The Flaming Lips News

Kings of Leon and the Flaming Lips have been confirmed to perform at the Rock for Oklahoma Benefit on July 23 in Oklahoma City, along with a full cast of big name rock performers.

Jackson Browne and the Flaming Lips also are on the bill of the concert for the band's home state Caleb Followill from the band Kings of Leon performs at the 3rd annual Governors Ball Music Festival in New York.

Starting on the evening of Wednesday, June 19 and playing through the majority of Thursday, the self-proclaimed "Party King" will hit the skins in what he hopes is the longest drum session held in a retail store.

The Flaming Lips are celebrating 30 years in the music business this year, and in the last three decades the psych-cult pop band have built up a reputation as one of the most outlandish bands of all time.

KINGS OF LEON and THE FLAMING LIPS are staging an Oklahoma storms benefit at the same arena BLAKE SHELTON used for his televised charity concert last month .

IF THE idea of arch sonic manipulators the Flaming Lips and TV On The Radio joining forces appeals, then make sure you catch California's superbly named Mwahaha at their two Cornish dates in June.

KINGS OF LEON and THE FLAMING LIPS are staging an Oklahoma storms benefit at the same arena BLAKE SHELTON used for his televised charity concert last month .

MRC Global Inc. has grown to be a worldwide supplier of pipes, valves and fittings for the oil and gas industry, but company leaders say they haven't forgotten their Tulsa roots.

Kings of Leon and The Flaming Lips are among the artists who have signed on to perform at a benefit concert to help those affected by the deadly tornadoes that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma last month.

Ke$ha has nightmares about worms. The eccentric singer has an overactive imagination and has admitted to dreaming about Lady Gaga and penises in the past.

At left: The Flaming Lips are Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins, Wayne Coyne, Derek Brown and Kliph Scurlock.

It's that time of the year again, when All Songs Considered co-hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are joined by NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Ann Powers for a look back at the first half of the year in music.

Celebrating its tenth birthday, Bestival was voted the Best UK Major Festival last year, and is the marquee name for 2013 Elton John and his Band.

Denver-based band Vitamins poses for a portrait at Forest Room 5 in LoHi. Members, from left, are Matthew Daniels, Ryan Ellison, Lizzy Allen and Crawford Philleo.

"This show is 110% ... one of the most consistently awesome programs we have come across."

I can't believe Firefly 2013 is only two weeks away and it promises to be even bigger and better this year.

Long-running neo-psychedelia collective Spiritualized returned last year with Sweet Heart Sweet Light , their first album since 2008, and a very solid one at that.

Tyler Flory is a teacher at Main Street School of Performing Arts in Hopkins. His Music Class column ties together his job and his music fandom in a neat little package.

Oklahoma doesn't want to repeat a lot from its 2012 Women's College World Series experience this week in Oklahoma City.

The band Grandchildren hails from Philadelphia. This sonically superb band, an orchestral pop outfit with its new album "Golden Age," makes its Hudson Valley debut Saturday evening at the BSP Lounge.