The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, who died at 76 on July 22, with a cover of Black Sabbath’s classic “War Pigs.” The bands kicked off their joint-headlining tour at Atlanta venue Coca-Cola Roxy on Aug. 1. For the encore of the …
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The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse will spend the end of their summer on the road together. The two bands will co-headline an upcoming North American tour with support from guest openers Friko and Dehd. The Good Times Are Killing Me Tour will begin on Aug. 1 in Atlanta. The …
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Nell Smith, the young musician whose talents led to a collaboration with the Flaming Lips, has died. She was 17. Smith’s death was confirmed via Instagram by Simon Raymonde, bassist-keyboardist for the Cocteau Twins, as well as the head of Bella Union, the label that was preparing to release Smith’s …
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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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Music lovers in South Carolina have High Water Festival to look forward to next spring. On Tuesday, the festival announced that Noah Kahan and Hozier will headline the festival hosted in Riverfront Park in North Charleston on April 20 and 21. Among the artists set to perform are Fleet Foxes …
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The Flaming Lips will return to the road early next year with a short run of West Coast dates. The “An Evening With” tour will reportedly find the Flaming Lips playing two-hour sets filled with material from throughout their extensive catalog. The run will kick off with a pair of …
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The Flaming Lips have once again declared war on those evil machines as the band has announced a massive 20th-anniversary reissue for Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Due out Nov. 25, the 6CD box set boasts the 2002 LP alongside a copious amount of demos, b-sides, EPs, remixes, radio sessions, …
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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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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 Loomsin …
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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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