“We get so entangled in the whole nuances of what makes one record thematically this way, or this other record is so drastically different and sometimes to the outside listener it’s not so entrenched in its meaning,” he admitted. How would the songs work outside of their initial context? One of the reasons it took so long for the Flaming Lips to roll out a greatest hits album, and one of the bigger concerns Coyne had to get over, was their own view of themselves as an “albums band.” Over the years, the band has gone to great lengths to create stunning, cohesive visions, designed to be heard at once in sequence, like their 2002 masterpiece Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots or the earlier effort Zaireeka, which was designed to be heard simultaneously on four separate audio systems. It’s really just a way of putting a lot of your music together… curating it so that a casual listener, or someone that doesn’t want to spend too much time can just go from song to song and it flows along and they don’t have to think about it too much.” “In that sort of way, I started to think, ‘Oh, this is gonna be great.’ Instead of it feeling like it’s this big important thing. “I’m always relieved if someone goes to all the effort to say, ‘Here’s a running playlist,’ he said. That’s a lot of material for anybody to try and parse through, which is why it should come as no surprise that the Lips’ upcoming greatest hits album runs a jaw-dropping 53-songs long, spread over three separate CDs.įor Wayne Coyne, the band’s mercurial frontman, there was an admitted bit of hesitation about the idea of creating a greatest hits album at this point in the band’s career, but the more he thought about it, the more he got into the idea. That’s 17 official studio albums, over a dozen EPs, live records and compilations and literally hundreds of songs. Louis, MO The PageantĪpril 5th, 2022 – Cincinnati, OH ICON Music CenterĪpril 6th, 2022 – Chicago, IL Riviera TheatreĪpril 8th, 2022 – St.As difficult as it may be to believe, The Flaming Lips have been a going concern in the wooly, wild world of indie/psych rock for over 35 years at this point. March 31st, 2022 – Miami Beach, FL The FillmoreĪpril 1st, 2022 – Orlando, FL Hard Rock LiveĪpril 2nd, 2022 – Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola RoxyĪpril 4th, 2022 – St. March 29th, 2022 – New Orleans, LA The Fillmore March 28th, 2022 – Houston, TX House of Blues
March 27th, 2022 – San Antonio, TX The Aztec Theatre November 20th, 2021 – Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theater November 18th, 2021 – Montreal, QC MTELUS November 16th, 2021 – Washington, DC The Anthem November 15th, 2021 – Boston, MA House of Blues November 13th, 2021 – Albany, NY Palace Theater November 12th, 2021 – Syracuse, NY Crouse Hinds Theater November 11th, 2021 – Pittsburgh, PA Stage A&E November 9th, 2021 – Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel November 8th, 2021 – Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel November 7th, 2021 – Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore The Flaming Lips 2021-2022 Tour DatesĪugust 20th, 2021 – Ogden, UT Ogden AmphitheatreĪugust 21st, 2021 – Las Vegas, NV Psycho Las Vegas Pressed on double silver vinyl, the special edition of The Soft Bulletin Companion is limited to 16,000 copies worldwide and will be available exclusively at independent record stores. The original Soft Bulletin Companion was released as a CD alongside The Soft Bulletin more than 20 years ago and contains unreleased material, outtakes, early mixes, B-sides, international bonus tracks, and stereo versions of songs from the Flaming Lips’ previous album Zaireeka. and Ireland from May through July 2022, ending at the Galway International Arts Festival.Īdditionally, the Flaming Lips have announced that they’ll release The Soft Bulletin Companion, a special vinyl reissue of their companion album to 1999’s The Soft Bulletin, on June 12th, 2021, as part of Record Store Day. Finally, the band will play a handful of shows in the U.K. The Flaming Lips will then tour the Northeast United States and Quebec in November, followed by a more expansive North American tour in the spring of 2022. The band will begin their trek on August 20th at the Ogden Amphitheatre in Ogden, Utah, followed by an August 21st show at Psycho Las Vegas. The Flaming Lips have announced their return to live music with a world tour, kicking off during the summer of 2021 and running for nearly a year into the summer of 2022. Hands.” The Soft Bulletin Companion is available to pre-order and pre-save on streaming services. The new release will also include an additional track, an early mix of “1000 ft.
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UPDATE (7/13): After doing an exclusive vinyl reissue of The Soft Bulletin Companion for Record Store Day, the Flaming Lips will make the 1999 rarity widely available for the first time on CD, digital and vinyl on June 16th.
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