Sounds Like Fun

The always entertaining Flaming Lips are coming back to the Malkin Bowl on September 26th!

Despite the freezing-cold, their last show was absolutely brilliant. I knew I was in for a treat when frontman Wayne Coyne leapt off the stage in a giant human-sized hamster ball, rolling atop the crowd at the beginning of the show. Other spectacles of the night included dancing aliens, Santa Clauses, sound guys in superhero costumes, lots of confetti and giant balloons floating carelessly amongst the crowd. Oh, and the video camera attached to Wayne’s microphone was pretty trippy too. (At Sasquatch the following year they invited a bunch of girls on to the stage to take their tops off. I can’t believe I missed that…)

Anyways, I’m sure the show this year will be just as good. “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” is bar-none one of my favourite albums of all time.

Tickets go on sale Friday (May 28th), with a presale happening this Thursday. Will update with more info later, so stay tuned.

UPDATE
Presale happens tomorrow (May 27th) from 10 am-10 pm
Georgia Straight password is: lips
Live Nation password is: flaming

Get tickets here via Ticketmaster

A second show has been added for the wildly popular Vampire Weekend. The added show will be on Friday, August 27th, still at the Malkin Bowl.

UPDATE
Presale is happening RIGHT NOW.
Live Nation password: horchata
Georgia Straight (Thursday, 10 am-10 pm) password: contra

Get tickets here via Ticketmaster

New York indie rockers, Vampire Weekend, are playing the Malkin Bowl August 28th with Beach House and Dum Dum Girls.  Should be good times (sadly I’ll be out of town and missing it). My guess is that this show will sell out, so get your tickets early!

Presales happen…
Wednesday 10 am – Thursday 7 pm – Live Nation password: keyboard; Twitter password: horchata
Thursday 10 am – 10 pm – Georgia Straight password: Contra

Get tickets here via Ticketmaster. General public sale happens this Friday at 10 am.

I totally knew this was coming sooner or later. I’m surprised it’s later in September though and not sooner (like around Sasquatch), but still, The National!

Presale happens this Wednesday at 10 am (until 10 pm Thursday).
Twitter/Live Nation password is: bloodbuzz

Public sale happens this Friday at 10 am.

Buy tickets here

UPDATE!
Missed the Wednesday presale? There’s another one happening Thursday at 10 am for The Georgia Straight. Password is: Violet