Flaming Lips singer Wayne Coyne does a local TV interview outside the O Music Awards bus.
The 8-show mini-tour began in Memphis, TN and ended in New Orleans, LA.
The Flaming Lips had several performers join them on stage at various parts of the tour.
For the dates in Memphis and New Orleans, the Flaming Lips brought their full array of balloons and confetti cannons.
Confetti strewn about backstage during the band's Memphis performance.
Memphis Mayor A.C. Wharton was on hand to introduce the first performance of the O Music Awards. Here he meets Wayne Coyne backstage.
Mike Janela of Guinness World Records prepares to start the stopwatch as the Flaming Lips play their first note.
He and a colleague would travel with the band for 24 hours to make sure they followed all the rules, including playing at least 15 minutes in each location.
The Flaming Lips bus had a police escort in and out of each city to ensure that they made it to their venues without issue.
The band had a group of 40 fans that had rented their own bus and traveled to all 8 shows for the O Music Awards.
The band specially decorated their amps for the 24-hour tour.
Flaming Lips guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd performs in Clarksdale, MS.
The band performs a cover of "Heroes" by David Bowie along with guest artist Neon Indian.
After traveling all night, the band arrives in Hattiesburg, MS and is greeted by a gospel choir outside the Boom Boom Room, where they play at 7:00 A.M. CDT.
In Hattiesburg, the band is joined by legendary songwriter Jackson Browne for a cover of his classic song "These Days" and a collaboration on a Flaming Lips song.
An ecstatic Jackson Browne fan is interviewed by local TV after having him sign a vinyl copy of one of his records.
In Biloxi the band performs an MTV Spring Break-like show for an audience in the pool.
The O Music Awards hashtag was displayed prominently on the bus.
Jackass star Chris Pontius was enlisted to ride the bus with Wayne Coyne to keep the energy high.
Mashable got a peek into the mobile control room parked outside the House of Blues in New Orleans.
Wayne Coyne is escorted to the final venue, the House of Blues, as part of a New Orleans second line.
The arrival of Wayne Coyne for the 8th and final Flaming Lips performance.
Though the parade was short, it took over the entire block of Decatur Street leading up to the House of Blues.
The view from the press balcony inside the sold out House of Blues.
With about 20 minutes to spare, the Flaming Lips officially break Jay-Z's Guinness World Record by playing their 8th and final set in 24 hours.
Flaming Lips singer Wayne Coyne does a local TV interview outside the O Music Awards bus.
The 8-show mini-tour began in Memphis, TN and ended in New Orleans, LA.
The Flaming Lips had several performers join them on stage at various parts of the tour.
For the dates in Memphis and New Orleans, the Flaming Lips brought their full array of balloons and confetti cannons.
Confetti strewn about backstage during the band's Memphis performance.
Memphis Mayor A.C. Wharton was on hand to introduce the first performance of the O Music Awards. Here he meets Wayne Coyne backstage.
Mike Janela of Guinness World Records prepares to start the stopwatch as the Flaming Lips play their first note.
He and a colleague would travel with the band for 24 hours to make sure they followed all the rules, including playing at least 15 minutes in each location.
The Flaming Lips bus had a police escort in and out of each city to ensure that they made it to their venues without issue.
The band had a group of 40 fans that had rented their own bus and traveled to all 8 shows for the O Music Awards.
The band specially decorated their amps for the 24-hour tour.
Flaming Lips guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd performs in Clarksdale, MS.
The band performs a cover of "Heroes" by David Bowie along with guest artist Neon Indian.
After traveling all night, the band arrives in Hattiesburg, MS and is greeted by a gospel choir outside the Boom Boom Room, where they play at 7:00 A.M. CDT.
In Hattiesburg, the band is joined by legendary songwriter Jackson Browne for a cover of his classic song "These Days" and a collaboration on a Flaming Lips song.
An ecstatic Jackson Browne fan is interviewed by local TV after having him sign a vinyl copy of one of his records.
In Biloxi the band performs an MTV Spring Break-like show for an audience in the pool.
The O Music Awards hashtag was displayed prominently on the bus.
Jackass star Chris Pontius was enlisted to ride the bus with Wayne Coyne to keep the energy high.
Mashable got a peek into the mobile control room parked outside the House of Blues in New Orleans.
Wayne Coyne is escorted to the final venue, the House of Blues, as part of a New Orleans second line.
The arrival of Wayne Coyne for the 8th and final Flaming Lips performance.
Though the parade was short, it took over the entire block of Decatur Street leading up to the House of Blues.
The view from the press balcony inside the sold out House of Blues.
With about 20 minutes to spare, the Flaming Lips officially break Jay-Z's Guinness World Record by playing their 8th and final set in 24 hours.
After spending 24 hours on the road and playing 8 shows in 8 different cities, the Flaming Lips are Guinness World Record holders.
The band broke the previous record of 7 live performances in 24 hours, held by Jay-Z, with a sold out show at the House of Blues in New Orleans, LA. The tour began evening of Wednesday, June 27 in Memphis, TN and stretched overnight, with performances in the middle of the night and early in the morning in towns across Mississippi.
Though by mid-afternoon on Thursday it looked as though there was a chance they might not achieve their goal, they eventually broke the record with 20 minutes to spare, finishing their final set around 6:10 P.M. CDT. Representatives from the Guinness World Records were on hand to deliver the award to the band. Though officially finished with their task, they performed a full hour afterwards to the ecstatic crowd, which included a group of 40 fans who rented a bus and attended all 8 shows.
The tour was part of MTV's O Music Awards, an event that honors the intersection of music, tech, and web culture. In addition to livestreaming all the performances, MTV broadcast a reality show from the bus with Flaming Lips singer Wayne Coyne as well as announcing the awards winners from the event headquarters in New Orleans.
Mashable was along for the tour, documenting everything as it happened. Check out some of our highlights from 24 hours with the Flaming Lips and the O Music Awards.
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