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The Flaming Lips have announced they will attempt to set a new world record

Even after pressing Ke$ha's blood into vinyl , announcing that they're gunning for Jay-Z's world record , getting naked in music videos , and releasing music in a gummy vagina , the Flaming Lips somehow still manage to be surprising. As the Future Heart points out, the band has re-recorded the Soft Bulletin classic "Race for the Prize" as a fight song for their hometown NBA team, the Oklahoma ...

The Flaming Lips have announced they will attempt to set a new world record

With The Help Of Yoga & Water - The Flaming Lips are in for a VERY long night of music. So it turns out we were way off with our guesses as to which artist might be attempting to break Jay-Z's world record of the most live shows played in 24 hours. But we're actually pretty happy about being wrong (for once), because [...]

The band will try and beat the rapper's 'most live concerts in 24 hours in multiple cities' record

The Flaming Lips have announced that they are to try and break the record for the most number of gigs in one day.

The Flaming Lips will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most live shows in 24 hours on June 27. The group will travel by bus to eight shows in six cities over the 24 hour period, all of which will be streamed live in conjunction with the O Music Awards . The action will begin in Memphis, Tennessee and conclude 24 hours later in New Orleans.

Jack White 's not the only one with Guinness World Records on his mind -- according to the Flaming Lips ' website , they're gunning for a record of their own. "Most live concerts in 24 hours in multiple cities" is currently held by Jay-Z , who broke the record with seven cities in 2006, while he was touring in support of Kingdom Come . The Lips will attempt to break the record on June 27, which ...

DMB returned to the stage at the fest, while the Flaming Lips paid tribute to an old classic.

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The ever adventurous Flaming Lips are coming off a busy 2011 during which they committed themselves to releasing a new song every month. This led to a variety of collaborations, part of which are collected in their recent limited edition release, The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends .… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]