Flaming Lips

As bands like to do these days, the tour is based on playing one particular album in full. So, first they played all of "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots" (as seen above), then they did a set of songs from other albums.

Maybe it was the fact that the sun was out for all of Yoshimi, so the stage lights and other visuals didn't hit as hard, but the second set felt much more energetic. Once you could really appreciate the lighting, and how it interacted with all of the various inflatable on-stage props, it was a wild time.

The oldest song they played was "She Don't Use Jelly", which started the second set. And that's when they brought out the giant rubber balls for the audience to bounce around. We were in the fourth row, so there was plenty of hectic giant-ball action.

No opener and they played 2.5 hours. Quality.

They've come a long way.

RIP Brenda