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The Flaming Lips enlist Liz Phair for select spring dates
Singer-songwriter Liz Phair --who is set to release a new, self-titled album on June 24--will play solo-acoustic sets on several upcoming dates with the Flaming Lips.
Connecticut-born Phair is expected to tour extensively with a full band in July and August, but the full itinerary for that outing hasn't been finalized, according to her publicist.
Phair's new 14-track album--her first since 1998's "Whitechocolatespaceegg"--includes contributions from several producers, including the Matrix (Avril Lavigne), singer-songwriter Michael Penn, multi-instrumentalist R. Walt Vincent (known for his work with Pete Yorn) and Phair herself.
The Flaming Lips continue to tour behind their 2002 album, "Yoshimi vs. the Pink Robots," which ranked at No. 3 on the Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop list, a survey of nearly 700 critics. The album track "Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)" won a GRAMMY®--the band's first--in the Rock Instrumental Performance category.
Led by frontman Wayne Coyne, the Flaming Lips have issued 11 albums--including a compilation--over the last two decades. The band's sound has become less guitar-oriented and more keyboard-driven in recent years, but its live stage production remains one of the most unusual in rock.
Last year, huge rotating mirror balls and a projection screen graced the stage, along with the band's trademark costumed characters, confetti and puppets. If the past is a guide, concertgoers can expect to see stage blood gushing from Coyne's forehead at some point during each show.
