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The Flaming Lips are promoting its recent album, _With a Little Help from My Fwends_, a tribute to _Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band_ featuring guest appearances by Cyrus, My Morning Jacket and Moby, among others. All proceeds from album sales go to an Oklahoma City non-profit that assists low-income and elderly pet owners with veterinary costs and rescues abandoned pets. The performance itself was a worthy cover, between Cyrus’ echoing, breathy interlude and just the right amount of intergalactic sound effects. The Flaming Lips are known for featuring extraterrestrial themes onstage, and this performance was no exception. It’s refreshing to see Cyrus get through a song without sticking her tongue out or twerking, and the oddball pair sounded quite lovely together. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3572203/the-flaming-lips-miley-cyrus-conan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3572203/the-flaming-lips-miley-cyrus-conan/"},"headline":"Watch The Flaming Lips and Miley Cyrus Cover The Beatles on Conan","datePublished":"2014-11-07T15:15:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:26.537Z","description":"Strange can be beautiful","url":"https://time.com/3572203/the-flaming-lips-miley-cyrus-conan/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Late Night","Miley Cyrus","The Beatles","Conan O'brien","conan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta06dbee3f279f7d5/698767ab55a859784da83faf/screen-shot-2014-11-07-at-10-14-24-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta06dbee3f279f7d5/698767ab55a859784da83faf/screen-shot-2014-11-07-at-10-14-24-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-11-07 at 10.14.24 AM","caption":"","creditText":"YouTube","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3572203/the-flaming-lips-miley-cyrus-conan/","name":"Watch The Flaming Lips and Miley Cyrus Cover The Beatles on Conan"}}]}] ```