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Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips George Salisbury/Courtesy of the artist
Set List Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pt. 1 Dinosaurs On The Mountain
The most memorable live show I ve seen was by The Flaming Lips. It was in June 2012, the same day Radiohead s Toronto show was cancelled, after one of their drum techs died in a tragic stage collapse. The week before, there was a shooting in one of Toronto s popular malls, located in its downtown core.
The city was shaken. Despite this, thousands of people still gathered to watch The Flaming Lips play a free show, in the square right outside that same mall. What I witnessed was an explosion of color, confetti, music, love, life-affirming warmth and humanity all of which served as a reminder that, while the world can be a scary, dark place, we still have each other. It was a healing, religious experience, a common way to describe the experience