The Flaming Lips Trip Magnificently at Outside Lands 2014

By Johnny Firecloud

The Flaming Lips are the happiest weirdos you’ve ever seen. We’ve caught Wayne Coyne and friends several times across the festival spectrum this year, and each set has been no less bizarre or enjoyable than the one before. Girls dressed up as giant mushrooms and a massive rainbow? You bet your ass. Silver-fringe codpiece? Check. Acid-trip visuals from top to bottom and everywhere in between? Standard. Welcome to a daylight dosing at Outside Lands. Hope you brought your tie-dye, because in San Francisco’s psychedelic wonderland, you’re the odd man out if your vision isn’t a kaleidoscope by now.

This, naturally, is all before Wayne climbs into his giant hamster wheel and rolls atop the crowd, all the way back to the soundboard, with  maniacal grin on his face. It was a perfect celebratory accompaniment to the band’s cover of the Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” a sampling of the upcoming covers record With a Little Help from My Fwends, due out in October.

Check out a gallery of the Lips’ performance below, only on Crave:

The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

  • The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    The Flaming Lips at Outside Lands 2014

    By Johnny Firecloud

Johnny Firecloud
Johnny Firecloud

Senior Writer

A senior writer at CraveOnline since 2006, Johnny has reported on music culture around the world for over a decade while setting a higher standard of reviews, editorials, photography and interviews with the industry's biggest names. Johnny has conceptualized and produced a wide range of original Crave features such as the long-running Band of The Month series, the CraveOnstage performance feature, the Music History video series and the Passport travel colum, among others. His Crave coverage spectrum has included Lifestyle, Travel, Film & TV, Politics, Sports, Fashion and Food writing.

A jack of all journalistic trades & master of several, you can also find his work on Antiquiet, Filter, Food Republic, Media Roots, The Owl Mag and beyond. His music photos can be seen on Instagram. Keep up with Johnny on Twitter at @JohnnyFirecloud, and on Facebook.

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