Oklahoma City weirdo rockers the
Flaming Lips broke a world record last night, after 24 hours and eight full concerts on the road.
The Lips will now be listed in the
Guinness Book of World Records -- besting a title earned by
Jay-Z -- by gigging in eight cities between
Memphis and
New Orleans from 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Heck, they even beat Jay-Z's record a full show and less than an hour, sources report.
The stunt was part of MTv's
O Music Awards. Frontman Wayne Coyne looks positively exhausted. (I wonder how his roadies feel.)
The clan journeyed by bus, picking up friends and performance partners Grace Potter, Jackson Browne and Neon Indian member Alan Palomo, who each "hitchhiked" a ride with the band's shows. When Jay-Z made his attempt, he traveled by jet.
Coyne called the feat "an absurd joy."
Read this interview from before the attempt, at Paste Magazine,
HERE.
The trek was broadcast online live as part of the O Music Awards, which celebrated digital music. Three camera angles captured the bus' journey. Winners of the awards were Selena Gomez (best artist with a cameraphone), Karmin (best web-born artist), MNDR (beyond the DJ- most innovative solo performer), Tokio Hotel (fan army FTW) and Adam Lambert (must-follow artist on Twitter), according to Rolling Stone. Fans voted online for the winner, and the site said more than 43 million were cast.
The schedule: 7:30PM
EDT MEMPHIS, TN
The Flaming Lips
w/ New Fumes
8:30PM
EDT CLARKSDALE, MS
Gary Clark Jr.
The Flaming Lips
w/ HOTT
10:30PM
EDT OXFORD, MS
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
The Flaming Lips
w/ Grace Potter
3:45AM
EDT JACKSON, MS
Neon Indian
The Flaming Lips
w/ Neon Indian
7:30AM
EDT HATTIESBURG, MS
Hunter Hayes
The Flaming Lips
w/ Jackson Browne
10:45AM
EDT BILOXI, MS
Neon Trees
The Flaming Lips
w/ Phantogram
2:30PM
EDT BATON ROUGE, LA
GIVERS
The Flaming Lips
w/ Linear Downfall
6:00PM
EDT NEW ORLEANS, LA
MNDR
The Flaming Lips
