been postponed to January 22nd and 23rd.
Frontman Wayne Coyne tells Rolling Stone the decision came after watching rising Covid-19 case numbers in Oklahoma; over the last week, the state has averaged 2,839 new cases per day. “It’s worse here than it’s ever been,” Coyne says. “We know of an emergency room worker just a couple of nights ago who said someone came in,...
Frontman Wayne Coyne tells Rolling Stone the decision came after watching rising Covid-19 case numbers in Oklahoma; over the last week, the state has averaged 2,839 new cases per day. “It’s worse here than it’s ever been,” Coyne says. “We know of an emergency room worker just a couple of nights ago who said someone came in,...
- 12/1/2020
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
The Flaming Lips have released a new video for “Assassins of Youth,” which was filmed at a recent concert in Oklahoma City where both the band and the audience were encased in space bubbles to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
The space bubble has long been a hallmark of frontman Wayne Coyne’s stage show — but it makes for a surreal pandemic scene to watch the frontman (who also directed the video) roll across a crowd that’s going crazy in their own plastic spheres. Despite the bizarre nature of the show,...
The space bubble has long been a hallmark of frontman Wayne Coyne’s stage show — but it makes for a surreal pandemic scene to watch the frontman (who also directed the video) roll across a crowd that’s going crazy in their own plastic spheres. Despite the bizarre nature of the show,...
- 10/28/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic — as concerts and tours were canceled — Wayne Coyne had an inkling that the Flaming Lips were the one act uniquely prepared for this brave new world.
On March 12th, the frontman drew and posted a cartoon to Instagram: A Flaming Lips concert in 2019 with just Coyne in his signature space bubble, and a Flaming Lips concert in 2020 with Coyne, the band, and the crowd also in space bubbles.
Seven months later, the Flaming Lips are trying to make that joke a feasible — and safe — reality.
On March 12th, the frontman drew and posted a cartoon to Instagram: A Flaming Lips concert in 2019 with just Coyne in his signature space bubble, and a Flaming Lips concert in 2020 with Coyne, the band, and the crowd also in space bubbles.
Seven months later, the Flaming Lips are trying to make that joke a feasible — and safe — reality.
- 10/21/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The Flaming Lips are plotting what they hope will be a coronavirus-safe concert in Oklahoma City where the audience will be placed in the giant bubbles favored by frontman Wayne Coyne.
Coyne posted a picture of the potential set-up on Instagram earlier this week, with rows of un-inflated bubbles spread out on a concert hall floor. Coyne then confirmed the band’s plan in an interview with Brooklyn Vegan.
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Coyne posted a picture of the potential set-up on Instagram earlier this week, with rows of un-inflated bubbles spread out on a concert hall floor. Coyne then confirmed the band’s plan in an interview with Brooklyn Vegan.
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- 10/9/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Read: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time List
Voters were asked to submit ranked ballots listing their 50 favorite albums of all time. Votes were tabulated, with the highest-ranked album on each list receiving 300 points, the second highest 290 points, and so on down to 44 points for number 50. More than 3,000 albums received at least one vote.
Artists, Songwriters, and Producers 9th Wonder Johntá Austin A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Mick Avory
The Kinks Glen Ballard Alice Bag Bas Jon Batiste Big Boi Beyoncé Branko Michael Brun Eric Burdon
The Animals John Cale
The...
Voters were asked to submit ranked ballots listing their 50 favorite albums of all time. Votes were tabulated, with the highest-ranked album on each list receiving 300 points, the second highest 290 points, and so on down to 44 points for number 50. More than 3,000 albums received at least one vote.
Artists, Songwriters, and Producers 9th Wonder Johntá Austin A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Mick Avory
The Kinks Glen Ballard Alice Bag Bas Jon Batiste Big Boi Beyoncé Branko Michael Brun Eric Burdon
The Animals John Cale
The...
