Released in 1999, it was a moment when the group essentially started all over again with something wholly new as they reacted to the death of Wayne Coyne’s father, as well as other deaths of loved ones experienced by longtime guitarist and keyboardist Steven Drozd. The Spiderbite Song (early mix) (4:00)ġ1-12 Crouse Hinds Theater - Syracuse, NYġ1-20 Royal Oak Music Theater - Royal Oak, MIĠ3-27 The Aztec Theatre - San Antonio, TXĠ5-06 Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CAĠ5-07 Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CAĠ5-26 Invisible Wind Factory - Liverpool, EnglandĠ5-30 Waterside Theatre - Aylesbury, EnglandĠ6-01 De La Warr Pavilion - Bexhill, EnglandĠ6-02 O2 Forum Kentish Town - London, EnglandĠ7-22 Galway Int’l Arts Fest.The Flaming Lips ’ Soft Bulletin was a watershed moment for the Oklahoma City rock band. Listen to our recent podcast interview with The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne, along with our bonus episode which features more from the interview.ĩ. The band recently covered Bob Dylan’s 1969 song “Lay Lady Lay” as a part of the upcoming Dylan Revisited compilation from UK magazine Uncut. The Flaming Lips’ last album was 2020’s American Head, which made it to #47 on our Top 100 Albums of 2020 list. It’ll be released on vinyl for the first time and is limited to 16,000 copies worldwide on a 2-LP double silver vinyl edition. It contains B-sides, outtakes, and early mixes of songs from the classic 1999 album, as well as some stereo mixes of songs from their 1997 album Zaireeka (which was released on four CDs to be played at once). The Soft Bulletin Companion was originally only sent out to press, radio, friends, and family. It’s the wow speech bubble photo at the 30-second moment. In a blink and you’re miss it moment, CBS Sunday Morning use a photo of the band taken by our own Wendy Lynch Redfern for our third issue back in 2002.

Check out the tour dates and CBS Sunday Morning segment below. Finally, the band is releasing The Soft Bulletin Companion on Record Store Day (June 12) via Warner Records. Also, on yesterday’s CBS Sunday Morning they did a great segment on the band’s recent space bubble concerts. They stretch into 2022 and include shows in North America and the UK.

The Flaming Lips have announced some new tour dates.

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