Beck's backed by the Lips

The Flaming Lips will be playing as Beck’s backing band when he tours the US this Autumn to coincide with his new album ‘Sea Change’. Now in their twentieth year, and with ten albums to their name, the Flaming Lips will also use the tour to promote their latest release ‘Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots’, a record which saw a change in direction for the Lips described by their website as "planting a big signpost towards a less weighty mood, but no exercise in frivolity nor a return to the sometimes whimsical undercurrents of their mid-90s records". Becks new album, meanwhile, is said to be more akin to the seminal ‘Mutations’ than the more recent ‘Midnite Vultures’ – it’s released by Polydor / Interscope on 23 Sep. Talking to MTV about working with the Flaming Lips Beck said: "We re-created the albums perfectly for years, so I'm not really interested in doing that. Some of the songs are due for reinventing, and the Flaming Lips will probably bring ideas to it. We'll do whatever works".