Giant inflatable pink robots. Enormous balls filled with confetti. And a veteran band, playing as well as ever, fronted by a singer who was all heart.…
Wayne Coyne tells a story about when his father died, years ago, and his mother wanted to remember him by playing their favorite Tony Bennett song at his funeral.
The Flaming Lips was in Cleveland for the first time in five years as part of a tour celebrating its acclaimed and beloved 2002 album, “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.” The band delivered a highly entertaining, moving show that showed it has have remained influential and acclaimed decades after first breaking through with 1993’s “She Don’t Use Jelly.”
Of course, there were confetti, lights, and giant inflatables; of course, Coyne used every opportunity to speak of peace, joy, beautiful weather, and other such hippy-dippy sentiments. Of course, the