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2009/10/28 New York, New York: iheartradio secret show, more | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:35:00 GMT

* Reminder: Go to AskWeezer.com and send Weezer your questions for the unique Twitter Interview to be conducted on 11/10!!!

Weezer's NEW VIDEO for "(If you're wondering if I want you to), I want you to", exclusively on Babelgum.com!

...Well the NYC craziness continues! Today Rivers went down to Billboard Magazine to do a photo shoot with Jermaine Dupri, for the cover of Billboard, which will be out 11/13. Victory! Then the whole gang reconviened at the PC Richard and Son theatre on Avenue Of The Americas near Canal St., for the Stripped / iheartradio secret show, which went down exclusively to a small audience of contest winners. After some interiviews and photoshoots with iheartradio, I had the pleasure of introducing the guys onstage. Todays set started acousticly like yesterday, with classical accompniment on a special cover of Coldplay's "Vida La Vida". Then the classical players were thanked and in came the rest of the band for the electrical portion of the short but very energetic and fun set.

Note you can check out the show starting Thursday 10/29 on the I Heart Radio iPhone/Blackberry app. More will be added in a week or two. Also you can check out more photos and videos from the show on iheartradio.com.

...Heres two articles on what Rivers was up to on Sunday before he flew to New York: Band Hero commercial shoot, in the style of Risky Business!

...Weezer will be on FUSE Distortion next week! The premiere is FRIDAY 11/6 @ 3pm, the repeat is Saturday 11/7 @ 2am.

...Weezer's recent performance on Jimmy Kimmel will air on November 23rd.

Upcoming tour dates:
12/1 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
12/3 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
12/5 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Center
12/7 – Boston, MA – Agganis Arena
12/9 – Washington DC – Patriot Center
12/10 – Philadelphia, PA – Susquehanna Center

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2009/10/27 New York, New York: Letterman, Sirius XM, more | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:12:00 GMT

...First off, many mysteries about the many variations of Raditude preorders are now clarified and organized here: http://www.weezer.com/raditude/

...Special Note to NYC fans who want to try to get into Letterman when weezer is there! the show tapings are/were MONDAY 10/26 and THURSDAY 10/29. the Monday taping will air Friday, while Thursday = Thursday. Ergo, no Weezer actually at Letterman on Friday.

Weezer's NEW VIDEO for "(If you're wondering if I want you to), I want you to", exclusively on Babelgum.com!

...Well its been a hell of a busy week so far here in NYC! We flew into town Sunday, although Rivers came early Monday on a red eye due to filming a commercial in L.A. (youll see, soon enough). Monday we went to Letterman in the morning and the band rehearsed with Paul Schaefer and his gang. Then in the afternoon, we returned to the Ed Sullivan Theater to actually tape the show, which will air this coming Friday as the Haloween episode. Some good suprises in store for ya!

Then we went to a rehearsal space in midtown near the Hudson so the band and some special guests could rehearse the acoustic sets for the Sirius XM show on Tuesday, and the Stripped performance on Wednesday.

Tuesday (today) came and we went down to the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square, for the Sirius XM "Artist Confidential" show which went out live to air on satellite radio. Rivers opened the set with a special cover of the Killers' "Human" with accompanying piano, cello and violin players as well as our MD Jim on lite touch drums. Then the rest of the band came out for the rest of the set of weezer songs. Inbetween the performances, the band was interviewed by the Siruis XM Artist Confidential host Lou Brutus, who asked the tough questions that people want to know about.

Then Rivers went down to the Fuse TV studio to tape a segment for their alternative show. Not sure when that airs but should be soon. Everything is happening all at once!

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2009/10/24 Los Angeles, CA: The Hollywood Palladium | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:51:00 GMT

**Special Note to NYC fans who want to try to get into Letterman when weezer is there! the show tapings are MONDAY 10/26 and THURSDAY 10/29. the Monday taping will air Friday, while Thursday = Thursday.

Weezer's NEW VIDEO for "(If you're wondering if I want you to), I want you to", exclusively on Babelgum.com!

...Tonight was one for the history books, as Weezer and Wax shared the stage for the first time in 16 years. Weezer and Wax came up in L.A. at about the same time, but Wax barreled out of the gate, securing a loyal fanbase immediately with their high energy shows and great vibe, while Weezer thrashed about getting its act together, fighting for an audience and swimming against the tide of the LA club scene, which at the time was still mostly leftover Sunset Strip glam metal weirdness and jammed out funkiness. Weezer and Wax shared a lot of history before the two bands even existed, sharing members in prior bands, and so everybody was rooting for each other to do well. Wax became the band to beat, and Weezer took real inspiration from their showmanship and work ethic. When Wax got signed in '92, it was a milestone, the first band we personally knew to do this - proving it was possible.

Fast forward a few years and Weezer had followed suit, starting the long saga that continues today. Meanwhile Wax put out 2 fine albums and had an Mtv hit with their "Southern California" video by Spike Jonze - the infamous "man on fire" video. But about a year after that, Wax seemed to have had their plug pulled and they stopped touring.

Fast forward many more years, and we know what happened to Weezer. But meanwhile the members of Wax had gone on to do a bunch of various things. Joe Sib was in 22 Jacks and then became a SoCal radio personality. Dave "Burdie Cutlass" Georgeff started the sweet rock band Sign Of The Fox which is still going today. Tom "Soda" Gardocki has helmed several great bands including Soda and His Million Piece Band. And Loomis found himself an indispensable member of the Jackass family - whose founding member Johnny Knoxville - or P.J. Clapp The Knoxville Strongarm as we all knew him back in '93 - came up and introduced Wax tonight. 2009 has brought a long awaited Wax reunion, and happily a Weezer/Wax show again at long last. A lot has changed, but its great to know some things can still be experienced, pretty much as they once were. (ok, so theres a trampoline and Chamillionaire, but its still Weezer, dammit!)

Yes, I said Chamillionaire, of "Ridin Dirty" fame, who came out during "Can't Stop Partying" and laid down some wicked rapping of his own, making a unique version of the song instead of copying Lil' Waynes part from the album version. This was a reprisal of his efforts at the recent AOL Sessions, but as those havent been aired yet, it was technically the world wide debut of Weezer with Chamillionaire. It was a sight to see!

Also reprising her guest role from Kimmel and AOL was Sara Bareilles, who did the duet thing with Rivers on "(If you're wondering if i want you to), i want you to", to great effect both sonically and visually.

The whole show was kind of magical - theres something about the Palladium - it does have some bad spots acoustically, even post renovations, but the vibe of the room is just stellar for a great rock show - which in this writer's opinion, it was.

...first some Wax pix:

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...and then Weezer:

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ALSO check out more photos from the show - these from O, and these from MishMashMagazine.com courtesy M'Lou!

2009/10/23 Weez rocks the Jimmy Kimmel Show | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:46:00 GMT

Remember to check out Weezer's NEW VIDEO for "(If you're wondering if I want you to), I want you to", exclusively on Babelgum.com!

...today in Hollywood CA, Weezer took the outdoor stage after the regular show's taping for a 5 song set, split between songs destined for airtime, and songs just for the kids in the parking lot to rock out to. The Weezer performance was taped today but will not air till sometime later, in November. We are waiting on the exact airdate.

The show that taped tonight (fyi) had Terry Bradshaw and Catherine Keener as guests, but Quentin Tarantino came down to the show to check out the weez, so in the spirit of doing the right thing, he escorted Catherine onto her show appearance and was a most welcome bonus guest at her side. The musical guest was Echo and the Bunnymen, who did their set indoors on the El Capitan's lobby stage down the hall from the Kimmel set. They were great.

But then came the additional musical guest, Weezer, outside in the back Kimmel parking lot on the big stage. The guys had prepared a special version of their current single "(If you're wondering if I want you to), I want you to", with Sara Bareilles doing a duet with Rivers as they traded off verses and harmonized on the rest. Sharp eyed fans may have noted an additional guitar player beyone Brian and Pat on stage for that song. That was Jim, who has been helping the guys get organized musically for the upcoming tour and in the meantime helping out here and there on guitar where needed. He is not a new band member, but in the upcoming shows he or other guitar players may guest on the occasional song depending on whats needed. All in the spirit of collaboration and mixing it up a bit.

The rock was handed down, with the fans in the parking lot as well as Quentin T. on the VIP couch soaking it in and having a ball. Next stop: The Hollywood Palladium, tomorrow night! And then to NYC!

...meanwhile heres some info on what happened yesterday, as the band taped their 3rd AOL Sessions with Sara Bareilles, Kenny G, and Chamillionaire! Dont miss the picture gallery! (these new AOL Sessions will be made available TBD)

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2009/10/23 NYC iheartradio secret show + L.A. area signings! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:48:00 GMT

iheartradio is giving 200 of the biggest Weezer fans a chance to see them perform in NYC’s most exclusive venue on 10.28. In the tri-state area? Want to go? Simply enter to win at this link. Transportation not included.

SoCal Weezer fans - COME MEET WEEZER!!!!
WEEZER WILL BE SIGNING COPIES OF THEIR LATEST RELEASE “RADITUDE” AT THESE LOCATIONS!!!
(limited space available)

11/5 at 7pm
Hot Topic
Hollywood & Highland
6801 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028-6144
(323) 462-2590
** PASS DISTRIBUTION WILL BEGIN ON 11/3 AT HOT TOPIC HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND LOCATION ON 11/3/09**

11/6 at 6pm
Tilly’s
81 Fortune Dr # 133
Irvine, CA 92618-3083
(949) 788-0781
** PASS DISTRIBUTION WILL BEGIN ON 11/3 AT TILLY’S IRVINE, CA LOCATION ON 11/3/09**

11/7 at 7pm
Best Buy
13017 Peyton DR
Chino Hills, CA
(909) 591-3076
** PASS DISTRIBUTION WILL BEGIN ON 11/3 AT BEST BUY CHINO HILLS,CA LOCATION ON 11/3/09**

2009/10/21 San Francisco: Regency Ballroom: Myspace Free Show | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:10:00 GMT

Check out Weezer's NEW VIDEO for "(If you're wondering if I want you to), I want you to", exclusively on Babelgum.com! Note that Babelgum's weezer page has a ton of related features too, like interviews with Rivers and director Marc Webb, behind the scenes at the video shoot, and more! Be sure to click on the "Teaser" clips, which have now been expanded to include yours truly's action packed 'webisode style' version of the video!

...be sure to check out music.aol.com FRIDAY 10/23 for a special announcement! Weezer - the band who hunkers down and then comes out to blitz you with new stuff!

...San Francisco: The Regency Ballroom - Myspace put on quite an event this night, organizing things to fall in place just right for the fans and band. The Regency Ballroom is a great venue, that perfect mid-size for sweaty rock madness. Being a free show, the line to get in formed real early, at about 6 AM according to those first in line. Apparently the tenderloin district isnt too fun to camp out in overnight, so i dont blame the peeps for playing it safe. Meanwhile, weezer had some business to take care of down in LA that day, and multi-tasker Josh Freese was just getting off of another gig that afternoon, so the only realistic solution for getting up to the show in time to make a soundcheck was chartering a G-4 private jet. Yes, weezer is all about practicality, but with pizazz! In any event, it was real sweet snacking on cheese and crackers at 650 mph, making it from LA to SF in 45 minutes! And then the rock began. Openers Natalie Portman's Shaved Head rocked strong, setting the stage (literally) for the Weez attack. 3 Raditude songs in the set tonight along with the usual mix of old and recent and some cover action. The energy was big tonight, things got smashed, splintered and squashed!

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Tour dates for Weezer; more to be announced:

10/24 – Los Angeles, CA – Palladium (opening act: Wax!)
10/31 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom
12/1 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
12/3 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
12/5 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Center
12/7 – Boston, MA – Agganis Arena
12/9 – Washington DC – Patriot Center
12/10 – Philadelphia, PA – Susquehanna Center

2009/10/20 Tour Dates! Letterman! Video! Snuggies! Jigga Wha? | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:15:00 GMT

...Folks, feast your eyes on this here weezer info attack!

WEEZER’S NEW VIDEO FOR “(IF YOU’RE WONDERING IF I WANT YOU TO) I WANT YOU TO” PREMIERES TODAY ON BABELGUM

TWO BACK-TO-BACK PERFORMANCES ON THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, OCTOBER 29TH AND 30TH

BAND ANNOUNCES FIRST TOUR DATES IN SUPPORT OF RADITUDE

Weezer, 2008 Grammy Award Winners for best music video, will premiere their video for “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To,” the first single off of their latest release Raditude, on October 20th. The video will be available exclusively on Babelgum for one week. It features actress Odette Yustman (“Cloverfield”) as the gorgeous femme fatale who visits the sleepy town of Weezerville and throws the locals- played by duplicate versions of the band members- into chaos.

In addition to the video, fans will also be able to watch behind-the-scenes footage and an interview with acclaimed director Marc Webb, whose credits include the beloved breakout film “500 Days Of Summer” and music videos for My Chemical Romance, Regina Spektor and Green Day. This isn’t Webb’s first experience working with Weezer; he directed the band’s video for “Perfect Situation” which featured actress Elisha Cuthbert.

In support of Raditude, Weezer announces a string of tour dates, kicking off October 24th at the Palladium in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles and New York City shows have already sold out. Tickets for the remaining dates go on sale next week. On October 29th and 30th, Weezer will appear for back-to-back performances on The Late Show With David Letterman. Weezer releases Raditude on November 3rd. On the same day, they will introduce the Weezer Snuggie, the band’s personalized version of the now-famous blanket with sleeves.

Tour dates for Weezer; more to be announced:

10/24 – Los Angeles, CA – Palladium (opening act: Wax!)
10/31 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom
12/1 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
12/3 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
12/5 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Center
12/7 – Boston, MA – Agganis Arena
12/9 – Baltimore, MD – UMBC Fieldhouse
12/10 – Philadelphia, PA – Susquehanna Center

...Other info:

...SF peeps may be asking "when is it ok to line up for the Myspace show on Wednesday (tomorrow)?" The answer is: First thing tomorrow, or if you are feeling frisky, go for it late tonight! Stay safe, bring marshmellows!

...Rivers Cuomo interview with musicradar.com - re: Pinkerton deluxe and more.

...98.7's got something going on - note the only info we got right now is what their announcement says.

..."In the Time Magazine 2010 almanac on p. 97 within an article called "Play that Funky Music" there is a discussion about the video game Guitar Hero. 'Five colored buttons on the "neck" of the guitar are used together with the "strum" button to play along with songs by bands such as the Rolling Stones and Weezer.' There it is, Weezer and the Rolling Stones in the same breath."
-Thomas L. Bell
Professor Emeritus
Department of Geography
University of Tennessee

...Today's pic is of a future rocker named Rivers Jonas Wade.

2009/10/20 Jimmy Kimmel Show Ticket alert! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:17:00 GMT

Folks, Weezer will be playing a mini concert at the Jimmy Kimmel show taping this coming Friday 10/23 (note - episode will not air on TV till a later date TBA), and Jimmy has put up a link to get tickets to see the performance taping in Hollywood - here it is - get 'em while they last!

...todays photo by and of 'good ol' Liam Sawyers with his trusty woodwork.

2009/10/19 Myspace Presents a free Weezer show in San Francisco! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:04:00 GMT

**show is Wednesday 10/21**

MySpace Secret Shows
is very pleased to present

WEEZER

With Special Guests

Natalie Portman's

Shaved Head

* * *

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CITI FORWARD BY MYSPACE

Wednesday

October 21, 2009

FREE! ALL AGES!

Doors @ 7:00 PM

DETAILS BELOW

@ The Regency Ballroom

1290 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94109

415-673-5716

PLEASE NOTE: This show is first come, first served.
So get there early and stay in line.

Also, over the next year if you are one of the first 20 people with the new Citi Forward by MySpace card, you will automatically be able to skip the line.

You can learn more about the card by clicking here.

Click above to order "Raditude"

Add Secret Shows to your top friends

2009/10/18 Bay area warning! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:33:00 GMT

...People, keep an eye peeled on weezer.com & affiliated sites for a special announcement coming Monday morning! Bay area fans, you'll want to take note!

2009/10/15 "I Want You To" video teasers! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:12:00 GMT

***REMINDER 10/16! I strongly urge you folks to go see Spike Jonze's "Where The Wild Things Are", which has opened today!

...Folks, the video for "(If you're wondering if I want you to), I want you to" is coming shortly around the bend! Here's some sweet teaser clips!

...Check out this new video interview with Rivers on Buzznet! Its the first in a series of installments to come there.

2009/10/14 Limited Edition 7" with Raditude preorder! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:41:00 GMT

...people, here be a special news flash to tell you about this:

FREE LIMITED EDITION YELLOW 7 INCH SINGLE!

CLICK BELOW AND PRE-ORDER WEEZER's LATEST RELEASE "RADITUDE" AND YOU WILL RECEIVE A LIMITED EDITION (YELLOW COLORED) 7 INCH SINGLE OF "I WANT YOU TO", WITH A NON ALBUM TRACK B-SIDE ENTITLED "I WOKE UP IN LOVE THIS MORNING"! **Limited quantities available**

via SMARTPUNK: CD or Deluxe 2 CD set or Vinyl

via INSOUND: CD or Deluxe 2 CD set or Vinyl

via INTERPUNK: CD or Deluxe 2 CD set

*** SPECIAL NOTE: a full list of the various forthcoming Raditute formats, ordering options and tracklist variations will follow in this space asap. Theres a LOT of info and we aim to get it organized for ya.

...todays weezer truck courtesy of high speed photographer Mike H.

2009/10/12 Raditude iTunes Pass, Twitter interview, More! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:22:00 GMT

Raditude out 11/3 - Sidney sez click cover to see me bigger!
...now class, listen up, we've got a lot to go over here. First off - "Raditude" comes out NOVEMBER 3, but theres a way to start getting it now, as well as a TON of exclusive bonus stuff on top of it - via ordering the Weezer iTunes Pass! Fans who purchase the WEEZER iTunes Pass ($19.99) will receive a variety of content beginning on October 13th with a cover of The Clash’s “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” and continuing in weekly installments until November 24th. The WEEZER iTunes Pass includes a deluxe version of the band’s new album Raditude plus exclusive additional tracks, live recordings, remixes, behind-the-scenes video footage and the music video for single “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To.” You can also do a preorder of the regular album on iTunes, which gets you 2 exclusive bonus tracks too (delivered digitally Nov 3).

...Don't miss the trendsetting Twitter Weezer Inverview - Now up at www.askweezer.com! Go there and send in your questions NOW!

...Weezer Snuggies now available in the store! Dont miss the preorder specials! More to come!

...heres a video of Kevin Smith (Clerks, Mallrats, etc!) talking about a rejected video treatment he did for weezer back in 2002. (It was for 'Keep Fishin' - He was edged out by the Muppets)

...The video for "(If you're wondering if I want you to), I want you to", is nearly ready for the world! Saw a rough cut the other day, it really looks awesome! And note that TOMORROW, Wed 14th, on Mtv, you can see the behind the scenes set visit of the shoot!
Wed 10/14- 4:05am, 5:40am, 7:10am

...Reminder: Tap Tap Revenge 3 ihas now launched, with Weezer music! We've teamed up with Tapulous to bring you the best music-gaming experience of your life. You can listen to Weezer music and play it on the newest game - Tap Tap Revenge 3! Tap along with your favorite songs! The all new Tap Tap Revenge 3 features enhanced gameplay, custom themes, and over 100 free songs! Challenge your friends, or anyone around the world through the online gaming arena with bombs and weapons, customizable avatars, integrated chat and even more new features. Now on iTunes.

A great Halloweezer video from the fans at allthingsweezer.com...

...Rivers interview with Triple J Australian radio in this podcast - Rivers part starts at 22:30.

...Interview with Flaming Lips producer/Mercury Rev member Dave Fridman (who was one of the engineers on Pinkerton) in this podcast - he is asked about his work on Pinkerton starting at about 8 minutes in. The whole podcast is really interesting.

...Reminder: Rivers talks about "Raditude" and his various attitudes with Pitchfork.

...todays picture courtesy of young weezer fan Jack Calde.

2009/10/06 Tap Tap Revenge 3 - Wax - Wild Things! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:01:00 GMT

...First of all, theres a new Tap Tap Revenge in town for the iPhone, Tap Tap Revenge 3! And there are 4 Weezer songs now available for it in the new Tap store, pick up 2 songs for $0.99.

...Rivers talks about "Raditude" and his various attitudes with Pitchfork. Read, think, know.

...Great news - Opening up for Weezer at the 10/24 Hollywood Palladum show will be none other than Wax! Wax has reunited for some historic shows after nearly 15 years, and it will be an amazing treat to see these guys in action, especially sharing the bill with Weezer again! Wax was a huge early inspiration for Weezer, who opened up for Wax at every opportunity back in the early days on the L.A. club circuit. Their energy, stage presence and the way they moved the crowd made Weezer straighten up and fly right on more than one occasion! So if you are going to the Palladium show, get there ON TIME or you will be missing out on the deadly Wax/Weezer combo, back again from 1993!

...Speaking of classic Weezer connections - Spike Jonze, who directed Weezer's "Undone", "Buddy Holly" and "Island In The Sun (second version)" videos, as well as the classic films "Being John Malkovich" and "Adaptation", is back again with "Where The Wild things Are", which comes out 10/16. But I had the chance to catch an early screening last night, and I had to say this - Spike NAILED it, this is a beautiful film that defies easy categorization and avoids easy summing up. I was expecting to at least enjoy myself because i do trust Spike's instincts, but by the time the kid had been in the wild land about 5 minutes i just went into a trance and totally bought what i was watching despite its clearly 'unreal' story and vibe. And the cool part is that despite it technically being a rather simple story about a kid who gets upset, runs away from home and learns some things about life, it doesn't lend itself to the usual cliches about imagination, learning how to cope, etc. i mean those things are part and parcel of the story, but not once did i feel Spike took the easy Hollywood way out, in fact it felt like he strongly resisted it to the end. Which, by the way, was genuinely sad yet happy at the same time. Bravo.

...The indaba "My Brain" Remix contest is over, and you can check out the results here - Be sure to listen to winner Sean McCabes electri-fried version of "My Brain Is Working Overtime"!

...The video for "(If you're wondering if I want you to), I want you to", is still being worked on but its getting closer! Stay tuned...

Raditude coming 11/3 - Sidney sez click cover to see me bigger!

***CURRENT SINGLE "(If you're wondering if I want you to), I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here!***

*** "RADIO WEEZER” - check it out! ***

2009/09/28 Halloweezer Concert Action | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:06:00 GMT

SoCal people: Weezer will be playing October 24th at The Palladium in Hollywood, CA! Presale is later this week, stay tuned for the details!

And New York people, stay tuned to radio station RXP for some special news!

...other stuff...

* A video has been shot for "(If you're wondering if I want you to), I want you to", this past weekend up in a tiny little town about 15 miles west of Castaic, CA. Currently its in the editing process.

* New Rivers interview with Mtv (w/ video), shot on location of the new video.

* Behind the barking - a radio special about Sidney the 'Raditude' cover star!

* Reminder: Video from the 9/21 Roxy secret show is now up on Guitar Hero 5 Fridays on Yahoo! Music.

* "Raditude"'s release date has been moved ahead one week to November 3rd.

Raditude coming 11/3 - Sidney sez click cover to see me bigger!
Raditude album tracklisting:

Standard album:
1. (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
2. I'm Your Daddy
3. The Girl Got Hot
4. Can't Stop Partying
5. Put Me Back Together
6. Trippin' Down The Freeway
7. Love Is the Answer
8. Let It All Hang Out
9. In The Mall
10. I Don't Want To Let You Go
(11. The Story Of My Life - iTunes bonus)
(12. Kids/Poker Face - iTunes pre-order bonus)

Deluxe also includes:
11. Get Me Some
12. Run Over By A Truck
13. The Prettiest Girl In the Whole Wide World
14. The Underdogs
(15. The Story Of My Life - iTunes bonus)
(16. Kids/Poker Face - iTunes pre-order bonus)

***CURRENT SINGLE "(If you're wondering if I want you to), I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here!***

2009/09/23 Time, Tacos, Torpidity | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:21:00 GMT

***UPDATE 9/25 - The 9/21 Roxy secret show video is NOW UP HERE, on Guitar Hero 5 Fridays on Yahoo! Music - check it out!***

...Well, you may have already noticed evidence of this elsewhere online, and it is official: "Raditude"'s release date has been moved ahead one week to November 3rd. There is a very specific timetable laid out for album releases and if any element misses a deadline even by a few hours, it throws the whole shebang ahead to the next week. Rarely does every little thing go exactly as planned, so here we are with a new release date. It happens. The good news is everything is looking solid from this point to the finish line.

...waiting on official word about the online presentation of the live secret show filmed at the Roxy on 9/21, presented by Guitar Hero 5 / Yahoo Music. Expecting it very soon.

...coming up shortly - video shoot!

***Special announcement - Shriner Big Rock Alert!
Scott is playing and singing in a special show this coming Saturday night (9/26) with an "all star band" including such luminaries as Duff McKagan from Gn'R and Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction. This rock show, taking place at The Roxy Theater on Sunset Blvd, is a benefit show for Scott Ford, a good friend of Scott's who is battling cancer. Tickets available from The Roxy. Onstage time is 11:30 pm. Support is Jason Heath and the Greedy Souls and there will be an auction of special items including a guitar from Gibson that will be signed by all the artists performing. All proceeds go to help Scott Ford's medical bills.

2009/09/21 Yahoo/Guitar Hero Secret Show: West Hollywood, CA: The Roxy | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:50:00 GMT

***Special announcement - Shriner Big Rock Alert!
Scott is playing and singing in a special show this coming Saturday night (9/26) with an "all star band" including such luminaries as Duff McKagan from Gn'R and Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction. This rock show, taking place at The Roxy Theater on Sunset Blvd, is a benefit show for Scott Ford, a good friend of Scott's who is battling cancer. Tickets available from The Roxy. Onstage time is 11:30 pm. Support is Jason Heath and the Greedy Souls and there will be an auction of special items including a guitar from Gibson that will be signed by all the artists performing. All proceeds go to help Scott Ford's medical bills.

...As for the Weezer show that just happened at that same Roxy Theater...
Well, the guest list was very small, and while thousands applied, only a few hundred could get in to this exclusive and secret show at the Roxy. The show was officially a taping for Yahoo! and Activision's Guitar Hero 5, the results of which will debut this coming Friday 9/25 on Yahoo!. So there were a pile of TV cameras filming the proceedings, and you can see what you may have missed soon.

The set was a compact version of the Bleezer show set, cut down to roughly half an hour. But the energy on stage and in the crowd was very high indeed! And a new song was slipped in, "I'm Your Daddy", which hadn't been heard live since the Korea and Japan festival shows back in July and the Saratoga Springs "unexpected headliner" show a few weeks back. Everything went great, although the ending of the show was unintentionally anti-climactic, as it was not made clear by the powers that be that the end of the show was really the end of the show, so chants for an encore went down as the proverbial Elvis had already left the building. But all was well that ended well, and there ain't nothing wrong with a free Weezer show at the Roxy during one's lunch break!

It's been a long time since Weezer played here. Back in summer 1993 they played the main stage (looks a lot smaller now!) and later in December '93 they played the upstairs "On The Rox" lounge, site of today's pre-show interview. Since then...? Like I said, it's been a loooong time...

(click on any photo for a full size version) The bottom row of photos is courtesy legendary SoCal punk/skate photog O, who loves himself some pit photo action! More at whatosaw.com.

...I did a pair of online interviews recently about various weez-ish subjects. One was with football365, here (registration required), and the other was with the new fansite weezercountry, here.

Upcoming album Raditude - Sidney sez click cover to see me bigger!
Raditude album tracklisting:

Standard album:
1. (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
2. I'm Your Daddy
3. The Girl Got Hot
4. Can't Stop Partying
5. Put Me Back Together
6. Trippin' Down The Freeway
7. Love Is the Answer
8. Let It All Hang Out
9. In The Mall
10. I Don't Want To Let You Go
(11. The Story Of My Life - iTunes bonus)
(12. Kids/Poker Face - iTunes pre-order bonus)

Deluxe also includes:
11. Get Me Some
12. Run Over By A Truck
13. The Prettiest Girl In the Whole Wide World
14. The Underdogs
(15. The Story Of My Life - iTunes bonus)
(16. Kids/Poker Face - iTunes pre-order bonus)

***NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here!***

*** "RADIO WEEZER” - check it out! ***

2009/09/20 Secret Show Update | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:59:00 GMT

Peoples, thank you for your immediate and enthusiastic response to the Yahoo! Music / Guitar Hero secret show on Monday September 21st in West Hollywood, CA! (If this info is news to you, it was an exclusive to the weezer mailing list, which is free to sign up for - same sign up as our fan community/message boards sign-up, top right of the home page). Here's the scoop as of Sunday:

- the winner list is full, any application emails sent in at this point will not be opened.

- the winners have all been notified at this point. If you have not been contacted yet, your application came in too late - better luck next time, and thanks for your interest!

- all the info the winners need to know about what to do, where to go and when, and what is expected of them during the shoot/performance has been sent to them in their winners notifications. No further details will be made avail on weezer.com or elsewhere. Winners - enjoy the show!!! Everyone else - thanks for trying, and stay tuned for more weezer concert plans down the road!

...Raditude in the Rolling Stone Fall Music Preview.

Upcoming album Raditude - Sidney sez click cover to see me bigger!
Raditude album tracklisting:

Standard album:
1. (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
2. I'm Your Daddy
3. The Girl Got Hot
4. Can't Stop Partying
5. Put Me Back Together
6. Trippin' Down The Freeway
7. Love Is the Answer
8. Let It All Hang Out
9. In The Mall
10. I Don't Want To Let You Go
(11. The Story Of My Life - iTunes bonus)
(12. Kids/Poker Face - iTunes pre-order bonus)

Deluxe also includes:
11. Get Me Some
12. Run Over By A Truck
13. The Prettiest Girl In the Whole Wide World
14. The Underdogs
(15. The Story Of My Life - iTunes bonus)
(16. Kids/Poker Face - iTunes pre-order bonus)

***NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here!***

*** "RADIO WEEZER” has launched, check it out! ***

2009/09/17 Bleezer Tour: Irvine: Verizon Wireless Meadows Ampitheater | Weezer | News

IGA — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Ok, first of all, heres the Raditude album tracklisting, hot off the press!

Standard album:
1. (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
2. I'm Your Daddy
3. The Girl Got Hot
4. Can't Stop Partying
5. Put Me Back Together
6. Trippin' Down The Freeway
7. Love Is the Answer
8. Let It All Hang Out
9. In The Mall
10. I Don't Want To Let You Go
(11. The Story Of My Life - iTunes bonus)
(12. Kids/Poker Face - iTunes pre-order bonus)

Deluxe also includes:
11. Get Me Some
12. Run Over By A Truck
13. The Prettiest Girl In the Whole Wide World
14. The Underdogs
(15. The Story Of My Life - iTunes bonus)
(16. Kids/Poker Face - iTunes pre-order bonus)

...Aaaaaand OK! Back to The Meadows, AKA the Verizon Wireless, AKA a big ol' rocking spread in the wilds of Orange County. Weezer was here not that long ago, for the KROQ weenie Roast, but we're back again, bigger and better, for the Bleezer tag team finale!

Verizon Wireless Ampitheater, more fondly remembered by its original name of Irvine Meadows provided the very dramatic setting for the last show of the tour. The gods of rock were not done challenging weezer, sending their final challenge at the beginning of the last Bleezer show. Rivers's wireless microphone was afflicted with a bad case of the radio frequency blues - basically meaning it didnt work. The wired backup mic provided an emergency substitute for several songs, but wired is simply not the way Rivers rolls these days, and a good man cannot be tied down by wires! Rivers pledged right then and there to the crowd that he would fight on and the gods of rock would not beat him down this day. And lo, they failed to squelch the weez! After a few songs of improvising the "on a leash" style, the wireless mic returned, healthy again, and the final Bleezer show marched on into the night. Thank you to Blink-182, Taking Back Sunday, and Chester French for a fun albeit all too breif ride!

Were you at this show? Post your stories here.

(click on any photo for a full size version) The bottom row of photos is courtesy legendary SoCal punk/skate photog O, who loves himself some pit photo action! More at www.whatosaw.com.

...heres a picture of the merch thats available on this tour, click it for full size:

Sidney sez click cover to see me bigger!

Weezer's upcoming 7th studio album "Raditude", starring Sidney the dog! Make your own cover remix featuring Sidney over on Spinner.com - AOL Music is now running a contest through next week - then you will be able to vote on their favorite Raditude Remix Cover - The winner will get a 12"x12" (LP sized) print of their winning cover autographed by the band!

***NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here!***

*** "RADIO WEEZER” has launched, check it out! ***

...Contest! Enter to win a signed gift bag from Weezer, All-American Rejects, Blink 182 and Chester French and receive a FREE Chester French MP3!

Enter to win 1 of 5 signed gift bags with signed stuff from Weezer, The All-American Rejects, Blink 182 and Chester French and receive a FREE Chester French MP3 immediately!

Each gift bag includes:

- signed Blink 182 poster
- signed Blink 182 “Greatest Hits” CD
- signed Rivers Cuomo lithograph
- a “Pork and Beans” 7”
- signed The All-American Rejects picture
- The All-American Rejects “AAR” necklace
- signed Chester French “Love The Future” Vinyl
- signed Chester French “Love The Future” CD

Click HERE to enter, good luck! For official sweepstakes rules go here.

...Jillian's Blog - Scott Shiner's wife Jillian is blogging about her experiences on this tour as a new mother and rock tour wife. Good stuff!

...Josh Freese's Twitter

...Twitter Search: Weezer - the power of the fans with the cams!

...Reminder: Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier? ***Debuted at #21 on 8/27! #1 most played on KROQ Los Angeles! Thanks to you!***

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/09/16 Bleezer Tour: San Diego: Cricket Ampitheater | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:49:00 GMT

...Back to San Diego, winner of the coveted Most Pleasant Climate (MPC) award in 9 out of the last 10 years. Tonight is a homecoming show for Blink who all reside in these here parts. Its been a real pleasure being on the Bleezer Tour, and this, the penultimate show of the team-up promises to be a corker. Corks will be corked. And it was cork-tastic! After Asher Roth's debut on the tour and another blistering Taking Back Sunday set, Weezer took the stage and a super high energy show was indeed had by all, with ukeleles and acoustic guitars biting the dust, giant fans being tossed around like toys, finger tapping supreme, and of course the trampoline of trouble. Rivers nearly did a faceplant at one point doing some of his random trampoline stunts, but he made it out basically unscathed due to his advanced tumbling training and jumped right back into the rock pool for more. It was more they wanted, and more they got But they wilted in the heat when weezer got hot. Then came the Blink homecoming show which was ttotally insane. Too much rock? Too much? No. There is no such thing.

Were you at this show? Post your stories here.

(click on any photo for a full size version)

...heres a picture of the merch thats available on this tour, click it for full size:

Sidney sez click cover to see me bigger!
Weezer's upcoming 7th studio album "Raditude", starring Sidney the dog! Make your own cover remix featuring Sidney over on Spinner.com - AOL Music is now running a contest through next week - then you will be able to vote on their favorite Raditude Remix Cover - The winner will get a 12"x12" (LP sized) print of their winning cover autographed by the band!

***NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here!***

*** "RADIO WEEZER” has launched, check it out! ***

...Contest! Enter to win a signed gift bag from Weezer, All-American Rejects, Blink 182 and Chester French and receive a FREE Chester French MP3! Enter to win 1 of 5 signed gift bags with signed stuff from Weezer, The All-American Rejects, Blink 182 and Chester French and receive a FREE Chester French MP3 immediately! Each gift bag includes: - signed Blink 182 poster - signed Blink 182 “Greatest Hits” CD - signed Rivers Cuomo lithograph - a “Pork and Beans” 7” - signed The All-American Rejects picture - The All-American Rejects “AAR” necklace - signed Chester French “Love The Future” Vinyl - signed Chester French “Love The Future” CD Click HERE to enter, good luck! For official sweepstakes rules go here. Click HERE to enter, good luck! For official sweepstakes rules go here. .

...Reminder - Now here's a wicked Weezer cover experience you ought not miss if in the LA Area: Ryen and Jose from Ozma will be playing a show covering all of Weezer's 'Pinkerton' (and more) as "Across The Crabs - A Real Celebration of Pinkerton feat. members of OZMA & Teaneck".
Friday, Oct 02, 2009 8:30 PM PDT (8:00 PM Doors)
at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood, CA - $10 advance tix here.

...Reminder - ok so this guy is doing his grad school thesis on Guitar Hero and RockBand. If you play these games, take a minute to take his survey! While Weezer has been featured in GH 3 & 5, and RB 1 & 2, you can be a player any version of either game or both to help out with the survey. By taking it, you could win one of the many prizes he's lined up, such as GH5, RB the Beatles, or gift cards to iTunes, Amazon, and MusiciansFriend.

..Jillian's Blog - Scott Shiner's wife Jillian is blogging about her experiences on this tour as a new mother and rock tour wife. Good stuff!

...Josh Freese's Twitter

...Twitter Search: Weezer - the power of the fans with the cams!

...Reminder: Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier? ***Debuted at #21 on 8/27! #1 most played on KROQ Los Angeles! Thanks to you!***

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/09/15 Weezer Live Official Bootleg Series! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:11:00 GMT

People, Weezer is happy to annouce the start of their Live Official Bootleg series! The 8/27/09 Camden show is now available for purchase in a variety of formats, and more shows from the current tour will be added in the coming days as the live audio is made ready from the shows! Keep an eye on our new Live page for the latest! Next up is Washington DC, then Denver and Kansas City.

Weezer has been wanting to do this for the fans for years, but its not been possible till now. Thousands of requests have poured in over the years from fans who want to re-live the show they attended, in high quality, or hear the show they couldnt make it to. Now, finally its happening - fans have three ways to purchase the official bootlegs, so they can continue to enjoy them for years to come. A digital-only option includes exclusive hi-res pictures from the show, a physical option includes a download and digital pictures, and a physical with tour t-shirt option also includes digital download and pictures. Each Live album will have unique cover art and the exclusive set of photos were taken by me, Karl - all are never before seen and exclusive to the Live CD from that show.

Some other items -

...Some Weezer mentions and mini-reviews in the current Rolling Stone (Oct 1 issue).

...Pork And Beans was chosen as the 3rd best video of the 2000s as picked by Pitchfork.com.

...No release date yet, but the blurb on this Muppet Website is true - Weezer covers "Rainbow Connection" on next year's "Muppets Remastered" album.

...Another good Pat n' Josh interview up on 107.7 The End Seattle.

...Authentic '01 vintage guitar signed by a Green Album era Weezer on auction here.

...Now here's a wicked Weezer cover experience you ought not miss if in the LA Area: Ryen and Jose from Ozma will be playing a show covering all of Weezer's 'Pinkerton' (and more) as "Across The Crabs - A Real Celebration of Pinkerton feat. members of OZMA & Teaneck".
Friday, Oct 02, 2009 8:30 PM PDT (8:00 PM Doors)
at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood, CA - $10 advance tix here.

...ok so this guy is doing his grad school thesis on Guitar Hero and RockBand. If you play these games, take a minute to take his survey! While Weezer has been featured in GH 3 & 5, and RB 1 & 2, you can be a player any version of either game or both to help out with the survey. By taking it, you could win one of the many prizes he's lined up, such as GH5, RB the Beatles, or gift cards to iTunes, Amazon, and MusiciansFriend.

Sidney sez click cover to see me bigger! Weezer's upcoming 7th studio album "Raditude", starring Sidney the dog! Make your own cover remix featuring Sidney over on Spinner.com - AOL Music is now running a contest through next week - then you will be able to vote on their favorite Raditude Remix Cover - The winner will get a 12"x12" (LP sized) print of their winning cover autographed by the band!

***NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here!***

*** "RADIO WEEZER” has launched, check it out! ***

...Contest! Enter to win a signed gift bag from Weezer, All-American Rejects, Blink 182 and Chester French and receive a FREE Chester French MP3!

Enter to win 1 of 5 signed gift bags with signed stuff from Weezer, The All-American Rejects, Blink 182 and Chester French and receive a FREE Chester French MP3 immediately!

Each gift bag includes:

- signed Blink 182 poster
- signed Blink 182 “Greatest Hits” CD
- signed Rivers Cuomo lithograph
- a “Pork and Beans” 7”
- signed The All-American Rejects picture
- The All-American Rejects “AAR” necklace
- signed Chester French “Love The Future” Vinyl
- signed Chester French “Love The Future” CD

Click HERE to enter, good luck! For official sweepstakes rules go here.

...Jillian's Blog - Scott Shiner's wife Jillian is blogging about her experiences on this tour as a new mother and rock tour wife. Good stuff!

...Josh Freese's Twitter

...Twitter Search: Weezer - the power of the fans with the cams!

...Reminder: Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier? ***Debuted at #21 on 8/27! #1 most played on KROQ Los Angeles! Thanks to you!***

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/09/13 Bleezer Tour: San Francisco / Bay Area, CA: Shoreline Ampitheater | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:03:00 GMT

Sidney sez click cover to see me bigger!
Weezer's upcoming 7th studio album "Raditude", starring Sidney the dog! Make your own cover remix featuring Sidney over on Spinner.com - AOL Music is now running a contest through next week - then you will be able to vote on their favorite Raditude Remix Cover - The winner will get a 12"x12" (LP sized) print of their winning cover autographed by the band!

***NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here!***

*** "RADIO WEEZER” has launched, check it out! ***

...Rain! Back to sunny Cali and its a rainy damp evening here in Mountain View. But will that slow the rock train down? I think not. If anything the drama of the intense weather just kicked things up a notch. The fully seated Shoreline is a beautiful venue, but of course the lack of GA pit means that you dont get that sweaty crush of fans in the front. You sort of have to generate the energy organically, which Weezer has become a specialist at. The people with seats stood and raised a fist and shouted loud, and if they thought the tent overhang would sheild their pricier seats from the rain, they were only partly right, as Rivers's water bottle showers gave them a taste of the elements! Tonight was the last night with Chester French, who have been starting these shows off with a dynamite power rock set, setting the mood and shaking the booty. Any band who can bust out with "Forgot About Dre" AND "I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight" in th esame set is worthy of attention! Great guys too, we wish them well. Their slot will be filled by Asher Roth in upcoming shows, whereas the mighty Taking Back Sunday emains in their spot in the line up. Of course after the next two shows, Weezer will be bowing out of the Bleezer. Its been a really fun ride so far!

Were you at this show? Post your stories here.

(click on any photo for a full size version)

...heres a picture of the merch thats available on this tour, click it for full size:
...Contest! Enter to win a signed gift bag from Weezer, All-American Rejects, Blink 182 and Chester French and receive a FREE Chester French MP3!

Enter to win 1 of 5 signed gift bags with signed stuff from Weezer, The All-American Rejects, Blink 182 and Chester French and receive a FREE Chester French MP3 immediately!

Each gift bag includes:

- signed Blink 182 poster
- signed Blink 182 “Greatest Hits” CD
- signed Rivers Cuomo lithograph
- a “Pork and Beans” 7”
- signed The All-American Rejects picture
- The All-American Rejects “AAR” necklace
- signed Chester French “Love The Future” Vinyl
- signed Chester French “Love The Future” CD

Click HERE to enter, good luck! For official sweepstakes rules go here.

...Jillian's Blog - Scott Shiner's wife Jillian is blogging about her experiences on this tour as a new mother and rock tour wife. Good stuff!

...Josh Freese's Twitter

...Twitter Search: Weezer - the power of the fans with the cams!

...Reminder: Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier? ***Debuted at #21 on 8/27! #1 most played on KROQ Los Angeles! Thanks to you!***

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/09/12 Bleezer Tour: Sacramento (sorta), CA: Sleep Train Ampitheater | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:08:00 GMT

Weezer's upcoming 7th studio album "Raditude", starring Sidney the dog! Make your own cover remix featuring Sidney over on Spinner.com - AOL Music is now running a contest through next week - then you will be able to vote on their favorite Raditude Remix Cover - The winner will get a 12"x12" (LP sized) print of their winning cover autographed by the band!

*** NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here! ***

*** "RADIO WEEZER” has launched, check it out! ***

...After a crazy blast of thunderstorms in San Francisco last night, the dawn broke clear and we headed out to the deepest hinterlands of the North East Sacramento-ish Rural Non-Affiliated Sector, where they put this Sleep Train Ampitheater for no clear reason. But we are here now, and many fans are too, presumably from Sacto, Davis, etc. Rock Time Is Now. Rock Time was good! Despite its odd location, Sleep train sounds very good and the people and weezer were having a good time. Another ukelele bites the dust - such is the toll exacted by the forces of rock, and roll.

Were you at this show? Post your stories here.

(click on any photo for a full size version)
...heres a picture of the merch thats available on this tour, click it for full size:

...New Contest! Enter to win a signed gift bag from Weezer, All-American Rejects, Blink 182 and Chester French and receive a FREE Chester French MP3! Enter to win 1 of 5 signed gift bags with signed stuff from Weezer, The All-American Rejects, Blink 182 and Chester French and receive a FREE Chester French MP3 immediately! Each gift bag includes: - signed Blink 182 poster - signed Blink 182 “Greatest Hits” CD - signed Rivers Cuomo lithograph - a “Pork and Beans” 7” - signed The All-American Rejects picture - The All-American Rejects “AAR” necklace - signed Chester French “Love The Future” Vinyl - signed Chester French “Love The Future” CD Click HERE to enter, good luck! For official sweepstakes rules go here.

...Jillian's Blog - Scott Shiner's wife Jillian is blogging about her experiences on this tour as a new mother and rock tour wife. Good stuff!

...Josh Freese's Twitter

...Twitter Search: Weezer - the power of the fans with the cams!

...Reminder: Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier? ***Debuted at #21 on 8/27! #1 most played on KROQ Los Angeles! Thanks to you!***

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/09/11 Raditude Cover! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:26:00 GMT

...There it is y'all, the cover of Weezer's upcoming 7th studio album "Raditude". Starring Sidney the dog! And you are invited to do a cover remix featuring Sidney over on Spinner.com, where your submissions are being posted by the dozens right now! Keep submitting your Raditude covers to Spinner.com - Anything goes so long as its got Sidney! AOL Music is now running a contest through next week - then you will be able to vote on their favorite Raditude Remix Cover - The winner will get a 12"x12" (LP sized) print of their winning cover autographed by the band!

*** NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here! ***

*** "RADIO WEEZER” has launched, check it out! ***

+++ 8 years on from 9/11/01 - let's take a moment to think of those we lost that day +++

2009/09/10 Bleezer Tour: Seattle (Auburn) WA: White River Ampitheatre | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:41:00 GMT

...RADITUDE ALERT - keep an eye on aol.com in the coming days for the first look at the cover of the new Weezer album "Raditude", due out on 10/27! Hot off the presses!

*** NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here! ***

*** "RADIO WEEZER” has launched, check it out! ***

...hey folks - after a long van ride to somewhere way the hell outside of Seattle, the White River Ampitheatre is now at hand. The time for resting is over. The time for rocking has arrived. I think this is the first show on the tour to take place on an Indian reservation. Although it pretty much looked and felt like most of the other ampitheatres on the tour so far. Well, there are very few large outdoor places to play in Seattle itself, so the children must trek out to the hinterlands for the Bleezer action. It's either here or an even longer drive out to the Gorge I suppose.

More crowd action than in Denver tonight, as the classic West coast vibe heats up. The Weezer machine is well oiled as we hit this last stretch of the tour, and its great to see and hear the guys sounding so fresh and so clean.

Were you at this show? Post your show stories here.

(click on any photo for a full size version)

...heres a picture of the merch thats available on this tour, click it for full size:

...New Contest! Enter to win a signed gift bag from Weezer, All-American Rejects, Blink 182 and Chester French and receive a FREE Chester French MP3!

Enter to win 1 of 5 signed gift bags with signed stuff from Weezer, The All-American Rejects, Blink 182 and Chester French and receive a FREE Chester French MP3 immediately!

Each gift bag includes:

- signed Blink 182 poster
- signed Blink 182 “Greatest Hits” CD
- signed Rivers Cuomo lithograph
- a “Pork and Beans” 7”
- signed The All-American Rejects picture
- The All-American Rejects “AAR” necklace
- signed Chester French “Love The Future” Vinyl
- signed Chester French “Love The Future” CD

Click HERE to enter, good luck! For official sweepstakes rules go here.

...Jillian's Blog - Scott Shiner's wife Jillian is blogging about her experiences on this tour as a new mother and rock tour wife. Good stuff!

...Josh Freese's Twitter

...Twitter Search: Weezer - the power of the fans with the cams!

...Reminder: Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier? ***Debuted at #21 on 8/27! #1 most played on KROQ Los Angeles! Thanks to you!***

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/09/09 The Perfect Foreshadowers | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:36:00 GMT

2009/09/06 Bleezer Tour: Denver, CO: Fiddlers Green Ampitheater | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:07:00 GMT

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*** "RADIO WEEZER” has launched, check it out! ***

...After a day off to acclimate to the mile high altitude, Weezer is ready for Denver. Is Denver ready for Weezer? I think Denver is always ready for Weezer, in their own particular smoothed out way. Unlike at leat 85% of all past Weezer Denver shows, this one was NOT at the Ogden Theater. Always feels a little funny to be doing Denver but not be there. For years Weezer didnt even know there was another place one could play here, because they never were booked at another place. Ah, but there are many places to play here of course, including the mighty Red Rocks and the Fiddlers Green of course. The contrast between the utter abandon of the Kansas City crowd and the more relaxed Denverites was pretty sharp, but the good rock spirit and mass singalongs were still there as always.

Earlier today Pat and Josh went to Channel 93.3, the alt rock station in Denver, to do a radio take over, 80's and 90's throwback style with the honorable DJ Nick Cage. It got pretty goofy in there to say the least! But the talk was tight and the tunes were strong (when the guys werent telling tales and getting weird), Nu Shooz? Yes. Devo? Yes. Pumpkins? Yes. Catherine Wheel? Yes. The Sundays? Yes.

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...heres a picture of the merch thats available on this tour, click it for full size:

...New Contest! Enter to win a signed gift bag from Weezer, All-American Rejects, Blink 182 and Chester French and receive a FREE Chester French MP3!

Enter to win 1 of 5 signed gift bags with signed stuff from Weezer, The All-American Rejects, Blink 182 and Chester French and receive a FREE Chester French MP3 immediately!

Each gift bag includes:

- signed Blink 182 poster
- signed Blink 182 “Greatest Hits” CD
- signed Rivers Cuomo lithograph
- a “Pork and Beans” 7”
- signed The All-American Rejects picture
- The All-American Rejects “AAR” necklace
- signed Chester French “Love The Future” Vinyl
- signed Chester French “Love The Future” CD

Click HERE to enter, good luck! For official sweepstakes rules go here.

...Jillian's Blog - Scott Shiner's wife Jillian is blogging about her experiences on this tour as a new mother and rock tour wife. Good stuff!

...Josh Freese's Twitter

...Twitter Search: Weezer - the power of the fans with the cams!

...Reminder: Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier? ***Debuted at #21 on 8/27! #1 most played on KROQ Los Angeles! Thanks to you!***

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/09/05 Bleezer Tour: Day off in Denver (and Salt Lake City) | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:32:00 GMT

R+R after yesterdays epic battle royale in Kansas City. Pat met some Weezer fans at the mall (see photo). But meanwhile Rivers had some soccer plans that took him to Salt Lake City.

SLC US Men's National Team Soccer report:
"...Great game in Salt Lake City today! Before the match, we were invited down to the field to watch the U.S. Men’s Soccer team warm up, and Rivers did a couple of quick interviews for Goal.com and USSoccer.com. The game was very tense, but exciting. End result: USA 2 – El Salvador 1. 3 points closer to officially qualifying for South Africa 2010..." -SCK
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*** NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here! ***

*** "RADIO WEEZER” has launched, check it out! ***

...New Contest! Enter to win a signed gift bag from Weezer, All-American Rejects, Blink 182 and Chester French and receive a FREE Chester French MP3!
Enter to win 1 of 5 signed gift bags with signed stuff from Weezer, The All-American Rejects, Blink 182 and Chester French and receive a FREE Chester French MP3 immediately!
Each gift bag includes:
- signed Blink 182 poster
- signed Blink 182 “Greatest Hits” CD
- signed Rivers Cuomo lithograph
- a “Pork and Beans” 7”
- signed The All-American Rejects picture
- The All-American Rejects “AAR” necklace
- signed Chester French “Love The Future” Vinyl
- signed Chester French “Love The Future” CD
Click HERE to enter, good luck! For official sweepstakes rules go here.

...Check out Jillian's Blog - Scott Shiner's wife Jillian is blogging about her experiences on this tour as a new mother and rock tour wife. Good stuff!

...Josh Freese's Twitter

...Twitter Search: Weezer - the power of the fans with the cams!

...Reminder: Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier? ***Debuted at #21 on 8/27! #1 most played on KROQ Los Angeles! Thanks to you!***

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/09/04 Bleezer Tour: Kansas City, KC: Sandstone Ampitheater | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:01:00 GMT

*** NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here! ***

*** "RADIO WEEZER” has launched, check it out! ***

Back in the saddle... to rainy Kansas City. Blink-182 is all in one town again and the show must go on! Ok, first of all, the monsoons gave way to clear skies by the time weezer hit the stage, so that was a lucky break. Second of all, after 3 days of downtime, the band was rip roaring and ready to rock out. And thirdly, THE CROWD WAS OFF THE HOOK. I dont know what was going on with the Kansas City peeps but they went ballistic! Easily the most rip-snortingest ultra stokeingest (not to mention indecent exposurest!) crowd on the tour to date! One got the impression that there was either a severe drought of rock in the area till this tour rolled thru, or that people just go extra cookoo for cocoa puffs around these parts. Well, it really doesnt matter why - the end result was an EPIC night of rock for all!

Were you at this show? Post your show stories here.

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...heres a picture of the merch thats available on this tour, click it for full size:

...New Contest! Enter to win a signed gift bag from Weezer, All-American Rejects, Blink 182 and Chester French and receive a FREE Chester French MP3!

Enter to win 1 of 5 signed gift bags with signed stuff from Weezer, The All-American Rejects, Blink 182 and Chester French and receive a FREE Chester French MP3 immediately!

Each gift bag includes:

- signed Blink 182 poster
- signed Blink 182 “Greatest Hits” CD
- signed Rivers Cuomo lithograph
- a “Pork and Beans” 7”
- signed The All-American Rejects picture
- The All-American Rejects “AAR” necklace
- signed Chester French “Love The Future” Vinyl
- signed Chester French “Love The Future” CD

Click HERE to enter, good luck! For official sweepstakes rules go here.

...Check out Jillian's Blog - Scott Shiner's wife Jillian is blogging about her experiences on this tour as a new mother and rock tour wife. Good stuff!

...Josh Freese's Twitter

...Twitter Search: Weezer - the power of the fans with the cams!

...Reminder: Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier? ***Debuted at #21 on 8/27! #1 most played on KROQ Los Angeles! Thanks to you!***

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/09/03 Waxing Waning Wuthering Wanderin Wilding | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:37:00 GMT

Due to circumstances surrounding the unfortunate and untimely passing of Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein the Weezer / Blink-182 concerts in Cleveland and St. Louis are cancelled. Note that Weezer is *not* playing at Blink's rescheduled dates for these two shows at the end of September.

+++ RIP DJ AM - Condolences to Travis Barker, the Blink clan and AM's family. +++

*** NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here! ***

*** "RADIO WEEZER” has launched, check it out! ***

2009/09/02 Wandering Waiting Worrying Working Weezing | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:24:00 GMT

Cleveland and St. Louis shows cancelled | Weezer | News

IGA — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:27:00 GMT

Due to circumstances surrounding the unfortunate and untimely passing of Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein the Weezer / Blink-182 concerts in Cleveland and St. Louis are cancelled. Updates as they become available on weezer.com and blink182.com

*UPDATE* Weezer is *not* playing at Blink's rescheduled dates for these two shows at the end of September.

2009/08/30 Bleezer Tour: Saratoga Springs, NY: SPAC | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:31:00 GMT

+++ RIP DJ AM - Condolences to Travis Barker, the Blink clan and AM's family. +++

*** NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here! ***

*** "RADIO WEEZER” has launched, check it out! ***

...Another leafy green forested area with a Rock N Roll Center deep inside. What is it about a forest that inspires the rock?

Breaking news: Blink-182 has pulled out of this show, but the rest of the bands are rocking onward. We have no other details at this time.

Post show wrap up - a very last minute change in plans due to the death of Travis Barker's close friend DJ AM caused Blink to pull out of todays show at the last second. Everything was all set up and people were already coming in to see the show, so hastily laid plans were made to turn this show in to a Weezer headliner show, with refunds available to those who did not want that. It appears most people stayed to rock out as the place looked pretty full, and weezer did their best to step up into the headline slot, adding 4 songs to the set list (which inspired some quick rehearsals in the dressing room), and doing their best to go all out under unexpected circumstances. Things went over very well in the end - a big rock show!

Were you at this show? Post your show stories here.

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...heres a picture of the merch thats available on this tour, click it for full size: A round-up of recent interviews and articles:

...Pat and Josh interview with Matt Pinfield for 101.9 RXP NYC (video)

...102.1 The Edge Toronto's Darrin Pfeiffer interview with Pat and Josh (audio)

...Rivers interview with Rolling Stone

...Scott interview with the Baltimore Sun

...Scott interview #2

...Mtv article on Radio Weezer with Brian

...Mtv article on 'Raditude' with Brian

...Check out Jillian's Blog - Scott Shiner's wife Jillian is blogging about her experiences on this tour as a new mother and rock tour wife. Good stuff!

...Josh Freese's Twitter

...Twitter Search: Weezer - the power of the fans with the cams!

...Reminder: Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier? ***Debuted at #21 on 8/27! #1 most played on KROQ Los Angeles! Thanks to you!***

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/08/30 Bleezer Tour: Columbia, MD: Merriweather Post Pavilion | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:51:00 GMT

+++ RIP DJ AM - Condolences to Travis Barker, the Blink clan and AM's family. +++

*** NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here! ***

*** "RADIO WEEZER” has launched, check it out! ***

+++ RIP DJ AM - Condolences to Travis Barker, the Blink clan and AM's family. +++

...Well we're in the leafy wild woods of The Shire, AKA the backstage artist's area of the Virgin Free Fest, and it's a beautiful day indeed. A zillion bands are playing today including tourmates Taking Back Sunday and Blink-182, and Public Enemy, Jet, The Hold Steady and many more. Fun times! The crowd was HUGE and it really felt like a headlining show today for weezer, as the people simply went ape-doodoo during weezer's set. All in th weez camp agreed that this was the peak of the tour so far overall.

Also apparently the head of Virgin, Richard Branson parachuted in and shot t-shirts into the crowd out of a t-shirt cannon. What can beat that?

Were you at this show? Post your show stories here.

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...heres a picture of the merch thats available on this tour, click it for full size:
A round-up of recent interviews and articles:

...Pat and Josh interview with Matt Pinfield for 101.9 RXP NYC (video)

...102.1 The Edge Toronto's Darrin Pfeiffer interview with Pat and Josh (audio)

...Rivers interview with Rolling Stone

...Scott interview with the Baltimore Sun

...Scott interview #2

...Mtv article on Radio Weezer with Brian

...Mtv article on 'Raditude' with Brian

...Check out Jillian's Blog - Scott Shiner's wife Jillian is blogging about her experiences on this tour as a new mother and rock tour wife. Good stuff!

...Josh Freese's Twitter

...Twitter Search: Weezer - the power of the fans with the cams!

...Reminder: Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier? ***Debuted at #21 on 8/27! #1 most played on KROQ Los Angeles! Thanks to you!***

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/08/29 Bleezer Tour: Hartford, CT: Comcast Theatre | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:08:00 GMT

SPECIAL NOTE: We have just learned that Weezer's set time tonight has been changed from 8PM to 7:30 PM.

+++ RIP DJ AM - Condolences to Travis Barker, the Blink clan and AM's family. +++

*** NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here! ***

*** "RADIO WEEZER” has launched, check it out! ***

Today was the first bona-fide rainy day of the tour, so the peeps up in the lawn area had to put up with dampness, moistness and straight up wetness too. Fortunately the rain kinda spritzed and spattered more than a big downpour. It looked really full so apparently the hardy Hartfordians werent scared by a little water.

Today's pit denizens were the recipient of hundreds of guitar fragments, which they created in a spontaneous group activity session out of a guitar that travelled through the air after it left the hands of Rivers. The fragments are to be reassembled later into a perfectly working guitar at a special pit attendee town hall meeting. Please send in the photo of the reassembled guitar asap to claim your prize! Thanks guys!

Were you at this show? Post your show stories here.

A round-up of recent interviews and articles:

...Pat and Josh interview with Matt Pinfield for 101.9 RXP NYC (video)

...102.1 The Edge Toronto's Darrin Pfeiffer interview with Pat and Josh (audio)

...Rivers interview with Rolling Stone

...Scott interview with the Baltimore Sun

...Scott interview #2

...Mtv article on Radio Weezer with Brian

...Mtv article on 'Raditude' with Brian

...Check out Jillian's Blog - Scott Shiner's wife Jillian is blogging about her experiences on this tour as a new mother and rock tour wife. Good stuff!

...Josh Freese's Twitter

...Twitter Search: Weezer - the power of the fans with the cams!

...Reminder: Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier? ***Debuted at #21 on 8/27! #1 most played on KROQ Los Angeles! Thanks to you!***

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/08/28 Weezer Radio Launch! / Sad News / Articles | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:19:00 GMT

+++ Some very sad news has come over the wire - Adam Goldstein A.K.A. DJ AM has passed away unexpectedly. DJ AM was a close friend and collaborator with Blink-182's Travis Barker and had just last year survived a fatal plane crash alongside Travis. The Weezer family extends our condolences to Travis and all the Blink folks at this sad time. +++

*** NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here! ***

*** "RADIO WEEZER” LAUNCHES FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 ***

LOS ANGELES, CA (August 28, 2009) – Weezer is set to be the third act to “go A.P.E.” on their fans and music lovers everywhere. Next week, listeners on the virtual airwaves should prepare for the debut of the band’s own Artist Personal Experience radio station, “Radio Weezer,” on Friday, August 28 at 7:00am EST.

“Radio Weezer” will be distributed across Clear Channel Radio’s “iheartradio” network (www.iheartradio.com), which includes hundreds of local radio websites; the popular iheartradio mobile app, which has been downloaded by 2.8 million people in just 10 months; widgets; and www.Weezer.com. Just like the other A.P.E. stations, fans can participate in “Radio Weezer” by emailing their comments to weezer@aperadio.com or calling 1-866-686-1010.

When the public tunes into “Radio Weezer,” they’ll hear selected playlists of some of the band’s favorite songs, including artists such as Green Day, MGMT, Bob Dylan, Sly and the Family Stone and many more. Interviews plus eclectic stories told by the band members themselves –such as frontman Rivers Cuomo discussing Van Morrison’s influence on Weezer’s second album, to bassist Scott Shriner on how Vanilla Ice saved him from a job selling women’s shoes to tour with the rapper and more -- will punctuate the programming. The station will also feature bandmates Brian Bell and Pat Wilson’s personal contributions, all serving to create an alternative station unlike any other, and attractive to all fans of innovative audio entertainment.

Says Wilson, “I’m very excited to be a part of making playlists for Weezer’s radio station. I think its fun for our fans to hear the type of music that we like to listen to. It’s fun to be a part of the rapidly changing technology and we hope the fans like it as much as we do.”

A round-up of recent interviews and articles:

...Rivers interview with Rolling Stone

...Scott interview with the Baltimore Sun

...Scott interview #2

...Mtv article on Radio Weezer with Brian

...Mtv article on 'Raditude' with Brian

...Chart Attack review of the Toronto show.

...Reminder: Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier? ***Debuted at #21 on 8/27! #1 most played on KROQ Los Angeles! Thanks to you!***

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/08/27 Bleezer Tour: Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:39:00 GMT

*** NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here! ***

Down, down, down the New Jersey turnpike again, to Philadelphia's young, freshfaced neighbor Camden. It is time for the third in the trifecta of rock that is the "3 shows in a row" phenomenon. Everybody is full of vim, and vinegar too. These are the ingredients of Rock Salad. So bring a towel - 'cause its laid out like that.

Philadelphia has always been good to Weezer since the earliest days of touring in 1994. Sine this tour is not a weezer headline tour, it separates the faithful fans into two camps (both faithful) - those who want to see the band under any circumstance, and those who are willing to wait till the chance comes when weezer is headlining. So you get these massive crowds, but you get a sense that those who came only for weezer are a bit outnumbered by those who may like weezer but also are there for Blink's extravaganza. The crowd tonight was therefore a bit more subdued than the typical Weezer Philly crowd we see, but still more active than some of the recent shows where the seats go right up to the stage, which excludes any chance of a good old fashioned crowd surf. The spirit was there tonight, and if anyone in view of the stage was skeptical, they seemed to be converted by the time weezer was done! A tight, driving set, plus men and objects flying through the air. That's the way to do it. You get the guitar on the Mtv.

Were you at this show? Post your show stories here.

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...Check out Jillian's Blog - Scott Shiner's wife Jillian is blogging about her experiences on this tour as a new mother and rock tour wife. Good stuff!

...Reminder: Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier?

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/08/26 Bleezer Tour: Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:59:00 GMT

*** NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here! ***

...Into the wilds of New Jersey! Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five did not rap about New Jersey, as that is where the Sugarhill Gang were from, and they felt wronged that a hastily assembled group of rappers got on wax first while the Furious Five, pioneers of rap, were left playng catch up ball at their own game. What all this has to do with tonight's show remains to be seen...

Today started with Pat and Josh heading over to the RXP Radio studios to do an interview with their ol' budrow Matt Pinfield. Good times and great oldies were had by all. Interview airs in the AM on 8/27.

Tonights show was free of the tech messes that made Jones Beach extra challenging, and the rock flowed freely at last. Energy! Power! Footballs! Socks! Only missing some crowdsurfing, but the seats went right up to the stage, so what's a mosher to do.

Were you at this show? Post your show stories here.

...Check out Jillian's Blog - Scott Shiner's wife Jillian is blogging about her experiences on this tour as a new mother and rock tour wife. Good stuff!

...Josh Freese's Twitter.

...Twitter Search: Weezer - the power of the fans with the cams!

...Reminder: Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier?

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/08/25 Bleezer Tour: NYC - Nikon at Jones Beach Ampitheatre | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:59:00 GMT

*** NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here! ***

...back to New York! As Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five one sagely noted, "New York New York, big city of dreams, but everything in New York ain't always as it seems. You might get fooled if you come from out of town, but I'm down by law and i know my way around". Well, New York has had some changes since then, but it does pay to be alert in this city. You might miss something, like a great view, a truck about to run you over, or a rock show. The rock show in question is actually on Long Island today, in Wantaugh - The Nikon at Jones Beach Ampitheatre.

Weezer has been to Jones Beach several times in the past, and its always a curious combination of mellow oceanside chill out and ultra hectic scheduling and rules and regulations. Tonight there was a good vibe in the air, and unlike some past times at this place, the weather was perfect. The show was all about super high energy, and save for some bizarre technical snafus (that the guys powered thru with professionalism), everything went off well. In the court of Jones, the one armed pushup was king. Rivers at one point was forced to admit that "the gods of rock are against me tonight!", but noted that he "will never give up!" and he didn't! Tonight also saw the first ever weezer performance of Black Sabbaths "War Pigs", as the short intro piece to the set - it went off very well considering that this performance was the very first time the band had ever played the track together live. The idea was developed and rehearsed in the dressing room just prior to the show, and afterwards all agreed it was a ton of fun.

Were you at this show? Post your show stories here.

...Check out Jillian's Blog - Scott Shiner's wife Jillian is blogging about her experiences on this tour as a new mother and rock tour wife. Good stuff!

...Josh Freese's Twitter.

...Twitter Search: Weezer - the power of the fans with the cams!

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Want more pix? Here's a slideshow of photos from Alternative Press magazine.

...Reminder: Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier?

...Reminder: contest, in which you can make your own custom remix of the Rivers Cuomo track "My Brain Is Working Overtime", on Indaba.com! "...Rivers is now offering the Indaba community the accapella and instrumental tracks for the song "My Brain Is Working Overtime" and wants to hear you complete, reimagine, and fully-realize the potential of this home recording..."

...Reminder: New Rivers interview with Billboard.

...Reminder: New Weezer Webisode #16 is on our YouTube Channel.

...Reminder: check out Weezer's "Why Bother?" in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 game coming on September 1st! For more on GH5 click here.

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/08/23 Bleezer Tour: Toronto - Molson Ampitheatre | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:22:00 GMT

*** NEW SINGLE "I Want You To" on iTunes now! Click here! ***

...Well, here we are, on tour with the Blink-182! First show - Toronto. Opening are Chester French and Taking Back Sunday. Earlier Weezer did some interviews with Much Music, Mtv and Explore Music with Alan Cross (link to interview here). And even earlier than that, Pat and Josh Freese went down to the 102.1 The Edge studios to do some on air improv with DJ Darrin Pfieffer (also known for his drumming with Goldfinger, and an old LA roomate from the early days of weezer). CFNY has been cramming in plenty of Blink and Weezer all weekend, and it was nice to see Darrin again.

Back to the Molson Ampitheatre, which has seen its share of Weezer shows over the years. Tonight the place was packed to the rafters with Blink and Weezer fans, and there was a merciful total lack of rain after dire warnings and predictions of a monsoon. Today was all about doing quick work to intergrate into an already well oiled Blink touring machine which has been out for several weeks already. Not much time to adjust, as the schedule is packed with 4 bands, all of whom have crews and equipment to coordinate. But all things considered, the show was pretty great for a 1st night on the tour. Observant fans got to see a pretty funny introductory video starring Pat, taking us on a tour of Toronto. And you'd have to have been blind to miss the vivid new stage uniforms the band was sporting! Weezer is doing a high energy hourlong set, chock full of classics and newer tracks including the new single "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". Then it becomes Blink's stage, and its good to see them back on the scene again, rocking out the Blink way!

Were you at this show? Post your show stories here.

Tomorrow we travel to the big apple to dress the wounds, sip the potions of healing and assess the battle plan for the following days assault on Jones Beach!

...Check out Jillian's Blog - Scott Shiner's wife Jillian is blogging about her experiences on this tour as a new mother and rock tour wife. Good stuff!

...Josh Freese's Twitter.

...Twitter Search: Weezer - the power of the fans with the cams!

