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>We have finally reached peak "I go to the concert to watch a screen and not the band."

No. That's The Flaming Lips. If you go to a Flaming Lips concert and are watching them play their instruments, something has gone terribly wrong.




Some artists are there just to play some great music, and some of them are there to put on a show. There are some artists that I don't really listen to day to day, but that I would love to see live because they are known for their live acts. In fact, there are some musical acts that simply don't translate to recordings, check out Itchy-O for another example.

There's room for both.


> "I go to the concert to watch a screen and not the band."

Chuckles in Phish fan


Ha, as you probably know, over on the Phish subreddit there has been near daily arguments along the lines of will-they/won't-they play the Sphere


It’s been awhile but the last flaming lips concert I was at I was looking at Wayne Coyne in a giant hamster ball not a screen


but this is more over the top, so this has outpeaked previous show




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