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General Admission / Unreserved seating.

Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult over 18.

Under 6 years not admitted. Not suitable for under 14s.

General admission / unreserved seats.

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Formed in Oklahoma City, OK in 1983, The Flaming Lips have since become one of the most
iconic, influential, unpredictable, and vital forces in American alternative rock music. The band
has garnered three GRAMMY® Awards, a Tony nomination, and an RIAA Gold
-
certified Record
for
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
.
Q
Magazine named them one of the
“50
Bands to See
Before You Die.
”
The band has made countless late night television appearances, appeared in a Super Bowl
commercial, contributed to countless iconic f
ilm soundtracks, and collaborated with the likes of
Miley Cyrus, Chris Martin, Kacey Musgraves, Yoko Ono, Tame Impala, and many more. They
have set countless records, broken world records, created spectacular interactive audio/visual
events now regarded as
legendary.
Frontman Wayne Coyne has been recognized for works of art that graced many LIPS album
covers along with his traveling art exhibit
“
The King
’
s Mouth,
”
an audiovisual art installation
that has been featured in many contemporary art museums aroun
d the US. The band
’
s latest
LP,
American Head
, marks a return to a more melodic and song
-
oriented body of work and has
critically been lauded as their best work in years placing on several Year End/Best Of lists
around the world.
The LIPS most commerciall
y successful LP,
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots,
recently
received the box set reissue treatment with a
20th Anniversary
edition containing previously
unheard demos, unreleased songs, and live recordings. The LP
’
s most famous song (and The
Official State
Rock Song for the state of Oklahoma)
“
Do You Realize??
”
was covered by none
other than Willie Nelson on his LP
Last Leaf On The Tree.
Even after a combination of 22 studio recordings, 16 singles, 11 compilations, 11 EP
’
s and 11
self
-
released experimental
collaborative oddities released in various forms, quantities and
unique mediums, The Flaming Lips remain in a creative apex that has no bounds. To that end,
they have become an American Treasure and created a genre all to themselves