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Also, here is another big set of nice pix from the show, courtesy Mark from MuchMusic.

...Reminder: Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier?

...Reminder: contest, in which you can make your own custom remix of the Rivers Cuomo track "My Brain Is Working Overtime", on Indaba.com! "...Rivers is now offering the Indaba community the accapella and instrumental tracks for the song "My Brain Is Working Overtime" and wants to hear you complete, reimagine, and fully-realize the potential of this home recording..."

...Reminder: New Rivers interview with Billboard.

...Reminder: New Weezer Webisode #16 is on our YouTube Channel.

...Reminder: check out Weezer's "Why Bother?" in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 game coming on September 1st! For more on GH5 click here.

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/08/22 A bit of Footie, Rehearsal, Little Baby Sangwich, y Thou | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:46:00 GMT

...Today was a full day of activity in the Greater Toronto Metro Area (AKA GTMA) for the Greater Weezer Aggregate Rockunit (AKA GWAR). First Rivers and Brian headed off to the soccer pitch at Cherry Beach Fields, for the 1st ever Athletes for Africa Charity Soccer Tournament. While Brian offered his wisdom and coaching tips from the sidelines, Rivers went out into the fields of honor to do his part for the tournament, which was set up to help support a youth and cultural center for sport, arts and reconciliation in northern Uganda, where war has ravaged the region for more than 22 years.

Joining Rivers in his 3 games as a fellow member of The Mystery Team, was Brompton native actor Michael Cera. Michael admitted that he hadn't been practicing his ball handling skills, but made up for that with his boundless enthusiasm and energy. It was really cool to hang with him for an afternoon. Meanwhile, apparently Ted Leo was unable to attend due to some sort of mix up at the border, but the rest of the sports and music luminaries were there in force. A great time was had by all. Big ups to the loyal Weez fans who made it out to lend their support!

Later, the band assembled for a rehearsal at a local sound stage, running thru the set, going over details, and giving our fine crew a chance to make sure all the gear and sound equipment was running right.

Finally it was chill time, and the wolf pack scattered aboot willy nilly. Por ejemplo, Patrick had a nice late night supper at the Rivoli on Queen Street.

...Reminder: Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier?

...Reminder: contest, in which you can make your own custom remix of the Rivers Cuomo track "My Brain Is Working Overtime", on Indaba.com! "...Rivers is now offering the Indaba community the accapella and instrumental tracks for the song "My Brain Is Working Overtime" and wants to hear you complete, reimagine, and fully-realize the potential of this home recording..."

...Reminder: New Rivers interview with Billboard.

...Reminder: New Weezer Webisode #16 is on our YouTube Channel.

...Reminder: check out Weezer's "Why Bother?" in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 game coming on September 1st! For more on GH5 click here.

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/08/21 Bustin Out Of L.A.! And a USB port, and Thou | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:28:00 GMT

...Friday started the exodus, movement of Weez pepo from the SoCal environment to the Bl-eezer(?) Tour Environment, namely Toronto, Ontario. Which is yours to discover, and you're gonna love it, in On-tar-i-oooo. It was a long day of travel not helped by plane delays. Sleep deprivation, the #7 breakfast meal at Burger King (hold the ham), and the pitter patter of feet of all sizes - that spells airport.

...Weezer's new single, the first from their upcoming 7th album "Raditude" is called "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". And the super simple radio request phrase once again is: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". What could be easier?

Thanks in part to your requests, 22 radio stations added the single in its first two days including stations in LA, SF, Seattle, Boston, and Phoenix. On L.A.'s KROQ, the song is rising fast on their "Furious 5 at 9" and the DJ gal sez "I'm absolutely in love w/ it - totally smitten." (hat tip: EG). Meanwhile a funny story from KFMA.com in Tucson, AZ, where the single has been winning the 'Rocktagon Cage Match', before they were even sent the single. Apparently they were playing an mp3 that a fan had made and sent them! Pretty cool! They have since been serviced with an official copy.

...now see this, Rivers did an interview with Billboard, the results of which are now online. Amongst other things, another song title from the upcoming "Raditude" was made public in this article, namely "Trippin' Down The Freeway", which was recorded last winter and is quite dandy, one of my personal faves from the upcoming album. Also mentioned was the Pinkerton Deluxe Edition, which does not have a release date yet.

...if you havent seen the new Weezer Webisode #16 yet, its on our YouTube Channel.

...Reminder: contest, in which you can make your own custom remix of the Rivers Cuomo track "My Brain Is Working Overtime", on Indaba.com! "...Rivers is now offering the Indaba community the accapella and instrumental tracks for the song "My Brain Is Working Overtime" and wants to hear you complete, reimagine, and fully-realize the potential of this home recording..."

...REMINDER: SATURDAY AUG 22nd in Toronto, the day before the 1st show of the tour, Rivers will be making a special appearance on the field in Athletes for Africa Charity Soccer Tournament!

Rivers is really excited to be playing in this match. He's played in the last 2 Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra Celebrity Soccer Challenges in L.A. and this match promises to be just as fun. For this match, Rivers is a member of The Mystery Team, which also includes Michael Cera (just added!), Ted Leo, of indie-punk band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists; Murray Foster, of folk-rock group Great Big Sea (and of Moxy Fruvous fame); freestyle soccer whiz Steve Elias and founder of Athletes for Africa, Adrian Bradbury. They join Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning, Bedouin Soundclash’s Eon Sinclair, former MuchMusic VJs Rick ‘The Temp’ Campanelli, Tony ‘Master-T’ Young, Sportsnet’s Martine Gaillard, The Score’s ‘Cabbie’ Richards and James Sharman, Toronto musician Dane Hartsell and many more, in the first-of-its-kind event, pitting celebs on the field against members of the public.

The tournament is in support of a youth and cultural center for sport, arts and reconciliation in northern Uganda, where war has ravaged the region for more than 22 years.

Game Day: Saturday, August 22, 2:00pm – 8:00pm, at Cherry Beach Fields, 275 Unwin Avenue (at the foot of Cherry Street).

Fans are welcome to come, cheer-on their favourite team and have the chance to win tickets to the after-party at the Modest Mouse show that night! More details can be found at the website!

...Reminder: check out Weezer's "Why Bother?" in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 game coming on September 1st! For more on GH5 click here.

...you gotta watch this great (though still unfinished) animated fan video for "I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams"! (hat tip: Chad)

...The Top 10 Songs the Web Brought Back (featuring Say It Ain't So - which never 'left' in my book!)

..."Holiday" was recently the "travel song of the day" on Worldhum.com. With vintage '00 live footage.

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. Featuring (If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", "Trippin' Down The Freeway", "Can't Stop Partying", "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "In The Mall", just to name a few!

2009/08/17 A Single, An Album, Bread, Wine, Cheese, a USB port, and Thou | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:49:00 GMT

...Peeps of the world, the cosmic wind has blown hither and yon, and "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to" has landed at radio - sooner than originally announced, but c'mon - whats wrong with sooner? "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to" hit the KROQ L.A. airwaves this evening, some other Cali stations like Star 98 shortly therafter, and it goes nationwide tomorrow (Tuesday)! Call your local station, let them them know that now is the time and the time is now! Just tell them this simple phrase: "(If you're wondering if i want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to", yes, I want you to play "(If you're wondering if i want you to) I want you to". ITS THAT SIMPLE PEOPLE! (heh heh!) Meanwhile, the official on sale date of the song is still 8/25.

...MEANWHILE, the album that the new single is drawn from, Weezer's 7th Album due out on October 27, DOES INDEED have a title, and the title is "Raditude"! "Raditude"?? WHAT is "Raditude"? WHO is "Raditude"? WHERE is "Raditude"? WHEN is "Raditude"? HOW is "Raditude"? DONDE ES "Raditude"? QUIERO "Raditude"? Là où "Raditude"? Pourquoi "Raditude"? Quand "Raditiude"? Quel "Raditude"? Waar "Raditude"? Waarom "Raditude"? Wanneer "Raditude"? Welke "Raditude"? Wo "Raditude"? Warum "Raditude"? Wenn "Raditude"? Welches "Raditude"? Dove "Raditude"? Perché "Raditude"? Quando "Raditude"? Quale "Raditude"? Raditude "Raditude"? ...."Raditude"?

"Raditude". Out 10/27 from Weezer. Produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. That's how/when/why/where/who/which/at what time, holmes!

2009/08/14 Puppies; Chocolate Cake; A Time Of Goodness For All | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:14:00 GMT

...Today the band had another long day of intensive rehearsals, working on nailing their setlist down and all the details that go with it - how to transition between songs, learning some new songs, fixing little errors here and there that can creep in to older material over the years, etc. Of course, no one really knows how it will go down till the lights go down the evening of August 23rd in Toronto - but at least the guys will be as prepared as they can be!

Aaaaaaand Once again, folks, in case you are just tuning in:

...People, its official: Weezer's upcoming 7th studio album (title, details, etc to be announced) is set for release October 27th, 2009!

...And the first single off the album is titled "(If you're wondering if I want you to) I want you to" and it comes out on August 25th!

...Reminder: contest, in which you can make your own custom remix of the Rivers Cuomo track "My Brain Is Working Overtime", on Indaba.com! "...Rivers is now offering the Indaba community the accapella and instrumental tracks for the song "My Brain Is Working Overtime" and wants to hear you complete, reimagine, and fully-realize the potential of this home recording..."

...And here's another cool thing: on August 22nd in Toronto, the day before the 1st show of the tour, Rivers will be making a special appearance on the field in Athletes for Africa Charity Soccer Tournament!

Rivers is really excited to be playing in this match. He's played in the last 2 Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra Celebrity Soccer Challenges in L.A. and this match promises to be just as fun. For this match, Rivers is a member of The Mystery Team, which also includes Ted Leo, of indie-punk band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists; Murray Foster, of folk-rock group Great Big Sea (and of Moxy Fruvous fame); freestyle soccer whiz Steve Elias and founder of Athletes for Africa, Adrian Bradbury. They join Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning, Bedouin Soundclash’s Eon Sinclair, former MuchMusic VJs Rick ‘The Temp’ Campanelli, Tony ‘Master-T’ Young, Sportsnet’s Martine Gaillard, The Score’s ‘Cabbie’ Richards and James Sharman, Toronto musician Dane Hartsell and many more, in the first-of-its-kind event, pitting celebs on the field against members of the public.

The tournament is in support of a youth and cultural center for sport, arts and reconciliation in northern Uganda, where war has ravaged the region for more than 22 years.

Game Day: Saturday, August 22, 2:00pm – 8:00pm, at Cherry Beach Fields, 275 Unwin Avenue (at the foot of Cherry Street).

Fans are welcome to come, cheer-on their favourite team and have the chance to win tickets to the after-party at the Modest Mouse show that night! More details can be found at the website!

...Reminder: check out Weezer's "Why Bother?" in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 game coming on September 1st! For more on GH5 click here.

2009/08/13 Album #7! New Single! Soccer! (A Parade Of All That Is Good) | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:29:00 GMT

...People, its official: Weezer's upcoming 7th studio album (title, details, etc to be announced) is set for release October 27th, 2009!

...And the first single off the album is titled "(If you're wondering if I want you to) I want you to" and it comes out on August 25th!

...And here's another cool thing: on August 22nd in Toronto, the day before the 1st show of the tour, Rivers will be making a special appearance on the field in Athletes for Africa Charity Soccer Tournament!

Rivers is really excited to be playing in this match. He's played in the last 2 Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra Celebrity Soccer Challenges in L.A. and this match promises to be just as fun. For this match, Rivers is a member of The Mystery Team, which also includes Ted Leo, of indie-punk band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists; Murray Foster, of folk-rock group Great Big Sea (and of Moxy Fruvous fame); freestyle soccer whiz Steve Elias and founder of Athletes for Africa, Adrian Bradbury. They join Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning, Bedouin Soundclash’s Eon Sinclair, former MuchMusic VJs Rick ‘The Temp’ Campanelli, Tony ‘Master-T’ Young, Sportsnet’s Martine Gaillard, The Score’s ‘Cabbie’ Richards and James Sharman, Toronto musician Dane Hartsell and many more, in the first-of-its-kind event, pitting celebs on the field against members of the public.

The tournament is in support of a youth and cultural center for sport, arts and reconciliation in northern Uganda, where war has ravaged the region for more than 22 years.

Game Day: Saturday, August 22, 2:00pm – 8:00pm, at Cherry Beach Fields, 275 Unwin Avenue (at the foot of Cherry Street).

Fans are welcome to come, cheer-on their favourite team and have the chance to win tickets to the after-party at the Modest Mouse show that night! More details can be found at the website!

...Today the band continued their rehearsals for the upcoming tour with Blink-182. Some cool new material was gone over extensively and the whole set was run through multiple times in an effort to root out any problem areas. The process is going very well and continues tomorrow.

...here's a neat piano/organ version of "We Are All On Drugs" courtesy creative weez fan Anders.

...and here's a cool fan video for "Island In The Sun" by Natasha T.: "I recently went on a backpacking trip through Costa Rica for three weeks. During my time there, I was able to record the various locals and travelers I met along the way singing "Island in the Sun". This is the most ambitious project I have ever undertaken and wished to share it with the world, and Weezer."

...Reminder: contest, in which you can make your own custom remix of the Rivers Cuomo track "My Brain Is Working Overtime", on Indaba.com! "...Rivers is now offering the Indaba community the accapella and instrumental tracks for the song "My Brain Is Working Overtime" and wants to hear you complete, reimagine, and fully-realize the potential of this home recording..."

...Reminder: check out Weezer's "Why Bother?" in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 game coming on September 1st! For more on GH5 click here.

2009/08/12 Album 7 Release Date! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:31:00 GMT

...People, its official: Weezer's upcoming 7th studio album (title, details, etc to be announced) is set for release October 27th, 2009!

MORE TO COME...!

2009/08/07 With The Spirit Of A Hustler And The Swagger Of A College Kid | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:16:00 GMT

...Today there was more work done on the guitar tracks needed to whip a couple of pesky songs into their final shape for mixing. Rich and Pat dug in the garden of tone and found the thick rich blends and wholesome earthy ancient grains needed to get the job done. Now Rich gets down to the brass tacks o' mixing.

...Reminder: new contest, in which you can make your own custom remix of the Rivers Cuomo track "My Brain Is Working Overtime", on Indaba.com! "...Rivers is now offering the Indaba community the accapella and instrumental tracks for the song "My Brain Is Working Overtime" and wants to hear you complete, reimagine, and fully-realize the potential of this home recording..."

...Reminder: check out Weezer's "Why Bother?" in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 game coming on September 1st! For more on GH5 click here.

...weezer tribute band alert!
Atlanta's El Scorcho is playing at Vinyl on 8/22 at 9PM; with 'Soaked in Bleach' Nirvana tribute.

2009/08/06 Allergic To The Counterfeit, Impartial To The Politics | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:57:00 GMT

...Today the mixing of Album 7 started, or rather picked up where it left off back in the Spring. Rich Costey is back on hand again, in L.A. this time. Theres a bit of unorthodox technique in the works as things get started, as Pat works on some additional guitar on certain tracks in the same studio where Rich is mixing. This process just got underway today and should continue tomorrow. Once Pat gets these bits and pieces added, Rich will then be flying solo till the mixes are all done.

...Reminder: new contest, in which you can make your own custom remix of the Rivers Cuomo track "My Brain Is Working Overtime", on Indaba.com! "...Rivers is now offering the Indaba community the accapella and instrumental tracks for the song "My Brain Is Working Overtime" and wants to hear you complete, reimagine, and fully-realize the potential of this home recording..."

...Reminder: check out Weezer's "Why Bother?" in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 game coming on September 1st! For more on GH5 click here.

...in todays pix, a guest photo by Adam Orth (guitar shred), some wild fan art from Nico, and a nice "Only In Dreams" themed poster by Jennifer G.

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2009/08/04 Remix Competition, Now Im Out Of Their Dang Reach | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:39:00 GMT

...Today and yesterday there was more work done in the studio with Rivers and Brian sorting out some vocals and guitar stuff. In theory this was the last of the recording sessions for the 7th Album, but there may be more bits and pieces to do in the coming days. Soon mixing the new and revised material will be underway. And meanwhile the band will shortly be starting their rehearsals for the upcoming tour with Blink-182!

...now, folks, here's a cool new contest, in which you can make your own custom remix of the Rivers Cuomo track "My Brain Is Working Overtime", on Indaba.com! "...Rivers is now offering the Indaba community the accapella and instrumental tracks for the song "My Brain Is Working Overtime" and wants to hear you complete, reimagine, and fully-realize the potential of this home recording..."

And here's Rivers talking about the new Session Console software (on which you can do your remix!):

...Check out Weezer's "Why Bother?" in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 game coming on September 1st! For more on GH5 click here.

...Todays photo is from the 7/24 Jisan Valley Rock Festival in Korea - that photo and the following photos are (C)Yellow 9, by Robyn Kim. Thanks Robyn!

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2009/07/31 I'm Out Of Sight, Now Im Out Of Their Dang Reach | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:39:00 GMT

...more studio work today, first working on the brand new song that was first demoed yesterday. Everyone was grooving on this one! Then back to yesterdays song to sort out guitar parts and what not. A busy day involving every instrument within arms reach. Also our budrow Adam Orth came by to check out the proceedings. Adam is a longtime aquaintance of the band who grew up with Rivers back in Connecticut way back in the day. He has branched out into rock photography in recent years and we'll be sharing some of his Weezer work down the line, somehow someway, just like Dr. Dre.

...Check out Weezer's "Why Bother?" in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 game coming on September 1st! For more on GH5 click here.

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2009/07/30 Back To: Back To The Lecture At Hand | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:10:00 GMT

...today the band was back in the studio, working with Butch Walker who has been overseeing the more recent sessions of the Album 7 material. The guys worked on a whole new song today as well as finished a demo of yet another song which may be tried out tomorrow. These are very likely the final days of what is known as "tracking", where new music performances are laid down on, er, 'tape' (really on hard drives). By the middle of next week the 7th weezer album will likely be a wrap aside from the mixing, tweaks, and alchemy that goes on before its ready for prime time. Some of the album is already finished, from work done over the winter and mixing done in the Spring by Rich Costey in NYC. Since then, some (about half) of those songs were touched up/re-worked, and a clutch of new eggs were hatched by the chicken coop. Now comes the omlettes.

...Check out Weezer's "Why Bother?" in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 game coming on September 1st! For more on GH5 click here.

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2009/07/26 FujiRock Festival | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:58:00 GMT

...in 1997, Weezer was invited to play the very first FujiRock Festival. We got as far as a picturesque resort town situated on a beautiful lake, when a typhoon rolled in and nearly destroyed the whole festival. We learned that the main stage had started to collapse due to flooding and that the field where the audience was supposed to watch had turned into a dangerous zone of 3 foot deep mud and floods. We were advised to not even go up the hill to the site because the road was blocked with emergency vehicles and people trying to get out of there. I recall spending a bizarre afternoon with Pat and Matt buying bottle rockets at a 7-11 and shooting them off behind the hotel to kill time. I also recall sharing the shuttle bus back to Tokyo with Richard James (Aphex Twin, who also were cancelled out) and his buddys the Squarepusher guys. The whole experience was an adventure, but it was a big disappointment that we couldnt rock the Fuji stage.

In the 12 years since, the festival has had more typhoon action but no actual cancellations that we know of. And finally Weezer has returned to the stage we never even got a chance to see the first time. FujiRock is held up at a major ski resort on Mt. Naeba. It not actually on the slopes of Mt. Fuji, but its right next door. We took a series of trains and busses up to the resort from Tokyo, and the weather changed dramatically as we went up. Tokyo was bright sun, around 95 degrees and nearly 100% humidity, but up in the mountains is was overcast, misty and foggy, and a good deal cooler, with periods of rain.

The ski areas were plastered with thousands of tents set up by the attendees who come for the full 3 day festival and live out of their tents for the duration. It looked a lot like Glastonbury and other UK/Euro festivals, only squeezed onto a steep mountainside. Pretty cool looking.

We met up with Jimmy Eat World again who had just played and were already heading back to Tokyo when we arrived. Fall Out Boy was in the dressing room across the hall and arena-alt-rock hellos were said. The guys then went over to the press tent to do video interview for Spaceshower TV, during which Rivers practiced his planned singing of the Japanese National Anthem. The Spaceshower crew seemed to think he did a fine job, and that it was ready for the show that night.

FujiRock is the biggest festival in Japan by far, and one of the bigger festivals in the world. I dont know how many people were out in that field watching the Weez, but it was a massive number, and they were super stoked, singing along to everything (and/or clapping along in the case of the new songs with unfamiliar lyrics). The Japanese know how to go nuts, and they did not dissapoint. And weezer played their hearts out, relieved to have finally taken the FujiRock stage after all these years.

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2009/07/25 Back To The Lecture At Hand | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:43:00 GMT

...today the groggy band and crew rose early to catch our flights to Japan, which went smoothly. We settled in at the hotel and for some, there was immediate and successful efforts to locate the nearest Mos Burger. Later, a weez contingent went out to the Roppongi area to the fun, delicious and raucous (loud!) robotayaki restaurant, Inakaya. Our most excellent international booking agent Marlene planned it out and hosted, and she also invited fellow FujiRock performers Jimmy Eat World, who we hadn't had the pleasure of hanging out with since the Extended Midget our of late 2001. Good times and great oldies!

...note: The Weezer A.P.E. radio station launch has been pushed back to the end of August - we will update when we have the exact info. But its gonna be rad!

2009/07/24 Jisan Valley Rock Festival (Tangible Cultural Asset) | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:35:00 GMT

...after a series of adventures out in Seoul involving the fine establishment of Kraze Burger (in the cool Apgujeong-dong district) and some 600 year old royal burial mounds at Samneung park, it was time to get back in the super van and head up to the mountains to The Jisan Valley Rock Festival, held at what is normally a ski resort in the wintertime. This was the inaugural Jisan Fest, so there was a lot of speculation as to how it would go. Turns out they planned it out well, and everything went about as good as can be expected for a huge outdoor festival.

The crowd was just completely CRAZY. They have been waiting since forever for the weez, and the excitement in the air was thick! They sang along with every song, even the 3 brand new ones (The Girl Got Hot, Can't Stop Partying, and I'm Your Daddy). Granted, these songs are almost designed to sing along to, but it was pretty impressive that the crowd picked up on them so fast, especially with the language barrier.

The crowd was also treated to the classics, including Undone, The Good Life, My Name Is Jonas, Say It Aint So, and Buddy Holly. Between those, the newer tracks like Pork And Beans, a cool "demo demonstration" rendition of "Island In The Sun", and a special selection of mashed-up covers and Korea-specific material, the overall effect was pretty epic. The 5 piece configuration is working out very well so far, with Josh Feese handling many of the drum duties, freeing up Pat to jump in on guitar and vocals, which frees up Rivers to do his thang, which he is doing quite well. Korea, we shall return!

FYI, many video cell phone clips have surfaced from audience members, for those who want a (shakey, hand-held) peek at what went down - check out the YouTubes...

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2009/07/23 In Search Of Intangible Cultural Asset | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:23:00 GMT

...Today was a busy day, starting with some fun time out and about on the busy streets of Seoul, where we got more than a little lost but the sights off the beaten trail were just as interesting as the big time stuff. And its fun trying to guess whether the guys on motorcycles and scooters are going to drive on the streets, sidewalks, crosswalks, or all three and against the lights to boot. We saw a giant fire billowing smoke into the Seoul sky, near the recently renewed Cheonggyecheon Stream urban greenspace. We never did find out what massive thing was on fire.

Later, there was a press junket in the hotel: a series of video and audiotaped interviews with the Korean press, including SBS TV News, MTV ‘Most Wanted’, M.Net ‘Pop Magazine’, NYLON, and Marie Claire. In addition, Rivers was presented with a very special guitar from James Kirk of Kraken Guitars, who custom designed the guitar with symbols and imagery from both the Korea Republic national football team (at Rivers' suggestion) as well as weezer into a unique guitar. Many thanks to James who is attending the Jisan Valley Festival and will see the guitar he designed in action on stage.

Then it was time for a rehearsal, to get the set fully dialed in for the upcoming shows. We took the super-van over to Sun Music Studio, a recording studio (no not the one in Memphis TN) that doubled as a rehearsal space for weezer's pre-show dialing in. It sounded sweet. Everybody was glad they could run through the set the night before the actual show, despite (or rather, to combat) jet lag issues.

After that it was off to a wonderful Korean B-B-Q dinner at a restaurant held open especially late for Weezer and the Korean label staff. Despite the midnight start time, everyone was in great spirits and the food and drink was awesome. Big thank yous to our new Korean friends!

Finally back to the hotel for some downtime. For tomorrow comes the rock!

...Weezer tribute band alert!

North Carolina's 'Destroy All Sweaters' is playing these shows:
Friday, July 24, at the Dive Bar in Raleigh, NC (free)
Thursday, July 30 at the Local 506 in Chapel Hll, NC ($6)
Saturday, August 8 at the Pour House in Raleigh, NC ($5)

2009/07/22 Would You Go With Me | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:05:00 GMT

...greetings from Korea! The Weezer gang took off from Los Angeles about 12:30 PM on Tuesday July 21, flew 12 hours, landed in Tokyo about 4PM on Thursday July 22, had a 3 hour layover at Narita Airport, then got on another flight to Seoul, landing around 9PM Korea time, July 22. Then a 75 minute drive to the hotel, and total collapse into dreamless sleep. More to come...

...Some more info on the Guitar Center "Fresh Cuts Vol 4" CD, available at Guitar Center stores, from the press release: " The release, the fourth in an ongoing series, is part of Guitar Center’s GAIN Program, designed to give GC Employees an outlet for pursuing their music industry dreams. The disc features recordings by members of the GC family, hand-selected by none other than legendary alternative rock band Weezer from a pool of GC employee submissions. Weezer are also included on the CD themselves, via “Everybody Go Away” – an exclusive track only available on this compilation. 50,000 CDs will be available for free while supplies last at over 200 GC locations starting July 21, 2009. “Everybody Go Away” was recorded in 2000 during preproduction for 2001's Green Album. Fresh Cuts Volume 4 also features a track from Jason Cropper, former Weezer member and current Guitar Center Professional Account Manager. Weezer founding member Pat Wilson stated, “It’s fun to be on this compilation and to draw attention to the bands on it. Hopefully it will encourage people to grow musically and to enjoy the experience of playing together.” "

...Back in the early days of Weezer, fellow L.A. band Wax inspired the weez men with their super high energy shows, catchy tunes and tireless drive. The members of Weezer and Wax were buddies even before the two bands existed, and share a lot of history in the early 90's L.A. music scene meatgrinder. When Wax got a record deal and made a music video, it was truly inspiring - awesome given the tough odds of anybody getting anywhere in that scene. It was a real revelation to Weezer - maybe they too could get somewhere, they dared to hope. Wax went on to make 2 cool albums and toured relentlessly for several years, with videos played on Mtv. Weezer eventually got signed too, and always pointed to Wax for their source of inspiration to work hard and not give up.

Wax sadly called it quits in 1995, with members branching out into many other cool bands (as well as membership in Jackass for Loomis), but today Wax rises from the ashes, in the form of a reunion show and a special charity 7"! Check Out the Wax Myspace Page for info and music, including a special shout out from Rivers!

Check this out - from the press release: "Early pop-punk pioneers WAX reuniting after 14 years for Chicago's "Riot Fest '09" in October - announce the release of the band's first new songs since 1995. The band recently got together and decided to release a vinyl 7-Inch, Hangin' On, featuring four unreleased WAX songs that were originally intended for WAX's 1995 release, 13 Unlucky Numbers. The idea was inspired by Record Store Day, and all proceeds will be donated to UCP Wheels For Humanity, and will be released on SideOneDummy Records on August 4, 2009.

The "Riot Fest" will be on October 9th at The Metro in Chicago (hometown of 3/4 of the band). Dont miss this show - a rare chance to catch WAX, the true pioneers of the pop-punk sound in action!

2009/07/17 You Shoulda Seen It In Color | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:37:00 GMT

...By now you've hopefully checked out the latest video of Weezer doing their unique cover of MGMT's "Kids" with the Lady Gaga "Pokerface" disco party section mixed in just as you have demanded. The video footage was culled from the KROQ Weenie Roast and T-Mobile Party live performances back in May, and assembled in chaotic fashion on a laptop undergoing nuclear meltdown by yours truly.

...If youve been checking out our Twitter feed, youve been recently treated with some exclusive pix shot by myself and others throughout the recording sessions between last November and now. More of these Pix for the Twit are coming.

..."wait, recording sessions?" you may ask. Yes, recording sessions. The bands 7th album, title TBA, is pretty close to a wrap now (after a mild false alarm back in the spring), though there is some work yet remaining to be done. There have also been some other special weezer studio recordings done recently, but more on that later.

...For right now, the band has been preparing for next weeks short but sweet jaunt to Asia, namely the huge Jisan Valley Rock Festival in Korea, and the utterly colossal FujiRock Festival in Japan. The guys including new recruit Josh Freese have been working hard, whipping the show into shape for the big stage. Weezer rolls on in '09, despite anything the haters, hatters and hatteurs might say!

...summary of whats in the weezer pipeline in the coming months:
* Weezer's 7th studio album, release date and title to be announced
* 1st single and video from the new album
* a to-be-announced special non-physical release
* weezer APE online radio station (as announced recently)
* Pinkerton: The Deluxe Edition (at last - if all goes as planned)
* more good things!

...A side note to anyone who is on the Weezer mailing list that has had trouble recieving the e-mail updates - the tech folks tell me they have discovered a heretofore hidden glitch in the database software that they have now corrected. They say this should clear up any remaining issues with people not getting the emails. If you are still experiencing any troubles in the future, drop me a line and let me know.

...more stuff:

* Now, look. If you haven't been paying attention, youve got to check this out: The Rentals have released a great new EP: "Chapter Two | It's Time To Come Home", the second installment of their 'Songs About Time' album. The Rentals are helmed by Matt Sharp, original (1992-1998) bass player for Weezer, and they are half way thru an extraordinary year long recording journey, where every day is documented, every week a short film is made, and 4 times a year the fruits of their recording labors are posted for listening/purchase, till the album is completed and released as a wicked box set. Is anyone else in music doing this? I think not. You really need to do yourself a favor and check out the music, films and photos over on TheRentals.com. Ive been really digging it myself, as are a lot of people who have taken a minute to discover whats going on there.

* RollingStone.com has included Rivers in their Rock-A-Likes Slideshow where they compare contemporary rockers to classic rock and roll icons. Check it out here to see who they matched Rivers Cuomo to.

* Weezer superfan Michael Cera is seen playing part of Weezer's Pinkerton track "Devotion" is the forthcoming indie film "Paper Heart", which looks pretty cool from the trailer. hat tip: Nick A.

* Upcoming new Sugar Ray album "Music For Cougars" includes their cover of a song recorded but never released by Weezer, "Love Is The Answer". The original Weezer version of the song remains in the Make Believe era vaults, but now Sugar Ray's version will be available as of July 21, when their album drops.

* Also on July 21, Guitar Center releases a free CD called "Fresh Cuts Vol. 4", available at Guitar Center stores. This compilation CD features a previously unreleased Weezer recording, the late 2000 pre-production band demo of "Everybody Go Away", a song which was tried out for the Green Album but didnt make it to the sessions for Green. The album also features "She'd Be Good For Me", a song by by original ('92-'93) weezer member Jason Cropper.

* Also on July 20th, a very cool Weezer tribute album is being released: "Weezer: The 8-Bit Album" will be available from http://www.ptesquad.com. "The album consists of Weezer covers composed using original 8-bit videogame hardware (Game Boys, Commodore 64s etc) by the brightest stars of this rather niche scene - guaranteed to be unlike any other Weezer tribute record you may have heard before."

* Tribute Band Alert: El Scorcho special show
When: Sun Jul 19 09 05:00 PM
Where: 5 Spot, 1123 Euclid Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA, 30307, US
Details: A very special evening with El Scorcho and Friends!
Braxton O'Neal, Max Forstater, and Mike Kane will perform their original songs acoustically in a "writer's round" format.
Then, hear progressive hip-hop from Transistor Fist.
Next, check out the awesome rock of The Whiskey Theory.
Finally, stay for the one and only El Scorcho performing rarities and specials!
It's only $5, all-ages, non-smoking, young children are welcome, and the place has a great vibe.

2009/06/24 D.C. Show = FREE Virgin Mobile Festival | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:50:00 GMT

*****UPDATE 7/11/09 Happy Birthday to Scott Shriner!*****

The DC show details have been released - this is a FREE show at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia MD, and it has been expanded into the "Virgin Mobile Freefest" festival, with several stages and many more bands than just Blink and Weezer. Note That even though the show is free, you do have to claim a ticket, and you may end up paying a small fee, either because of a ticket shipping fee or making a donation (which nets you the "Karma Package" which includes a nifty t-shirt). Lest I mix it up, see the site for the straight dope.

Weezer mailing list members were sent out their presale info and password earlier today, for the presale starting this Friday at 10am. The public onsale starts Saturday 6/27 at 10AM. (Yes, you DO need a ticket, even though they are free. Only so many people can fit into the Merriweather!)

...in other news, Kelly Clarkson raves about Weezer in the New York Times. And why not.

2009/06/12 a.p.e. Radio press release - Channel Weezer coming | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:14:00 GMT

***UPDATE 6/13*** HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RIVERS CUOMO!!!!

Weezer is pleased to announce that they are creating an online Weezer Radio station as a part of the brand new a.p.e. (Artist Personal Experience) radio network coming in July! Check out the press release for the details....

a.p.e. * artist personal experience * radio
Featuring the Eagles, Christina Aguilera and Weezer
Launches Summer 2009

LOS ANGELES, CA (June 12, 2009) – It was announced today that channels from multi-platinum, Grammy-winning hit-makers the Eagles, Christina Aguilera and Weezer will launch a.p.e. (artist personal experience) radio as it hits the virtual airwaves in July. In the coming months, many developing artists, as well as more of the brightest stars in music, will produce and host their own respective channels to be available on hundreds of internet radio and digital outlets.

a.p.e. radio, a Clear Channel and Front Line Management joint venture, will be distributed across Clear Channel Radio's digital network, "iheartradio,” and integrated across each specific artist’s website. These artist-hosted channels will allow performers to build upon their long-standing successes in traditional media, while taking a new step in digital content development and distribution. The artist/host will choose the music, and create exclusive content --including personal commentary, opinions and anecdotes -- to foster a deeper connection with their audience. In addition to maintaining creative control, artists will share in the profits.

“At their core, artists tell stories,” said Evan Harrison, President of Clear Channel’s Digital Division, and CEO of a.p.e. radio. “a.p.e. radio will be an additional creative platform to connect with fans and further that storytelling, while ultimately exposing fans to new music."

“High-quality digital platforms create the opportunity for artists to realize the full value of their brands, while remaining in complete artistic control,” said Irving Azoff, founder and CEO of Front Line Management, who also serves as Chairman of a.p.e. “In Clear Channel Radio, we’ve found a digital partner whose reach is unprecedented, and who understands the business value of artistic quality.”

For more information and high-resolution artwork visit www.aperadio.com

2009/06/09 weather: 75 degrees and pre-sale T-storms | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:25:00 GMT

...the 3rd round of presale info has been released, all those on the Weezer Mailing List should by now have recieved their emails with the presale password and ticket links. Note that the Weezer Mailing List is signed up for simply by clicking on the "Join The Community" link (top right on weezer.com). By registering as a fan (which signs you up for the fan forums), you also automatically are signed up for the email list (unless you click off a box that opts you out of it).

