Atlanta’s flower punk forefathers Black Lips recently returned from a tour to the Middle East on a mission to prove their hypothesis that people everywhere can dance to the same backbeat. Eager to share their experiences and demonstrate that the chasm between our cultures is, indeed, bridgeable the band are presenting a number of multimedia artifacts from their journey via a variety of outlets.
The cornerstone of the trip was a show in Cairo, at the height of news reports about anti-American protests, in honor of International Peace Day (the show ended up being the subject of an NPR All Things Considered piece). SiriusXM’s SiriusXMU, channel 35, recorded the band’s performance and will present a special broadcast on Wednesday, December 19 at 9p ET.
