![]() ![]() The three hour show included so much more than what was named: light-up gongs dancing inflatable eyeballs, overgrown aliens, and the sun and string, snake-like lights hanging from the ceiling Coyne wades in as though covered in a neon dot rainfall. Though I’ve been to concerts with a much older crowd than the one found at The Flaming Lips, the fans here cared for one another and danced together from the beginning as though they were one moving body- a sight seen so little and an action only an expert performer can garner. When the synthetic overture began blaring through the speakers, balloons and innumerable amounts of confetti fell from the sky while hypnotic rainbow visuals exploded from the gigantic LED screen on the stage. ![]() Never before have I seen a crowd so in touch with a band front runner moreover, never before have I seen the front runner emulate more love for his fans than they feel for him.Īs the first song of the show, Coyne does not disappoint with a memorable beginning. He proceeded to move up and through the crowd on the floor atop his fantastical dame crooning his own song. He didn’t just stay at the front, though. ![]() The song is mostly instrumental but for the few lines of the song, Coyne appeared in the back of the venue on, believe it or not, a glowing neon unicorn donning a pair of inflatable rainbow wings. I didn’t know the correct example of bizarre until I was supporting a lead singer’s body weight while dancing to my favorite song.Īs the second song in the set, “There Should Be Unicorns” originates from their most recent album “Oczy Mlody”. The best part of the song? The moment Coyne rolled in his hamster ball across the crowd and onto a little platform across the stage. The expert band included two drummers, two guitarists, two piano players, a bassist and a synth player who expertly played the tune in sync with Coyne. For me, “Space Oddity” is my favorite song of all time and I was worried that The Flaming Lips would take away from the Bowie experience however, I was not only not disappointed, I was blown away. Coyne rolled out on stage in an inflatable hamster ball and, believe it or not, sang the entire song inside. In a cover of the late David Bowie’s hit song, Wayne Coyne did what I thought was impossible. ![]() Here are the three “all-time best” events I witnessed: Even so, I was in no way prepared for the three-hour experience I was a part of for The Flaming Lips. I’ve been to upwards of 15 concerts with a large majority taking place at The Pageant. Let me just say, I’m no novice when it comes to concerts. For their latest tour supporting their fourteenth album “Oczy Mlody”, their trippiness continued to shine as brightly as 31 years ago. The band, The Flaming Lips, began releasing music in 1986 and has continued to produce alternative and psychedelic rock with tastefully added synth in more recent albums. 23 at The Pageant, they are more than enough to encompass what was the most visually interesting and peculiar concert I’ve ever attended. Though only a few, sparse words explaining The Flaming Lips concert on Sun. Mushrooms, unicorns and a massive hamster ball encasing Wayne Coyne, the lead singer of The Flaming Lips. Flashing neon lights blinding the audience. ![]()
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