The Flaming Lips live at the Manchester Apollo (Photo: Gary Mather for Live4ever Media)
The Flaming Lips are briefly returning to the UK in January 2017.
The band have arranged gigs at the Brixton Academy in London on January 21st next year and the Manchester Academy the very next night as the wait continues for their next album, which has reportedly been in production this year.
We were present when The Flaming Lips visited Manchester on one of their previous UK visits – our review reads:
“Yet always central to all the beauty, pageant and slight of hand, is the music. This never disappoints. It could be a greatest hits tour. They have been prolific over the years and have so many songs, that the omissions become more notable. Left out are more classic songs than many bands will ever record. Yet even with all the missing favourites you never feel short-changed, as every song is not only beautiful and a classic, but vital, regardless of their vintage.”
“They even manage to find time to throw in The Beatles’ ‘Lucy In The Sky with Diamonds‘ and plead with the crowd to adore them with a cover of The Stone Roses’ ‘I Wanna Be Adored‘.”
Tour dates:
JANUARY 2017
Brixton Academy, London (21)
Manchester Academy (22)