Wayne Coyne

I Read The News Today... For April 28, 2011

Missed the Foo Fighters' Back And Forth documentary when it screened in theatres recently? No biggie; you can get it on DVD and BluRay on June 14. Halifax's Rebekah Higgs will release her as-yet-untitled sophomore album sometime this summer, and she's heading out on tour next week to play songs from it. It might not be Halloween, but that's no...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 24, 2010

Alexisonfire hate screamo. They hate it so much they want to knife it. Oh, you guys. Why are you furthering emo's reputation for stereotypical self-hatred? But hey, maybe you can borrow this guy's (alleged) sword? —Dose The Dears and City And Colour are among the acts that will play next year's South By Southwest Music Festival. We hope you...
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 7, 2010

Stone Temple Pilots have announced two western Canadian dates to take place in Vancouver and Calgary on Nov. 4 and 6, respectively. —Live Nation Luke Doucet's scheduled a Canadian tour to take place this November in support of his recently released Steel City Trawler album. He'll have Sunparlour Players and The Beauties with him on...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 17, 2010

There are some pretty bad tattoos out there. There are also some pretty awful tattoos covering some of your favourite (or not so favourite) musicians. My favourite? George Washington and Abraham Lincoln on Rick Ross'... um... pecks? MOG Music NetworkMethod Man was also attacked at last weekend's Gathering Of The Juggalos. He was hit with...
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Eight Things We've Learned About Wayne Coyne From His Twitter

Everyone made a big deal of the fact that Kanye West joined Twitter last week after saying he never would. Kanye got so much attention that he overshadowed the arrival of another incredibly hilarious musician to Twitter: Wayne Coyne. A close examination of Coyne's tweets over the last few days indicates that The Flaming Lips frontman's...
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I Read The News Today... For June 28, 2010

Tattoos and tequila indeed. Motley Crue singer Vince Neil was arrested for DUI in Las Vegas on Monday. —Associated Press Just because Bono's injured doesn't mean The Edge can't show up at Glastonbury and play one of U2's songs on stage with Muse: Daniel Lanois has been released from hospital following a motorcycle crash earlier...
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Bonnaroo 2010 Day 2: Flaming Lips' Dark Side Of The Moon Is Must-See

I'm typing the majority of this review back at my campsite — as Michael Franti & Spearhead play the last few songs of their set. There's a pocket of two-and-a-half hours between Franti and The Flaming Lips' midnight performance in which the only band playing is Kings Of Leon. And while I mean no disrespect to the Kings, after you've seen them...
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros (Photo by Carrie Musgrave)

Flaming Lips Frontman On Google Street View Sitting In Bathtub Outside His House

When Google Street View became available for your city, did you immediately go on it and look for things that were immediately recognizable to you? We did? (For the record, CHARTattack publisher Edward Skira shows up in the window of our office on Google Street View, and my bike is also visible across the street.) Well, Flaming Lips frontman...
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Wayne Coyne

Coyne's Arcade Fire Apology

Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has apologized to Arcade Fire for calling them "pricks" in March. Coyne told Entertainment Weekly magazine he wishes the whole mini-feud "had never happened" and said he didn't mean the diss. "I didn't necessarily mean it about the people in the Arcade Fire," Coyne told the...
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Wayne Coyne

Win Butler Responds To Wayne Coyne

Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler has responded to Flaming Lips leader Wayne Coyne's seemingly unprovoked verbal attack on the Montreal-based group. Coyne told Rolling Stone magazine that Arcade Fire "treat people like shit" and are "pricks," which confused and disappointed Butler since he says they've only met once. Butler...
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Win Butler goes after Wayne Coyne

Wayne Coyne: Arcade Fire Are "Pricks"

Wayne Coyne might like his home state of Oklahoma for making The Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize??" the state's official rock 'n' roll song, but he seriously dislikes Arcade Fire. Coyne told Rolling Stone magazine that the Montreal band "treat people like shit" and called them "pricks." "I'm a fan of them on...
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Virgin Fest 2006 At Toronto Island Park

Photographer: 
Rachel Verbin
Venue: 
Toronto Island Park
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 9, 2006
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