WEEZER/BLINK-182 TOUR DATES

DATE CITY VENUE
Sun 8/23 Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheater
Mon 8/24 OFF
Tues 8/25 Wantagh, NY - Nikon Theater @ Jones Beach
Wed 8/26 Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
Thu 8/27 Camden, PA - Susquehanna Bank Center
Fri 8/28 OFF
Sat 8/29 Hartford, CT - New England Dodge Music Center
Sun 8/30 Washington DC - TBA (venue to be announced)
Mon 8/31 Saratoga, NY - SPAC
Tues 9/1 OFF
Wed 9/2 Cleveland, OH - Blossom
Thu 9/3 St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Fri 9/4 Kansas City, KS - Sandstone Amphitheatre
Sat 9/5 OFF
Sun 9/6 Denver, CO - Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Mon 9/7 OFF
Tues 9/8 OFF
Wed 9/9 OFF
Thu 9/10 Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheatre
Fri 9/11 OFF
Sat 9/12 Sacramento, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sun 9/13 San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
Mon 9/14 OFF
Tues 9/15 OFF
Wed 9/16 San Diego, CA - Cricket Amphitheatre
Thu 9/17 Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

...In case you missed it, Patrick and Scott did a video interview with KROQ, backstage at the Weenie Roast show. It is available for your viewing pleasure here.

...Weezer and plant life: a true story...
"We are two students at Brown Middle School in Madison, CT who, in science class, were forced to do an experiment on plants. So we thought, why not make it interesting. We decided to have the plants listen to music, we had one listen to Eminem, and the other listen to Weezer. We also had a control [plant]. The weezer plant listened to many of your songs such as Beverly Hills, Island in the sun, and say it ain’t so. After about a week of 10 minutes of music a day and watering every other day, the results were quite astounding. The weezer plant grew 5 out of 5 seeds into plants each with two leaves, the Eminem plant hardly even sprouted and the control only sprouted 2 out of 5 seeds. This was fascinating to us and we felt obliged to send this information to you." ---Blake Brucher and Kipp Milone

...Weezer tribute band alert!
Destroy All Sweaters
w/ The Cries Of & Veronica and Kegan
Location: Marvell Event Center, Durham, NC.
Date/Time: This Thursday, June 11th at 9:00 PM

...Todays photo of Wynter rocking out to the weez, courtesy her daddy Jacob Sirof (comedian).

2009/06/02 weather: 55 degrees and heavy pre-sale showers | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:24:00 GMT

...another round of presale info has been released, all those on the Weezer Mailing List should be shortly recieving their emails with the presale password and ticket links. Note that the Weezer Mailing List is signed up for simply by clicking on the "Join The Community" link (top right on weezer.com). By registering as a fan (which signs you up for the fan forums), you also automatically are signed up for the email list (unless you click off a box that opts you out of it). Several shows have not yet been added to the presale list, so another round of emails will go out soon.

WEEZER/BLINK-182 TOUR DATES

DATE CITY VENUE
Sun 8/23 Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheater
Mon 8/24 OFF
Tues 8/25 Wantagh, NY - Nikon Theater @ Jones Beach
Wed 8/26 Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
Thu 8/27 Camden, PA - Susquehanna Bank Center
Fri 8/28 OFF
Sat 8/29 Hartford, CT - New England Dodge Music Center
Sun 8/30 Washington DC - TBA (venue to be announced)
Mon 8/31 Saratoga, NY - SPAC
Tues 9/1 OFF
Wed 9/2 Cleveland, OH - Blossom
Thu 9/3 St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Fri 9/4 Kansas City, KS - Sandstone Amphitheatre
Sat 9/5 OFF
Sun 9/6 Denver, CO - Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Mon 9/7 OFF
Tues 9/8 OFF
Wed 9/9 OFF
Thu 9/10 Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheatre
Fri 9/11 OFF
Sat 9/12 Sacramento, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sun 9/13 San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
Mon 9/14 OFF
Tues 9/15 OFF
Wed 9/16 San Diego, CA - Cricket Amphitheatre
Thu 9/17 Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

...Fuse TV alert! Catch a half hour block of videos from Weezer this week on Fuse’s Loaded: Tuesday 6/9 @ 12:30pm ET

...In case you missed it, Patrick and Scott did a video interview with KROQ, backstage at the Weenie Roast show. It is available for your viewing pleasure here.

...industrious and clever weezer fans make weezer repro guitars for fun and, er, rock profits... check out the great guitars they're showing off here!

..."Waverly Hills" in The Simpsons...Nice! (at 4:07)

...Once again PETA has put Rivers on its nomination list for "sexiest vegetarian".

...Brandon, a fan writes: "I am an employee of Best Buy, and currently they are playing Pink Triangle on the 'Best Buy Radio' and right after they say its from the 'Deluxe Edition' of Weezer's Pinkerton. Do you know anything of Geffen re-releasing Pinkerton as they did with Blue?" Very mysterious, Brandon. We'll look into it.

...Weezer Tribute Band alert #4812297!

* Atlanta, GA: El Scorcho - June 26 at The Masquerade. tickets avail via Ticketmaster, all ages show.

* NYC: The Blue Album Group - at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 6th.

* San Diego, CA: Geezer (the oldest, crustiest tribute band in the world) - June 12th at Cane's (Mission Beach) - 3 band cover lineup:
Vitalogy doing Ten 11pm
Geezer doing Blue Album 10pm
Penny Royal doing Bleach 9pm

2009/05/26 weather: 70 degrees and light pre-sale; chance of scattered album info | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:53:00 GMT

...hi folks - well, the ticket madness has begun! Everyone on the weezer mailing list has just been sent the first round of presale info - including the password, for the weezer/Blink-182 tour dates. And if you aint on the mailing list, consider signing up! There are a lot more dates to go onsale still...

***special correction note - the email listed Salt Lake 9/7 as a Blink/Weezer city - NOT TRUE - sorry about that. No SLC for Weez on this run.

UPDATED WEEZER/BLINK TOUR DATES (*changes noted)

DATE CITY VENUE
Sun 8/23 Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheater
Mon 8/24 OFF
Tues 8/25 Wantagh, NY - Nikon Theater @ Jones Beach
Wed 8/26 Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
Thu 8/27 Camden, PA - Susquehanna Bank Center (*new date)
Fri 8/28 OFF
Sat 8/29 Hartford, CT - New England Dodge Music Center
Sun 8/30 Washington DC - TBA (*now confirmed, but venue still unknown)
Mon 8/31 Saratoga, NY - SPAC
Tues 9/1 OFF
Wed 9/2 Cleveland, OH - Blossom
Thu 9/3 St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Fri 9/4 Kansas City, KS - Sandstone Amphitheatre
Sat 9/5 OFF
Sun 9/6 Denver, CO - Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Mon 9/7 OFF
Tues 9/8 OFF
Wed 9/9 OFF
Thu 9/10 Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheatre
Fri 9/11 OFF
Sat 9/12 Sacramento, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sun 9/13 San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
Mon 9/14 OFF
Tues 9/15 OFF
Wed 9/16 San Diego, CA - Cricket Amphitheatre
Thu 9/17 Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

...meanwhile, many have been wondering about the status of weezer's next album - their 7th! While theres not much that can yet be officially revealed, here's the basics as they now stand...
* The band worked with Jacknife Lee in Malibu, Santa Monica, and West L.A. between 11/08 and 1/09, recording a nice pile of songs. The songs were mixed in March '09 in NYC with Rich Costey. Now the band has more new songs they are excited about, so they will be doing some more recording soon. What exactly ends up on the new album, and what is saved for the future, remains to be seen.
* As usual, weezer has kept things interesting with new experiments and ideas. After this many albums, its a given that they will try some new theories out. However, one thing thats stayed the same this time is Rivers singing lead.
* There is no release date set. Rumors and speculation about a July release are unfounded. The album may come out in summer, or fall, or ???. We shall see.
* No title has been selected, rumors and speculation to the contrary.
* No 1st single has been selected. The 1st single will probably come out in the summer. Stay tuned.
* Yes, the album rocks.
* More info to come, whenever it can be revealed. Thanks.

...in other news... (more on that biz to come).

2009/05/19 Weezer/Blink-182 Tour Dates Confirmed | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:07:00 GMT

...After some adjustments, the August/September tour dates with Weezer and Blink-182 have been finalized! Here is the definitive show list...

DATE ------- CITY --------- VENUE
Sun 8/23 Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheater
Mon 8/24 OFF
Tues 8/25 Wantagh, NY - Nikon Theater @ Jones Beach
Wed 8/26 Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
Thu 8/27 OFF
Fri 8/28 Camden, PA - Susquehanna Bank Center
Sat 8/29 Hartford, CT - New England Dodge Music Center
Sun 8/30 Washington DC - TBA ***UPDATE: DC SHOW MAY NOT HAPPEN***
Mon 8/31 Saratoga, NY - SPAC
Tues 9/1 OFF
Wed 9/2 Cleveland, OH - Blossom
Thu 9/3 St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Fri 9/4 Kansas City, KS - Sandstone Amphitheatre
Sat 9/5 OFF
Sun 9/6 Denver, CO - Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Mon 9/7 OFF
Tues 9/8 OFF
Wed 9/9 OFF
Thu 9/10 Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheatre
Fri 9/11 OFF
Sat 9/12 Sacramento, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sun 9/13 San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
Mon 9/14 OFF
Tues 9/15 OFF
Wed 9/16 San Diego, CA - Cricket Amphitheatre
Thu 9/17 Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Tickets are not on sale yet - stay tuned for info...

2009/05/15 Weenie Roast Set Time, More Rock Info | Weezer | News

TeamIGA — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:13:00 GMT

...People, breaking info for tomorrows big show at Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre: If you are attending the KROQ Weenie Roast, KNOW THAT Weezer is playing at 5:30 PM, right in the middle of the lineup - NOT at the final slot!

Weenie Roast Y Fiesta 2009: SET TIMES
1:30pm Big B
2:00pm Anberlin
2:30pm Asher Roth
3:00pm Hollywood Undead
3:30pm White Lies
4:00pm Cage the Elephant
4:30pm The Airborne Toxic Event
5:00pm Silversun Pickups
5:30pm Weezer
6:30pm Yeah Yeah Yeahs
7:10pm Jimmy Eat World
8:00pm Kings of Leon
8:50pm Rancid
9:30pm TRV$DJ-AM

And hey: if you are going to the show, add your show story here when you get home!

And if you arent attending the show, be sure to listen at kroq.com for the radio simulcast!

...Meanwhile, yesterday the Weez men played a special private party down on the Paramount Pictures lot. They played with the Re-united Blink-182, in what sort of amounts to a rehearsal for their upcoming tour together in August and September (more info to come, don't worry). Catch more details and photos over on Rolling Stone.

2009/05/04 Weenie Roast Announcement! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:52:00 GMT

**UPDATE 5/5**
Another show announced: July 24 at the Jisan Valley Rock Festival in South Korea! This will be Weezer's first ever show in Korea! (As for how to get a ticket? Hmm... anyone know how to read Korean? Don't think theyre available yet,in any case.)

....Folks, heres the new scoop - Weezer is headlining the KROQ Weenie Roast on May 16th, at Irvine Meadows in Irvine, CA! If you are or will be in SoCal at that time, clear your calendar and come on down to catch the first Weezer show since last fall! Of course Weenie Roasts feature a big list of bands (including Kings Of Leon, Jimmy Eat World...Silversun Pickups... Rancid... to name a few!) so theres plenty to take in... But particularly the Weez of course! Check Kroq.com for more details, as tickets will be going onsale May 7th only at livenation.com!

...On another note, if you don't know about this, you need to check it out: Original Weezer bass player Matt has an all new Rentals project underway, and they are literally cranking out an audio visual feast on a daily basis over at TheRentals.com. As they record their new album "Songs About Time" over the course of the year, they release new studio photos every single day, a new film every single week, and then a sweet dose of new music every 3 months - all through 2009. Just last week they released their latest film, the music video for "Song of Remembering". This song features Joey Santiago of the Pixies, who appears both on the track playing guitar, and in the video at work in the studio. This is just one example of the cool stuff going on at TheRentals.com - and nowhere else. You even get a free song, just for signing up on their email list! (If it sounds like I'm excited by this stuff, well yeah, I am. Its cool stuff!)

...Weezer tribute band alert!

Hawaii's Goat Punishment are playing a surprise show at the University of Hawaii Manoa Kwiki-mart style shop on campus May 6th at 6pm, and again on May 8th at The Spot.

Jarkarta, Indionesia's Starwick will playing an all weezer cover show on may 7th, at the special event "Funkin epic: a tribute to weezer, faith no more and rage against the machine", at Mario's Place.

And a multi weez-tribute band event including Atlanta's El Scorcho and more: The "Geek Rock" show at Lenny's Bar in Atlanta on May 29th, with Kochis, The Warm Fuzzies, and El Scorcho, all who will be working songs by their favorite band weezer into their sets.

2009/04/29 Time Passages | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:01:00 GMT

...OK folks, first of all, for anyone searching for the new Rivers "Not Alone" DVD and CD yesterday and today, only to not find it, our apologies. There was a release date change to next Tuesday, 5/5. But we weren't informed about the change until too late. So you will have to wait a few more days. Again, apologies for any confusion or inconvienience.

In The meantime, here's an exclusive 'Not Alone' video over on Entertainment Weekly - "El Scorcho"!

... the tour dates people have found over on Buzznet are NOT correct. Real tour info is in fact coming, but has not yet been finalized for release to the public. Stay tuned for bona-fide announcements via weezer.com, weezer myspace, and the weezer mailing list.

...Rentals update! Folks, you may be aware of former weezer bass man Matt's band, The Rentals. But you may not have been aware that they are releasing a new album this year, titled "Songs About Time". And you also may not have known that they are releasing it in 3 stages, and the first 4 songs are available now! Its great stuff folks, check it out - and now you know.

...Weezer Tribute band special edition! Jose and Ryen from Ozma (with some dudes from the band Teaneck) are doing a special one-off show May 16th at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood. They will be playing the Green Album in its entirety! ("Including 'I Do'", says Jose. "The Green Album came out may 15 in 2001 so its a true 8 year anniversary celebration.")

...todays photo of the adorable 'Weezer Pup' courtesy of Nick H.

2009/04/22 Not Alone Press Release | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:01:00 GMT

***UPDATE 4/25***
Hey, check out this video interview that just went up on Rainn Wilson's site, its Rainn Wilson asking Rivers some hard hitting and rather odd questions, very cool!

Hope your Earth days ended cleaner and more efficiently than they started. Here's the official word(s) from on high about the upcoming release of "Not Alone", the new Rivers EP + DVD. Includes link to new video of Rivers, er, exercising ...

RIVERS CUOMO SET TO RELEASE 'NOT ALONE - RIVERS CUOMO & FRIENDS LIVE AT FINGERPRINTS' AS A DVD ON APRIL 28

Rivers Cuomo is pleased to announce the April 28th release 'Not Alone - Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints' which will be available both as a DVD and as an EP. Not Alone has its origins in an in-store jam session Rivers Cuomo held at Fingerprints, a record store in Long Beach, CA. The event was a celebration for the release of 'Alone II - The Home Recordings Of Rivers Cuomo' on November 25, 2008. From a post on his website Rivers invited super fans from across the country to dress sharp and join him in a makeshift band. They helped pick a set list which ended up being a mix of Weezer classics as well as ultra-obscure fan favorites. The 150 lucky "friends" had never met or practiced together, but they fearlessly came to rock out with their favorite songs in what was a long, magical night.

Additional bonus footage on the DVD includes the video for "My Brain Is Working Overtime," an interview with actor Jason Schwartzman and this clip of Rivers speaking mere hours prior to the momentous in-store.

The CD features 6 songs from the in-store and an in-depth interview by NPR's Terry Gross from her show Fresh Air.

..."Not Alone" will be available at most if not all independant music stores, as well as the Fingerprints online store (preorder CD, DVD) and junketboy.com.

Weezer Tribute Band alert!
Tomorrow, Thursday April 23: El Scorcho is playing "around 11PM" at Atlanta's The Five Spot.

...Todays picture (imaginary "Not Alone" artwork) is by the very talented Headcheese. Take a bow, Headcheese.

2009/04/16 If 6 Was 7 (Crosstown Traffic) | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:12:00 GMT

...First off folks, Official confirmation now for Weezer's FujiRock Festival appearance - July 26 at the Naeba Ski Resort next to Mount Fuji, Japan. More tour dates TBA.

...SPIN.com has an article up now about Rivers Cuomo's collaboration with Rainn Wilson on their cover of Joan Osborne's "One of Us." The piece details and includes a video of its recording and other fun information (Rivers' show on Sirius Radio!).

...Now, look. Here's a new Webisode - #15, "Breath On My Fire" - filmed in March in NYC.

...Hey, this coming Saturday 18th is Record Store Day, a celebration of good music, cool indie shops and the vinyl record. Your local indie shop (if you have one) has some special deals going on, head over and support them! Speaking of vinyl records, a reminder that the uber-cool Deluxe Red Album 2LP vinyl set is available now at select shops and online at: Insound, Interpunk, and Fingerprints. It will shortly also be on the UK site eil.com.

...Reminder: coming up on 4/28 is the release of Rivers's "Not Alone" Cd and DVD, featuring live Hootenanny style performace he did back in December at Fingerprints Records in Long Beach. Available at most if not all independant music stores, as well as the Fingerprints online store (preorder CD, DVD) and junketboy.com.

As for more tour dates, release info, etc, keep your horses held, all will be revealed in good time.

Weezer Tribute Band alert!

Tallahassee, FL: "Thank You Kindly" is covering weezer at this Saturday's "Local Covers" weekend at Club Downunder on Florida State's Campus

SoCal: Don't sleep on Geezer - "We're going to be doing the whole Blue Album like other coverbands before us but we're just gonna do it better". Next show is June 12th at Cane's in San Diego.

2009/04/06 ...And The Gods Made Love | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:38:00 GMT

***UPDATE 4/9***
Hey check out Rivers' YouTube Channel and/or Weezer's YouTube channel for a wicked behind the scenes video of the recording of Rivers doing "What If God Was One Of Us" with Joe LoPiccio and Rainn Wilson for the upcoming Sirius Radio takeover show!

...Coming up in just a few days is the Rivers and Jason Schwartzman takeover on Sirius Radio's Alt-Nation channel. Here's the details:

Alt-Nation Sirius#21 - XM#47
April 10- Rivers Cuomo and Jason Schwartzman on Alt-Nation! (8pm eastern 5pm pacific)
Re-broadcast Saturday, April 11th 3pm & 9pm; Sunday, April 12th 9am & 6pm; Monday, April 13th 3am.

In conjunction with this, there are as many as 7 (? tbd) cool Rivers/Jason/Rainn Wilson related video clips that will be hitting online around the time of the show. Good behind the scenes action. We'll update you with when/where details as they come in. Pitchfork coverage; Rolling Stone coverage.

...Update on the Rivers "Not Alone" hootenanny style live CD, and full show DVD, recorded last December at an in-store at Fingerprints Records in Long Beach. These items will be available at most if not all independant music stores, as well as the Fingerprints online store (preorder CD, DVD) and junketboy.com. Due out on on April 28th.

...Red Album Deluxe Edition on vinyl finally available!
We had to wait out the winter for this one, but its now available at select outlets. This 2 LP set contains the full 14 song USA Deluxe Edition tracklist, mastered especially for vinyl and pressed by the experts at RTI. The vinyl is 180 gram virgin wax, and by spreading the tracklist over 2 LPs we have maxed out the hi-fidelity possibilities. In other words, these suckers sound nice. The packaging is deluxe too, with a heavy cardboard gatefold jacket with a huge photo collage on the inside. the liner notes, more photos and credits are on plastered on the 2 full color inner sleeves. This pressing was limited to a little over 2000 copies, so if you like weezer and vinyl, now is the time to step up!

Red Album deluxe vinyl is avail online at: Insound, Interpunk, and Fingerprints. It will shortly also be on the UK site eil.com.

Weezer tribute band alert!

Raleigh, NC: “Destroy All Sweaters” is playing Friday, April 10th at The Pour House Music Hall in Raleigh, NC.

Honolulu, Hawaii: "Goat Punishment" (tribute band, not "THE" GP) is playing April 11th and 25th. Lance says: "The reception in Hawaii has been phenomenal so far. Last night alone we had 200 people. The crowd really loves the flying W guitar I built.."

...6 degrees of Watchmen/Factory Girl/Weezer, from observant fan Sal: "In the movie "Watchmen" the character Nite Owl is portrayed by one Patrick Wilson. Now Weezer's Patrick Wilson played John Cale in Factory Girl. Lyrics from John Cale’s “Sanities” appear in the title and the end quote of Chapter XII of the Watchmen comic series: 'It would be a stronger world, a stronger loving world, to die in.'"

...todays photo is a cool tattoo somewhere on weez fan Will Sherburne.

2009/03/27 Someday A Real Rain Will Come | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:07:00 GMT

Peoples, heres the latest from the poop deck:

...Coming up on April 11th on Sirius Satelite Radio is The Alternative Nation Countdown Takeover extreme–mega-extravaganza. This special show will be hosted by Rivers and Jason Schwartzman (Coconut Records) and will feature several all new recordings by both of them. Rivers was joined on his new tracks by Joe LoPiccolo and Rainn Wilson, whos got more than just acting chops in his arsenal.

...The Rivers 'Alone 2' hootenanny style in-store at Fingerprints records last December is being made into both a special live CD, and a DVD. These will be released on April 28th and are currently available for pre-order on the Fingerprints site: CD ordering link, DVD ordering link. The CD includes 6 performances, whereas the DVD includes 12 full performances plus the video for "My Brain Is Working Overtime", plus special interviews and more!

...Weezer's first confirmed show of '09 has been announced, they will be playing the Fujirock Festival on July 26th near Tokyo Japan. Beyond that date there will be more international and North American shows announced when they are confirmed.

...Weezer tribute band alerts!

Houston TX: The Sweaters is playing at WestFest (the Free Pree Houston's Westheimer Block Party) TOMMORROW, March 28. This is a huge 100+ band, all day event up and down Westheimer in Houston, TX. Details on the bands Myspace.

Honolulu, Hawaii: Goat Punishment is playing at Sand Island Sports Bar on April 4th.

And as always, the mighty El Scorcho out of Atlanta has lots of shows coming up.

...and finally folks, I know this is somewhat tangental, but man... if you don't know about this yet, get familiar! Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are, coming fall '09.

2009/03/09 El hombre más grande que vivió nunca | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:43:00 GMT

Folks, you like Weezer videos. I like Weezer videos. With this in mind, know this: catch a half hour block of videos from Weezer this week on Fuse’s Loaded: Friday 3/13 @ 4:30pm ET.

...Check out this tasty video combo on Spinner.com - Clip 1 is the 20 minute Rivers talk about creating "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived", and clip 2 is the performance of 'Greatest Man' at the 11/25/08 Rivers show at Fingerprintz in Long Beach, CA. Epic!

...Rainn Wilson and Rivers. Now that's the kind of combo you just can't beat. Not even with a stick. (And yes, theres a LOT more to the story... stay tuned!)

...Weezer tribute album mega alert!
Some very clever and talented fans have recorded an album of Weezer (and/or Weezer related) covers, specifically of the songs that Rivers had planned on releasing under the name "Homie" back in '98, but never did, as well as some related "between Pinkerton and Green" songs. Theyve called this cover project HOMiE (in reference to the Brian Wilson "SMiLE" album) and you can hear it for free right now. Check it out, it's a high quality experience. Big ups to Runnersdialzero and Lifetaker!

Todays picture is a hybrid of Tatiana K.'s logo and Kyle C.'s brand discovery at the National Ranching Heratige Center. Thanks guys!

2009/03/06 The Greatest Tariku! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:47:00 GMT

Scott Shriner and his wife Jillian are proud to announce the arrival of their son Tariku! Look out world! The Weezer family is growing!

Jillian writes: "We returned on January 23 from our trip to Ethiopia to pick up our son. Tariku is a curious and adorable little guy who does wild dances when Scott plays the guitar and who likes to bang on everything he sees - hence the name Tariku Moon (after Keith Moon)." And happy birthday to Tariku, who was in fact born 1 year ago today exactly!

2009/02/23 De grootste Man die ooit leefde | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:56:00 GMT

*** UPDATE 2/26 ***
Folks, check out Fuse TV this coming week, they are doing a 1/2 hour "Loaded" Weezer music video block on Wednesday 3/4 at 4pm EST. Only on FUSE, where music melds together and then boils in a giant kettle stirred by clever witches chanting Shakespeare.

New Webisode in the house! #14 for those who are counting.

...in case you missed it, there is a new interview with everyone's favorite Brian Bell up now on Stereokill. Brian talks about various things, with a focus on his other band The Relationship. Check it out!

...remaining airtime of the Weezer Live In Japan concert footage from 12/05, on the Palladia cable channel:
02/25/2009 09:00:00 AM Wednesday
(Palladia is the HD channel of MTV, and is ch. 332 on Direct TV, and channel 369 on Dish Network)

...weezer tribute band alert! There sure are a lot of these now...the power of the weez.

Raleigh, NC: Destroy All Sweaters is playing on Feb 28th at “The Dive Bar” in Raleigh. Cost = free.

Atlanta GA: The mighty El Scorcho is usually playing weekly somewhere. Their next show is Feb 27 2009 10:00 PM, in Johns Creek, GA at the Uptown Loft.

Reminder: here's a list of the stations that are currently playing "Greatest Man". Give em a buzz!

STATION ....LOCATION ................PHONE NUMBER
WCYY .........Portland, ME .............207.792.WCYY
WBRU ........Boston, MA ................401.272.9555
WFNX .........Boston, MA ................781.595.WFNX
WEQX .........Vermont ....................802-362-1027
WRRV ........Hudson Valley, NY ...845.452.WRRV
WZNE ........Rochester, NY ..........(585) 222-1941
WRFF ........Philadelphia, PA .......Text: 91045
WJSE ........Atlantic City .................609-653-1400
WWDC...... Washington D.C. ......(202) 432-1101
WROX .......Norfolk, VA ..................757-622-9696
WARZ .......Columbia, SC .............803-695-9935
WTZB .......Sarasota, FL ................(800) 820-BUZZ
WRXS .......Columbus, OH ............614.487.3318
WLUM .......Milwaukee, WI ............414.799.1021
KRBZ ........Kansas City, KS ..........www.965thebuzz.com
KCCQ .......Des Moines, IA ............515-232-0105
KROX ........Austin, TX .....................(512) 836-KROX
KITS ..........San Francisco, CA ......1800.696.1053
KROQ .......Los Angeles .................1800 520-1067
KYSR ........Los Angeles .................1-800-782-7987
KXTE .........Las Vegas ....................702.791.1075
KFMA ........Tuscon, AZ ....................520.880.5362
Sirius 21 ...Satellite..........................www.sirius.com/altnation

2009/02/17 O maior homem que já viveu | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:26:00 GMT

**Update 2/21**
There is a new interview with everyone's favorite Brian Bell up now on Stereokill. Brian talks about various things, with a focus on his other band The Relationship. Check it out!

People, as we celebrate an amazing 17 (seventeen!) years of weezer as of this past weekend, the battle is on. We've gotten "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" on some stations, but to hold on to 'em, they need to know you want to keep hearing it! And that in turn may get other stations to pick it up as well. Do good music a favor, and let them know what you want to hear. Here's a list of the stations that are currently playing "Greatest Man". Give em a buzz!

STATION ....LOCATION ................PHONE NUMBER
WCYY .........Portland, ME .............207.792.WCYY
WBRU ........Boston, MA ................401.272.9555
WFNX .........Boston, MA ................781.595.WFNX
WEQX .........Vermont ....................802-362-1027
WRRV ........Hudson Valley, NY ...845.452.WRRV
WZNE ........Rochester, NY ..........(585) 222-1941
WRFF ........Philadelphia, PA .......Text: 91045
WJSE ........Atlantic City .................609-653-1400
WWDC...... Washington D.C. ......(202) 432-1101
WROX .......Norfolk, VA ..................757-622-9696
WARZ .......Columbia, SC .............803-695-9935
WTZB .......Sarasota, FL ................(800) 820-BUZZ
WRXS .......Columbus, OH ............614.487.3318
WLUM .......Milwaukee, WI ............414.799.1021
KRBZ ........Kansas City, KS ..........www.965thebuzz.com
KCCQ .......Des Moines, IA ............515-232-0105
KROX ........Austin, TX .....................(512) 836-KROX
KITS ..........San Francisco, CA ......1800.696.1053
KROQ .......Los Angeles .................1800 520-1067
KYSR ........Los Angeles .................1-800-782-7987
KXTE .........Las Vegas ....................702.791.1075
KFMA ........Tuscon, AZ ....................520.880.5362
Sirius 21 ...Satellite..........................www.sirius.com/altnation

And if you don't live in those areas, there's no harm in telling your own local station to get with it - they might just listen to you...

...in case you missed it, a new interview with yours truly is now up on the Popular Sounds music blog. I tried to make sense, honest!

...remaining airtimes of the Weezer Live In Japan concert footage from 12/05, on the Palladia cable channel:

02/18/2009 02:00:00 PM Wednesday
02/25/2009 09:00:00 AM Wednesday

(Palladia is the HD channel of MTV, and is ch. 332 on Direct TV, and channel 369 on Dish Network)

2009/02/08 Grammy Win! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:48:00 GMT

* Update 2/13 - A new interview with yours truly is now up on the Popular Sounds music blog. I tried to make sense, honest!

Breaking Weez News! Weezer has just won the Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video for the "Pork and Beans" video!.

02/06/09 Il più grande uomo che sia mai vissuto | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:52:00 GMT

We have a new webisode in the house! "Webisode 13: Ain't No Particular Sign"

...The Weezer Live In Japan concert footage from 12/05 will bei airing on the Palladia cable channel at the following times. Check it out!

02/13/2009 01:00:00 PM Friday
02/13/2009 02:00:00 AM Friday
02/15/2009 09:00:00 PM Sunday
02/18/2009 02:00:00 PM Wednesday
02/25/2009 09:00:00 AM Wednesday

(Palladia is the HD channel of MTV, and is ch. 332 on Direct TV, and channel 369 on Dish Network )

...More Weezer tribute band action!

Atlanta, GA: The mighty "El Scorcho"is playing TODAY, Feb 6 2009 10:00 PM at Midtown Music Hall in Chattanooga, TN

Honolulu, HI: "Goat Punishment" (a tribute band, not weezer in disguise) is playing at the Sand Island R&B club on Feb 13th.

West Michigan: "Our Name Is Jonas - A Weezer Tribute" will be playing The Tip Off in Comstock Park, just north of Grand Rapids on Feb 21. "We'll be playing all your favorites, except that one you might not like. Heck, we might even play that one too!"

Raleigh, NC: "Destroy All Sweaters" is playing at “The Dive Bar” in Raleigh on Feb 28th. Cost = FREE.

02/03/09 Der größte Mann der überhaupt lebte | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:40:00 GMT

Hi folks - going up shortly on Daytrotter.com is a new "Bookery" item, featuring audio of none other than Rivers reading one of his own poems. Check it out and get literary!

...in case you missed it, this past Sunday 2/1 was Patrick Wilson's birthday! Happy (continued) birthday, Pat!

...Folks, if youv'e been wondering what the weez's '92-'98 bass player Matt Sharp has been up to, head right over to TheRentals.com for a treat. Matt's new Rentals project is called "Songs About Time", and for literally all of 2009 youll get to watch it being made as it happens, in true multi-media glory. Have a look, you won't regret it.

...and meanwhile, Mikey Welsh, the weezy bassist '98-'01, has been keeping very busy in the visual art world, making all kinds of cool stuff. Here's a recent article.

...Weezer tribute band alert!

Toronto, Canada: Weezer Tribute Night on Tuesday February 10 at Sneaky Dees, 9 pm. $5/19+

THE SURF WAX AMERICANS
(playing "the blue album" in its entirety)

CIO CIO SAN & THE PINK TRIANGLES
(playing "pinkerton" in its entirety)

01/27/09 Le plus grand homme qui a jamais vécu | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:40:00 GMT

*****BIRTHDAY UPDATE 2/1*****
Happy Birthday to PATRICK WILSON!!!! Rock Hard, Rock On, Rock Well. You do, and shall.

So, when people think "radio single" they tend to think, "3 minutes long or less" "verse chorus verse", "simple". They probably wouldnt think a 6 minute song with a repeating structure and 10+ different musical styles would work on the radio. But Weezer is starting to prove them wrong, with your help. "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations On A Shaker Hymn)" is the 3rd single (and possibly the best song) off of the Red Album, and its starting to climb the Modern Rock charts now, thanks to airplay - in large part driven by your requests. Its up several spots to #36 this week, and it can keep climbing, winning over stations, with your help! Is your local station too frightened to play it? Or can they step up to the grown ups table? It's on you, folks!

...Another new and interesting interview with Rivers, with The Onion's AV Club.

...and in case you missed 'em...

Rivers on Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

Rivers video interview with Rockerazzi.com.

Rivers talks for 20 minutes about the making of "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived"! Courtesy KROQ L.A.

...Today's pic is direct from a fan - it's up for voting on Brickfish - help our weez fan/photog win a scholarship!

...Coming soon - new webisodes, new music, new stuff! Its the dead of winter but we're keeping the party going!

01/20/09 I'm Terry Gross. Welcome To Fresh Air | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:35:00 GMT

*UPDATE 1/25* Hey, that Fresh Air episode is now avail both as a stream on the NPR site now, and as a podcast if you subscribe to the Fresh Air podcast. Meanwhile, heres a breif but cool video interview with Rivers, from Rockerazzi.com, shot at the recent Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra Celebrity Soccer Challenge that Rivers played in:

...folks, get your ears over to National Public Radio's "Fresh Air" program tomorrow (Wednesday Jan 21), for an informative and cool interview with Rivers. Terry Gross and Rivers - a devastating combination.

...weezer tribute band alert:
1. Atlanta based El Scorcho is playing The 5 Spot in Atlanta on Sunday 1/25 at 5PM. And check their site too, because it looks like they have a bunch of shows coming up after that.

2. Our Name Is Jonas is playing a show at The Screamin' Eagle in Ypsilanti, MI Next Saturday, the 24th at 10 pm.

3. Liverpool, England, Saturday 1/24: 10 bands play 10 minutes of weezer apiece at The Barfly, "every track off the Blue Album covered"! see poster below:

01/13/09 Regarding Pork und Beens | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:12:00 GMT

*UPDATE 1/14: VIDEO: Rivers talks for 20 minutes about the making of "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived"! Courtesy KROQ L.A.

Now, watch this:

...Hey, here's some belated credits for the Rivers Stereogum sessions:

* Pianist on “I Was Scared” – Sonya Lee
* A Cappella group for “I Was Scared” and “Don’t Worry Baby” – The Dartmouth Aires

...And here's a great pic from the fall tour, give the guy a vote if you like it!

01/07/09 Rivers Soccer Challenge, Greatest Man, and Pork And Beans V2.0! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:49:00 GMT

...RIVERS IN THE '09 CELEBRITY SOCCER GAME:
People, once again Rivers is playing in the Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra Celebrity Soccer Challenge! This star studded charity benefit soccer game takes place on January 17th at the Home Depot center in Carson, Cali. Tickets are just $20 on Ticketmaster and proceeds go to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the Mia Hamm Foundation.

