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

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...

Chris Vinnicombe worked with us here on the MusicRadar team from the site's initial launch way back in 2007, and also contributed to Guitarist magazine as Features Editor until 2014, as well as Total Guitar magazine, amongst others. These days he can be found at Gibson Guitars, where he is editor-in-chief.

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