Forty years ago today, on February 22, 1983, the Flaming Lips performed their very first show at Oklahoma City’s Blue Note Lounge. But if you could take a time machine back to that moment, chances are, you wouldn’t recognize the band onstage. None of the qualities we now associate with this band — the kaleidoscopic pop anth...

Echoland Music Festival is a new event put on by C3 Presents, the company that also handles Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and Shaky Knees. The inaugural fest will take place from May 11 through 13 at the Spirit Of The Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. Headliners include Tyler Childers, Vulfpeck, Phil Lesh & Friends, and Robert Plant &...

The iconic Beantown music fest Boston Calling has announced its impressive 2023 lineup. Taking place across Memorial Day Weekend in Allston, Boston Calling will feature Foo Fighters, the Lumineers, and Paramore as headliners. Additional big-name acts include Alanis Morissette (playing her first show in Boston since 2012), Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Queens...

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Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips has opened up about the time screenwriter Aaron Sorkin was briefly attached to a musical version of 2002’s Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots. Speaking to Yahoo, Coyne talked about how his and Sorkin’s visions didn’t exactly align, as the screenwriter wanted the “Pink Robots&am...