The Flaming Lips have been psychedelic road warriors for decades, and they can’t be that right now. But the Lips have still stayed ultra-busy during the pandemic, and they’ve had all sorts of projects bubbling: the new album, the space bubble shows, the line of weed gummies. A couple of nights ago, the Lips were on Kimmel, ro...

In recent months, the Flaming Lips have been playing a series of “space bubble” shows in their Oklahoma City hometown. That’s a smart adaptation of a preexisting gimmick, but it’s not all the Flaming Lips can do. Last night, the Lips were musical guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and they didn’t bust ...

In the past year, the Flaming Lips have learned that their whole gimmick is perfectly compatible with the pandemic. After months of planning and an October video-shoot trial run, the Flaming Lips started playing live shows in their Oklahoma City hometown this past January. At these shows, the band and the members of the audience have all been in...

The Flaming Lips have lately been playing around with the idea of space-bubble concerts. For many years, a highlight of the band’s live show has been Wayne Coyne climbing into a massive plastic bubble and running around on everyone’s hands. In the quarantine era, the band has played to a few live audiences, pulling off [&...

More than most bands, the Flaming Lips are prepared for a moment when a global pandemic is keeping people away from live shows. For more than a decade, the band has been experimenting with giant-plastic-bubble technology, making it a big part of their live shows. Of course, most of those shows just featured frontman Wayne…