The Flaming Lips come out to play...
The Flaming Lips
bring their carnival of out-there sonics to UK shores next month, following the release of their most recent long-player At War With The Mystics back in April. In issue 275, we gave the album a healthy four-star rating and it still gets a regular spin on the office stereo. Dates are as follows:
4 November - Brighton Centre
5 November - Bournemouth BIC
6 November - Manchester Apollo
8 November - Blackpool Empress Ballroom
9 November - Birmingham NIA
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10 November - Glasgow SECC
13 November - Hammersmith Apollo (sold out)
14 November - Hammersmith Apollo
Tickets are selling fast, so you'd better get your skates on...
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