Flaming Lips Prep UFO, Live CD/DVD
Whether through headphone concerts, insane pyrotechnics, giant mirror balls or explosions of confetti, the Flaming Lips are famous for redefining the live music experience. And now, for their September 15 show at the Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheater, the band is upping the ante by unveiling a giant UFO that will descend upon the stage amid noises, flashing lights, and (no doubt) enthusiastic applause.
Paging George Clinton!
A brief video clip of the UFO's test run can be viewed here.
Footage from the Oklahoma City Zoo show will be paired with a recording of the Lips' July 23 performance at the Hollywood Bowl on the band's first-ever live CD/DVD, tentatively due out in the first part of 2007, according to Billboard.com.
Billboard also reports that the Lips have recorded an alternate version of "Free Radicals" to be included in the next Sims video game. It features Wayne singing the lyrics in the Sims language. Because the song just wasn't trippy enough to begin with.
Flaming Lips tour dates after the jump.
08-03 Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center (Kuyahoga Festival)
08-04 Detroit, MI - State Theatre *
08-05 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-12 Tokyo, Japan - Summer Sonic
08-13 Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic
08-24 St. Paul, MN - Minnesota State Fair *
08-25 Council Bluffs, IA - Stir Cove at Harrah's *
08-26 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant *
08-28 Columbus, OH - Promowest Pavilion *
08-31 Allentown, PA - Allentown Fair *
09-01 Syracuse, NY - New York State Fair *
09-03 Montreal, Quebec - Parc Jean-Drapeau
09-06 Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
09-07 Burlington, VT - Patrick Gymnasium
09-10 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion &
09-11 Portsmouth, VA - NTELOS Pavilion @ Harbor Center
09-12 Charlottesville, VA - Charlottesville Pavilion &
09-13 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
09-15 Oklahoma City, OK - Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheater &
09-16 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theatre
09-17 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival)
09-23 Baltimore, MD - Pimlico Race Course (V Festival)
09-24 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
09-25 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
10-29 New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Island/City Park
11-04 Brighton, England - Brighton Centre
11-05 Bournemouth, England - International Centre
11-06 Manchester, England - Carling Apollo Manchester
11-08 Blackpool, England - Blackpool Empress Ballroom
11-09 Birmingham, England - National Indoor Arena
11-10 Glasgow, Scotland - Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center
11-13 London, England - Carling Apollo Hammersmith
* with Sonic Youth
& with Deerhoof
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