The Flaming Lips will be playing the Galway International Arts Festival this year. The Oklahoma psych-rock pop extravaganza of a band will play the Big Top thanks to the festival and Róisín Dubh on Thursday July 26th.
Tickets for The Flaming Lips go on sale on Friday 9 March at 9am, priced at €49.50 from www.giaf.ie and roisindubh.net.
The band’s last album released last year was their fourteenth Oczy Mlody and it featured Miley Cyrus.
Caribou were previously announced for the Big Top at the Galway Arts Festival.
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