As you may recall, last winter's Rivers Video "Lover In The Snow" featured footage from last years event, in which Rivers scored the first goal of the game for his team. This years game is sure to be great fun for all, and it's for a great pair of causes. Come on down!

...PORK AND BEANS REDUX:
Okay, the long rumored "second version" of the Pork and Beans video is finally on our doorstep. A lot more stuff got filmed last May than what you saw in the now famous version. So check back shortly here and on our Youtube page for this all new yet oddly familiar video!

...THE GREATEST MAN THAT EVER LIVED:
Folks, if you havent seen the "Children Of Winter" movie trailer AKA a special "Greatest Man That Ever Lived" video, wait no longer and click it here!

"The Greatest Man..." is the new radio single from "The Red Album", so tell your station they need to play it so all the world understands the JAM.

...Heres something different: A Weez-inspired comedy/music show featuring the excellent Weezer cover band "The Little Bitches". Jacob Sirof Presents "Undone - The Sweater Show", March 5th, 2009 at the San Jose Improv, San Jose, CA. Check it out!

12/18/08 SO MUCH GREAT WEEZER STUFF RIGHT NOW! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:54:00 GMT

UPDATE 12/22 - Rivers Stereogum videos (3!) NOW UP ON STEREOGUM. Enjoy, this is great stuff! Rivers and some very special guests perform unique and beautiful versions of 3 songs from "Alone II" (out now!)

UPDATE 12/19 - Now with even MORE cool stuff, added at the bottom of this post!

Good peoples of the world of Weezer, theres a lot of good stuff going on right now. Heres the rundown:

1. CHRISTMAS WITH WEEZER IPHONE APP
This exclusive cool new variation on Tapulous' popular "Tap Tap Revolution" iPhone game is available now! Features 6 brand new Weezer Christmas songs and other Weezer music!

2. CHRISTMAS WITH WEEZER EP
6 brand new holiday classics recorded by the Weez men, available NOW on iTunes and Amazon!

And courtesy of fan Paul W. aka OBSiDEONEYE, todays picture is a hilarious variant cover for the Christmas EP!

3. RIVERS CUOMO "ALONE II" ALBUM
This awesome collection of never before heard home recordings is available NOW in record stores and iTunes, Amazon, etc. Wherever good music is sold!

And tune into to Stereogum this coming MONDAY DEC. 22 for video of Rivers performing 3 songs from 'Alone II'! And it's not just Rivers performing - these songs are performed with some VERY special guest musicians and in FRESH arrangements that you have come to expect from the king of the unexpected, Rivers Cuomo! ...and over on Goal.com, a nice write up of "My Day Is Coming" from Alone II.

MORE GOOD STUFF added 12/19:

...Check out these sweet customized weezer Flip video cameras, available now! And/or, design your own with the Flip Mino "Create Your Own Design" feature!

..."The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" is now the official new radio single off the Red Album! Request! Listen! Enjoy! And if you missed it, here's Weezer performing the track on last Sundays Video Game Awards on Spike TV:

and don't forget the Greatest Man Mtv 52 Bands video!

VIDEO: Rivers and Jermaine Dupri (not to mention Jose from Ozma, dude from Yellowcard, and a wicked flautist)?!?! say wha? (tune into Stereogum on Monday for much more!)

VIDEO: Here's Pat and Scott awarding "Guitar Hero 2" the Music Video Game Of The Year, at the Spike TV Video Game Awards.

NOMINATION: Weezer's "Pork And Beans", is up for the Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video (versus Gnarls Barkley, Erykah Badu, and Radiohead).

...happy holidays to all!

12/16/08 Join the Demand | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:03:00 GMT

"Pork And Beans" is #4 on SPIN's "Best 20 Music Videos of 2008"!

People: tell us where you are so we know where to tour! Join the demand!

The Video Game Awards show (featuring the epic "Greatest Man" performance by Weezer) is being rebroadcast Dec 18 at 2am and Dec 26 at 2am. Also, clips from the show will be up at spike.com soon. And heres a nice digitally crunchy clip right now:

12/10/08 Christmas With Weezer EP + Video Game Awards! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:50:00 GMT

Hey folks, good stuff coming your way - The 6 new Christmas songs that Weezer recorded for the "Christmas With Weezer" Tap Tap Revenge iPhone game will now be made available for purchase as full recordings (will full vocal harmonies) on December 16 (next Tuesday)! Weezer knows not everyone has an iPhone, and they wanted to make sure every fan who wanted to own and enjoy these new tracks had access to them. The Christmas With Weezer digital EP will be avail for download purchase on iTunes and Amazon.com 12/16. So enjoy!

...And speaking of video games, coming up THIS SUNDAY 12/14 at 9PM on Spike TV, its the Video Game Awards - featuring (amongst many things like Jack Black and 50 Cent) a wild WEEZER performance in the last segment of the show! Be sure to tune in, this ones going to blow the roof off!!!

***UPDATE: The show is being rebroadcast later Sunday night at 11pm and again at 1am. Additional rebroadcasts are Dec 18 at 2am and Dec 26 at 2am. Also, clips from the show will be up at spike.com soon.

...meanwhile, 'Pork And Beans' made Rolling Stone's top singles of '08 list.

12/09/08 Greatest Man / Children Of Winter team-up! | Weezer | News

IGA — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:55:00 GMT

Ok folks, heres something extra cool. "Children Of Winter ", the latest edition of the annual Warren Miller ski/snowboard/crazy action film extravaganza series has started its tour of theaters around the country, and Weezer has 2 songs in the film: "Troublemaker" and "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived".

The "Greatest Man That Ever Lived" segment has now also been made into its own stand-alone music video, to both promote the film... and to promote "Greatest Man" as a new single! This video will be debuting on the homepage of GrindTV.com TODAY (Tuesday), so be sure to check it out!! (Note that while this isnt "THE" music video for "Greatest Man" - it's "a" music video - its nonetheless very cool indeed!)

So - check out the Greatest Man /Children Of Winter video later today on GrindTV.com , and check out the Warren Miller site to see when "Children of Winter" will be hitting your town, and to see the films trailer and other details like the soundtrack list! (the film also happens to include a pair of tracks from yours truly ...rock!)

12/07/08 Rivers Stereogum project needs a pianist! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:09:00 GMT

Thanks to all who have sent in responses to Rivers' request for an A Capella group. Now he needs someone who can play piano. Check it out:

12/03/08 tap tap; a capella, & world records page! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:09:00 GMT

...people, we got a trio of interesting things going on at the moment.

#1 check the weezer.com links list for the Troublemaker World Records page, up now for your enjoyment!

#2 Weezer has recorded brand new music in the form of several holiday songs for the iPhone Tap Tap Revenge game. Here's the details in the form of a press release!

Weezer and Tapulous Announce Unique Musical App For Apple App Store

Christmas With Weezer: Six Exclusive Weezer Christmas Songs For iPhone
and iPod touch from the Makers of Tap Tap Revenge

Los Angeles, CA., – December 4, 2008 – Weezer, one of the most
original and beloved bands around, and Tapulous, the leading iPhone
applications developer, today announced Christmas With Weezer, an
original game for the iPhone and iPod touch that will go on sale
within the next few days. Featuring new music by Weezer, the game
takes full advantage of the innovative Multi-Touch
capabilities and accelerometer as players tap and shake their phones
to the tunes of six classic Christmas songs covered by Weezer.

"I agreed to do these special recordings for the game because I am a
fan of each of the songs. The melody and vocal lines are incredible
and it was fun to sing them," added Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo.

Christmas With Weezer is built on the powerful next-generation engine
of Tap Tap Revenge, the popular music game for iPhone and iPod touch,
where users tap and shake their devices to the tunes of the music, but
with rich new features and a fun, family-friendly look to fit the
holiday spirit. The music is funky but authentic, since Weezer kept
the original lyrics in these favorite Christmas songs. Weezer fans can
hear the band performing six Christmas classics, including "We Wish
You A Merry Christmas", "Silent Night", "O Holy Night", "First Noel",
"Hark The Herald Angels Sing" and "O Come, All Ye Faithful", along
with two bonus tracks. The six Christmas cover tracks were recorded
exclusively for this game, and are not available anywhere else.

"I love my iPhone and all the apps that you can download," said Weezer
drummer Pat Wilson. "I love that our band is the first to actually
record songs specifically for an app and Tap Tap Revenge seemed like
the perfect one. I am excited to tap along to what we recorded and
hope it brings holiday cheer to all kinds of different thumbs and
fingers.

Christmas With Weezer will be available worldwide from
Apple's App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at
www.itunes.com/appstore/ in the next few days.

For more information please visit www.tapulous.com

#3 Rivers is looking for an A Capella singing group to help him record a new cover of the Beach Boys classic "Don't Worry Baby" for Stereogum . Rivers has made a video clip with the details you need, here it is!

...Also: some interesting talk re: the recent past and the near or distant future from RC in a new Pitchfork article .

...And: a great article about the original Weezer Fan Club (1994-1999) Weezines. (Which, by the way, will eventually be fully archived here on weezer.com. There might even be some vintage copies of some issues made available someday.)

11/27/08 more jam stuff. and stuff. | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:10:00 GMT

People, Tuesday's Rivers + fans jam at Fingerprints in Long Beach was, in the words of Borat, "great success". Read the many comments on the 11/25 story for eyewitness accounts. And for all who werent in attendance, SPIN.com is hooking you up SOLID with tons of video from the event this coming Monday! In the meantime, they currently have an introduction and one song ("Across The Sea") posted up here at SPIN.com.

There are several photo galleries online from fans who were at the show. Check them out here and here for starters. Article and some great pix up at Pitchfork, here . Todays .com pic courtesy of ohjonas. Thank you!

...Meanwhile, the album Rivers was promoting at the jam, his new "Alone II" is on sale and chock full of great songs and detailed liner notes for you. And if you happen to be buying it at Best Buy, theres a special promotion going on right now. They are offering an exclusive Weezer mini-greatest hits EP, called "Six Hits". "Six Hits" plus Alone II (or any Weezer album in stock) is avail for just $20 for the pair. "Six Hits" includes the classics "Buddy Holly", "Say It Aint So" "Hash Pipe" "Island In The Sun" "Beverly Hills" and "Perfect Situation".

...Weezer tribute band alert!
JUST ADDED: The Sweaters are playing Saturday Nov. 29 at Walters on Washington in Houston, TX.
Tweezer is playing tomorrow, Friday 11/28 at The Cup in Linden, NJ. And also on Saturday 11/29 at Marita's Cantina in New Brunswick, NJ.

...Weezer plug time!
Hey, longtime weezoids may recall Ridd, who was our main message board mod many years ago, and has been a strong pal of weezer for a very long time, recently designing cool t-shirts and whatnot for the band. Well, he's got a band called "Satellite Tragedy", and their debut album 'New Beautiful' just came out. Nice stuff! Check it out here .

Weezer Drawminos. Yeah.

11/24/08 Alone II out today! Fingerprintz jam with Rivers! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:30:00 GMT

Today is the release date for Rivers' "Alone II", his second collection of home demos! Check it out!

Also, 11/25 Rivers is doing a very special record release instore performance at Fingerprintz Records in Long Beach CA (sold out), a true jam session with the audience, where just about anything can happen and probably will. More reportage later, but for now, if you were there and/or have something to say about the show or the album, please add your comments here!

11/21/08 Troublemaker; Alone II stuff | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:53:00 GMT

People, the Troublemaker video now has a special extended "pop up video" version, up now exclusively on MSN Music . Learn all kinds of interesting facts about the video as it plays. Then, check out the first of a Three-Part Making of the Video Webisode Series, also exclusively on MSN Music . Good Stuff!! Also coming shortly to weezer.com is a special Weezer World Records section filled with fun facts and pix from the shoot.

...Special "Alone II" release notice!
While the Alone II CD is being released next Tuesday 11/25, the Digital version actually comes out on Monday 11/24! So if you are an iTunes type of person, you can get it a day early.

...Some random nice covers:
* Juliana Hatfield covers "Slave ".
* Les Trois Accords from Quebec cover "My Name is Jonas " in French - translated to "Mon Nom est Jonathan"!

11/17/08 Jam (lamb) Session Message | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:46:00 GMT

People, here's a message directly from Rivers - things you need to know if you are attending the upcoming Alone II record release Jam Session at Fingerprintz Records in Long Beach - on next Tuesday 11/25!

...Also, there has been a new "Let's Write A Sawng" update .

...And in case you were wondering, the swell red hats everyone was wearing at the L.A. Forum show's Hootenanny came directly from WutZupHatz , as a favor to a friend who was in that night's Hoot. So, if you want to wear the red hat worn by 9 out of 10 Hootenanny People (including Rivers!) AND that matches the Red Album perfectly, look no further than WutZupHatz!

11/12/08 check my power! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:44:00 GMT

***UPDATE 11/14: Looks like a tech issue at Slide for the moment, so we've added the new "My Brain..." video to our media page . Enjoy!

***UPDATE 11/13: Hey, the Rivers Cuomo "My Brain Is Working Overtime" music video premieres TOMORROW, FRIDAY 11/14, on the Slide FunSpace main page! Check it out!

Howdy people. Things be happening. But whatever, check THIS out: tomorrow (Thursday), "Troublemaker" will be the free featured song from Tap Tap Revenge for the iPhone. You can get it in the iPhone App store or at www.tapulous.com. This is avail for 1 week only so act fast! Also note that over this coming weekend Tap Tap Revenge will host a tournament - the Grand Prize is a signed Fender guitar, and runners up get signed CDs.

Here's a new Rolling Stone Q+A with Rivers regarding his "Alone II" album which comes out on 11/25.

And on this Pitchfork article you can hear "My Brain Is Working Overtime" from Alone II. (The video for which should be out very soon!)

Todays Weezer Pie is by Colin from Scotland and his girlfriend. The pie contains no haggis, we have been assured.

11/05/08 Jam Session With Rivers! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:22:00 GMT

*** UPDATE - THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT ***

People, here's a major announcement pertaining to the upcoming 11/25 release of Rivers Cuomo's "Alone II"... anyone near SoCal on 11/25 needs to check this out right now!

Here's the word from Fingerprints Records , Long Beach, CA:

Fingerprints is ecstatic to announce an album release event straight from the imagination of Rivers Cuomo. It's a bit different for us, so read all the way through, including the details at the bottom about how you can join us for this once-in-a-lifetime event.

Rivers talked about the event in a recent interview with Pitchfork... here's how he explained what will be happening on our humble little stage on Tuesday, November 25th:

"I am doing a really cool event to promote Alone II on the day of release. It's basically another Hootenanny, but it's a little different. Anyone can be a part of it, you don't have to bring an instrument. But if you do bring an instrument, you will be part of the team that gets to pick the songs we play. It can be any song, in some cases, it might just be one person who says, like, "Oh! Let's play this obscure B-side!", and he may be the only person in the room who knows it, besides me, and then it will just be me and that person giving a concert to the rest of the room. And then the next song, there might be 20 people who know it. So that will be a very dynamic event and very fun for me. And I won't have to bring a guitar [laughs]." - Rivers Cuomo

We will be opening the guest list at 11:00am on Thursday, November 6th. The list will be open to people that pre-order Rivers' new album, Alone II: The Home Recordings , with a limit of two spots per person. We are looking for both musicians and non-musicians and will be managing the list to make sure we have enough of both, please don't buffalo us by saying you'll play if you won't. Space will be more limited than usual, as we're leaving a bit of extra room to move around with instruments.

** Please note that we will be accepting RSVP pre- orders for this performance via phone (562.433.4996) and in-person, but purchasing through the website will not get you in to see the performance.

...And don't forget to vote for "Pork And Beans" in the FuseTV Best Video of 2008 Tournament Bracket! We need YOUR votes to take this video to the top! Voting on the first round ends next Monday 11/10 at midnight - we must take Staind down! Remember, "Pork And Beans" got snubbed at the Mtv Video Awards - so now its up to you to use FuseTV to show the world what's what...

...The NME Cool List 2008 has Rivers/Weezer at #31. Cool.

11/04/08 A different vote to rock | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:24:00 GMT

Yes yes, the presidential election... But here's the REALLY important vote!!! "Pork And Beans" is in the FuseTV Best Video of 2008 Tournament Bracket , and we need YOUR votes to take this video to the top! Voting on the first round ends next Monday 11/10 at midnight - we must take Staind down! As of Tuesday night, they are winning our matchup! Aaaaa! Don't let it happen! Remember, "Pork And Beans" got snubbed at the Mtv Video Awards - so now its up to you to use FuseTV to show the world what's what...

...Coming Nov 25 , "Alone II " by Rivers Cuomo. Video coming soon! And another special announcement!

...On 11/2, Weezer got a mention in the "King Of The Hill" show. It was good to know that Hank Hill said "What's Weezer?". It wouldnt have made sense if he was familiar with the band!

...For the record (heh) here are the 5 Guinness Book of World Records Records that were broken at the Troublemaker video shoot on 8/21/08:

Largest Air Guitar Ensemble: The largest air guitar ensemble consisted of 233 participants and took place during during the filming of the music video "Troublemaker" by the band Weezer in Los Angeles, California, USA on 21 August 2008.

Largest Game of Dodgeball: The largest game of dodgeball consisted of two teams of 50 people (100 total) who played against each other during the filming of the music video "Troublemaker" by the band Weezer in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 21 August 2008.

Longest Guitar Hero World Tour Marathon: The longest Guitar Hero World Tour Marathon lasted for 10 hr 12 min 54 sec during the filming of the music video "Troublemaker" by the band Weezer in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 21 August 2008.

Most People in a Custard Pie Fight: The most people in a custard pie fight was 120 during the filming of the music video "Troublemaker" by the band Weezer in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 21 August 2008.

Most People Riding on a Skateboard: The most people riding on a skateboard is 22 during the filming of the music video "Troublemaker" by the band Weezer in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 21 August 2008.

There were also many Weezer World Records broken, like smallest drum kit in a video and world's largest logo made of nachos. But I was originally told the record for most guitars smashed in a video was a Guinness record, not just a weezer record. So who knows what happened there.

Additional Halloweez pumpkin by Gene P. (aka laxguy888 at albumsix.com), Alone II, additional Halloweez pumpkin by Jared C.

10/31/08 The Haunted Secret of Weezer Mansion | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:59:00 GMT

Happy Halloween, peoples! Scroll down for some =w= pumpkin action.

So, on November 25, Rivers is releasing an album called "Alone II", which is the second album collection of his home demos. Like the first it will have extensive liner notes and interesting old pictures. See the album's cover below, and check out this new interview on Pitchfork about it . Also, coming soon: a video from Alone II.

...Here's an article for Columbia, MO's MOVE magazine , written by weezer fan Jose V., who got to be in the Houston Hootenanny, as well as being one of the few who came up on stage to play "Undone" with the band back in '05. Sometimes lightining does strike twice.

...Somehow I forgot to mention the awesome walk off music after the final show in Atlanta was over: Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". A Classic Heart Song to put the Troublemaker Tour to bed!

...Weezer tribute band alert - 11/4 election night! The Blue Album Group is playing for free with free food and drink with great comedians and good election night cheer at the Bellhouse in Gowanus, Brooklyn, 149 7th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Ave).

various pix - click on the picture to see it bigger.

L to R, top to bottom: Atlanta backstage catering's killer carving, pumpkin by Brandon Carroll, pumpkin by Rollo,
pumpkin by Riley Marion, Atom Willard (of Angels And Airwaves)'s Red Album tribute, cover of upcoming Alone II, Matt Furniss's son Ben and his weez-kin.

10/25/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 26: Atlanta - Gwinett Arena | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:37:00 GMT

Once again, it's on in the ATL! (Well, Duluth, technically). From Buckhead to 5 points, from midtown to downtown, and all points in between, Atlanta is huge and busy 24-7. How else could the capitol of the Dirrrty South be? This is a great town to finish a tour in, as the vibe is always fantastic and the people always friendly and stoked, as they have been for weezer since the early days of the Masquerade and 99x...
The Troublemaker Tour came to a triumphant end tonight, although it was with a bit of a sad note that everyone said goodbye, as the Troublemaker Train was humming along so smoothly no one felt ready to step off just yet! Not even Pat, who fell under the weather the night before the show but managed to put out his full butt kicking effort anyway for the tour finale.
The biggest of ups to our tourmates Tokyo Police Club and Angels And Airwaves, who both brought their A games this tour in a fully professional and fun manner. It was truly a pleasure to be out on the road with these bands. And a major major round of applause to our crew, who really kicked so much ass its unreal. Theres too many names to list here, but everyone in all departments was giving 200% and it was showing. You know who you are guys and gals - thank you all so much. Best Crew Ever hands down!
Tokyo Police Club used their last Troublemaker show to bust out with a sweet cover of "Friends Of P". Tom Delonge pulled his pants down during his guest app on "Undone" just as Rivers was describing to the audience how uncomfortable past "end of tour pranks" had made him. (Heh!) And local Weez cover (and more) band El Scorcho was in the Hootenanny tonight, as was T.P.C. for that matter, plus Nishant/"ats5" from the 'Lets Write a Sawng' project. Meanwhile someone dressed Tokyo's van up as a ham and cheese sandwich while they were playing their show. Thats how things roll in Atlanta!

Here are some pix from tonight's show (click on them to see them bigger)

...Weezer tribute band alert!
On Halloween 10/31, Boston band Beautiful Lies will be covering The Blue Album in its entirety at the Berklee College of Music Cafe 939 (located at 939 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215). The show is FREE and ALL AGES.

NEXT: sleep, new music, and other essentials.

10/23/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 25: Houston - Reliant Arena | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:37:00 GMT

Finally back to the weatherbeaten but still mighty city of Houston, for the purposes of Rock, and Roll. Can't forget Roll. Today was the third of the three Texas shows, and the penultimate show of the Troublemaker Tour - how did we get here so fast? Just one more show, Saturday night in Atlanta. Houston took a beating from Hurricane Ike not very long ago at all, and still bears the scars. Scott asked the crowd if they were doing alright after Ike, and the response was a roar of rock! It takes a lot to get the Houstonians down, and they rocked as hard as any crowd on this tour, freaking out and crowdsurfing too. And TPC, AAA + the Weez were here to help lift the spirits high.
The Reliant Arena is sort of a kid Brother to the nearby Reliant Stadium, home of NFL's Houston Texans. What usually goes on in the smaller arena was harder to determine. It was sort of a giant convention hall. A good enough place as any to rock out in, I suppose.

Say, if you were in the audience at the Reliant and happened to witness a rather unusual appearance of Rivers between the Tokyo and Angels sets, and you happened to capture any photos or video clips of the event, and you are willing to share them for the greater good of the universe, contact me (email by clicking the 'Karls Corner' graphic above) and lets do this! Thanks!

Reminder: Scott Shriner has written an article in the latest issue of Bass Player magazine (with Robert Trujillo from Metallica on the cover), so if you want to know what's on Scott's bass-heavy mind these days, go check it out! (Appears to be in the print edition only)

Here are some pix from tonight's show (click on them to see them bigger)

10/21/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 24: Dallas - Nokia Theatre | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:19:00 GMT

Second of the Texas Trifecta tonight, in Dallas! Or rather Grand Prairie, a suburb between Dallas and Fort Worth. Regardless, its Texas and thats what counts. The Nokia Theater is a jumbo (or shall we say Texas?) sized modern indoor theater, not as big as a hockey arena, but definitely still really big, and specifically designed for hosting entertainment. Which is what the people got today in a healthy dose. Today Pat's high school buddy Greg C. got to come up and play the drums on "Undone". As Pat told it, Greg was how Pat first got into playing the drums, and is therefore partly responsible for how Weezer turned out! So it was pretty cool for Pat and Greg to be able to share the stage many years later.

Shout out to Bryce Avary of The Rocket Summer who was in the house, a long time weezer fan well before his own great success kicked in! Bryce passed me his 1st ep back at Cain's in Tulsa OK in 2001, and has come a looong way since then!

Scott Shriner has written an article in the latest issue of Bass Player magazine (with Robert Trujillo from Metallica on the cover), so if you want to know what's on Scott's bass-heavy mind these days, go check it out! (Appears to be in the print edition only)

Here are some pix from tonight's show (click on them to see them bigger)

...Reminder: check out the latest episode of "The Mike And Joey Jesus Show ", to catch behind the scenes action and interviews at the Portland stop of the Troublemaker Tour!

...Reminder: Weezer tribute band crossover alert! Georgia band El Scorcho sez: "If you plan on coming to the Weezer concert at Gwinnett Center on Oct 25, why not come a day early on Oct 24 to see El Scorcho perform at Sweetwater Bar and Grill ? We'll have a limited edition of our new single to give out! Plus El Scorcho will be on stage with Weezer during the hootenanny segment at the concert on Oct 25 at Gwinnett Center! How cool is that?"

Liked Rivers' "Alone" album? Well, another be on the way ...

10/20/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 23: Austin - Frank Erwin Center | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:21:00 GMT

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING TOMORROWS DALLAS SHOW, FROM TICKETMASTER:
The show time for the Weezer concert taking place at NOKIA Theatre in Grand Prairie, TX on Tuesday, October 21st has moved from 8PM to 7:30PM. This has been done to accommodate the length of the show which includes two support bands. Doors will open at 6:30PM. TOKYO POLICE CLUB will take the stage at 7:30PM and they will be followed by ANGELS AND AIRWAVES and then WEEZER with the show ending about 11:20PM. If you have any questions, please contact us online at: http://www.ticketmaster.com/h/asktm.html.

Back in big ol' Texas, where the stars shine bright! Specifically Austin, home of SXSW, U of T, and hell of good BBQ. The Lone Star peeps came down to U of T's Frank Erwin Center (aka "The Superdrum") in search of a good time, and the Tokyo/Angels/Weez machine delivered a party that would do ol' Frank Erwin proud.

Say, if you were in the audience at the Frank Erwin and happened to witness a rather unusual appearence of Rivers between the Tokyo and Angels sets, and you happened to capture any photos or video clips of the event, and you are willing to share them for the greater good of the universe, contact me (email by clicking the 'Karls Corner' bar above) and lets do this! Thanks!

Shout outs to Ian from the Euerka Farm days, Pat's budrow Greg C. and his boy, and BIG UPS to SPC Donald Davis, a soldier stationed at Ft. Hood who had recently spent well over a year in the thickest of things in Iraq. Donald said "You have no idea how many of us guys over there have depended on your music to get us through! I don't know what I would have done over there without Weezer to keep me going!" Donald, Weezer salutes you and your fellow soldiers for your brave service and is proud to have you back Stateside and in the audience tonight!

Here are some pix from tonight's show (click on them to see them bigger)

...Okay, so these 2 cool kids from Portland have this cool video show about music called "The Mike And Joey Jesus Show ", and they won a 94.7 contest to do a mini-documentary on Weezer. I guided them around backstage at the PDX show and they did some interviews with band members and such, and they turned it into a cool 20 min video show, that you can watch here . Enjoy!

...Weezer tribute band crossover alert! Georgia band El Scorcho sez: "If you plan on coming to the Weezer concert at Gwinnett Center on Oct 25, why not come a day early on Oct 24 to see El Scorcho perform at Sweetwater Bar and Grill? We'll have a limited edition of our new single to give out! Plus El Scorcho will be on stage with Weezer during the hootenanny segment at the concert on Oct 25 at Gwinnett Center! How cool is that?"

10/18/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 22: Phoenix - Arizona State Fair | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Arizona State Fair might not seem like a likely place for a weezer concert, but aside form the numerous turkey legs and chicken fingers, the Tilt-A-Whirls and the unusually early show start time, today fit right in with the rest of the Troublemaker Tour. And despite the seated floor style which can often dampens the rocking out spirit, these Phonecians could not be kept down! It got mighty loud in that arena!

Tonight was the second night Josh from Tokyo Police Club was brought out to help play some guitar on Troublemaker, in addition to the other fun guest appearances that have been marking these shows. Good times!

Shout outs to the 2 people who were there from Pat's hometown, and the indomitable S to the R to the F of the Schoolhouse Of Rock!

Here are some pix from tonight's show (click on them to see them bigger)

...Roundup of blogs, pix, etc:
Vancouver show pics and blogging by Stephanie D.
Fan Rita S's weezer show pix on her Facebook page.
George M. was in the Camden Hootenanny, and Delaware Online did a lil story about it .
NYC concert review on Troublezine.it
Here's a Weezer article at the Guardian.co.uk . Interesting stuff.
And finally...The Weezer Songblog (fansite with detailed and sometimes highly opinionated reviews of nearly every weezer song)

10/17/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 21: San Diego - Cox Arena | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:32:00 GMT

SPECIAL NOTICE: We are trying to locate a female student that was in Rivers’ English 97 Sophomore Writing Tutorial with Professor Nancy Yousef in the Spring of 1997 at Harvard. If anyone remembers the women in this class (or if you were in the class with Rivers), please contact us immediately. (Email us using the 'karls corner' bar link above). Thanks!!

Back at the good ol' Cox Arena, site of many a weezer show over the years. The first time Weezer played the Cox was on a New Years Eve, when 2000 became 2001. That show was headlined by Blink 182, whose Tom DeLonge heads Angels and Airwaves today. Pretty cool how we're back under the same roof again...and as Rivers recently said "and thats the end of a lame story".

Today weezer had the legendary skate photographer O helping out by lending his expertise and punk spirit to the proceedings. We are looking forward to seeing O's pix from the pit. In the meantime, the usual selection of my own shots are up (below). Also in the pit was OG Rivers buddy, Amherst house resident, etc Adam O. who also shot up a storm. See his photo reults from the night here .

Today's raucous Hootenanny included local sometimes weez tribute band Geezer, faux Octagenarians who brought a nurse in case they went into cardiac arrest from the excitement, as well as some baked cookies for the band. And big ups to trifecta Cali show goer and uberfan Luis.

Here are some pix from tonight's show (click on them to see them bigger)

RIVERS NEEDS YOUR STICKERS! Rivers needs to decorate his drum kit (the one on the side of the stage, not Pat's in the middle), and he wants stickers to do it. Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars; now - er, wait - I mean, years ago, Rivers asked for stickers for his guitar, and hundreds of you tossed envelopes loaded with crazy stickers onstage for days - his Stratocasters were quickly plastered! Can we count on you guys to come thru again? However you can get them to us works - if you see me, pass em over - if youre close to the stage, toss em up! Just write "Stickers for Rivers" on the envelope! Thanks people!

10/16/08 Webisode 12 & Weezerpedia! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:35:00 GMT

Good Peoples, theres a new Weezer Webisode up now, exclusively on MySpace - Webisode 12: "Pat and Charlie go Guitar Shopping"! Shot in NYC a little while back, its a fun adventure for the whole family. Check it out, now on Myspace!

And meanwhile: recently, what must be the greatest Weezer fan site since the original RWA has launched - Weezerpedia ! Weezerpedia is a fan run, fan edited conglomeration of Weezer info culled from all over the web. You might have seen some of this info before, on weezer.com and elsewhere, but never all in one wiki-style editable searchable database like it is on Weezerpedia!
We're linking it up from .com because its so interesting and chock full of stuff for fans to check out. So look for this handy banner link on the weezer.com link list soon:
And in honor of the Weezerpedia launch, yours truly recently did a 2 part interview with the sites organizers. So while on Weezerpedia, look for the new 'Karl interview' parts 1 (video) and 2 (audio).

Note that Weezerpedia is a fansite for you and by you, so if you see questionable intel and suspect data, do what you would do on Wikipedia and sign up and improve it! (Disclaimer: Weezerpedia, while very cool, is not an official Weezer website and the info and any speculation or opinions expressed there do not necessarily reflect that of Weezer or DGC Records).

10/14/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 20: Inglewood (L.A.) - The Forum | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:14:00 GMT

Whats up Inglewooooooood! Tonight was the big bad L.A. show at the Forum. Its not the Great Western Forum anymore, but it is pretty great and certainly West of most other forums I can think of. A few months back the parking lot outside was the site of the filming of the Troublemaker video, and tonight the tour of the same name came back to SoCal to do some damage. And much damage was dealt, with mighty broadswords and arrows.
Brian's band The Relationship again opened the show, their second of 3 Cali show opening sets. Remember folks, they go on at 7 PM sharp so get there on time for a full rock experience!

Sticker people - yes we got all 3 sticker packets you tossed to the stage - the fedex one, the little red/yellow envelope and the other one too. Thanks people! Just what are we talking about you ask? Scroll down.
Shoutouts to EDDIE VAN HALEN who came to rock out to the weez - and was nearly ejected from weezer's dressing room by accident! Sorry about that Eddie, we do love you! Also props to the many L.A. area attendees, both well known and otherwise, including O, Adam O., Dave Rat, Johnny Knoxville, Tay Zonday, Shezbang, Johnny Lonely, Todd Sullivan, and uber-mosher Luis once again!

Here are some pix from tonight's show (click on them to see them bigger)

For more pix, also see: KROQ.com (scroll down to "Weezer / Angels & Airwaves 10/14/08 The Forum - Inglewood, CA "); LA Weekly ; LA Weekly Slideshow .

SPECIAL NOTE about the 3 CALIFORNIA SHOWS:
For the San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego shows, Brian Bell's other band The Relationship will opening the show! But to see them, youll have to arrive early, because The Relationship will be playing at 7PM sharp! Its The Relationship, then Tokyo Police Club, then Angels And Airwaves, then Weezer. So no excuses, come to the show on time and get the full measure of Rock!

RIVERS NEEDS YOUR STICKERS! Rivers needs to decorate his drum kit (the one on the side of the stage, not Pat's in the middle), and he wants stickers to do it. Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars; now - er, wait - I mean, years ago, Rivers asked for stickers for his guitar, and hundreds of you tossed envelopes loaded with crazy stickers onstage for days - his Stratocasters were quickly plastered! Can we count on you guys to come thru again? However you can get them to us works - if you see me, pass em over - if youre close to the stage, toss em up! Just write "Stickers for Rivers" on the envelope! Thanks people!
Here's where the once bare Rivers drums are at so far, thanks to you!

10/13/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 19: San Jose - Event Center At SJSU | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:38:00 GMT

Good ol' San Jose. Good ol' San Jose State University. Good ol' San Jose State University Arena. The last time we (almost) played this place was a unique time in United States history - 9/11. No one had any idea what was going on, and in the severe uncertainty, the show was cancelled. Once it was apparent that civilization would go on, the show was made up later in the tour. This time around, there was no such drama. But plenty of the good righteous Rock n' Roll Drama.
Brian's band The Relationship opened the show with style and panache, their first of 3 special opening performances while the Troublemaker Tour swings thru L.A. (They play at 7 PM sharp people, so dont be dilly dallying!)
Special shout outs to Neil Young (the Weezer engineer of '00), and the Lakeshore Crew: Eric, Pauline, and Ron! Also Luis the Mosh Pit King.

Here are some pix from tonight's show (click on them to see them bigger)

SPECIAL NOTE about the UPCOMING CALIFORNIA SHOWS:
For the San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego shows, Brian Bell's other band The Relationship will opening the show! But to see them, youll have to arrive early, because The Relationship will be playing at 7PM sharp! Its The Relationship, then Tokyo Police Club, then Angels And Airwaves, then Weezer. So no excuses, come to the show on time and get the full measure of Rock!

