This allowed the Lips to play “Will You Return/When You Come Down,” which features Micah Nelson of Particle Kid. The first leg of the tour features openers Particle Kid and consists of only 8 shows in the mid-Atlantic region. In such a tumultuous time, the Lips remind us that it is always more powerful to choose love.The Flaming Lips kicked off tour in support of their new album American Head at The Fillmore Philadelphia Sunday night. The Flaming Lips show inspired me to go into the world and love better and more wholly, and I think that’s exactly what a live experience should be about, something so moving it feels like a change is coming.
It is one of the most raw experiences of happiness I have experienced. If you have the opportunity to see them live, please do it. It was a true spectacle of love, joy, and all things colorful and beautiful. Flashes of the word “love” post “A Spoonful Weighs a Ton” made me want to go and tell a stranger I love them. Naturally, there was also his signature hamster ball which he rode on top of the crowd during a “Space Oddity” cover. It only got more beautiful from there, with a giant inflatable pink robot to accompany “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” and a multicolor light up unicorn which front man Wayne Coyne rode through the crowd on during “There Should Be Unicorns.” The Flaming Lips are legends for a reason – my heart has rarely swelled like it did in the first moments of their colorful, laser and disco ball-filled set, which immediately shot balloons and confetti out into the crowd. After a lot of screaming and a lot of requests for Mac’s socks, a long line of fans hustled out of the arena while a few caped men prepared the stage for The Flaming Lips. Two fans were lucky enough to perform on stage with DeMarco, performing a softer, sweeter version of “My Kind of Woman” on drums, and “The Stars Keep On Calling My Name” on guitar.
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The atmosphere was set (and significantly smoggy enough) for Mac’s grand entrance.Īlthough under the weather, Mac didn’t let that stop him from antics such as slapping his butt in front of the cameraman, a long shtick in Italian, multiple mouth on mouth kisses with a bandmate, and heavy drinking. In the meantime, Mac DeMarco had posted his phone number on Snapchat and a few lucky fans to our left began Facetiming him. As the twins disappeared, whispers of “I gotta look these guys up” ran about the audience. To my astonishment, there was almost no movement from the audience which seemed enthralled by their complete takeover of the stage as their personal playground. The more you think about it, however, the more the lineup makes sense and melds into a celebration of and being completely, unequivocally your own strange self and loving every single instance of it.Īnyone who has seen The Garden twins knows what a treat they’re in for the audience gasped multiple times throughout their high energy set which included handstands and jumping jacks.
One almost has to wonder how The Flaming Lips and Mac Demarco came together for such a tour, and when you stack an opener like The Garden on top of that, it seems all too specific a brand of eccentricates. Whether it be age or the cigarette butts scattered around the venue, it was extremely clear who was here for which artist. Okay, let’s admit it every person has played the “which act is this person here for” game at some point or another.
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