The Flaming Lips closed Montreal's Osheaga Festival with a bit of wedded bliss. Following a complete performance of the band's 1999 album, "The Soft Bulletin", lead singer Wayne Coyne beckoned two fans to the front of the stage, according to Spinner.
A woman dressed as Dorothy (from "The Wizard Of Oz") and a man dressed as a lion met Coyne, as the rest of the band played a muzak-esque version of "Do You Realize??" Coyne established the bonds of marriage with grandeur: "By the power of The Flaming Lips, the universe and LSD, I now pronounce you man and wife!" The Lips then performed the real version of "Do You Realize??" before a crowd of thousands.
After the show, the couple were married by an actual minister.
It was the end to the most balanced program of the three-day festival, which kicked off July 29. After Friday's top-heavy event (thanks to headliner Eminem) and Saturday's poorly attended finale (Elvis Costello wasn't the draw organizers hoped), it was a welcome change.
Those who managed to stick around till the end of the set were not only treated to a wedding (officiated after the show by a real minister) but an earnest and uncharacteristically dour Coyne, who took the whole experience to heart.
"Sometimes this [album] f--ks me up", he warned the crowd mid-set. And, though he smiled, lasered, confettied (as usual) and officiated, his heart and mind seemed elsewhere.
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