Wayne Coyne with The Flaming Lips performs during the "Rock for Oklahoma" concert at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, July 23, 2013. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman Archives

The Grammy Award-winning Oklahoma City-based psychedelic rock band The Flaming Lips has another interesting accomplishment to add to their diverse list of achievements: Tony Award nominee.

The Lips are among a cavalcade of music stars – which also includes Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper and Rob Hyman, John Legend, Panic! at the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I., Domani and Lil’C – to be nominated for the Tony for Best Original Score for their music and lyrics contributions to “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical.”

The Broadway adaptation of the long-running Nickelodeon cartoon, which was created by Lawton-born animator and former marine biologist Stephen Hillenburg, tied with “Mean Girls,” the musical adaptation of the popular 2004 movie, for the most nods when this year’s Tony nominations were announced this morning.

“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical” and “Mean Girls” earned nominations in 12 categories each. Both are nominated for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical and Best Score.