Photos: The Flaming Lips, The Growlers @ Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa 7/31/13

Andrew Youssef

Photos: The Flaming Lips, The Growlers @ Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa 7/31/13

Andrew Youssef

The Flaming Lips brought their sci-fi psychedelic stage setup to the Orange County Fair last night in support of their latest album, The Terror. Confetti, strobe lights, fireworks, and smoke bombs prevailed as Wayne Coyne stood above the crowd perched on his alien-like podium. One of the many highlights was their twisted version of Devo’s “Gates of Steel.” Hometown self-proclaimed “beach goth” rockers the Growlers provided support. Check out the photos in the gallery above and the setlist below.

SETLIST
01 “Look…The Sun Is Rising”
02 “The Terror”
03 “The W.A.N.D (Will Always Negates Defeat)”
04 “Silver Trembling Hands”
05 “Race For The Prize”
06 “Try To Explain”
07 “Gates Of Steel” (Devo cover)
08 “All We Have Is Now”
09 “One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21″
10 “Butterfly, How Long It Takes To Die”
11 “Turning Violent”
12 “A Spoonful Weighs A Ton”
13 “Do You Realize??”
14 “Always There, In Our Hearts”

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The Flaming Lips
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The Flaming Lips
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The Flaming Lips
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The Flaming Lips
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The Flaming Lips
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The Flaming Lips
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The Flaming Lips
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The Flaming Lips
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The Flaming Lips
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The Flaming Lips
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The Flaming Lips
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The Growlers
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The Growlers
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The Growlers
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