- 9/22/2020
- by RS Editors
- Rollingstone.com
Flaming Lips celebrated the release of American Head Friday by reentering their plastic bubbles to perform their new album’s “God and the Policeman” on The Tonight Show.
While the American Head version of “God and the Policeman” features Kacey Musgraves, the singer is absent on the Fallon rendition.
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and the American Head promotional cycle, Wayne Coyne and company have quarantined themselves and their audience in their own personal bubbles, starting with the band’s appearance on The Late Show in June and continuing through their...
While the American Head version of “God and the Policeman” features Kacey Musgraves, the singer is absent on the Fallon rendition.
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and the American Head promotional cycle, Wayne Coyne and company have quarantined themselves and their audience in their own personal bubbles, starting with the band’s appearance on The Late Show in June and continuing through their...
- 9/12/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
“It will probably sound horrible to say this to some people, but music and art is not first in my life — and maybe it never was. There’s nothing worth sacrificing for your music and art.”
This statement might come as a shock when you consider its source: merry prankster Wayne Coyne, frontman of the Flaming Lips, a man whose whole life has been seemingly dedicated to art, music, and generalized weirdness. But at 59, the whimsical rock star has, in some ways, grown up. In addition to playing ringleader in the Lips for nearly 40 years,...
This statement might come as a shock when you consider its source: merry prankster Wayne Coyne, frontman of the Flaming Lips, a man whose whole life has been seemingly dedicated to art, music, and generalized weirdness. But at 59, the whimsical rock star has, in some ways, grown up. In addition to playing ringleader in the Lips for nearly 40 years,...
- 9/11/2020
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
In his new book One Last Song, journalist Mike Ayers asks an array of artists an intriguing, but rarely considered question from the endless realm of pop music hypotheticals: If you could choose the last song you’d hear before you died, what would it be? The book, out October 13th via Abrams Image, uses that question as a launching pad for Ayers’ conversations about life and death with musicians like Wayne Coyne, Killer Mike, Wanda Jackson, Phoebe Bridgers, Matt Berninger, Stephen Malkmus and Angel Olsen. In the excerpt below,...
- 9/10/2020
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Stranger Things”Joe Keery has shared a new single, “Keep Your Head Up,” released under the moniker Djo.
Influenced by psych-rock, the track kicks off with a dizzying electro-drum beat. “Got to love yourself/go ahead touch yourself,” he sings in a Bee Gees-esque register. “Take that time alone before your heart belongs to someone else.”
Pre-Stranger Things, Keery formed his first band, Post Animal, during his college years at Chicagos’ DePaul University. He started the solo project Djo last year, releasing his first LP, Twenty Twenty.
Keery will...
Influenced by psych-rock, the track kicks off with a dizzying electro-drum beat. “Got to love yourself/go ahead touch yourself,” he sings in a Bee Gees-esque register. “Take that time alone before your heart belongs to someone else.”
Pre-Stranger Things, Keery formed his first band, Post Animal, during his college years at Chicagos’ DePaul University. He started the solo project Djo last year, releasing his first LP, Twenty Twenty.
Keery will...
- 9/9/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
In the Flaming Lips’ newest song and video, “Mother Don’t Be Sad,” frontman Wayne Coyne tells the tale of being held at gunpoint as a young man when he worked at Long John Silver’s. A sad ballad of a song, the accompanying video features the band socially distancing behind sheets of plastic as Coyne plays a mournful trumpet.
“Mother please don’t be sad/I didn’t mean to die tonight/But those robbers were so fast/Their guns and their anger and I lost the fight,” Coyne...
“Mother please don’t be sad/I didn’t mean to die tonight/But those robbers were so fast/Their guns and their anger and I lost the fight,” Coyne...
- 8/28/2020
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are back for another excellent adventure in “Bill & Ted Face the Music,” hitting theaters and digital platforms on Aug. 28. This time, the time-traveling, middle-aged best friends journey out in search of one song that will unite the world.