RIVERS NEEDS YOUR STICKERS! Rivers needs to decorate his drum kit (the one on the side of the stage, not Pat's in the middle), and he wants stickers to do it. Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars; now - er, wait - I mean, years ago, Rivers asked for stickers for his guitar, and hundreds of you tossed envelopes loaded with crazy stickers onstage for days - his Stratocasters were quickly plastered! Can we count on you guys to come thru again? However you can get them to us works - if you see me, pass em over - if youre close to the stage, toss em up! Just write "Stickers for Rivers" on the envelope! Thanks people!

10/11/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 18: Seattle - Key Arena | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:45:00 GMT

Back to the mercifully (for the moment) sunny city of Seattle, specifically the Key Arena which was until recently the home of the Seattle Supersonics, who it seems have moved to Oklahoma. Therefore, the Key Arena has been recently sorely lacking in good wholesome entertainment. So its particularly fortunate that Weezer came along today to provide Rock and Roll, for the kids to dance all the latest dances to. Yes, there they were, doing the Vegan Strut, the Backslash, the iPhone Shuffle, and the Forced Error Watusi. Oh, how they danced. Oh my.

Special thanks to Johnny D. for taking today's photo #3! Folks, if youre in trouble and need expert legal council in the Seattle area, or you need a telephoto picture taken, Johnny D. is your man. Can this be said about anyone else.

Here are some pix from tonight's show (click on them to see them bigger)

SPECIAL NOTE about the 3 UPCOMING CALIFORNIA SHOWS:
For the San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego shows, Brian Bell's other band The Relationship will opening the show! But to see them, youll have to arrive early, because The Relationship will be playing at 7PM sharp! Its The Relationship, then Tokyo Police Club, then Angels And Airwaves, then Weezer. So no excuses, come to the show on time and get the full measure of Rock!

RIVERS NEEDS YOUR STICKERS! Rivers needs to decorate his drum kit (the one on the side of the stage, not Pat's in the middle), and he wants stickers to do it. Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars; now - er, wait - I mean, years ago, Rivers asked for stickers for his guitar, and hundreds of you tossed envelopes loaded with crazy stickers onstage for days - his Stratocasters were quickly plastered! Can we count on you guys to come thru again? However you can get them to us works - if you see me, pass em over - if youre close to the stage, toss em up! Just write "Stickers for Rivers" on the envelope! Thanks people!

10/10/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 17: Vancouver - GM Place | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:42:00 GMT

Tonight's show was what is known in touring talk as a hit and run - sandwiched between the Portland and Seattle shows, we came into Vancouver in the early morning, rested a bit, did the show, and packed up to go on to Seattle. It's too bad because Vancouver is such a neat city, and for the most part all the band and crew see are the hallways of the GM Place Arena, home of the Vancouver Canucks. Those halls were painted with such slogans as "We Are All Canucks". And maybe they are right. Anyway, regardless of how little we were able to hang in the 'Couve, The crowd was robust, loud and showed the band a lot of love. Viva Vancouver!

Here are some pix from tonight's show (click on them to see them bigger)

SPECIAL NOTE about the 3 UPCOMING CALIFORNIA SHOWS:
For the San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego shows, Brian Bell's other band The Relationship will opening the show! But to see them, youll have to arrive early, becsue The Relationship will be playing at 7PM sharp! Its The Relationship, then Tokyo Police Club, then Angels And Airwaves, then Weezer. So no excuses, come to the show on time and get the full measure of Rock!

RIVERS NEEDS YOUR STICKERS! Rivers needs to decorate his drum kit (the one on the side of the stage, not Pat's in the middle), and he wants stickers to do it. Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars; now - er, wait - I mean, years ago, Rivers asked for stickers for his guitar, and hundreds of you tossed envelopes loaded with crazy stickers onstage for days - his Stratocasters were quickly plastered! Can we count on you guys to come thru again? However you can get them to us works - if you see me, pass em over - if youre close to the stage, toss em up! Just write "Stickers for Rivers" on the envelope! Thanks people!

10/09/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 16: Portland - Memorial Coliseum | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:59:00 GMT

SPECIAL NOTE about the 3 UPCOMING CALIFORNIA SHOWS:
For the San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego shows, Brian Bell's other band The Relationship will opening the show! But to see them, youll have to arrive early, because The Relationship will be playing at 7PM sharp! Its The Relationship, then Tokyo Police Club, then Angels And Airwaves, then Weezer. So no excuses, come to the show on time and get the full measure of Rock!

Tonight was the Portland show, at the Memorial Coliseum. Pat Wilson lived in Portland (well, Tigard actually) for 6 years before moving back to L.A. some years ago, and back in the day the Allan sisters ran the original Weezer fanclub out of their house here for a long time. Not to mention original 60 Wrong Sausages member and essential early weez compatriot Patrick Finn calls the PDX his home. So Portland's got real weezer roots, and its always a pleasure to roll thru this town. Tonight was no exception! The rock was solid, barring a couple small tech moments, the Hootenanny was lots of fun for all, and Wilson changed up the cover groove tonight, busting out some Floyd, and it sounded pretty damn sweet.

Here are some pix from tonight's show (click on them to see them bigger)

RIVERS NEEDS YOUR STICKERS! Rivers needs to decorate his drum kit (the one on the side of the stage, not Pat's in the middle), and he wants stickers to do it. Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars; now - er, wait - I mean, years ago, Rivers asked for stickers for his guitar, and hundreds of you tossed envelopes loaded with crazy stickers onstage for days - his Stratocasters were quickly plastered! Can we count on you guys to come thru again? However you can get them to us works - if you see me, pass em over - if youre close to the stage, toss em up! Just write "Stickers for Rivers" on the envelope! Thanks people!

10/07/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 15: Salt Lake City - E Center | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:07:00 GMT

Back to Salt Lake City, home of Brian's super artistic sister Leia, and hometown of the dearly missed Allan sisters, who of course were the OG weezer fanclubbers. Tonight's show at the E Center was one of the smaller gigs on the tour so far, but what it may have lacked in size, it more than made up for it in volume and enthusiasm! That place got LOUD and the spirit of the fans was thru the roof! Meanwhile Rivers was a step ahead on the road to congestion recovery and had an easier time holding down the fort on his vocals tonight. At this rate he should be right back in the saddle in a few days.
While the hootenannies have provided this tour with many "weezer firsts", such as "first Theremin ever played with weezer" etc, tonight a very special first happened right down in the pit - the first ever wheelchair crowdsurfing at a Weezer show! (see 1st picture for proof!) It was an amazing sight and so cool to see a dude who normally has to fight for a good sight line be lifted up to the best spot in the arena - and held there for quite some time!
Tonight Tokyo Police Club were unable to play due to a prior commitment (some sort of TV show taping), so the local band Tolchock Trio took their place and did a great job. I was hearing some almost Replacements-ish stuff. Or Jawbox, or something cool like that. Good Midwest feeling indie/punk styles with neat sounds. Thanks for coming on board for a night guys.

Here are some pix from tonight's show (click on them to see them bigger)

RIVERS NEEDS YOUR STICKERS! Rivers needs to decorate his drum kit (the one on the side of the stage, not Pat's in the middle), and he wants stickers to do it. Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars; now - er, wait - I mean, years ago, Rivers asked for stickers for his guitar, and hundreds of you tossed envelopes loaded with crazy stickers onstage for days - his Stratocasters were quickly plastered! Can we count on you guys to come thru again? However you can get them to us works - if you see me, pass em over - if youre close to the stage, toss em up! Just write "Stickers for Rivers" on the envelope! Thanks people!

10/06/08 Troublemaker Video Premieres Today! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:36:00 GMT

People, today is the day of the long awaited "Troublemaker" video premiere! The video is UP NOW on Yahoo! Music, so go check it out ! The video’s exclusive 24-hour online premiere will be available on Yahoo! Music beginning 9:00 PM PDT Monday, October 6.

10/05/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 14: Denver - Broomfield Events Center | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:09:00 GMT

After a day for much travel from the heart of the midwest to the Rocky Mountain High land, we got down to the business of troublemaking again in Denver - or rather, way out in the apparently brand new suburb of Broomfield. Tonights show was a bit of a challenge due to a heavy bout of congestion that Rivers had to plow thru to sing. Somehow he did it, though I have no idea how - I chalk it up to pure determination to rock under any circumstances! As has been the case so far, we had another spirited crop of Hootenany folk up on stage tonight, and the temporarily expanded weezer got the whole arena to sing along at the top of their lungs.

Here are some pix from tonight's show (click on them to see them bigger)

RIVERS NEEDS YOUR STICKERS! Rivers needs to decorate his drum kit (the one on the side of the stage, not Pat's in the middle), and he wants stickers to do it. Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars; now - er, wait - I mean, years ago, Rivers asked for stickers for his guitar, and hundreds of you tossed envelopes loaded with crazy stickers onstage for days - his Stratocasters were quickly plastered! Can we count on you guys to come thru again? However you can get them to us works - if you see me, pass em over - if youre close to the stage, toss em up! Just write "Stickers for Rivers" on the envelope! Thanks people!

Reminder: Fuse TV!

RIVERS CUOMO
on NO. 1 COUNTDOWN ALTERNATIVE
Premieres 9/29 @ 8pm ET/PT on FUSE
Repeats:
Thurs, 10/1 @ 3pm
Fri, 10/2 @ 2am
Fri, 10/2 @ 5pm
Mon, 10/6 @ 3am

10/03/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 13: St Paul - Xcel Energy Center | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:40:00 GMT

The Troublemaker Train arrived in the land of Charles Schulz ready to lay down the kind of show ol' Charlie probably wouldnt have liked too much, i.e. loud, wild, sweaty... all the essential ingredients of rocking out the way the Twin Cities do. The Xcel Energy Center has surely hosted some Snoopy On Ice-capades in the past. Snoopy On Ice is possibly the total opposite of a weezer show, although both surely stoke their audiences. Well, Snoopy is awesome, but I'm pretty sure he never had the nonstop crowdsurfing going on that Weezer had tonight!

Hey by the way, I didnt mean to imply Chicago wasnt all that and a bag of chips, because it was. Somehow I guess I was expecting two bags of chips, like at Subway when you get the extra value meal and run out of chips before you've finished your sub. Well, it happens to me sometimes anyway.

Here are some pix from tonight's show (click on them to see them bigger)

New interview with Brian on the In Utah This Week website.

New Webisode #11 "The Flame Of Desire" is now up exclusively on Weezer's Myspace Page! check it out!

RIVERS NEEDS YOUR STICKERS! Rivers needs to decorate his drum kit (the one on the side of the stage, not Pat's in the middle), and he wants stickers to do it. Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars; now - er, wait - I mean, years ago, Rivers asked for stickers for his guitar, and hundreds of you tossed envelopes loaded with crazy stickers onstage for days - his Stratocasters were quickly plastered! Can we count on you guys to come thru again? However you can get them to us works - if you see me (in the pit or elsewhere), pass 'em over - if youre close to the stage, toss em up there! Just write "Stickers for Rivers Drums" on the envelope! Thanks people!

Reminder: Fuse TV!

RIVERS CUOMO
on NO. 1 COUNTDOWN ALTERNATIVE
Premieres 9/29 @ 8pm ET/PT on FUSE
Repeats:
Thurs, 10/1 @ 3pm
Fri, 10/2 @ 2am
Fri, 10/2 @ 5pm
Mon, 10/6 @ 3am

10/02/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 12: Chicago - Allstate Arena | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:37:00 GMT

Back to sweet home Chicago! Tonights show at the O'Hare adjacent Allstate Arena was big rock as expected, though the vibe in the room felt a bit subdued for some odd reason. No real crowdsurfing going on, though the peeps were indeed loud! One never can tell how it's going to feel untill the lights and the gear is set up and the people are let in. The band delivered and the crowd cheered and sang along, though I couldnt help but feeling that Chicago wasnt quite the same as the last time through. Perhaps the Sox/Cubs matchup had people a bit distracted. Who knows, maybe it was just me? Oh wait, I know - it was the absence of Anuj, original Weezer.net webmaster (1995-1999) - usually he makes it to every Chicago area show, but was not able to make it down tonight. I'm tellin' ya, it had an effect! Anuj - missed ya buddy!

Also - to the post show Chi-town parking lot peeps - meant to chill with ya a bit, but somehow you dudes vanished by the time I got back outside?! Sorry about the delay.

Here are some pix from tonight's show (click on them to see them bigger)

New Webisode #11 "The Flame Of Desire" is now up exclusively on Weezer's Myspace Page! check it out!

RIVERS NEEDS YOUR STICKERS! Rivers needs to decorate his drum kit (the one on the side of the stage, not Pat's in the middle), and he wants stickers to do it. Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars; now - er, wait - I mean, years ago, Rivers asked for stickers for his guitar, and hundreds of you tossed envelopes loaded with crazy stickers onstage for days - his Stratocasters were quickly plastered! Can we count on you guys to come thru again? However you can get them to us works - if you see me (in the pit or elsewhere), pass 'em over - if youre close to the stage, toss em up there! Just write "Stickers for Rivers Drums" on the envelope! Thanks people!

Reminder: Fuse TV!

RIVERS CUOMO
on NO. 1 COUNTDOWN ALTERNATIVE
Premieres 9/29 @ 8pm ET/PT on FUSE
Repeats:
Thurs, 10/1 @ 3pm
Fri, 10/2 @ 2am
Fri, 10/2 @ 5pm
Mon, 10/6 @ 3am

09/30/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 11: Toronto - Air Canada Centre | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:30:00 GMT

eezer has returned to Canada, the brotherly land north of the border. Tonights show at the Air Canada Centre was regarded as pretty excellent by most accounts, though I noticed that in the home of the Maple Leafs there was a good deal less body checking than the other day in Detroit, despite what was clearly an extremely loud and stoked audience. My theory is that the Canadian Rocking Party Style (CRPS) involves allowing the professional hockey player to do the moshing, whilst observing from a short distance. As there were no professional hockey players actually in attendance (so far as I know), the moshing was ergo on the light side. Plus people are naturally (and refreshingly) polite up here. Well anyway, the end result was still rock and roll, no matter how it was sliced. As a matter of fact, at least one band member was heard to say post show that this was by far the most fun night of the tour so far. We are deep in the groove now, and theres no stopping the soul train!

Another aspect that many agreed was the best yet was today's backstage catering. Kudos to Capers!

Before the show, the band did an interview with MuchMusic, waaaaay up past the nosebleed section, on the fabled "6th floor" where apparently you need a special card (or membership in the Hockey Hall Of Fame?) to get up to. It was a bit dizzying up there. And there were a lot of nice vintage hockey pictures everywhere, showing the helmetless young hockey players of yore who looked far older than they really were due to hard livin'.

Here are some pix from tonight's show (click on them to see them bigger)

RIVERS NEEDS YOUR STICKERS! Rivers needs to decorate his drum kit (the one on the side of the stage, not Pat's in the middle), and he wants stickers to do it. Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars; now - er, wait - I mean, years ago, Rivers asked for stickers for his guitar, and hundreds of you tossed envelopes loaded with crazy stickers onstage for days - his Stratocasters were quickly plastered! Can we count on you guys to come thru again? However you can get them to us works - if you see me, pass em over - if youre close to the stage, toss em up! Just write "Stickers for Rivers" on the envelope! Thanks people!

Reminder: Fuse TV!

RIVERS CUOMO
on NO. 1 COUNTDOWN ALTERNATIVE
Premieres 9/29 @ 8pm ET/PT on FUSE
Repeats:
Thurs, 10/1 @ 3pm
Fri, 10/2 @ 2am
Fri, 10/2 @ 5pm
Mon, 10/6 @ 3am

09/29/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 10: Detroit - Palace Of Auburn Hills | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:30:00 GMT

After a day off for travel and recharging in a quiet leafy suburb, we proceeded to the Palace of Auburn Hills for another dose of rock. Detroit brought out some serious pit action, the most crowdsurfing we've seen on this tour yet. These shows are getting better and better! Detroit also brought out none other than Scott Shriner's talented dad, who joined the hootenanny on saxophone and laid down the tastiest 'Beverly Hills' solo I think I or anyone in the band has ever heard! Nice!

Here are some pix from tonight's show (click on them to see them bigger)

RIVERS NEEDS YOUR STICKERS! Rivers needs to decorate his drum kit (the one on the side of the stage, not Pat's in the middle), and he wants stickers to do it. Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars; now - er, wait - I mean, years ago, Rivers asked for stickers for his guitar, and hundreds of you tossed envelopes loaded with crazy stickers onstage for days - his Stratocasters were quickly plastered! Can we count on you guys to come thru again? However you can get them to us works - if you see me, pass em over - if youre close to the stage, toss em up! Just write "Stickers for Rivers" on the envelope! Thanks people!

Special announcement! Fuse TV!

Don't Miss
WEEZER
on STEVEN's UNTITLED ROCK SHOW
Premieres TODAY, 9/29 @ 2pm ET/PT on FUSE
Repeats:
Tues, 9/30 @ 3am

+ Check out
RIVERS CUOMO
on NO. 1 COUNTDOWN ALTERNATIVE
Premieres TODAY @ 8pm ET/PT on FUSE
Repeats:
Thurs, 10/1 @ 3pm
Fri, 10/2 @ 2am
Fri, 10/2 @ 5pm
Mon, 10/6 @ 3am

09/27/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 9: Camden - Susquehanna Center | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:15:00 GMT

Philadelphia (which Camden NJ is in the sphere of, of course) has always been good to Weezer. From the earliest days when the fans would lie down around the tour bus, their bodies spelling out "WEEZER", to the incredible support of the dearly departed Y100 radio station (kudos to Jim Mcguinn for his continued support via Y-Rock On XPN), to the insane shows at the Electric Ballroom, Philly (as Spinal Tap put it best) is a real rock n roll town. Tonights show at the Susquehanna Center proved this true once again! Packed to the gills with party people, this summer shed turned winter arena was loud, steamy and rather raucous. Good times!

(Speaking of Y-Rock On XPN , listen this Thurs as Rivers and Brian take over the station!)

Weezer played this place twice before, first on July 25, 2001 for a radio show. Amongst the many bands that fateful day were Tenacious D, one of their earliest appearances outside of L.A.. And in 2002, the Enlightenment Tour rolled thru in more warm temperatures and rocked the whole joint, lawn included!

Big ups to Greg from weerez.com for making it down for the show!

Here are some pictures from the show (click on a picture to see it bigger):

RIVERS NEEDS YOUR STICKERS! Rivers needs to decorate his drum kit (the one on the side of the stage, not Pat's in the middle), and he wants stickers to do it. Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars; now - er, wait - I mean, years ago, Rivers asked for stickers for his guitar, and hundreds of you tossed envelopes loaded with crazy stickers onstage for days - his Stratocasters were quickly plastered! Can we count on you guys to come thru again? However you can get them to us works - if you see me, pass em over - if youre close to the stage, toss em up! Just write "Stickers for Rivers" on the envelope! Thanks people!

Special announcement! Fuse TV!

Don't Miss
WEEZER
on STEVEN's UNTITLED ROCK SHOW
Premieres 9/29 @ 2pm ET/PT on FUSE
Repeats:
Tues, 9/30 @ 3am

+ Check out
RIVERS CUOMO
on NO. 1 COUNTDOWN ALTERNATIVE
Premieres 9/29 @ 8pm ET/PT on FUSE
Repeats:
Thurs, 10/1 @ 3pm
Fri, 10/2 @ 2am
Fri, 10/2 @ 5pm
Mon, 10/6 @ 3am

Boston.com review of the Lowell show here. Pitchfork review of the NYC show here.

09/26/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 8: Atlantic City - Borgata Casino | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:12:00 GMT

After a much appreciated day off in New York City, We headed down the New Jersey Turnpike to Atlantic City, home of a lot of casinos and boardwalks. And sometimes Donald Trump. The Borgata Casino may seem an unlikely place for a Weezer show, but we've been here before and it tends to successfully produce the rock, despite being out in the middle of a coastal delta and swarming with luxury party people looking for the big score at the blackjack table. W, A+A and TPC all rocked it right. Big ups to the NY/NJ/PA weez peeps who made the trek out the parkway!

Here are some pictures from the show (click on a picture to see it bigger):

...Hey, check out these great blog posts by Scott's wife Jillian, now up on Vanity Fair's website! Jillian went with her hubby on the recent Japan tour and had some interesting and funny observations... #1 "She's With The Band "; #2 "Tips For Soundcheck Shopping In Tokyo ".

More show reviews:
Lowell show review on Boston.com , NYC show review on Pitchfork.

09/24/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 7: New York City - Madison Square Garden | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:06:00 GMT

Headlining at Madison Square Garden is pretty much every band's dream, and after 15 years, Weezer achieved it tonight. While it's true that many bands can say theyve played the Garden (including Weezer, as far back as 1994), headlining the joint is a tricker task. Scott told the crowd that it was his and every musicians dream come true to do what Weezer did tonight, and speaking personally it was darn cool to see it happen and think about just how far things have come - tho the obstacles have been many.

Special guest appearences during tonights set included Tom and Atom from Angels and Airwaves, Jackknife Lee (producer of "Pork And Beans" and "Troublemaker"), and of course the massive Hootenanny gang of NYC area fans who came up and blew the Garden away with their unearthly sounds! A deep and sincere thank you to all.

Also in the house tonight was Chris Shaw, the legendary engineer of the Blue Album. Nice to see you again Chris!

Here are some pictures from the show (click on a picture to see it bigger):

Check out this Self Titled Magazine review (+more pix) from tonight's show here.

And in case you missed it - the SPIN magazine review of the Lowell show is here !

...The Troublemaker video is coming down the pike shortly. (Finally!) Heres a small teaser , using some choice footage from the making of.

09/23/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 6: Lowell, MA - Tsongas Arena | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:04:00 GMT

After 3 days of preparing the tour at Tsongas Arena out in Lowell, today the rubber hit the road, with Angels And Airwaves and Tokyo Police Club showing up to add their stuff to the Troublemaker Tour mix. Tokyo Police Club are from Toronto and have a very cool sound, hard to pinpoint but maybe "post-modern rock"?. Whatever they were doing, many who had never heard them before were really impressed. Angels And Airwaves include ex-Blink 182 man Tom DeLonge and our old Weez & TSG buddy Atom Willard, and they bring an almost theatrical style of rock, anthemic and atmospheric at the same time, which has earned them an army of devoted fans.

Everybody worked hard to get things right tonight. Considering how many things can go wrong on a first night, the whole show went off pretty much without a hitch. At least no major hitches anyway! Kudos to the crews for really juggling some major tech challenges in record time to make everything happen, and congrats to the bands for a great start to the tour!

One of the challenges today was an unexpected eye injury to Brian Bell, which forced him to wear dark glasses to avoid the bright lights on stage, and which restricted his movements during the show (as he couldnt see well enough to safely move around). He is expected to continue playing the shows and to make a full recovery soon, and he thanks his well wishers.

Scott the lighting man says THANK YOU to the hundreds who submitted video clips for our show . As it turns out, due to the nature of the gear he's using, he is able to use your clips directly, with no need to get the master files from you guys. There were many many cool ones and he's having fun trying different stuff out in the show. So you'll just have to come to the show to see what's being used! And you are welcome to add more to the pile for the duration of the tour!

SPIN magazine review of the Lowell show here!

Here are some pictures from the show (click on a picture to see it bigger):

...in other news...

Cool blog entry from a guy who saw Rivers perform in his earliest days... oh, about 1987!

09/15/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 5: Tokyo Yoyogi Gymnasium | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:27:00 GMT

NEW CONTEST NOTE: Folks here's a way to win tickets to see weezer - but this contest will end on 9/19, so don't take a nap now!

Place an order in the new online weezer merchandise store from now until 9/19 and be entered in a contest to win two tickets to an upcoming Weezer show and a backstage tour. Note that no transportation will be provided, your tickets will be to the venue closest to you and you get yourself there to rock out. Click here for the details .

Today was the second of the two "Weezer Festival" shows that feature opening bands who all share the Weezer spirit. Todays show at the huge gym was sold out, over 9000 people came to rock.

As today was the biggest show of the Japan Tour, it was handy that there was no travel to deal with - no trains, no planes, and only a few automobiles to go the short distance from the hotel over to the No. 1 Gymnasium at National Yoyogi Stadium. It was a relief for all to actually have time to prepare and soundcheck, and the vibe was busy but under control. After soundcheck the band did a bunch of press for various Japanese magazines and papers, while Going Under Ground and Asian Kung Fu Generation did their soundchecks.

After a walk to the nearest Mos Burger for a late lunch, it was back to the stadium. Outside things were chaotic, with some sort of holiday going on this day (Elder's Day?), meaning all sorts of parades and outdoor music events going on in the parklands all around the stadium. Mix in 9000 weezer fans converging on the area and it was quite a scene.

Once again Going Under Ground and Asian Kung Fu Generation brought the rock and the totally sold out place was going nuts. Its too bad they insist on seated floors at these big arenas in Japan, but the energy in the place was still very high.

Then it was time for weezer, led off by a comparatively big Hootenanny, with about 15 fans (plus an opening band member sans shirt, haha). Great brass and woodwind section today! And a really strong 6 man guitar team holding it down. Going into this tour, no one knew if it was possible to have a hootenanny in such a big place surrounded by an audience. So many things could go wrong. But, while things were a bit chaotic at times, the lesson learned was that its definitely doable, and not only that, its a stoker!

Here are some pictures from the show (click on a picture to see it bigger):

Post show there was a tour wrap up dinner at the delicious and famous Gonpachi restaurant, followed by a wild karaoke session at a nearby karaoke place, with Pat and Scott along with record company people and others (incl yours truly) busting out everything from "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" to "White Room", "Witchita Lineman", "Walk Like An Egyptian", "Feel Like Making Love" "Never Tear Us Apart", "Just What I Needed" and "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (my pick).

Finally, Weezer and co. would like to send out a huge thank you to the Japan team who made the tour such a big success and a fun time to boot! Thank you and see you next time!

THANK YOU:
Naoki Shimizu
Ken Kamenoi
Aska Mizogaki
Layli Odamura
Naoto Seki
Yukihiko Soga
Mamoru Abe
Masahiko Kobayashi
Hiro "Hadja" Yoshizawa
IEC
Noritsugu Maehara
Junji Kondo (Universal)
Pelc Enterprise (merchandise)

...meanwhile...

There is a nice article with quotes from Rivers and Pat about the recording of the Red Album in the new issue of Mix Magazine, now in stores and online here .

Weezer Tribute Band Alert:
El Scorcho are playing 9/19 at Andrew's Upstairs in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, with Behind The Sun, and on 9/20 at Under The Couch on the Georgia Tech campus, where "we're bringing back the popular Weezer Karaoke set!"

09/13/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 4: Osaka Intex Hall | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:39:00 GMT

Today the band took the Shinkansen from Tokyo down to Osaka, where we loaded into the ubiquitous van coaches and were ferried over to the Intex hall. Intex is part of the massive Osaka World Trade Center complex, and is the very same site as where the Summersonic Festival is held. But todays show, while really big, was not held in the unbelievably massive outdoor area, but rather the merely massive indoor hall.

This was the first of two "Weezer Festival" shows that feature 3 opening bands who all share some Weezer spirit. About 5-6000 people came to see a terrific bill consisting of Sakanaction, who were sort of an electronica act, pop rockers Going Under Ground , the tremendous Asian Kung Fu Generation (who killed it), and finally Weezer.

Weezer had quite a challenge today. Despite being the headliner, travel and press schedules prevented them from being able to soundcheck at all. They were able to have a little meet up with the Hootenanny people (finally a trombone!) so they could prepare for that a bit. But the electric part of the show had been amended with two more songs today, neither of which there was any chance to rehearse except backstage in the dressing rooms. Well, weezer's ability to pull the fat out of the fire and nail it when it counts came through again, and aside from a handful of minor glitches, the set was powerful and full of energy. The crowd was stoked! So many people came up to me after the show and expressed really positive reactions, and I can see why - that show had a power.

Here are some pictures from the show (click on a picture to see it bigger):

Tomorrow is a day off - first the bullet train back to Tokyo, then an afternoon to do the Shibuya/Harajuku/Roppongi thing (and rest!)

09/12/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 3: Tokyo Club Zepp | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:03:00 GMT

After a day off which involved a flight from Fukuoka to Tokyo (which we were on when the earthquake hit Northern Japan, so we didn't know it had happened till we landed), and a lot of walking around Shibuya marvelling at the sheer quantity of people, stores, sounds, lights, and vehicles (enhanced with a Mos Burger visit, naturally), today was the 1st of 2 Tokyo shows. The show is at the biggest of all Club Zepps. Zepp Club are fun to do - the staff is really pro and the venue just feels right for rock - and sounds awesome. More venues should be run like these places.

Man, people were packed into the Zepp - some serious steam in the air, and super high energy all around. Things are really sounding and looking better every night. Tonights Hootenanny was the best yet as well. The band and crew are working very hard to whip the show into shape, and the many suggestions and opinions of the fans are being listened to and taken seriously. It's a little tricky making major adjustments on the fly, but Weezer is a band who can buckle down and reanoint, call an audible. Dont let them play football.

Here are some pictures from tonights wicked rock show (click on a picture to see it bigger):

...Also:

09/10/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 2: Fukuoka | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:23:00 GMT

Now were cooking with gas! Very cool show at the excellent Zepp club in Fukuoka, involving everything from a childrens song sing along led by Rivers for his baby daughter (who loved it), to a small but successful Hootenanny, to sweaty crowdsurfing as the band brought the rock. Pretty much every aspect of the show was improved over last night, and in the words of Pat, "it's just going to keep getting better".

Opening band Holidays Of Seventeen had a good show too, and their lead man joined the hootenanny as well. For some reason there are rarely if ever opening acts in Japan, but on this tour we are bucking the trend. The two "big" shows coming up in Osaka and Tokyo are actually being billed as "Weezer Festivals", with Japan bands Asian Kung-Fu Generation and Going Under Ground) opening. Both bands are reportedly big fans of weezer, and are very happy to be part of the shows. Asian Kung-Fu Generation is actually huge here, and certainly doesnt need to be an opening act anymore. But they are stoked on playing the Weezer Festival, and of course weezer is stoked to be playing with both these bands. It can be lonely being the only band at the gig!

Heres some pictures from the show:

Japan Hootenanny People: Watch this instructional video! (how to play the 3 songs - Island In The Sun, El Scorcho, Beverly Hills):

Tomorrow is a day off - we fly to Tokyo and then proceed to walk around Shibuya district slack jawed, staring at the pretty lights.

So far I'm averaging one visit to Mos Burger per day in Japan. Many thanks to Rie for the fancy Mos T-shirt! Also have discovered the "Coolish" brand frozen milkshake(?) in a foil squeeze pouch. Mmm.

...other stuff:

Fuse TV contest - win tickets, airfare and spending $ to the Weezer show in San Diego! Check it out .

Cover Band Alert: 'Our Name Is Jonas' is playing Friday 9/12 at the Wintergarden in Livonia, MI. "Come check out all the great Weezer Rarities and Hits!"

The top 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever as compiled by MTV2: Weezer - Buddy Holly #9, Weezer - Island in the Sun #90 .

The top 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever as compiled by VH1: Weezer - Buddy Holly #26

The MTV greatest video ever competition is still going on as well - 'Buddy Holly' is in the running !

09/09/08 Troublemaker Tour Show 1: Nagoya | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:23:00 GMT

...Folks, we've now got a whole new online store, full of all new merchandise, and its up now! Take a look!

...Meanwhile, the Troublemaker Tour (as I like to call it, because a ruckus is being raised on multi-levels) has officially kicked off tonight at Nagoya's Aichi Kinro Kaikan theater. Results: Big Rock - and a learning experience as well. Its been a long time since weezer has played any full-on rock shows, and no one really knew how rehearsals would translate to a live show. Like on all tours, the first show was loud and fun, but also we have learned a lot right from the get go, and now its time to go over the playbook and batten down the hatches. Thanks to the great Nagoya crowd, and many thanks to the brave Nagoya Hootenanners who came in with very little notice and did their best to do something thats virtually unheard of in Japan - interact with the band!

Picture link.

09/08/08 To Japan! Plus: Cupcake Boy | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:51:00 GMT

The whole band and crew is now in Nagoya, Japan, site of the 1st "full on" Weezer show in over 2.5 years - tomorrow night, at the Aichi Kinro Kaikan hall.

Here's Webisode 9: Cupcake Boy, created whilst in transit to Japan. (Can you hear the jetlag?)

Japanese fans: much info you need, including the Hootenanny contest details, is here on the Creativeman website, and in this video from Weezer...

09/04/08 you are the dreamers and you are the creators | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:25:00 GMT

***SPECIAL UPDATE FOR JAPANESE FANS***

Japanese fans - if you have just watched the special video from weezer in which they ask you for musical help at the upcoming shows in Japan, you know that the band said "go to weezer.com for info". Well, actually the info you need to know is on this Japanese site: http://www.creativeman.co.jp/2008/weezer/index.html . Thank you!!! See you at the shows!

***NOW BACK TO OUR REGULAR NEWS STORY***

People - feeling creative? Grab a video camera, or a digicam, or a Flip, or a cell phone with video, or whatever, because we got a job for you.

The Weezer 2008 North American Troublemaker Tour (thats what I'm calling it for now anyway) will, like most big tours, have a fancy lighting and visual aspect. But unlike with most tours, YOU can contribute to this one!

What Weezer's lighting designer Scott is looking for are short video clips, between 5 and 30 seconds long, that YOU create. But we cant use just anything. Consider these guidelines:

1. Look for colorful, textural, simple, artistic things - interesting visuals - NOT a "story" or "message". For example, dont film the dog running around, rather, film a close up of his fur or the slobber drooling from his mouth. Good things to shoot might be a graffiti wall, the pavement flying by as you go down the street, a waterfall, fire, etc. If it does have people in it, go for artistic, abstract, and/or weird.

2. Yes, animation is fine and encouraged! the more colorful and textural/abstract, the better.

3. Don't have a "intro" or an "ending" - these clips should be "loop-able". No text please!

3. NO COPYWRITTEN MATERIAL - no "mash-ups", no "recycled" footage, no using anything you can buy on a cd, dvd, or see in a videogame, movie theater or on tv. For that matter, stay clear of youtube clips - try and come up with something original that only you can capture. Have fun with it!

4. Note that we will not be using the audio (sound) of your clip, so making them silent is ok, or if there is dialogue or music or sounds in your clip, know that it wont end up in the final product if we pick your clip.

5. submit as many clips as you like.

6. Try and keep clip file size to 100MB or less - if we like your clip, we will be asking you to sendspace it (or similar) to me (Karl), and those sites usually have a 100MB limit on file size unless you have a premium membership.

HOW TO SUBMIT A CLIP:

Go to Weezer's YouTube page and then to the "WeezerFans"/"Weezer Tour Imagery" Group , and upload your video to that group. We'll be watching!

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU SUBMIT A CLIP?

If Scott the lighting designer likes your clip, we will need to get in touch with you to get the original video clip file directly from you (via sendspace or similar filesharing sites), so SAVE that original (.avi or .mov format preferred but not required), and keep them 100MB or smaller unless you have a premium acct etc. The list of clips we want will appear on Weezer.com (and a myspace bulletin and in a weezer mailing list email), and if youre on the list, you'll need to email me (Karl) with a sendspace link to your original clip. So stay tuned to see who's gonna have their footage used in the tour!

Have fun!

Example clip: some Floridian surf froth I shot last spring:

09/02/08 takedown, shakedown, yer busted | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:52:00 GMT

...Band rehearsals have just wrapped up after many weeks of hard work, sorting out the songs and the gameplan for the upcoming shows in Japan and the USA. Last Thursday, a very small audience was let into the studio to watch a sneak preview of the band running thru their set, rough n' ready style. This was the first full electric weezer show of any sort in nearly 3 years, and the set was loaded with suprises and classics alike. Come on down to a show near you, folks, you will like what you see and hear!

