The Flaming Lips Announce 2023 US Tour Dates
The Flaming Lips have announced a tour of the West Coast of North America in 2023. Billed as An Evening With The Flaming Lips, the career-spanning, two-hour shows kick off in Vancouver next year before the band make their way down toward Santa Barbara. Check out the dates below.
Order the 6 CD and 5 LP box sets of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: 20th Anniversary Edition HERE
Tickets go on sale Friday 9 December at 10am local time. Fans can use code CHEER to access a pre-sale beginning 8 December.
✨JUST ANNOUNCED✨More shows on the West Coast! Local presales Thu. 12/8 at 10am PT and general onsales this Fri. 12/9 at 10am PT. All shows will be “An Evening With” and will be 2 hours+ sets. Previously purchased tickets for Vancouver will be honored for the new dates. pic.twitter.com/wKetCzYCHZ
— The Flaming Lips (@theflaminglips) December 6, 2022
Last month, The Flaming Lips reissued Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots in a 20th-anniversary edition, both digitally and as a 6CD set. A 5LP version of the reissue is out next April.
The 6CD set includes over 50 tracks never released and dozens of rare tracks including B-sides, demos, remixes, radio sessions, two concerts, and other assorted rarities from the era. The LP box set has 40 tracks never released on vinyl and over 30 previously unreleased tracks.
The band will also perform Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots in its entirety at a handful of dates next spring.
The Flaming Lips 2023 tour dates
An Evening With the Flaming Lips shows:
February 2023
28 Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore Ballroom
March 2023
1 Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore Ballroom
3 Stateline, NV – Harrah’s Lake Tahoe
4 Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
6 Del Mar, CA – The Sound – Del Mar Fairgrounds
7 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
9 Santa Barbara, CA – Arlington Theatre
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots shows:
April 2023
28 London, England – Eventim Apollo
May 2023
5 Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed
5-7 Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Festival
25 Washington, D.C. – The Anthem