Flaming Lips Host Zaireeka Party, Freaks Showing On Cruise

It should come as no surprise that the Flaming Lips are set to perform some unorthodox concert events in the near future. Just last year, at the Coachella festival in Indio, Calif., lead singer Wayne Coyne stepped into a giant bubble and walked across the audience. This, of course, was pushing things even further than the typical Lips show, which functions just as much like a child’s birthday party as a concert.

Along these same lines, the Oklahoma band will be headlining Xingolati, the self-proclaimed “Groove Cruise of the Pacific,” a three day concert cruise that will take place Oct. 14-17. Other acts on the excursion include G. Love and Special Sauce, Medeski, Martin and Wood, John Popper Project and many others.

But Coyne and Co. plan to go further than simple performance. The band will also screen its recently released documentary, Fearless Freaks. And it will host the first ever “Pacific Ocean Zaireeka Party,” where the band will showcase its experimental, 1997 four-disc set (all discs to be played simultaneously on multiple systems for a unique, interactive listening experience).

The Lips are currently working on the follow-up to 2002’s Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, though no date has been set for the new album’s release.

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