The producer of Willie Nelson‘s upcoming Last Leaf on the Tree album — Nelson’s son, Micah — has said that the through line for the LP is “facing death with grace.” On the surface, Nelson’s latest single, a cover of the Flaming Lips‘ existentialist psychedelic rocker “Do You Realize??,” fits …
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There was at least some hubris in Weezer’s 30th anniversary Blue Album tour announcement. Openers the Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr. are more than potential show-stealers, they’re established headliners in their own right. How do you follow that? You drop a giant curtain to reveal a Weezer-branded spacecraft. It seemed …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The Flaming Lips have added more shows celebrating (a little belatedly) the 20th anniversary of their acclaimed album, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. The new dates include a …
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The Big Climate Thing, a multi-day festival set to take place in New York City next month with the War on Drugs, Flaming Lips, Sheryl Crow, and more, has been postponed. The Climate Control Projects, which was set to host the event, said in a statement, “Collectively, we felt that …
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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 …
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