The Flaming Lips attempt Guinness world record on summer outing

The Flaming Lips will take a quick break from their summer run to attempt to snag Jay-Z's Guinness world record for the most live concerts in a 24-hour period.

The eclectic rockers will first complete five performances, beginning June 16 in Toronto and running through a June 24 show in St. Paul, MN, before taking on eight shows in 24 hours. The attempt, which coincides with the 24-hour, live-streaming O Music Awards, gets underway June 27 in Memphis, TN, and continues in Clarksdale, MS; Oxford, MS; Jackson, MS; Hattiesburg, MS; Baton Rouge, LA; and New Orleans. Each stop will feature a different opening act, with Gary Clark Jr., Givers and Grace Potter & The Nocturnals among those scheduled.

"I don't remember if I was asked or if I volunteered, but I've accepted the job of not driving but commandeering the Magical Mystery Merry Prankster bus," frontman Wayne Coyne told MTV News. "I've accepted the attempt at breaking the world record of performing eight shows in 24 hours.... I always liked the way Jerry Lewis would get all sweaty toward the end of his yearly telethon. To play and sing Flaming Lips songs at eight in the morning, well...I'm open to new experiences."