The Flaming Lips are Being Strange Again

I feel like I already mentioned Jack White’s plans to break a Guinness World Record this summer, but I can’t seem to find that post, so maybe it never happened. It’s a real struggle for me to not talk about Jack White, like, all the time. So maybe I was showing restraint. Let’s be proud of me for that for a second. *pause* Annnd moving on.

Well, he ain’t the only cowboy at the record-breaking summer tour rodeo!

The Flaming Lips have decided to break the world record for most concerts played in 24 hours during their summer tour. (The current record, FYI, is held by Jay-Z and was set back in 2006 while he was promoting Kingdom Come on November 18, in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.)

In a press release, Lips leader and perennial loveable weirdie Wayne Coyne said:

I’ve accepted the attempt at breaking the world record of performing eight shows in 24 hours. And I’ve explained to the music freaks at MTV, VH1 and CMT that I am not a host… But, I always liked the way Jerry Lewis would get all sweaty toward the end of his yearly telethon… To play and sing Flaming Lips songs at eight in the morning… Well, I’m open to new experiences…

Anyone else starting to get the creeping feeling like this summer is going to be super strange, but like, in the way that results in a lot of memorable concert experiences that our grandkids are going to be jealous of?

photo David Ellis/NME

With festivities less than one month away, Bonnaroo 2012 has added even more acts to the lineup and revealed its daily schedule.

Among the new additions are GZA, who will be playing Liquid Swords backed by Grupo Fantasma, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Pelican, Sara Watkins, and The Dirty Guv’Nahs.

As for the schedule, the festival kicks off on Thursday, June 7th, with the killer trio of Danny Brown, Kendrick Lamar, and Alabama Shakes at This Tent. Other notable acts that day include EMA, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., The Cave Singers, and White Denim.

On Friday, St. Vincent, Feist, The Avett Brothers, and Foster the People will lead way to Radiohead’s headlining performance. Later on, Umphrey’s McGee, Flying Lotus, Major Lazer, and Black Star will deliver late-night sets.

Saturday promises Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Roots, Dispatch, Mogwai, Santigold, Battles, Childish Gambino, Puscifer, and a Danzig Legacy set. Late night sets include Skrillex, GZA, Alice Cooper, and the festival’s fabled Super Jam.

Phish will close the festival’s final day with a massive four-hour set. Prior to that, The Beach Boys, Bon Iver, The Shins, Ben Folds Five, Kurt Vile, The Joy Formdiable, The War on Drugs, The Antlers, and Kenny Rogers will all take the stage.

You can find see the complete schedule at Bonnaroo’s website. Tickets remain on sale via the festival’s website.

via CoS