Whether creating present day or futuristic looks for Reeves and Winter, costume designer Jennifer Starzyk, who recently worked on David Fincher’s “Mindhunter,” knew no one would understand the character looks better than the film’s stars. After all, they had been with these characters for decades, since 1989’s “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.”
Starzyk spoke with Variety to break down some key looks from the film:
Bill and Ted’s return
“Director Dean Parisot first said, ‘No one is going to know these characters better than Keanu and Alex,’ so I deferred to them. Everyone has an emotional attachment to these characters, and I had mine.
Whether creating present day or futuristic looks for Reeves and Winter, costume designer Jennifer Starzyk, who recently worked on David Fincher’s “Mindhunter,” knew no one would understand the character looks better than the film’s stars. After all, they had been with these characters for decades, since 1989’s “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.”
Starzyk spoke with Variety to break down some key looks from the film:
Bill and Ted’s return
“Director Dean Parisot first said, ‘No one is going to know these characters better than Keanu and Alex,’ so I deferred to them. Everyone has an emotional attachment to these characters, and I had mine.
- 8/26/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The Flaming Lips have shared a new track, “You n Me Sellin’ Weed,” from their upcoming album American Head. The music video was filmed during quarantine in Oklahoma and mainly features close-up shots of Wayne Coyne in the backseat of a car.
The song tells the story of a working-class couple — one working in a slaughterhouse, the other as a drug dealer — who, despite struggling to make ends meet, are making the best of what they have and hoping for better times in the future. “We’re the king and...
The song tells the story of a working-class couple — one working in a slaughterhouse, the other as a drug dealer — who, despite struggling to make ends meet, are making the best of what they have and hoping for better times in the future. “We’re the king and...
- 7/24/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
The Flaming Lips get nostalgic for the Mesozoic era on their new song, “Dinosaurs on the Mountain,” set to appear on their upcoming album, American Head, out September 11th via Warner Records.
The track is a dreamy folk-rock tune that ebbs and flows on waves of thick psychedelia and to-the-rafters rock & roll. Frontman Wayne Coyne seems to ruminate on the extinction of the dinosaurs, but in a way that resonates with our own ominous era: “Up on the mountain they’d be all alone,” he croons, “You can’t just...
The track is a dreamy folk-rock tune that ebbs and flows on waves of thick psychedelia and to-the-rafters rock & roll. Frontman Wayne Coyne seems to ruminate on the extinction of the dinosaurs, but in a way that resonates with our own ominous era: “Up on the mountain they’d be all alone,” he croons, “You can’t just...
- 7/10/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The Flaming Lips are getting as patriotic as the Flaming Lips can get on their upcoming 21st studio album, American Head. The record is currently set for release on September 11 — and, Friday, they’re out with “My Religion Is You.”
“The Flaming Lips are from Oklahoma. We never thought of ourselves as an American band,” frontman Wayne Coyne said in a statement. “So… for most of our musical life (as the Flaming Lips starting in 1983) we’ve kind of thought of ourselves as coming from ‘Earth’… not really caring where we were actually from.
“The Flaming Lips are from Oklahoma. We never thought of ourselves as an American band,” frontman Wayne Coyne said in a statement. “So… for most of our musical life (as the Flaming Lips starting in 1983) we’ve kind of thought of ourselves as coming from ‘Earth’… not really caring where we were actually from.
- 6/26/2020
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
By now, most Americans watching late-night TV have gotten used to seeing bands performing in their houses, studios, or even their bathrooms. Needless to say, it hasn’t been the most exciting experience for viewers, but “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” struck socially-distanced gold this week when the Flaming Lips came on to play their song “Race For The Prize.” From what looks like a warehouse or large open space, each band member was encased in his own individual plastic bubble. As a bonus, audience members were bubbled, too. (Watch the performance above.)
While this visual gimmick is not new for the famed Oklahoma-based alternative rock act (they have performed in plastic bubbles in years past — even at Coachella where frontman Wayne Coyne rolled atop the audience — and are now being hailed for their prescience), in the middle of a pandemic that has challenged music fans around the world,...
