Oklahoma space rockers to stage unusual gig in the shadow of the Lovell telescope
Fans of the Flaming Lips, a band admired for their cosmic sound, can look forward to seeing them at a novel venue this summer: Jodrell Bank observatory in Cheshire. The US group from Oklahoma City, led by Wayne Coyne, will perform in the shadow of the University of Manchester's Lovell telescope, the biggest and most powerful radio telescope in the UK, on Saturday 2 July.
British Sea Power ? a band well-known for staging gigs in unlikely venues ? OK Go and Alice Gold are also on the bill.
The Jodrell Bank site has previously played host to a one-off performance from Doves, who performed their song Andalucia for the Guardian there last year. The band also enlisted the help of Jodrell Bank astrophysicist Dr Alastair Gunn to "use the moon as a massive delay pedal" in the recording of another track.
For the Flaming Lips show, fans will be invited to take part in space research workshops in the course of the day and will have access to the site's new visitor centre. In the evening, the telescope's dish will double as a projection screen.
The Jodrell Bank event is part of a trend of bands staging gigs in improbable locations: Bryan Ferry and the Courteeners are among those performing shows at Forestry Commission venues this summer.
The Lovell telescope, playing host to Live from Jodrell Bank, was the world's largest steerable dish radio telescope when it was constructed in 1955. Details of a second event to be staged at the same site on Friday 1 July will be announced shortly.
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