![]() Tickets for the two upcoming Flaming Lips space bubble concerts at The Criterion on March 12th and 13th go on sale on Wednesday at 10 a.m. In a fortunate, and increasingly rare, turn of luck these rescheduled dates actually came to fruition as The Flaming Lips pulled off what they deemed to be the world’s first-ever space bubble concerts. However, even the protection of the plastic bubbles couldn’t halt fears from the outside world as the band decided to postpone the original dates to January in light of ever-rising COVID-19 cases. Videos of these concerts filtered out online from the band and created a notable buzz around the idea and The Flaming Lips soon announced a pair of full-fledged concerts for December. The Flaming Lips Played An In-Person Concert Where Everybody Was In Bubbles Derrick Rossignol Music News Editor Twitter OctoFor years now, as a regular part of Flaming Lips. The band attempted a pair of trial runs back in October, playing just a few songs in front of a test audience. Dating back to last June, the band teased the idea of performing an entire concert from socially-distant plastic bubbles with appearances on late-night TV and NPR Music‘s Tiny Desk (Home) Concertseries. The Flaming Lips’ space bubble concerts came as the result of months of planning, test runs, and delays. ![]() Related: Wayne Coyne Talks Freaking Out On Acid At A Drive-Thru In ‘Tales From The Trip’ Įach bubble is equipped fans with a battery-operated fan, a bottle of water, a towel to wipe down condensation, a Bluetooth speaker to receive sound, and a pair of signs-one which read “I gotta go pee,” and another reading “It’s hot in here.” When someone would display either of those signs, a staff member would come by to remedy the situation by either opening the bubble to allow the person(s) to use the restroom or refill the space bubble with new air to cool it down. Back in November, The Flaming Lips announced that they would perform the world’s first space bubble concert, complete with individual bubbles for attendees, in their native Oklahoma. ![]() It now appears that the band will continue on with this concept as long as the pandemic maintains its stranglehold on regular live gatherings. January 22nd and 23rd saw The Flaming Lips execute what they deemed to be the world’s first-ever “bubble concerts.” The psych-pop rockers filled the Oklahoma venue with 100 plastic bubbles that could hold three fans each, as well as performed the concert from plastic enclosures themselves. The shows will once again take place at The Criterion on March 12th and 13th. The band has performed in plastic bubbles in previous years, but having audience members in their own bubbles is new.Following a successful two-night run of “bubble concerts” in Oklahoma City earlier this month, The Flaming Lips have announced two more of the concept concerts in their hometown. “I think that’s kind of the dilemma we’re all in is that are we waiting for it to go back to normal or are we starting to plot, What’s the future look like? What is the future of live music?” “I mean, it seems absurd, but we at first were just doing it as not a joke, but just as a kind of funny thing, and now it’s becoming kind of serious and real,” he told the blog. Videos from the Oklahoma City concert show the crowd dancing and singing along to the music in their own transparent spheres.įrontman Wayne Coyne shared a photo of himself singing in one of the bubbles that was surfing the crowd.Ĭoyne spoke with the Brooklyn Vegan before the “space bubble” concert. The Flaming Lips took social distancing to a new level on Monday, hosting an Oklahoma concert with all the audience members in plastic bubbles. In 2019, singer Wayne Coyne crowd-surfed inside a bubble at the Bourbon and Beyond Music Festival in Louisville, Ky. The Flaming Lips’ space bubble concerts came as the result of months. On Monday, the Flaming Lips appeared to do a test run of a full. The Flaming Lips have announced two more 'bubble concerts' at The Criterion in Oklahoma City set for March 12th and 13th. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Coyne said that they were planning on hosting concerts with 100 bubbles in a 4,000 capacity venue sometime after the election. Omg I got chills all over me when they started playing It's Summertime, it's my favorite of theirs. Love Stevens little tribute to Daniel Johnston. ![]() Due to the pandemic, those shows have been. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. The new arrangement of 'Be Free, A Way' to fit in closer to the American Head sound is great. Last month, the Flaming Lips announced the world’s first actual Space Bubble live concerts in their hometown of Oklahoma City in December.
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