While this visual gimmick is not new for the famed Oklahoma-based alternative rock act (they have performed in plastic bubbles in years past — even at Coachella where frontman Wayne Coyne rolled atop the audience — and are now being hailed for their prescience), in the middle of a pandemic that has challenged music fans around the world,...
- 6/12/2020
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
The Flaming Lips shared their quirky vision of the Covid-19 concert experience on The Late Show with a truly quarantined performance of “Race for the Prize” that featured both the band and the audience in their own personal bubbles.
Giant inflatable bubbles have long been a staple of Flaming Lips’ gigs, with Wayne Coyne venturing into the crowd while trapped within its plastic confines. For the Late Show, the Flaming Lips placed everyone in their own individual bubbles to protect the crowd from the coronavirus pandemic.
Unfortunately, Flaming Lips’ ingenuity...
Giant inflatable bubbles have long been a staple of Flaming Lips’ gigs, with Wayne Coyne venturing into the crowd while trapped within its plastic confines. For the Late Show, the Flaming Lips placed everyone in their own individual bubbles to protect the crowd from the coronavirus pandemic.
Unfortunately, Flaming Lips’ ingenuity...
- 6/11/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The Flaming Lips have shared an expansive new song, “Flowers of Neptune 6,” that features backing vocals from country star Kacey Musgraves.
“Flowers of Neptune 6” boasts a sprawling arrangement that begins as a sparse bit of psych-folk but steadily builds to a lush and orchestral peak. The song arrives with a video, directed by Wayne Coyne and George Salisbury, that finds Coyne, wrapped in an American flag, wandering around a field — sometimes in his famous bubble ball — while sporadic fires flicker in the background.
In a statement, Coyne said that “Flowers...
“Flowers of Neptune 6” boasts a sprawling arrangement that begins as a sparse bit of psych-folk but steadily builds to a lush and orchestral peak. The song arrives with a video, directed by Wayne Coyne and George Salisbury, that finds Coyne, wrapped in an American flag, wandering around a field — sometimes in his famous bubble ball — while sporadic fires flicker in the background.
In a statement, Coyne said that “Flowers...
- 5/29/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The Flaming Lips offer their own unique spin on George Jones’ signature song, “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” for the new film Arkansas. A dark-comedy tale about drug trafficking in the South, the movie stars Vince Vaughn, Liam Hemsworth, and Clark Duke, and premieres May 5th on Apple, Amazon, On Demand platforms, and Blu-Ray and DVD.
The Lips’ version of “He Stopped Loving Her Today” arrives with the band performing the song onstage in a scene from the movie, with singer Wayne Coyne — in an eye patch — diving headlong into...
The Lips’ version of “He Stopped Loving Her Today” arrives with the band performing the song onstage in a scene from the movie, with singer Wayne Coyne — in an eye patch — diving headlong into...
- 5/4/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Deap Lips — a collaboration between Flaming Lips and Deap Vally — released their self-titled debut LP Friday, and with it the project’s colorful video for their cover of Steppenwolf’s Easy Rider classic “The Pusher.”
Since the Oklahoma City psych-rockers and the Los Angeles rock duo first announced their collaboration in December, the project has released tracks “Hope Hell High” and “Home Thru Hell.”
“I can’t remember exactly when I became aware of Deap Vally… but let’s say it was sometime just before I saw them play,” Wayne Coyne...
Since the Oklahoma City psych-rockers and the Los Angeles rock duo first announced their collaboration in December, the project has released tracks “Hope Hell High” and “Home Thru Hell.”
“I can’t remember exactly when I became aware of Deap Vally… but let’s say it was sometime just before I saw them play,” Wayne Coyne...
- 3/13/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
So, How Was Your Decade is a series in which many of the 2010s’ most important musicians answer our questionnaire about the people, places and things that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December.