...Red Album DELUXE VINYL. Folks, the Red Album Deluxe Edition has now been pressed as a strictly limited 180g 2xLP audiophile set, with the full deluxe liner notes and photos. This set was crafted (and I do mean crafted, one piece at a time), starting with the mastering, done by Kevin Gray at AcousTech Mastering. The vinyl pressing was done at the legendary RTI facility, where true artisans are at work. The album cover and inner sleeves printing were made at Stoughton Printing, and the center labels were printed by G&M Graphics.

You can be sure that this edition of the Red Album is the definitive one, and will look and sound amazing! The finished LPs are en route now, and I believe they will be featured in the (coming soon) all new weezer online store, as well as select retail outlets. They may be a tour item as well, haven't heard for sure yet. Check out this video of the Deluxe LP pressing process (set to "Dreamin'"), courtesy Tom Vadakan and Robert Lepe!

...The Winner of the Dance Jam Pork N' Beans Signature Dance Contest will be announced very soon. If you havent seen the many crazy submissions, go here and check them out !

...SoCal Be warned! Weezer is doing a pirate takeover of 106.7 KROQ-FM very soon! Hear weird songs that KROQ never plays but weezer likes! Hear bad jokes! Hear good ones too!

...Special tour note! Brian's other band The Relationship has been added to the lineup of the 3 California shows on the upcoming tour. San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego will all have Brian pulling double duty as opener in The Relationship and headliner in Weezer.

...Speaking of deluxe Red Albums, the Deluxe Japanese Red Album CD version comes out in Japan tomorrow (9/3). This edition includes the expanded Deluxe tracklist plus 3 additional tracks including the exclusive Japanese B-Side "Meri-Kuri" (featuring Rivers singing in Japanese), as well as a bonus all-region DVD that has a bunch of cool stuff on it. Remember the talk of a live Weezer DVD a few years ago? Well, for some reason that plan went belly-up, but the footage was saved, and now 7 tracks from those late 2005 shows in Japan will be available on this bonus DVD. Also there will be behind the scenes stuff from that tour (breifly and mysteriously previewed on YouTube some months ago), an Electronic Press Kit (interview and song by song commentary for the Red Album), and the Pork And Beans video in its first(?) official physical release. Yes, the Japanese always seem to get the good stuff. But in todays global society, the good stuff gets around!

08/21/08 Troubleshooting Troublemaker: No Trouble | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:08:00 GMT

...The Troublemaker video was shot today, and its sure to be one for the history books. Or at least the Guinness Book! Rather than go over the rather nutty details, the results of which you are soon to be watching anyway, lettuce just say that a TON of dedicated weezer fans came down to help out and they were awesome sports, working hard all day in a hot parking lot.

The video producers had expressed worry about the sheer number of fans being involved, expecting difficulty keeping things organized and people being cooperative. Of course we here in Weezerland know by now to expect greatness from weezer fans and we assured the production team not to worry. And sure enough, the fans were punctual, focused and hardworking, and everything ran like clockwork!

The band was really impressed with the dedication and hard work the fans showed. The word from the band included such direct quotes as "Thank god we have such great fans" and "Our fans are working harder on this video than we are!"

There was just one major mishap during the shoot, and yours truly was caught up in the mess! What happened was we had what we thought was an insider tip on how to access the roof of the Forum. Sensing a great opportunity to get some aerial footage of the video shoot far below, we followed the secret instructions and traversed the nearly empty corridors of the Forum till we got to the upper stands. Which is where the plan fell apart. A key door that was not supposed to be locked was locked, and worse, we had been spotted by none other than Janet Jackson's security and production team. It seems Janet and co. were rehearsing for their upcoming show down on the floor of the arena, and we werent quite stealthy enough to slip by their line of defenses! Worse yet, two of us had really nice video cameras on us, and so naturally we were taken for people trying to spy on Janet behind the scenes!

Things were not looking good. We explained (with a trumped up air of officialness) we were with the video shoot outside and were merely looking for a way to film from the roof, which only resulted in questions ranging from "what video shoot outside?" to "film what from the roof?" It was then that Dan the Man(ager) (who had gotten us into the mess) played his ace: he knew Janet's tour manager! We explained that he knew we were here and everything was cool. Of course it didnt help when the man finally came up to see what was going on, he said with a smile "Oh hi Dan... What are you doing here?" (insert forlorn 3 note trombone sound here...)

Well, after a bit more confusion everything was more or less kosher after that, and they even offered to escort us to the roof, but we unfortunately then learned that there was a rule about needing safety harnesses that we did not have access to. So the plan was finally kiboshed, after all.

Meanwhile down on the parking lot, the band was running thru the main "rocking out" scene, one of the last scenes to be shot in a very long and surreal day. By 7:30 PM, the sun was fading and the director yelled out "Thats a Wrap!"

THANK YOU a million times over to the great fans who were awesome all day. There wouldnt have been a video without you! Stay tuned for the video and some special supplemental treats coming your way!

...Weezer tribute band alert (reminder)
Multiple bands!
Weezer tribute / Benefit For Mountain People's Co-Op & Market
AUG. 27 * 9PM * $5 * 18 and up @ 123 PLEASANT ST., MORGANTOWN, WV
featuring: It's Birds, The Demon Beat, Purepleaser, Russian Tombstones, The Friendship Room, and Sarkeezer, "all paying tribute to one of the greatest bands in history".

08/19/08 Impending Video Shoot! Troublemaker Instructions! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:26:00 GMT

...People, the upcoming Troublemaker video shoot will be one for the history books, with all kinds of records to be broken and a huge amount of fan participation to make it all possible. We've gotten a huge response so far (heres the email address to write to try to get in: weezervideo@gmail.com ) and things are looking very promising!

One of the many activities thats going on at the shoot is a Hootenanny, with hundreds of people playing "Troublemaker" with Weezer. So with that in mind, Brian got on camera to show those who are bearing instruments how to play the song! Check it out!

08/18/08 Impending Breakfast with das Kevin und der Bean | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:16:00 GMT

People, today is the Weezer Breakfast With Kevin And Bean performance at KROQ in L.A., and some of you were caller 20, and are going! If you enter the hallowed halls of Kroq, and see the Weez play this fast-breaking performance, please add your comment to this news and lettuce know how it went from your perspective. (And the performace actually airs Tuesday morning, so tune in!)

...Note that the original plan to have a big L.A. Hootenanny has been for now replaced by this Kevinish and Beany event, combined with some rather Hootenanny-like craziness at the upcoming video shoot! The Hoot is patient. The Hoot has the power.

...And if youve been taking a big nap - theres still time to get in on the record breaking Troublemaker video shoot, coming up this Thursday the 21st! Send an email and you could be in there!
The MAIN requirements are:
* You must be available on Thursday August 21st in the Los Angeles Area
* email weezervideo@gmail.com ...NOW.

If/when you get approved, you'll learn more details, like what to wear, what to bring, times, places, etc. Hope to see you there!!!

...AND don't forget! Head on over to IMVU to win Weezer tix and get your avatar on!

...UK's MTV2 have shortlisted ‘Buddy Holly’ in their greatest videos of all time list. It now gets put forward for the public vote, to create the definitive greatest video poll. VOTE for Buddy Holly! You know its got to get on up the re! (Buddy Holly’ is 2nd from bottom on the page)

...UK fans: there will be a UK "Troublemaker" single, out on September 29. B-side info TBA.

...Interesting and detailed Weezer song blog (not an mp3 blog), with commentary, criticism, etc on tons of famous and obscure weezer songs here .

...and finally, in the "inexplicable" department, "Island In The Sun" makes (just) manages to make it onto this list of The Art Of Manliness' 52 best workout songs.

08/14/08 Be In The Troublemaker Video! Go To Weezer at KROQ! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:47:00 GMT

Im in a Flying J truckstop parking lot in Western North Dakota, using some country fried rodeo wi-fi to get these urgent messages to you the people! Never mind WHY im in North Dakota, just know that when important news must get to you, we here at weezer.com spare no effort!

First of all, L.A. area fans might have heard the announcements on KROQ radio, for the upcoming "Kevin And Bean Breakfast With Weezer"! This is coming up this coming Monday the 18th, and the ONLY way to get in is to be the 20th caller when they announce it at random on KROQ.... so listen! Call! Try! Anyone who has been to one knows how special and intimate these cool "Breakfast" shows are.

Now for the crazy one - TROUBLEMAKER VIDEO SHOOT! In the spirit of the recent Hootenannys, yet going far FAR beyond that at the same time (you'll see...heh heh), is the upcoming video shoot for "Troublemaker". This is taking place in L.A., and Weezer needs you! (and you.... and you.... a LOT of you!) for this shoot. The MAIN requirements are:

* You must be available on August 21st in the Los Angeles Area

* email weezervideo@gmail.com ...NOW.

If/when you get approved, you'll learn more details, like what to wear, what to bring, times, places, etc. Hope to see you there!!!

AND - head on over to IMVU to win Weezer tix and get your avatar on !

...note to people who preordered the Red Album thru iTunes and are expecting a presale password - what I have heard so far is that you will be emailed, but this hasnt happened yet. You havent been forgotten, and wont be denied a ticket.

...Check out the latest issue of American Songwriter magazine for a nice cover story on Weezer. Available on the newsstands or online (w/o pictures) here .

...Weezer tribute band alert!
Say It Aint... Weezer from Portland, OR will be playing Berbati's Pan Saturday August 23rd in Portland OR, and the Thirsty Lion on Friday Sept 12th in Portland OR - "This is what we're calling "Project Pinkerton"; where a contest winner gets to pick our set list for the night."

...todays artwork by "Freaky Deaky Dawn".

08/07/08 Things You Must Vote For! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:27:00 GMT

People, there are two things going on now, where your vote of support is needed for the good of all things Weez. Here is a thing to do.

#1. Mtv Video Music Award nomination voting. This year the VMA Nominees are all chosen by the viewers. Coming up this friday on FNMTV (Mtv's Friday night show), Weezer is eligible for nomination for Best Rock Video & Video of the Year. The categories are listed by video & will be under: WEEZER – PORK AND BEANS.

Voting opens at 8pm EST this Friday, 08/08 and closes Wednesday, 08/13 at 11 AM EST. Help "Pork And Beans" get nominated in these 2 categories! More info here on Mtv.com.

#2. Weezer’s Pork & Beans has been nominated for Best Video at the Kerrang Awards 2008, taking place on August 21, in London.
You can vote online for Pork and Beans HERE . Your vote counts!! Help us show Kerrang whats what!

...If you havent tuned in in the last few days, you REALLY need to scroll down and check out the news from 8/4 and 8/2, all sorts of stuff is going on including the North American tour dates.

...more Weezer tribute band alerts:

Multi-band Weezer Tribute Show/Benefit in Morgantown, WV, on August 27. At (?) on 123 Pleasant St. "Guaranteed to be a fun night with a bunch of local WV area bands paying tribute to one of our generation's greatest artists."

Tweezer (NYC area) will be playing The Crossroads (Garwood, NJ) Friday Aug 8th at 10 pm, and at Marita's Cantina (New Brunswick, NJ) Saturday Aug 16th at 10pm: "An all acoustic show, featuring our acoustic version of Dreamin'".

08/05/08 US TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:14:00 GMT

08/05/08 US TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEEZER ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR;
Tour In Support of latest album Weezer featuring #1 song Pork And Beans

Weezer announced today a North American tour in support of their top ten album Weezer (referred to as the Red Album). Starting September 23 at the Tsongas Center in Boston, the band will embark on a five week tour including dates in New York City at Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles’ Great Western Forum. This is the band’s first tour in three years. Drummer Pat Wilson announced, “if you want to rock, you know where to find us!”

Weezer (Red Album) is the band’s boldest album, sonically and lyrically, fearlessly reaching places never before heard in popular music. The Red Album’s first single “Pork and Beans” just spent 11 weeks at #1 at Modern Rock radio (the longest streak for a song in 2008) and it’s accompanying video has been viewed on Youtube over ten million times. The song is about self-empowerment, where people are urged to follow their instincts as exemplified by the lyrics “I’m a do the things that I want to do/I ain’t got a thing to prove to you.”

Recently Weezer, with the help of local radio stations, has been reaching out to musicians to create “Hootenannys” across the country. An idea hatched by lead singer Rivers Cuomo (after his mom explained how music was often spread in the good ole days) fans were hand-picked and told to bring their instruments to an unusual location where audience and band become one and jam on Weezer classics and cover songs.

Opening Weezer’s tour are Angels and Airwaves and Tokyo Police Club.

San Diego-based Angels and Airwaves are currently headlining all of Warped Tour 2008 in support of their sophomore release I-Empire, which debuted in the top ten and spawned the hit single “Everything’s Magic”. Singer and guitarist Tom Delonge says, “the Weezer tour is an amazing event, not only for us as a band, but its going to be the best tour of the year for fans, we’re excited to be a part of it”.

Tokyo Police Club is a 4-piece band from Toronto, Ontario. Following one of the most successful 16 minutes in recent history (2006's A Lesson in Crime EP) is back and currently on the road supporting their critically acclaimed debut full length Elephant Shell. Tokyo Police Club couldn't be more thrilled to join Weezer on their North American Tour playing to crowds they've never experienced before.

The following are the dates for Weezer’s North American tour:

Sep 23 Boston, MA - Tsongas Arena
Sep 24 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
Sep 26 Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Casino
Sep 27 Philadelphia, PA - Susquehanna Center
Sep 29 Detroit, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills
Sep 30 Toronto, ON - Air Canada Center
Oct 2 Chicago, IL - All State Arena
Oct 3 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Arena
Oct 5 Denver, CO - Broomfield
Oct 7 Salt Lake City, UT - E Center
Oct 9 Portland OR - Memorial Coliseum
Oct 10 Vancouver, BC - GM Place
Oct 11 Seattle, WA - Key Arena
Oct 13 San Jose, CA - Events Center
Oct 14 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum
Oct 17 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena
Oct 18 Phoenix, AZ - Arizona State Fair
Oct 20 Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
Oct 21 Dallas, TX - Nokia Theater
Oct 23 Houston, TX - Reliant Arena
Oct 25 Atlanta, GA - Gwinnett Arena

08/04/08 The Sound Of Music | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:27:00 GMT

08/02/08 Keep it on the up!!! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:45:00 GMT

Okay people, as the summertime rolls on, heres where we're at!

"Pork and Beans" just ended its 11 week stint at number one on the Modern Rock charts, and now we're rolling out Red Album single #2: Troublemaker! Listen for it on a station near you, and dont be shy, request it if you want to freshen up your airwaves.
Troublemaker is also the new single in Japan - todays picture (full size here ) is the very cool Japanese digital single artwork.

Meanwhile the Weezer men are finally all back in one city (Los Angeles, where else?) and revving things up. They start a month of rehearsals on Monday for the upcoming shows in Japan and North America, starting in September! Watch this space for details from the band shortly!

And coming up even sooner than all that is the Los Angeles Hootenanny, taking place on August 11th [**OR POSSIBLY AUG 18th DETAILS TO COME ASAP**]! Check back here very soon for details!

Speaking of Japan, the following two shows have been announced and are on sale now (provided you can figure out how to get tickets, cuz I sure can't):

* September 13 - Osaka - Intex Hall
* September 15 - Tokyo - Yoyogi Arena

Speaking even more of Japan, we are awaiting final details on the Japanese Red Album Deluxe Edition - Rumors have been swirling about whats on this, but so far there is no confirmation on any details. Stand by!

And (USA) Deluxe Vinyl Edition hopefuls, do not give up hope! Info coming soon about this hotly anticipated item!

...Founding member of Weezer Jason Cropper is playing his first show in 8 years at The Masquerade in Atlanta on Friday, August 15th. This will be an acoustic set of his new material. With Buffalo Alice. Best wishes for a good show!

...Weezer tribute band alert: So Many Dynamos is playing a weezer tribute show entitled "In the Garage: A Tribute to Weezer" on August 28 at Off Broadway in St. Louis.

08/01/08 21 | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:11:00 GMT

...21...

07/22/08 In The Land Of The King | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT

...Thanks to all on behalf of Scott for his birthday wishes. Scott celebrated with a bowling party in L.A. Here he is with his buddies Velvet Revolver's Dave Kushner (and son Waylon) and Bryson. Scott also recently went on a special road trip to the deep South (Memphis, TN and Mobile, AL) with his lady, where they paid homage to Elvis at Graceland and the famous Sun Studios where The King was discovered and more Rock history went down than one could shake a stick at. No word on whether Scott sang "King" (or if he was devastated by the aura of Rock N' Roll history) (though I suspect he was.) Then in Mobile they went and saw the legendary Tom Waits in concert.

...Folks, the DanceJam "Pork And Beans" dance contest is still going, and theres still time to get your entry in! Dont miss your chance to change the history of dance for ever.... and win $$$ and weezer tickets!

...More Weezer tribute band info!
* The Sweaters are playing at Numbers in Houston, TX, Thursday July 24. "We'll be playing songs from most of the albums, even "Greatest Man.""
* Güisel are playing at the Cinema Cafe in Santo Domigo, Dominican Republic(!!!), Saturday July 26 at 10PM (admission = $RD 200 Dominican Pesos). "We will be playing songs from the complete weezer discography including a couple of b-sides".

...coming soon: the L.A. Hootenanny info - coming up in August! Tour info to follow asap!

07/14/08 One Contest To Rule Them All. Plus Yahoo Live Sets! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:12:00 GMT

***UPDATE 7/15***
1. the Yahoo Live Sets videos are live here (or here - scroll down a bit) and they are awesome. Go watch!
2. Check out the Weezer Myspace Page for a new Hootenanny Slideshow, featuring a bunch of pix I shot on the Hoot Tour last month!
3. additional Weezer Tribute Band alert added below, in the NYC area.

Aaaaaand its contest time, folks! The Weezer Pork And Beans Signature Dance Contest is up now, on Dancejam.com! Check out the rules and a cool intro vid from Judson Laipply ("Evolution Of Dance"), and start working it out! Your dance could be... THE ONE. (The one to win cold hard cash and weezer concert tickets!)

AND...do not sleep, peeps! The time is nigh, for the video from Weezer's Yahoo Nissan Live Set to go up! The hootenanny show (shot 6/23 at Yahoo!'s studio on the Century City Fox Lot) will be shown on this Yahoo! Music page, arriving sometime Tuesday 7/15. Enjoy!

Weezer tribute band(s) alert!
* El Scorcho will be playing July 17 in Carrollton, GA, at the Off Campus Bar and Grill (doing 3 full hours of music).
* Our Name Is Jonas is playing July 19 at The Screamin' Eagle in Ypsillanti, MI.
* The Blue Album Group is playing July 19 at Union Hall in Brooklyn, NYC - 702 Union Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn. ""We play Weezer's Blue Album straight through, note for note, with all the vocal harmonies, ripping guitar solos, and cardigan sweaters intact (or should i say undone?)."

07/09/08 The Red Album: The Whys and Wherefores | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:42:00 GMT

Check out Weezer’s “Making of The Red Album” video now exclusively debuting on AOL Music Homepage and Spinner.com !

...Hey weezer peeps - we're in the midst of a li'l summer break at the moment, with the weez men scattered and engaging in various forms of R+R before their reunification for the purposes of the other two R+R's (Rehearsal and Rocking the crowd), later this summer.

Patrick thanks all for your support of his recently re-anointed knee. He says the last "support strip" came off today and while the knee is still swollen, its not painful. He's being encouraged to exercise it, as it will heal up fast that way. So he will be spending time at the gym every day to build his leg back up to rock and roll capability.

Meanwhile Scott's looking forward to celebrating his birthday this coming Friday, 7/11! Wish him a good one!

...This coming Saturday in Tokyo, Japan is the 4th annual "Weezer Night", created by and for the fans, held in the Shinjuku district in the famous "Rolling Stone" club.

Todays picture (large size here ) is Weezer Night 4's supercool poster, made by Nami from Tokyo who also had this to say about Weezer Night 4:

"This time so many people want to join EVER!!! It's just like many people need to wait for the cancellation to come and join the event. You can see that how much we want to dance and sing for Weezer and simply all staff are very happy about this.

"This poster will be on the all walls in the club, that means this poster will be everywhere!

"Japanese fans with warm hearts and hot passion like to dance and sing for Weezer with smiling faces, and if you could imagine us even a bit, then we are more than happy."

Nami is also excited (as are many others in Japan) about the upcoming Weezer shows in Japan in September. Details about that, and about the subsequent USA tour in the fall, are coming as soon as we have them.

...Coming next Tuesday, 7/15: The video from the Nissan Live Sets On Yahoo! Music! (AKA the Century City Hootenanny!) By the end of the day on 7/15, the feature will launch on the Yahoo Music site, here .

07/01/08 Dog Day After-Webisode | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:23:00 GMT

Hey folks! Welcome to summer '08! Pat reports that his knee surgery went well and he's recovering nicely, about to go on a bit of R+R vacation to chill and let whats under the hood heal up right. Meanwhile, Scott is seen washing his dog in the new Weezer Webisode #6, up now on our Youtube channel , the media page , and embedded here (below) for your extreme convienience. Extreme!

...As far as the band's upcoming plans, nothing is ready for public consumption just yet, but things are gelling now and the answers you seek shall be revealed asap!

06/24/08 new Weezer AOL sessions! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:47:00 GMT

New Weezer AOL Sessions! 6 songs in all plus a Q+A! ...Okay, looks like AOL is having a bit of a tech issue. They say everything will be working good as of tomorrow morning (Wed 6/25). Sorry for the wait. (AOL link here , also they are linked off our media page ).

...Pat's knee surgery is today! wish him the best!

...Here's a great report on the San Fran Hootenanny on SPIN.com , featuring nice videos of the performances of "Creep" and "Beverly Hills"!

...folks, here's your chance to get your hands on a piece of real weezer history. Way back in 1994 and 1995, weezer had a then state-of-the-art Sega Genesis on tour with them. Everyone would play NHL 95 for hours as we rolled along in the bus, and when things didnt go well, the console got punched! But it survived! Then in '98, I decided to use the console and games as a fan club contest prize, for desigining the new fanclub t-shirt. One Tracy Chang won for her aweome "I'm A Weezer Fan" design, and we shipped her the box of Sega classics.

Now Tracy has decided to let this priceless memento go ("It's still in good working order!" she says), and it's on ebay for whoever wins it! Check it out!

06/23/08 Century City (Yahoo Live Sets) Hootenanny! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:42:00 GMT

, Well, as we locked in the Century City Hootenanny details, initially there were worries that it would be hard to sustain the great vibes that happened on the tour, given the more "official" location and circumstances of the Yahoo! Nissan Live Sets taping. Once you have people with walkie talkies tripping over each other, fire marshalls, etc, its easy to see how the loose and fun spirit could be squelched out of a Hootenanny. However, once the contest winners came in and things got going, it became obvious that these fears were unfounded! Not only was the Hootenanny fun and great, it was in fact the most free form and spontaneous jam yet!

In fact several unplanned "between song" jams erupted, usually starting as a group of fans kicked it off and with the band joining in for some unscheduled fun. The "extra" songs were "Troublemaker", "Jamie", and "Surf Wax America". The actual setlist was Pork And Beans, Radiohead's Creep, Island In The Sun, Say It Ain't So, El Scorcho, Automatic, and Beverly Hills.

Some special guests on hand (and singing and playing along of course!) included Joe Matt, Eric from The Relationship, Jose from Ozma, and Rivers' ol' budrow and early Amherst house resident Adam Orth, who posted this picture-laden blog about his experience at the Hoot.

Today's photo (large size here ), is a painting done special for Yahoos wall of band paintings. They ask every band who does the Live Sets to paint something for their big wall. I was assinged to the task, and Bokkus was the only answer.

Hey, more Pictures! #1, #2 , #3 , #4

As seen in Picture #1, Pat's knee surgery is imminent! Wish him well!

The Live Sets hootenanny video should be online approximately 7/15. Not confirmed yet, but it should be around then. Will post confirmation when we have it.

Were you there? Post your tale here!

06/22/08 travel/chill day | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:53:00 GMT

Travelling back to L.A. today, gearing up for the special Yahoo style Hootenanny tomorrow. As I write this, it appears "Pork And Beans" is about to crack 8 weeks at #1 on the modern rock chart, while its flirts with the "Hot 100" pop charts too. Over the pond in the UK, tomorrow marks the release of the UK Pork And Beans single, on cd and 2 different 7"s.

Todays photo (large size here) shows the L.A. Galaxy's David Beckham in front of a huge Red Album banner. At this recent game in L.A. on 6/7, The Red Album was played over the PA system and a lucky section of seats got a free copy of the CD!

Weezer tribute band alert - "Say It Ain't So" is playing 6/28 at My House Bar & Lounge - located at 609 Washington St. in Quincy, Massachusetts.

06/21/08 Seattle Hootenanny! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:10:00 GMT

Today's Hootenanny was held in Seattle's recently relocated Vera Project , a very cool all ages art+rock venue replete with stage and everything. So the setting was the one that most resembled a normal rock tour date, but the approach used remained radical. The band did not take the stage, but rather spread out on the main floor in a triangle, with the orchestra of contest winners spread out all around them. Certain folks were put up on the stage, those with the giant double basses and such, and there were so many people trying to squeeze in that there had to be some overflow put up on the balcony - which ended up being a big help for "Beverly Hills" with the big footstomping beat.

All in all, each Hootenanny has been quite unique and special in their own way, even though the setlist remained the same so far. Its been fascinating to see these performances coalese out of thin air each show. There always seems to be someone stepping up just in time to do a needed part, and the collective energy has been amazing. Kudos to both the contest winners for their energy and talents, and to the band and crew and radio stations for guiding and coordinating things on the fly so artfully.

Seattle Hootenanners - post your comments on the show here!

6/20/08 San Fran Hootenanny! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:51:00 GMT

06/20/08 San Fran Hootenanny!

***New Webisode #5 up now on the Media page ! (or just scroll down here) Check it out!

Today was the San Francisco Hootenanny, which was actually across the bay in Alameda, in what was once the Officer's Club at the former Alameda Naval Air Station. This was a particularly special location for Scott, who was actually stationed here as a young Marine some 20 years back. Scott talked to the crowd abiut his expericnce here and the weird emotions he felt at returning under such different circumstances. He then dedicated "Creep" to his commanding officer who agreed to let Scott discharge from the Marines to pursue music. Pretty cool!

...Speaking of Scott, check out this unusual and detailed interview with him in Inked tattoo magazine!

Were you at the SF hoot? Post your story here in the comments!

Webisode #5! "The Plots Of Scott"!

06/19/08 Yahoo/L.A. Hootenanny info! and PDX Hoot report! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:30:00 GMT

Today was the Portland Hootenanny, which was held at the beautiful Oaks Park amusement park in a building known as The Dance Hall. Rivers found some lifesize R2-D2's in a back room which were immediately purloined to add decor. As was an antique carnival camel. Then in came the peeps, carrying a dizzying array of instruments. The band (sans injured reserve Pat) had a blast, and the hootenanny sounded great! Great job from the Portland hootenanny class of '08! Post show the guys decided they had to take a spin around the go kart track convieniently located next to the Dance Hall.

...info you need! The Yahoo/L.A. Hootenanny info! check it out!

Here is you chance to play music with Weezer! If you can play an instrument, we want you. Weezer is taping their version of Nissan Live Sets on Yahoo! on Monday June 23rd.

Bring a friend - but we ask that they at least be able to sing, and like you, rehearse the songs a little beforehand. After you jam out with the band there will be time for questions and answers with the band.

Here is what we will need from you:
1. Available from noon to 5pm on Monday June 23rd in Los Angeles, CA
2. You must be at least 13 years old to attend. Fans under 18 must be accompanied by an adult
3. You must provide your own transportation and accommodations (if necessary).

To be considered as a guest to the smallest Weezer show ever taped, email the following to WEEZERHOOT@YAHOO.COM :

1. A link (Youtube or other) showing us your hootenanny skills playing a tune or two
2. Your full name as it appears on valid photo ID, your (1) guest’s full name as it appears on their valid photo ID.
3. What instrument you are bringing... suggestions:

* Think acoustic guitars, banjos, fiddles, flutes, handbells, mariachis, accordions, didgeridoos, ukuleles, bongos – anything you can carry in one hand
* Please no instruments larger than a person, no electric instruments, no carrying cases or free-standing instruments
* One instrument per person only

Scroll down for a video explanation from the band of what the hootenanny is and how to play the songs!

The songs you will be playing and/or singing with the band are:
Pork and Beans
Island In The Sun
Say It Aint So
El Scorcho
Creep by Radiohead
Beverly Hills
Automatic

You will be playing and singing with the band. This is not a joke. If you want to rock with the Weez we would love to have you. It is going to be an amazing event.

If you’d like to be part of a Q&A segment with Weezer, submit your smart, insightful, clever question for the band when you submit the above and you just might be part of the taping!

So send your email submission as quickly as possible to help your chances of being picked. These limited spaces will fill fast!
You will receive an email confirmation with more details if chosen.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND MULTIPLE EMAILS

This invitation is not transferable, without the express permission of Yahoo!. Yahoo! Reserves the right to rescind any invitation, at any time, in its sole discretion.

06/17/08 Phoenix Hootenanny! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:36:00 GMT

Today was the Phoenix Hootenanny. About 200 fans, randomly selected by the Edge radio station joined the band at The American Legion Post 41. Were you there? Did you bring an instrument and play along? Tell your story! Add a comment to this news report!
Here's a fan's video clip, hot off the press!
Also, the Edge's webcam seems to have captured some pre-show set-up.

SPECIAL NOTE: As weezer emerges from spring training into regular season action, we suddenly have a member on injured reserve. For those keeping score, please scratch Patrick Wilson from tonights line up. The strong right hander tore up his knee up in that friendly basketball game with team mate Johnny Knoxville. The good news is that even though he is expected to be out until the Century City hootenany with Yahoo being taped June 23rd - he WILL in fact be rested up and ready for that one. After that performance, he then goes under the laser for minor knee surgery. A full recovery is expected before the fall playoffs when Weezer hits the road in Japan and the good ol' USA.

NEXT UP: Thursday 6/19: PORTLAND, OR! KNRK is handling it! Good luck!

See the band's instructional video clip (now on the homepage and media page, and our Youtube channel and our Myspace Video page), letting you know critical details about how to play the songs! Definitely watch this video, youll need it to know what key the songs are in and other musical details!! Remember, if you get in, be prepared to at least sing, and bring an instrument if you can play it! Anything!

songs to learn and sing: same as Phoenix:
Pork and beans
Island in the sun
Say it aint so
Creep by radiohead
El scorcho
Beverly hills

MORE HOOTENANNYS COMING UP:
Thursday 6/19: Portland, OR! Listen to 94.7 KNRK for more info
Friday 6/20: San Francisco, CA! See Live 105 for more info
Saturday 6/21: Seattle, WA! See 107.7 The End for more info
Monday 6/23: Century City (L.A.)! In conjunction with Yahoo! info TBA!
(note: The song list will probably be changing somewhat for each hootenanny)

(Note that another, probably bigger Los Angeles Hootenanny is now in the planning stages but wont be happening for a little while. Details to follow.)

...The Weezer “Making of ‘Pork and Beans’” special (full length 1/2 hr. version!) is coming soon to Fuse TV !
Premieres: Wednesday 6/25 @ 10p ET
Repeats: Thursday 6/26 @ 1a ET; Sunday 6/29 @ 3p ET; Tuesday 7/1 @ 1am ET

thanks to Janet Zhou for the photo! many more Phoenix pix here !

06/15/08 Hootenanny! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:58:00 GMT

Okay folks, this li'l hootenanny is hitting the road for whats looking like a west coast foray...

THIS TUESDAY JUNE 17: Phoenix! The Phoenix Edge radio station is holding a contest to determine who's coming to sing and play along with weezer in a private jam session with the band - to be recorded to on-air play! If you are chosen, bring an instrument (or at least your voice and hands)! You must be as prepared as you can be to help weezer rock these songs out! So be prepared to sing along and (if you can) play an instrument (any instrument! really!) to the following songs:

Pork And Beans
Island In The Sun
Creep (by Radiohead)
Say It Aint So
El Scorcho
Beverly Hills

The band has recorded a special video clip for you to both announce the shows and to let you know critical details about how to play the songs! Definitely watch this video, youll need it to know what key the songs are in and other musical details!!

* For the moment the video is on ourYouTube Channel and MySpace page! (It will soon also be on our here on weezer.com.) (direct Youtube link )(direct MySpace Video link)

MORE HOOTENANNYS COMING UP LATER THIS WEEK:
Thursday 6/19: Portland, OR! Friday 6/20: San Francisco, CA! Saturday 6/21: Seattle, WA!

AND COMING UP NEXT WEEK:
Monday 6/23: Los Angeles!

(note: The song list will probably be changing somewhat for each hootenanny)

(Note that another, probably bigger Los Angeles Hootenanny is now in the planning stages but wont be happening for a little while. Details to follow.)

...also, the NPR interview with Rivers is now online . Good stuff, check it!

Hey, heres the Hootenanny video, right here right now!

06/11/08 Teh Greatest Fan That Evar Livid | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:57:00 GMT

*UPDATE* 6/13/08 Happy Birthday to Rivers!

*UPDATE* New Rivers interview in the upcoming Rolling Stone issue (6/26), but its online now.

Check out the "Greatest Fan That Ever Lived" contest, going on right now! You could win the wicked boombox featured in Weezer's "Greatest man That Ever Lived" Mtv 52 Bands clip, that helped the band rock out in the park. Watch the clip, answer a few questions and register to win!

In other news, stay tuned for Hootenanny Mini-Tour info coming soon...

...Webisode #4: "The M Button" should be up (sometime shortly) at imeem.com today! Be sure to check this one out!

...Weezer collectors! While the Weezer Collector's Discography [currently still known as "Tunes: The Weezer Discography"] awaits updates and additions, Richard V's excellent "WeezerCollector" site keeps on ticking, now in the process of updating for Red Album madness! If you are trying to track down rare singles, promo items and other unusual weezer stuff, you need to check in with WeezerCollector - if nothing else, you'll see some cool stuff to get jealous of! (happy 25th Richard!)

Tribute Band alert: 'Our name is Jonas ' is playing Saturday June 28th at 10 pm at The Screamin' Eagle (Formerly Known as Andrews) in Ypsilanti, MI.

06/05/08 This Is NPR's Weekend Edition. Im Robert Smeagol | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:56:00 GMT

People, I know your usual radio tuning in might be more towards the rock side of things, but you need to get on thr National Public Radio train NOW, because this weekend NPR will be running a great new interview with Rivers! That means today!!!

This piece will be used on Weekend Edition which airs on 300+ NPR stations around the USA. It will also be on their website (at some point) as a pod cast on the “All Songs Considered ” part of the site. (Will post direct link when we have it).

Recent good things:

...We now have updated (final) release dates for the UK:
Red Album: all physical and digital (standard and deluxe versions) will come out on June 16th.
The commercial single “Pork & Beans” release date remains June 23rd.

...And in the USA...
There will be a 180 gram Red Album deluxe edition vinyl LP! We dont have a release date yet though, possibly not till later in the summer. It takes a while to contruct these things. Dont have the details yet, but we do know it will be a 2 disc set with high quality packaging etc.

