News on The Flaming Lips

Vinyl's comeback makes musicians want to sing

2010-02-23T18:59:46Z

<div><p>TORONTO (Reuters) - As music lovers approach a new decade in this still-young century, a recording technology once considered old and obsolete -- vinyl -- has been making a strong comeback.</p><p>Vinyl albums, which began to be replaced by CDs in the mid-1980s, have rebounded in recent years as enthusiasts young and old tu...

Flaming Lips set "secret" L.A. show for Thursday

2010-02-24T19:51:56Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Billboard) - The Flaming Lips will play a "secret" show in Hollywood on Thursday, two days after the release of the Oklahoma City band's first studio album in three years.</p><p>The MySpace-...

'School of Rock' set to open in Oklahoma

2010-02-25T19:21:40Z

<div id="subtitle">'School of Rock' doesn't promise music stardom, but wants to prepare students for careers</div><div><p>For five years, Chris Schaefer worked as a disc jockey and he'd studied nightlife enough to know he wanted a career in the music industry.</p><p>The 25-year-old Oklahoma City m...

Earth Day On The Mall 2009

2009-04-19T23:20:53Z

WASHINGTON - APRIL 19: The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne surfs over the audience in a huge plastic bubble during Earth Day on the Mall on April 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Nancy Ostertag/Getty Images<...

BC Earth Day

2009-04-14T12:36:51Z

FILE - In this July 12, 2008 file photo, The Flaming Lips perform at the VH1 Rock Honors "The Who" in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)

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Flaming Lips to headline Earth Day show in DC

2010-03-03T04:28:44Z

<div id="subtitle">The Flaming Lips, Los Lobos, Chevy Chase to take stage this weekend in DC for Earth Day</div><div><p>Rock band The Flaming Lips is headlining an Earth Day concert on the National Mall this weekend, and Chevy Chase is scheduled to help thank thousands wh...

The Flaming Lips take Oklahoma rock song prize

2010-03-03T21:26:38Z

<div id="subtitle">'Do You Realize??' by The Flaming Lips becomes Oklahoma's official rock song</div><div><p>A song by the alternative rock band The Flaming Lips has been given a big statewide kiss in Oklahoma.</p><p>Their tune "Do You Realize??" was named the state's official rock song, beating out mor...

The Who honored in Los Angeles

2010-03-02T04:26:50Z

<div id="subtitle">Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam and other rock bands honor The Who in Los Angeles</div><div><p>The Who was celebrated at a special concert by a few bands outside of their generation.</p><p&...

'Flaming Lips popcorn' to accompany new movie

2010-02-27T18:14:04Z

<div><p>It may have taken seven years for the Flaming Lips' first feature film, Christmas on Mars, to be released on DVD. But the band are busy making the wait worthwhile. According to a promotional video at the <a href="http://www.flaminglips.com">Flaming Lips website</a>, "Mega Deluxe Editions" of Christmas on Mars come not only with DVD, CD, t-shirt, trading cards, bumper st...

Readers recommend: please and thank you songs

2010-02-27T18:23:47Z

<div><p>Please, readers, can we have more songs with good manners? Thank you very much. Photograph: Getty</p><p>Coming back to work after a week in the sun is always a trial, so the sentiments of last week's anti-work theme struck a chord with me. It was also - as a couple of readers noted - a particularly scintillating and informative week, musically and otherwise. This week's theme, which is please and thank you, may not prove as thought ...