It worked well for the Dead Weather. Now the Flaming Lips plan their own pop-up store — complete with an intimate performance — on Thursday at the Nike/Ricardo Montalban Theatre, 1615 Vine St. Like the Dead Weather did downtown in August to create a splash around its new album, the Lips will offer one-of-a-kind merch (including a vinyl pressing of their new double-disc album “Embryonic”) at the store, open only on Thursday from noon to midnight. Tickets for the band’s MySpace “Secret” Show at 7:30 will be issued on a first-come, first-serve basis at the venue, with with some available at Amoeba on Tuesday (with the purchase of “Embryonic,” naturally) and others through giveaways from KCRW-FM and the LA Weekly. Details.
☛ L.A. rockers Nico Stai will be filming a video for their song “Dead Pony” at a free, all-ages performance Friday at the Ghettogloss Gallery (9109 Melrose). Doors open at 8:30 p.m.
☛ LiveNation is expanding its 2-for-1 ticket promotion, and there’s some pretty nifty concerts on the list. The half-off sale runs for 24 hours, beginning at 12:01 a.m Wednesday and covering tickets bought through the promoter’s website. After the jump, the L.A.-area shows included in the promotion:
San Manuel Amphitheater
Cypress Hill Smokeout (feat Cypress Hill, The Deftones, Method & Redman and more)— 10/24 only
Gibson Amphitheatre
Linda Ronstadt— 10/25
LA 101 (feat Silversun Pickups, The Dandy Warhols, Matt & Kim, Dengue Fever and more)— 11/3
Sylvia Browne & Montell Williams— 12/29
The Hollywood Palladium
Brand New – 10/18 only
Slipknot – 10/29
Dashboard Confessional – 11/15
Dethklok / Mastodon – 11/20 only
Save New Wave II (feat Blasphemous Rumours, The Cured & more; hosted by Richard Blade)— 11/21
Hatebreed / Trivium— 11/28
The Wiltern
Aimee Mann— 10/16
Tiger Army— 10/23 & 24
The Bravery— 11/5
The Used— 11/10
Wolfmother— 11/24
Peaches— 11/28
Straight No Chaser—11/29
Avalon
Brazilian Girls— 10/19
White Tie Affair— 11/13
Forever The Sickest Kids— 12/3
House of Blues- Sunset Strip
All That Remains— 10/16
Tech N9ne & Slaughterhouse— 10/23
Horrorpops— 11/1
Dinosaur Jr.— 11/5
Saosin— 11/6
The Sippy Cups— 11/7
Gwar— 11/16
KC & the Sunshine Band— 12/30
House of Blues- Anaheim
Los Lobos— 10/16
Lucky 13 Night— 10/17
Our Lady Peace— 10/20
Train—10/25
Tyrone Wells— 11/6
Hanson— 11/11
Keller Williams— 11/12
Stryper— 11/16
The Wise Guys Big Band— 11/28
Badfish— 2/14/09
