The Flaming Lips have announced a full-album tour of Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots across the UK and Ireland for 2025. Tickets for the shows go on sale at 10am on Friday 7 June. Scroll to the bottom of this article for a detailed list of the band’s UK and Ireland gig dates. 

The album celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2022. That means two decades of ‘Do You Realize??’ on near-constant rotation on BBC Radio 1 and 6 Music, and 20 years of sumptuous tracks like ‘It’s Summertime’ and ‘All We Have Is Now’. 

Alongside The Soft Bulletin, this 2002 mini-masterpiece has had a longer shelf-life than most Lips albums, cementing the band’s success in the mainstream. In 2007, plans were made to turn the album into a musical by The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin and director Des McAnuff. The show received its world premiere in 2012 (by that time, Sorkin had left the project), but never gained enough traction to continue its run. 

If you want to relive the majesty of Yoshimi, the band will start their tour on Friday 25 April at O2 Academy Birmingham, before making stops in London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, and Bristol. 

Watch the video for ‘Do You Realize??’ below. 

The Flaming Lips’ 2025 UK tour dates: 

O2 Academy, Birmingham, Friday 25 April 
O2 Academy Brixton, London, Saturday 26 April 
3Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Monday 28 April 
3Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Tuesday 29 April 
Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Thursday 1 May 
O2 Academy, Leeds, Friday 2 May 
O2 Apollo, Manchester, Sunday 4 May 
Beacon, Bristol, Monday 5 May 

Tickets for The Flaming Lips’ Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots tour go on sale at 10am on Friday 7 June.