Flaming Lips break 24-hour record for live shows

U.S. band The Flaming Lips, frontman Wayne Coyne takes a trip across the heads of the crowd inside a plastic bubble, as the band performs at Glastonbury Festival, in Glastonbury, England, Friday, June 25, 2010.

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(AP) NEW ORLEANS - It's official: The Flaming Lips are the music world's road warriors.

The psychedelic rockers from Oklahoma set a new Guinness World Record for most live shows in a 24-hour period, finishing off their feat of eight performances Thursday night in New Orleans.

Their journey started a day earlier in Memphis, Tenn., and they were joined on their trip south through the Mississippi Delta by several other acts and celebrities in celebration of MTV's O Music Awards. Jay-Z held the record previously at seven shows in 24 hours.

Lips lead singer Wayne Coyne called the record "an absurd joy" in a news release.

While the Lips were rocking, Selena Gomez, Big Freedia, Karmin, Adam Lambert, iamwhoiam and 30 Seconds to Mars picked up O Music Awards wins.