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Black Lips Chased out of India by Police

When garage-rock knuckleheads the Black Lips smash beer bottles over their guitars or piss in their own mouths onstage in the U.S., the worst that usually happens is they'll get banned from another venue. But when they bring that anarchy to their tour of India, they incur the wrath of all sorts of authority figures.That's what reportedly happened Friday night in Chennai. According to the Indian music site Indiecision, the Lips got themselves in deep shit while playing at Sir Mutha Venkata Subbar...

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07:30 on January 26 2009

Black Lips - Black Lips Cancel India Tour

ContactMusic — Rockers BLACK LIPS have been forced to cut short their tour of India following a run-in with police over their raunchy onstage antics. The band were half-way through ... more info
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17:40 on January 26 2009

Black Lips Chased out of India by Police

Pitchfork — When garage-rock knuckleheads the Black Lips smash beer bottles over their guitars or piss in their own mouths onstage in the U.S., the worst that usually happens is they... more info
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23:10 on January 26 2009

Black Lips “Predict the Future” on “200 Million Thousand,” But Fail to Foresee Own Exile From India

Rolling Stone — Photo: Vasquez/Getty “We’re predicting the future,” says Black Lips drummer Joe Bradley of his band’s new album, 200 Million Thousand, due out February 24th. “... more info
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00:30 on January 27 2009

UPDATE: The Black Lips Are Safe!

Pitchfork — Photo by Arjun S Ravi Unsurprisingly, the real story of what happened to the Black Lips in India is way less fun than previously thought. There were no high-speed chases... more info
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00:30 on January 27 2009

UPDATE: The Black Lips Are Safe!

Pitchfork — Photo by Arjun S Ravi Unsurprisingly, the real story of what happened to the Black Lips in India is way less fun than previously thought. There were no high-speed chases... more info
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17:40 on January 26 2009

Black Lips Chased out of India by Police

Pitchfork — Photo by Arjun S Ravi When garage-rock knuckleheads the Black Lips smash beer bottles over their guitars or piss in their own mouths onstage in the U.S., the worst that u... more info
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18:50 on January 26 2009

Black Lips Escape Police, Indecent Exposure Charge, India

Stereogum — In "The Black Lips vs. India: 1-0," the Atlanta garage rockers explain that after "being held by police for indecent exposure during our most rawkus set in Chennai at the... more info
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