Wayne Coyne is parked outside his home in Oklahoma City, sitting inside his Prius. It’s better to talk inside the vehicle than in his house, he says, where there’s cats, dogs, his wife and infant son. “It’s just the easiest spot to do an intimate talk in,” the Flaming Lips frontman says.
Wayne Coyne is parked outside his home in Oklahoma City, sitting inside his Prius. It’s better to talk inside the vehicle than in his house, he says, where there’s cats, dogs, his wife and infant son. “It’s just the easiest spot to do an intimate talk in,” the Flaming Lips frontman says.
- 12/11/2019
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Flaming Lips have joined forces with Los Angeles rock duo Deap Vally for a collaborative LP under the moniker Deap Lips.
The 10-song self-titled album, available to preorder now through Cooking Vinyl, arrives March 13th, 2020. The group also unveiled the first single “Hope Hell High,” with Deap Vally’s Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards adding heavy riffs and vocals atop Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd’s kaleidoscopic orchestration.
Deap Lips marks Deap Vally’s first release since 2016’s Femejism. Meanwhile, the Flaming Lips have had a productive 2019 as...
The 10-song self-titled album, available to preorder now through Cooking Vinyl, arrives March 13th, 2020. The group also unveiled the first single “Hope Hell High,” with Deap Vally’s Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards adding heavy riffs and vocals atop Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd’s kaleidoscopic orchestration.
Deap Lips marks Deap Vally’s first release since 2016’s Femejism. Meanwhile, the Flaming Lips have had a productive 2019 as...
- 12/6/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The Flaming Lips unveiled a kaleidoscopic new video for their performance of “What Is the Light?” with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. The song comes off of their upcoming live album, The Soft Bulletin Recorded Live at Red Rocks With the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, out November 29th via Warner Records.
The live album comes from a May 2016 concert at the famed Colorado venue, where the Flaming Lips recreated their acclaimed 1999 LP, The Soft Bulletin, with a 68-piece orchestra and 57-person choir conducted by Andre De Ridder. Such a collaboration is particularly...
The live album comes from a May 2016 concert at the famed Colorado venue, where the Flaming Lips recreated their acclaimed 1999 LP, The Soft Bulletin, with a 68-piece orchestra and 57-person choir conducted by Andre De Ridder. Such a collaboration is particularly...
- 11/25/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The Flaming Lips will release their first-ever live album, The Soft Bulletin Recorded Live at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, November 29th via Warner Records. The album features the band’s 2016 live performance of the band’s seminal 1999 effort The Soft Bulletin, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
The concert was produced by the Flaming Lips, Scott Booker and their long-time collaborator Dave Fridmann, and recorded with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra at Red Rocks in Morrison, Colorado. The concert features a 68-piece orchestra and a 57-person choir conducted by Andre De Ridder.
The concert was produced by the Flaming Lips, Scott Booker and their long-time collaborator Dave Fridmann, and recorded with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra at Red Rocks in Morrison, Colorado. The concert features a 68-piece orchestra and a 57-person choir conducted by Andre De Ridder.
- 10/18/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
The Flaming Lips will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 1999 masterpiece The Soft Bulletin with a limited edition vinyl reissue this October.
The 2-lp reissue, released exclusively through subscription service Vinyl Me, Please and pressed on mustard yellow, preserves the album’s original 13-song vinyl track list – including the track “Slow Motion,” omitted from the U.S. CD release – and is accompanied by a new art print designed by frontman Wayne Coyne.
“The Soft Bulletin is a record that’s always with us… and we’re always considering it… we’re always playing it…...
The 2-lp reissue, released exclusively through subscription service Vinyl Me, Please and pressed on mustard yellow, preserves the album’s original 13-song vinyl track list – including the track “Slow Motion,” omitted from the U.S. CD release – and is accompanied by a new art print designed by frontman Wayne Coyne.
“The Soft Bulletin is a record that’s always with us… and we’re always considering it… we’re always playing it…...
- 9/27/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
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