The Flaming Lips brought a psychedelic spectacle to Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, NY on Thursday in honor of the 20th anniversary of the band’s landmark album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.
The band opened the show by playing the album in its entirety while giant pink robots dramatized the action. A maelstrom of confetti and streamers signaled the second set, which featured songs from throughout the band’s catalog plus a cover of Madonna’s “Borderline”. Another cover, Louis Armstrong’s classic “What a Wonderful World”, capped off a four-song encore.
Click below to view fan-shot videos and photos by Bahram Foroughi. The band’s tour continues this weekend with shows in the Midwest. For a full list of tour dates and ticketing details, visit the band’s website.
The Flaming Lips – “Flight Test” – 6/8/23
[Video: Jesse Sawyer]
Setlist: The Flaming Lips | Kings Theatre | Brooklyn, NY | 6/8/23
Set 1: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: Fight Test, One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 2, In the Morning of the Magicians, Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell, Are You a Hypnotist??, It’s Summertime, Do You Realize??, All We Have Is Now, Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)
Set 2: She Don’t Use Jelly, Silver Trembling Hands, How??, Always There, In Our Hearts, Feeling Yourself Disintegrate, Assassins of Youth (Unfinished due to an incident in the crowd), Will You Return / When You Come Down, Borderline (Madonna), Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung
Encore: My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion, A Spoonful Weighs a Ton, Race for the Prize, What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
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