All kinds of news coming out of The Flaming Lips camp…

First, for you vinyl hounds already salivating for this year’s Record Store Day, the Lips are going to be dropping a doozy: Heady Nuggs: The First Five Warner Bros. Records, 1992-2002 box set will land in indie stores (in limited quantities, of course) on RSD 2011, April 16. Included are: 1992’s Hit to Death in the Future Head, 1993’s Transmissions From the Satellite Heart, 1995’s Clouds Taste Metallic, 1999’s The Soft Bulletin, and 2002’s Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. The set will be available on 140-gram vinyl, and an even specialer edition of the set pressed on five different colors of vinyl will be available from the band’s website.

Secondly…Coyne and Co. are collaborating with Neon Indian, and they’ve posted some behinds the scenes videos on YouTube (see below!).

LASTLY — these guys are going on tour; they’re hitting up two continents and some festivals (Sasquatch, ATP in London), and at some of these shows they’ll be performing 1999’s The Soft Bulletin in full. See below for dates:

The Flaming Lips on Tour
3/03 New York, NY @ Carnegie Hall
3/06 Avon, CO @ Snow Ball Fest
5/13 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
5/14 Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Festival
5/15 Richmond, VA @ The National
5/20 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
5/21 Gulf Shores, AL @ Hangout Festival
5/26 Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound Festival
5/29 George, WA @ Sasquatch Festival
7/01 London, England @ ATP
7/07 Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom

Dates in bold: performing The Soft Bulletin