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...with a choir and an orchestra with strings and horns. Mindblowing, mesmerizing, massive, epic, surreal, amazing, glorious, fantastic, "Best Concert Ever", "I can Die Happy Now"...

"They opened with a strong, stirring rendition of "Start A War" (Featuring the immortal lyrics: "You were always weird but I never had to hold you by the edges like I do now...

"Black keys midnight show at Terminal 5 melted my face. I officially have no fuckin face!" - Joe Thompson Despite playing a headlining show at Summerstage earlier in the evening, the Black Keys still managed to melt faces for 90 minutes and 22 songs at Terminal 5 last night (7/28)...

"Everyone always says that when bands play places like L.A. and New York that no one wants to have a good time," frontman Wayne Coyne told the giddy crowd at Manhattan's Terminal 5 before The Flaming Lips' show last night...

"Billy Corgan says something about being our rock n roll puppet, still has beef w/ Pavement, mimes puppet him killing "guy from Pavement"" - BrooklynVegan "LOL, one guess at the only thing @BrooklynVegan cared about from tonight's show...

It's a busy week for big NYC shows. The Flaming Lips are here for two performances, starting with the gig tonight/Monday at Central Park SummerStage...

The Flaming Lips in Poughkeepsie in April (more by Ryan Muir) Remember the five Spin 25th Anniversary shows announced in March? Here they are:7/26 - Smashing Pumpkins @ Terminal 5 7/27 - The Flaming Lips @ Terminal 5 7/28 - The Black Keys @ Terminal 5 (a late show) 7/29 - The National @ Terminal 5 7/30 - Spiritualized playing Ladies and Gentlemen in its entirety @ Radio City Music HallA ZYNC/AmEx ticket presale for all five shows IS GOING ON NOW (started at 10am)...

, photos by Getty Images for American Express -- All week, The National has sponsored nightly events at their "High Violet Annex" to celebrate the release of their highly anticipated fifth album, High Violet...

The National's Brooklyn Academy of Music show on May 15th will be going on presale tomorrow (May 6th) at 10am. Tickets are here (pw: "VIOLET")...