In January 2011, the Lips announced their intention of releasing a new song every month of the year. In February, they released the first track titled “Two Blobs Fucking”. The song exists as 12 separate pieces on YouTube and must be played simultaneously to be heard as intended.
The band’s last release of 2011 was a 12″ EP collaboration with Yoko Ono , entitled The Flaming Lips with Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band . It was sold only at the band’s annual New Year’s Eve show in Oklahoma City.
In 2010, the band performed “I Can Be a Frog” on the Nick Jr. television series Yo Gabba Gabba! .
In March 2009 ” Do You Realize?? ” was announced as the official rock song of Oklahoma. Ten choices were put to a public vote, and out of 21,000 votes cast nearly 51% were for “Do You Realize??” The Oklahoma Senate approved this choice unanimously. The Oklahoma House of Representatives…
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In 2009, the band released their twelfth studio album and first double album, Embryonic . The album, which was the band’s first to open in the Billboard top 10, was widely critically acclaimed for its new direction; late in the recording the band added Derek Brown on keyboards, percussion and…
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The band brought the film to rock festivals across America during the summer of 2008 and screened it in a large circus tent they had bought for that purpose. The film was released on DVD on November 11, 2008, along with a soundtrack written and performed by the Flaming Lips.
The band released their first live concert DVD, UFO’s at the Zoo: The Legendary Concert in Oklahoma City , on August 7, 2007. The band also contributed original songs to the soundtracks of several 2007 films, including “The Supreme Being Teaches Spider-Man How to be in Love” for Spider-Man 3…
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In November 2006 then mayor of Oklahoma City Mick Cornett proposed naming a downtown alley after the band. Vince Gill and Charlie Christian were also to be given street names by the city. Flaming Lips Alley is at the center of Oklahoma City’s entertainment district, Bricktown. At the official dedication…
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Following the April 4, 2006, release of At War with the Mystics , the band began a tour to support the album in the United Kingdom, including a finale at the Royal Albert Hall and performances at the O2 Wireless Festival . At the Leeds England date of the festival,…
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The band continued to tour throughout the fall of 2006 stopping in Montreal , the Virgin Festival on the Toronto Islands, Atlantic City ‘s House of Blues, The University of Vermont in Burlington , their hometown Oklahoma City , the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, Texas , and…
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