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The Flaming Lips to perform at Wellmont Theater

originally published: 04/14/2022


(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- Even within the eclectic world of alternative rock, few bands are as brave, as frequently brilliant, and as deliciously weird as The Flaming Lips – riding one of the more surreal career trajectories in pop music. Experience the band in concert when they perform at Wellmont Theater on Thursday, October 20.  Doors are at 7:00pm; Showtime is 8:00pm.

After years in the underground, a major-label deal scored during the early-’90s alt rock craze gave them a bigger platform for their mix of psych, noise-rock, and bubblegum melodies, spawning the unlikely Top 40 hit “She Don’t Use Jelly.” At the turn of the century, they delivered a pair of lush and heartfelt masterpieces with 1999’s The Soft Bulletin and 2003’s Grammy-winning Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Later, they took their experimental and pop impulses in wildly different directions. – notably collaborating with Miley Cyrus.

Tickets are available for purchase online. 

The Wellmont Theater is located at 5 Seymour Streetin Montclair, New Jersey. 

Photo credit: Blake Studdard, Atria Creative




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