...weezer slideshow feature at slide.com - create a weezer themed slideshow!

...Check out Weezer Webisode #3 , up now on Imeem.com!

Tay Zonday interviews Weezer!

...Todays photo is the flyer from the Japanese fan event "Weezer night", coming up on July 12th! Its their 4th annual Weezer Night, so if you are in Japan, seek this out! Its at a "Rock Bar" called 'Rolling Stone'.

06/05/08 call the Chan Chan sisters | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT

***UPDATE***
We now have updated (final) release dates for the UK:
Red Album: all physical and digital (standard and deluxe versions) will come out on June 16th.
The commercial single “Pork & Beans” release date remains June 23rd.

***AND! In the USA...
There will be a 180 Gram Red Album deluxe edition vinyl LP! We dont have a release date yet but it will be fairly soon. Dont have the details yet, but it will probably be a 2 disc set with high quality packaging etc.

Check out Weezer Webisode #3, up now on Imeem.com!

I trust everyone is by now enjoying their regular or deluxe edition of the Red Album. If not, well what are you waiting for? The rock waits for no one!

After the shooting of the Pork And Beans video was completed, Tay Zonday sat down with weezer for an interview - as the interviewer! Excerpts and some video from this historic event are now on Mtv.com here .

...as seen on the Weezer Myspace page, here is a zip file download of a new weezer desktop image (in 4 sizes depending on your screen's resolution).

...now there is a weezer slideshow feature at slide.com - create a weezer themed slideshow!

...Weezer's "Say It Ain't So" got voted into the Rolling Stone's "Top 100 Guitar Songs Ever" at #72! (Also in the print edition).

...Deluxe Edition booklet typos: Okay there are a couple of intentional typos (they should be fairly obvious), several accidental ones and unfortunately a few key things were omitted from the booklet and will be included in future printings: #1 is the Miss Sweeney writing credit - Rivers did not write the song alone: our own Sarah C. Kim supplied some very key lyrics! And for "Automatic", Joe Baressi is supposed to be credited as an engineer. Sorry guys, we'll fix it in pressing #2, alsong with several typo errors in the interview parts.

...todays "seafood =w=" photo courtesy Paul L. Of New Brunswick Canada!

06/03/08 NEW ALBUM OUT TODAY! EPIC WIN. | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:42:00 GMT

*UPDATE* Check out The Making Of The 'Pork And Beans' Video , now debuting exclusively on Myspace Music!

The day is finally here - Weezer's 6th Album "Weezer" (AKA The Red Album") is OUT NOW! Available in both standard and deluxe editions (deluxe with 4 more songs and thick informative booklet!), both on CD and digitally. (Also on vinyl shortly!)

Heres the iTunes link to the Red album !

...Weezer is Mtv's Buzzworthy Artist of the week ! There are many many HOURS of NEW and classic weezer material on Mtv all this week! And online, do NOT miss the THIRTEEN exclusive new clips , from the bands (mailing list invite only) acoustic Hootenanny performance plus funny stuff as the band and Johnny Knoxville cruise around L.A. stirring up trouble!

And in case you missed it, you must read this Mtv interview with "Pork And Beans" video director Matthew Cullen !

...Meanwhile on the Weezer Youtube channel , check out the brand new video of Brian and Tay Zonday jamming out on "Pork And Beans" together!

06/02/08 Twas The Night Before The Red Album | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:21:00 GMT

By now you might be aware that Weezer is releasing their 6th album tomorrow. Tomorrow! The wait is over. It doesnt seem possible, but its been over 3 years since the release of 'Make Believe'. So much has changed in the last few years, but happily a renewed commitment to rocking out and exploring new musical territory has taken a strong hold. Get ready to rock!

iTunes people: While this link will NOT be active till early morning tuesday, I'm putting it here now because I may not have access to my computer later tonight. So note that until it works, it ain't gonna work! Here's THE ITUNES WEEZER RED ALBUM LINK (a bit early).

Weezer is Mtv's Artist of the week! Many many HOURS of NEW and classic weezer material on Mtv all this week!!!

Photo of Sena the greyhound (who loves weezer) courtesy Juana from Spain! Thanks!

05/31/08 Pork and Interview | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 31 May 2008 09:36:00 GMT

Red Album in THREE DAYS, people! This coming Tuesday!!!

Check out this interview with "Pork And Beans" video director Matthew Cullen !

05/31/08 Pork and Interview | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sat, 31 May 2008 09:16:00 GMT

Red Album in THREE DAYS, people! This coming Tuesday!!!

Check out this interview with "Pork And Beans" video director Matthew Cullen !

05/30/08 Weezer Nation Radio on Sirius! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:06:00 GMT

People of the satellite radio world, look out! Weezer will be hijacking Sirius Radio at 6pm today!! The channel known as Alternative Nation will hereby be declared Weezer Nation! It will stay Weezer Nation for days! Two days? Three days? Four days? More days? Until... well, until the guys get tired of being DJs and then... they will give it back. (Which is rather polite for hijackers actually). Anyway, however long the party lasts, they will be playing songs by their favorite bands, songs off their own about-to-be-released Red Album and theyll be talking about...whatever bands talk about when they hijack stuff. Weezer Nation! Today at 6PM till ? on Sirius Radio's Alternative Nation !

05/29/08 Webisode 2 on Imeem; USA Today; more | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:02:00 GMT

Red Album in Just 5 Days, folks!! (Deluxe edition too!)

Weezer Webisode #2 is currently featured on the Imeem Homepage , check it out! (Direct link here for later on.) Remember, Thursdays are Weezer Webisode premiere days at Imeem!

The Pork And Beans video has continued its journey to the center of the web, flying past 4 million views and still spreading! Todays USA Today (print and web editions ) had a nice article about it in their "Life" section.

...You might have noticed the Weezer Jonas Street Team banner being updated, and yes its true, JONAS is in the process of relaunching now. All kinds of cool stuff is coming soon, fresh for '08! Sign up if you want to be a part of it and help promote the Red Album ! When everything is up and running there will be a more detailed annoucement.

Pork And Beans (physical) single info confirmed to date:

USA:

7" (free with indie retailer album preorder)
b side: ‘Are Friends Electric?’ (Tubeway Army)

UK:

CD
‘Pork and Beans’
‘Are Friends Electric?’ (Gary Numan Tubeway Army cover)

7” vinyl #1
‘Pork and Beans’
‘Love My Way’ (Psychedelic Furs cover)

7” vinyl #2
‘Pork and Beans’
‘Oddfellows Local 151’ (REM cover)

05/28/08 SPIN cover story sneak peek and video | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:20:00 GMT

Hey people, the good folks at Spin mag have put up a preview at their website of the weezer cover story (mag is on newsstands now!), and they also have posted a cool video from the day in Venice Beach of the photo shoot for the article. Check it out!

05/27/08 Dreamin iTunes Single, + new newz roundup | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:40:00 GMT

Hey folks, we got a new iTunes single off the Red Album for ya. Heres "Dreamin'".

...okay, The Pork And Beans video was a Memorial Weekend blowout, getting 3 million views in just 3 days! And counting! According to People.com it was (still is?) the most viewed video on the internet. Weezer wins teh internets! Epic win!

...Meanwhile, on actual television, the video has been added to Fuse! And it looks like its shooting to #1 on their upcoming Alternative Countdown Show!

...More actual television news: This past Saturday, the band did a special acoustic show in L.A. with musically inclined fans selected from the Weezer Mailing List (so sign up already!) The audience brought instruments and their voices and was invited to play along as Weezer ran through some tracks from The Red Album. Mtv was on hand, filming everything for their "52 Bands" Promotion. We dont have the exact info yet, but we do know they will be airing the special during next week, in time for the release of the album! So stay tuned...

...Press: look for an article on the Red Album in the current issue of Entertainment Weekly (5/30 cover date). And dont forget the SPIN cover story, out now!

...Rivers "Lets Write A Sawng" Part 11 (mad drama, yo) is up now on his Youtube Channel .

05/23/08 PORK AND BEANS VIDEO PREMIERE!!! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:14:00 GMT

Here it is! The "Pork And Beans" Video! Go! Watch! Now! YouTube WORLD PREMIERE!!!

...also, dont miss the other exclusive new video clips on the Weezer Youtube Page! Weezer introduces the video! plus Daft Bodies! and Kelly n' Dan!

Shot May 7-10 in North Hollywood, CA, this video features a cast of, well, many! And what a cast! An amazing group of well known 'Youtube celebs' was tracked down and flown in so they could do their thing(s) with the Weezer men. Its pretty much impossible to properly describe what went down, so just have a look!

05/22/08 Imeem gotcha covered, y'heard? | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:21:00 GMT

Peoples, Every Thursday starting today is "Weezer Webisode Thursday" on Imeem.com . Get over there to see a never before seen clip, Weezer Webisode #1 ! With more to come each Thursday for the next month!

...more new info to come...

05/21/08 put some spin on that ball | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:44:00 GMT

Hey folks, check out this sneak preview of the June SPIN cover, featuring the Weez ! The mag hits stands and mailboxes shortly, and should be a good one!

...Meanwhile, lettuce not forget...

"Troublemaker" is the new iTunes single!

Webisode #0 featuring Rivers is up now, on the homepage and the media page !
Here it is right here right now:

Rivers "Lets Write A Sawng" Part 10 is up now on his Youtube Channel!

...more to come!

05/20/08 the total lack of trouble with troublemaking | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:46:00 GMT

Peoples! The "Troublemaker" iTunes single is out now! Go man go!

...Check out the 1st Weezer Webisode! Rivers lays it down deep in the cut and pumps the jams
as a man can and should. its on the homepage and at the top of the stack on the media page ! More Weezer Webisodes to come on the Wild World Web, so watch this space for announcements!

...folks, Rivers has just put up the latest installment of his "Let's Write A Sawng" interactive YouTube videos. Here it be!

05/15/08 the greatest mastering buzznet that ever blendered | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:56:00 GMT

...People: a reminder about the informative new interview up on Buzznet with Scott . Good stuff!

...Weezer was pleased and relieved to have finished mastering the new album yesterday. They shall sell no wine before it's time, and now all the audio details are set. Finally everything is turned in and assembly can begin at last. June 3, folks!!!

...in the June '08 Blender mag: a funny and informative interview with Pat!

...side note, just FYI: The current single is still "Pork And Beans"! Hear, request, rock out! Meanwhile "The Greatest man That Ever Lived" is our new iTunes single , and those are a bit different as they arent being sent to radio stations, etc. Well, enjoy 'em both!

...Rivers' reborn soccer career continued on May 10, when he was invited to play in the Britnight Showbiz Soccer Game at the Home Depot Center. Rivers again worked hard to prepare for the grueling match, and lots o' fun was had. Thats Rivers battling Welsh actor Michael Sheen in the photo above.

...New extra track info: The UK edition of the Red Album will contain the same 10 songs as the US edition, plus 2 cover songs: renditions of "Life Is What You Make It" by Talk Talk and "The Weight" by The Band. Out in UK 6/9 (digital), 6/16 (physical).

...New physical Deluxe Edition (CD) info: The (USA) Deluxe CD is now scheduled to come out on 6/3, BUT this is not confirmed - it may instead be the following week. We will know soon. Whats for sure is the deluxe edition comes with the additional 4 tracks in a wicked digipak sleeve with a huge booklet packed with exclusive info and beautiful art.

..."Greatest Man" iTunes single clarification: If you order the single now and want the whole album when it comes out, your iTunes will "know" you have it already, and the rest of the album will cost you a dollar less at that time. And if you already preordered the album on itunes and want the single now, you can do this without paying for it twice - Look in your itunes under "Automated Purchases" and it should show the single there for free download - because you already bought it by doing the presale. Or just go to the single page on iTunes and it should say its free for you. At least this is how iTunes explained it to us.

Scott Shriner Interview Featured on Buzznet! | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:52:00 GMT

Bassist Scott Shriner spilled the "beans" with Buzznet yesterday about the new album, video, and the resurgence of everything Weezer. Check out the piece on BUZZNET

» www.buzznet.com

05/14/08 the greatest man that ever lived - iTunes single! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:25:00 GMT

People, now is not the time for a nap: Weezer's astonishing new track "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" is now available as an iTunes single! Go man go...

...Check Buzznet.com for a brand new interview with Scott ! Scotts riffing on the new album and the video here, check it out!

05/12/08 the immensity of the pork and the bean | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:14:00 GMT

People, due to popular demand and the intense reaction to the Pork And Beans single, the wait time for the new album has just been reduced! The album will now be in stores in the USA on JUNE 3RD! Here are the release dates (USA and International as known so far)...

USA - June 3rd
Canada – June 3rd
Japan – June 4th (subject to change)
Germany – June 6th (subject to change)
Australia – June 7th
International – June 9th
UK – June 9th – Digital only
UK – June 16th – Physical CD album release

Pork And Beans Int'l Single (formats TBA) – June 16th
Pork And Beans UK Single (formats TBA) – June 23rd (to be confirmed)

Note - the Deluxe edition of the album will be digital only initially. Collectors and completists may have to wait a while for everything to be available non-digitally. More info on this as it becomes available.

...Okay, so the 'Pork And Beans' video was shot from last Wednesday to Saturday, with director Mathew Cullen and his amazing crew. Everybody involved did such a great job. Words are not really adequate to describe the things I saw those 4 fateful days. Suffice it to say that rules were broken and boundaries were pushed back! This video should be out sometime in the coming weeks. More details as they become available.

...Thanks to Meebo for a new Weezer branded chat room you can use on Weezer’s MySpace or Meebo.com !

...Plug 1: I saw The new film "The Dhamma Brothers" the other day at its L.A. premiere screening. This is the film that Rivers helped out with, about Vipassana meditation in an Alabama prison. Its a really beautiful film, so if you see a screening coming near you, be sure to check it out. It will be in DVD at some point too.

...Plug 2: Super long time weezer fan Justin H. has been making cool music of his own for some years now, and his band Zomo is releasing not one but two new albums. If you are into weezer, you'll probably dig this stuff!

CURRENT STUFF...

The Buzznet Pork And Beans Foodfight

iTunes presale: standard | deluxe

bonus 7" presale: INTERPUNK | INSOUND | SMARTPUNK

Weezer cover article in Spin Magazine hitting newsstands May 27th.

Pat's Twitter | Rivers YouTube | Rivers 'Alone' Myspace | Rivers 'Alone' podcasts | karlophone

05/06/08 the destiny of the pork and the bean | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:35:00 GMT

Scott Shriner did an interview with Warwick bass co., in which there is interesting discussion about making the new album, plus lots of other good stuff. Check it out !

A 'Pork and Beans' video will exist pretty soon. And other fun video items should be cropping up here on weezer.com in the coming weeks leading up to the new album release. More info asap.

There's a short but sweet article on Weezer's new album in the new Rolling Stone mag (print edition, dated 5/15).

Weezer as food art: Check out these very cool bento boxes made to look like the Pinkerton and Green Album covers. (scroll down a bit - all the bento rock covers are cool!)

International Release info: Its true that the new album will be released in Japan on 6/18. Why this happens with Japanese releases remains a bit of a mystery. Europe/UK/Australia and so forth we dont have dates yet, but they wont be much different than USA/Canada.

Still waiting for info regarding single formats and single import releases.

Looks like there will be a vinyl edition of the Red Album. No details yet.

CURRENT STUFF...

The Buzznet Pork And Beans Foodfight

iTunes presale: standard | deluxe

bonus 7" presale: INTERPUNK | INSOUND | SMARTPUNK

Official press release for the new album.

A6.com Boardie Weezer Tribute album (zip file w/ mp3s and cover images).

Weezer cover article in Spin Magazine hitting newsstands May 27th.

"Weezer" (AKA Album #6, "The Red Album") is out on 6/24/08!

Random plug dep't: "Phase 7" comics by Alec Longstreth . Alec is an OG weezer fan from the early days, an original '95 fanclubber and everything. He sent me some issued of Phase 7, and as a big indie comics fan I must say, his comics are excellent! Check them out !

Pat's Twitter | Rivers YouTube | Rivers 'Alone' Myspace | Rivers 'Alone' podcasts | karlophone

04/26/08 the density of the pork and beans will grow | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:54:00 GMT

People, now were getting kinda wacky, check it out...

In celebration of the release of their highly anticipated new single “Pork & Beans,” Weezer has joined forces with Buzznet to wage an all-out pork and beans food fight !

Beginning Friday, April 25, Buzznet users just might find pork and beans splattered on their profile page for everyone to see. Users can retaliate by joining the Web’s largest and nastiest food fight and posting a special code in their friends’ Notes on Buzznet. As more notes are left, the density of the pork and beans will grow. Fans can also invite their friends to join the food fight by sending them the invitation link .

Sounds like good, disgusting fun, right? Well, Weezer fans and Buzznet members will be happy to know that every time they hurl pork and beans at their friends, it will also benefit a great cause. Weezer and Buzznet have selected Conscious Alliance, the non-profit organization that distributes food and resources to U.S. communities most in need, as the recipient of a donation to be given at the conclusion of the food fight.

..."The density of the pork and beans will grow". Can I get that phrase on a t-shirt?

04/24/08 Pork And Beans on wax with new A6 preorder deal! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:57:00 GMT

04/24/08 Pork And Beans on wax with new A6 preorder deal!

Okay folks, "Pork and Beans" is officially out and the iTunes pre-order is in full effect (see 4/23 news!). But some of you may be wondering, "I dont have iTunes. What now?". And others may be wondering "Say, whatever happened to the good ol' 7 inch vinyl single?" Well, check it out:

Pre-order the new WEEZER album at any of the following 3 locations and you will receive a limited edition free red 7 inch vinyl single of “PORK & BEANS” and an exclusive B-Side!!! (limited quantities available).

INTERPUNK | INSOUND | SMARTPUNK

**UPDATED INFO**
in response to some presale questions:
1. The iTunes presale ticket password gets you 1st access to tickets in general. Now, In theory, this could mean access to premium seats - if a venue had any, but this is not guaranteed, and the venues havent even been chosen yet. Usually Weezer shows are GA, so on that case it wouldnt matter. What is guaranteed is 1st access to buying whatever tickets will eventually go on sale - depending on the venue at that time and how the venue operates. Wish I had more specifics, but thats all I got for now.
2. The Pork And Beans 7" b-side: what is it and is it truly exclusive? I Can't reveal the song yet but it is unique from the ones on the standard and deluxe albums and its not either of the 2 itunes bonus songs. Whether this 7" remains the only way to get this song later on is unknown. More info as I learn it.

04/23/08 Preorder Weezer #6 on iTunes = early access to tickets for their US Tour! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:58:00 GMT

Folks check this out! Pre-order the new album 'Weezer' on iTunes now and get a special password to buy tickets before the public for Weezer's U.S. tour. Plus, when the album drops June 24, 2008, you will get two bonus tracks - “I Can Love” and “It’s Easy.”

Album pre-order is available for Standard version , or Deluxe version . (Deluxe version comes with one additional instant grat of the new “Pork and Beans” single in addition to the two bonus tracks)

(Standard version: 10 tracks + ticket password + 2 iTunes bonus tracks.
Deluxe version: 14 tracks + ticket password + "Pork and Beans" immediately, + 2 iTunes bonus tracks)

You must pre-order the album by June 23, 2008, 11:59 PM local. Event markets and presale times will announced in the coming weeks.

04/21/08 triunfa del COVER! | Weezer | News

Karlophone — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:11:00 GMT

As revealed in a sneak peek on Spinner.com earlier, heres the cover of the new Weezer album, due on 6/24/08! I think we've achieved a new level of artistry here.

More stuff: The (somewhat odd) Official press release for the new album.

Note - no word yet on International release dates of single or album. Should be close to the US dates, but the final word will be posted here.

A sign of the apocalypse? Non-scathing Pitchfork review of "Pork And Beans".

"Songs From The Black Hole" on an Entertainment Weekly list of 'Famously Leaked Albums'.

A6.com Boardie Weezer Tribute album (zip file w/ mp3s and cover images). Nice stuff!

Pork And Beans single out Thursday 4/24! Request it on your radio station!

Weezer cover article in Spin Magazine hitting newsstands May 27th.

"Weezer" (AKA Album #6, "The Red Album") is out on 6/24/08!

* MESSAGE BOARDS NOTE: i am now on the boards as Karlophone. My avatar is me smashing a wall with a sledgehammer. my 3rd post, in response to the "KARL KOCH has not posted on these new forums YET!" thread (9th post on the thread) is in fact my first .com forums post of the new format. So yeah, its me. Ill try to check in regularly. Thanks for your patience etc!

Pat's Twitter | Rivers YouTube | Rivers 'Alone' Myspace | Rivers 'Alone' podcasts | karlophone

04/18/08 triunfa Tracklist! | Weezer | News

Karl Koch — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:25:00 GMT

"Weezer" (2008) Tracklist is as follows:

Regular Edition (CD; digital):

1. Troublemaker
2. The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)
3. Pork and Beans
4. Heart Songs
5. Everybody Get Dangerous
6. Dreamin’
7. Thought I Knew
8. Cold Dark World
9. Automatic
10. The Angel and the One

Deluxe Edition (CD with special packaging; iTunes):

1. Troublemaker
2. The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)
3. Pork and Beans
4. Heart Songs
5. Everybody Get Dangerous
6. Dreamin’
7. Thought I Knew
8. Cold Dark World
9. Automatic
10. The Angel and the One
11. Miss Sweeney
12. Pig
13. The Spider
14. King

04/18/08 triunfa del fjord | Weezer | News

Karl Koch — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:59:00 GMT

Yo my young peeps. Just a reminder and confirmation that the new album "Weezer" will be released on 6/24 and the "Pork And Beans" single will be available everywhere on 4/24. (That's next Thursday!)

And, check it out! Weezer will be on the cover of Spin Magazine hitting newsstands May 27th. This will mark their second Spin cover if i recall correctly.

04/18/08 triunfa | Weezer | News

Karl Koch — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:51:00 GMT

Welcome to the new weezer.com! It's still in transition, but things should be settled by the time the new album is out. The boards are new too, and should hopefully represent a solid improvement over the last incarnation. Have a peek and lay down some posts if you haven't yet. And yes, the "Info" section and all the history stuff will return. (Direct link to the 'info' page in the meantime is here .)

By now you've likely heard the 1st single, "Pork And Beans", but if you haven't, all you need do is hit the homepage or the myspace page .

More soon, but in the meantime, It's my pleasure to mention the coolest Weezer Tribute album of them all, the albumsix.com boardie tribute! (Its not a CD - it's a set of 17 mp3s). I must say, theres some very talented folks in the weezer fandom world, and they clearly worked hard on this stuff! Check it out, theres some really cool interpretations of your fave weezer classics on it. (Scroll down a bit on this page (p. 26) to get to the link to the .zip file of the final version with artwork, etc.)

04/05/08 there we were, now here we are | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:46:00 GMT

...a recent spate of articles broke free recently about the new Weezer album, and a lot of requests have come in for some confirmation. None has been forthcoming so far due to the fact that things are still a bit fluid. But in the interest of not driving fans completely crazy, heres a rundown of what is known and not known:

1. Album release date. This has been reported as being June 17th. This is very likely, however release dates are never truly guaranteed until a week or two before the album arrives. So its probably 6/17, with a small chance of changing.

2. The Album's title. The album has been reported as being self titled, i.e. just called "Weezer" like the Blue and Green albums were. This is also very likely. In fact, as of last Friday, it was technically not possible to change it - unless the release date is changed too. So we can say its very unlikely to change.

3. The Album's theme (color). This has been reported as "The Red Album". This is a strong possibility but it is not for sure. As I understand things, many competing visual ideas are being played off against each other (none of which would affect the self titled aspect), and some are "Red" in style or concept. But whether this ends up as the final theme remains to be seen.

4. First single. Confirmed as being "Pork And Beans". Could this change? Maybe a tiny chance of that. But it is definitely a song on the album (and it is unrelated to the demo song "Pig" that made it onto the internet in '06). As for the release date of this single, this information is TBD, likewise the potential (if any) for "physical" single format(s).

5. Other songs on the album. Many song titles have been kicked around the 'net, including "Everybody Get Dangerous", "Automatic", "Ms. Sweeney", "?" (a '12 letter word starting with T and ending with R'), "I'm the Greatest Man That Ever Lived", "Daydreamer". All are real weezer songs, but none are 100% confirmed as actually being on the album as of this writing.

6. Producer/Mixer. The album was made in 3 phases, produced by Rick Rubin (Malibu, spring '07), Weezer (mostly) (Malibu, summer/fall '07), and Jacknife Lee and Weezer (Santa Monica, early '08), and was mixed by Rich Costey.

...in other news, Rivers has been writing a new song with fans' input, using Youtube.

03/11/08 A Message From Rivers and Weezer | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:22:00 GMT

***UPDATE 3/31***
Okay, a viewer of the new movie "21" reports seeing a new Weezer song in the credits ("Everybody Get Dangerous"), but didnt hear anything in the film he recalled sounding like weezer. Well, movies are like that. For all we know, its deep in the background somewhere on one scene.

And, for those of you who know about Twitter, Pat Wilson's got one going. All sorts of randomness from the keypad of Wilson here. Who knows what he'll do next?

***UPDATE 3/27***
More info has hit the web about that mysterious Pat Wilson sung song in the upcoming Gran Turismo 5 Prologue game. As we see on this site, the song is called "Automatic (LA Riots remix)" and yes, it's officially a Weezer song. As for what it's a remix of, and whether you will see this (or any mix of it) down the road (or racetrack) on any release...remains to be seen. Also, a longer GT5P trailer is online here.

also, some folks have spotted an online interview I did recently, about some weezer history and my own muzak. It's here.

***UPDATE 3/24***
Hey folks, check out the MacBreak Weekly podcast this coming Wednesday (3/26), as Pat Wilson will be joining the panel "to discuss music in the age of the internet". The website is here . Should be up by Wednesday evening.

***UPDATE 3/19***
Online now: A new video, for the song ""Lover In The Snow" off Rivers' "Alone" album! Check it out here.

***MORE UPDATES - see below Rivers' message***

Hey Weezer punks,

We have one song left to mix and then it’s on to mastering. We should be all done very soon. Then we chill for a minute.

The album will be out in June so with any luck you will hear a new Weezer song on the radio soon. I think I know which song is the first single but I’m not sure so I can’t tell you. I’ll give you some hints, though. It’s one word, starts with a T, ends with an R and contains twelve letters. You should be able to figure it out because you’re smart li’l Weezer fans.

The album is meaty, crunchy and melodic like a good Weezer album should be.

Peace out,

Rivera

** UPDATE(s) 3/18 **

...New Interview With Rivers about Album 6 in Performing Songwriter Mag. An excerpt is online here. Get the magazine for the whole scoop! (Mar/April issue - Sheryl Crow's on the cover).

...Looks like the single hinted at above may not be the first single after all. Of course, since you havent heard any of the songs yet, no need to worry - theyre all cool!

...Keep an eye out for a new video to drop from "Alone"! Very soon...

...Just what are you hearing here? Well, that is indeed Pat Wilson's voice. Thats about all that can be said for sure right now.

...Photo credit for the above Japanese Tower Records photo (that erroneously listed the new albums release date as April 8th): Ben O. (who sent it to Dan Z., who sent it to me)

...Many letters came in from players of Rock Band (PS2, PS3, XB360), noting mysterious differences in the version of "El Scorcho" thats used in the game. Ive looked into it and still no explanation has surfaced. As people have said: "...The lyrics are slightly differrent ("Come down on the street and dance with me" versus "Come on down on the street and dance with me") and the solo is almost completely different..." "...Matt's backing falsetto vocals are gone, and so is the ICONIC, seminal guitar solo....the entire outro is changed as well! Gone are the group shouts and the boisterous yelling..."

...Speaking of Rock Band, this is pretty funny!

...Heres some video highlights from Rivers' big day at the charity soccer match. Stay tuned for much more in this department (you'll see).

...Weezer cover/tribute band updates:

1. The Blue Album Group. "We play Weezer's Blue Album straight through, note for note, with all the vocal harmonies, ripping guitar solos, and cardigan sweaters in tact (or should i say undone?)."
Upcoming shows:
Glasslands, Brooklyn, NY.
289 Kent Ave (btw South 1st and South 2nd)
April 4th, 2008, 9pm
Trash Bar, Brooklyn, NY.
256 Grand St. bet. Driggs and Roebling
April 25th, 2008 - 10pm

2. El Scorcho from Georgia.
Upcoming shows:
4.12.08 Midtown Music Hall - Chattanooga, TN
4.25.08 GET READY - Weezer Karaoke @ 10 High, ATL, GA (opening for Metalsome!)
5.03.08 LOCA LUNA - Atlanta Illustrated Cinco de Mayo Party

...And finally, from Patrick in Columbus, Georgia:
"My high school allows anyone who passes the Georgia High School Graduation test with a high enough score to claim and paint a parking space in our school parking lot. So far I am one of the three people in my school who have been allowed to do this, and the only one to actually paint a spot. I decided to dedicate part of my chosen space to Weezer with a classic, "Flying W"." -Patrick

01/31/08 See that baby? He's flyin across that sky... | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:11:00 GMT

*** update 2/5 ***
...folks, there's a new interview with Rivers up on BBC. Also, a new weezer cover band alert: scroll down this post for the info about Tweezer.

...From Patrick Wilson, happy news: "We had another healthy son. He was 8 lbs, 9 oz , born at Cedars in Los Angeles, and his name is Ian Patrick Wilson." Congratulations to Pat and his growing family! (That's li'l Ian in the picture above!)

...Rivers did well in the charity soccer match on 1/26, even scoring his team's first goal! The game got a mention on EPSN Soccer net, with a nice quote from our man RC.

...Speaking of Rivers, here's a new interview with him, up now at Pitchfork.

...No idea why this glimpse of 12/05 Japan stuff is online, but... enjoy it while it lasts.

...Oliver from France says the French Weezer Forum has moved, here's the new address: www.weezerandco.net/forum/.

...Frankie Z. says "I made a custom weezer.com button on my iPhone!" Pretty cool! Check it out here and here.

...Michael Cera keeps holding it down for the Weez. Check out his iTunes celebrity Playlist for a dose of his fave weez album, Pinkerton.

...cover band alert: El Scorcho is playing at the Wild Wing cafes in Asheville, NC Friday night 2/1 and Knoxville, TN on Saturday 2/2.

...NEW 2/5: Weezer tribute band Tweezer are playing Feb 16 at Sullivan Hall in NYC in a double headline show with Facelift - an Alice in Chains tribute. Tickets are available on ticketmaster. Tweezer's got plenty o' vids available online if you wanna preview.

01/09/08 Blast Off ...up to Yahoo | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:54:00 GMT

*** *** *** UPDATE 1/25 *** *** ***
Peoples - if you like Weezer and Soccer, live in SoCal and are looking for something to do tomorrow, then listen up - TOMORROW 1/26 at 1PM, Rivers is playing in the Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra charity celebrity soccer match, which benefits Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles and the Mia Hamm Foundation. The match is at the Home Depot Center, Carson, CA. All the info you need to know is on the match's website, and more info is on their MySpace page too. C'mon down and support a great charity and root Rivers on to victory!

...and by the way, i hope youve been keeping up with the Rivers Podcast Page!

*UPDATE* the Scott Shriner Fan Interview is now up for your perusal here. Lots of interesting things to read! Kudos to Scott, Greg from Weerez, and all the fans who sent in Q's.

...Rivers' "Alone" album now has a video, for "Blast Off!" This video will be world premiering on Yahoo.com, on their video premieres page (link updated 1/14), this coming Friday, 1/11. Check it out! I think youll get a kick out of it.

speaking of "Alone", heres a recent Billboard.com article in which Rivers says some interesting stuff about his own music and Weezer music. Speaking of Rivers interviews, keep an eye on the 'Alone' podcast page, ther should be more additions soon. And meanwhile, the vinyl LP version of 'Alone" is now out, sightings have been made at several US shops. This is a strictly limited pressing, so if you like the big black discs, get 'em while you can!

...Thanks to weezed.com, the fan created and fan hosted (for now) Weezer Media Archive has a new home at last. This is an amazing resource for anyone looking for old articles about weezer and interviews with them, dating back to when the Blue Album was released back in 1994.

12/25/07 Holiday Greetings from Brian | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:10:00 GMT

Happy Holidays to all, whether youre a Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Ramadan or any other type o' person. Here's Brian with a message to all the faithful weezer fans...

"Greetings fellow Weezer-ites. We'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and the Happiest of New Years. And it's going to be a very happy one because album six is finished and personally I think it's our best yet.

Never have the four of us worked so hard and passionately on an album and we all look forward to performing this culmination of our talents and combined knowledge in 2008 in a city near you!

Love always,
yours truly,
sincerely,

Brian"

12/18/07 Alone is out now! | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:09:00 GMT

Hey folks, today is the day - out NOW on Geffen Records is "Alone: The Home Recordings Of Rivers Cuomo". Its an 18 track collection of Rivers's demos from 1992-2007, including some short "not-really song" clips that are cool too. The CD booklet is totally loaded with very interesting info and liner notes written by Rivers himself. While it's not a weezer album, it is essential to any weezer fan looking to dig a little deeper - and be rewarded!

"Alone" is available wherever good music is sold in stores, digitally on itunes (direct link here - launches iTunes), not to mention Amazon.com and lots of other fine online and digital retailers.

Note that Alone WILL be on vinyl LP, but that format is not out just yet. And news on Alone's availablity and release date in other countries is pending.

And speaking of "Alone", check out this Rivers interview podcast, recorded on 10/15/07. And there will be more to come!

...Meanwhile, in the months leading up to next spring's 6th Weezer album release (yet to be titled despite what some have seen in print), there is other news with weezer members:
* According to Brian,his other band The Relationship is back on track with some fresh faces in the mix and new recordings are in the pipeline. Expect more Relationship stuff fairly soon.
* Patrick Wilson is expecting his 2nd baby soon! Congrats to Pat! He will be recording a new The Special Goodness album in what looks like early spring '08.
* Dont forget about the Scott Shriner fan interview being organized, over on weerez.com. Send in your questions for Scott! Check it out! Details here.

...and speaking of the upcoming 6th Weezer album due in the spring: it is still not titled, despite what you may have read or heard elsewhere. "If it ain't on weezer.com..."

12/13/07 Omar coming | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:44:00 GMT

*update 12/14* Hey, theres a Scott Shriner fan interview being organized, over on weerez.com. Check it out! Details here.

...Folks, heres a "Stuff I Liked in 2007" list by Rivers, on the Harvard Crimson's website.

...Speaking of Rivers, you probably know that his "Alone" album is in stores next Tuesday 12/18. Due to Amazon.coms preview clip system, you can see the tracklist, and hear the clips of course, on their "Alone" page.

And vinyl lovers, do not fret - this album will be available on a slab o' wax. Not sure when its coming out exactly though. And theres more cool 'Alone' info to come. You know what Myspace page to keep an eye on!

People not in North America, Ive been scanning for info as to when/if "Alone" will be dropping locally for you. Ive seen info that indicated its coming out in January in the UK, but thats not confirmed yet. And I havent gotten word yet about other areas.

And heres an interesting interview with Rivers about 'Alone' on the Entertainment Tonight Canada page.

...Also note there is a (real) Rivers Facebook page now, as well as a Weezer Facebook page. If you Facebook, do the thang.

...Rolling Stone readers pick the 50 best songs over 7 minutes long, and "Only In Dreams" made the alphabetical list (see page 9).

11/13/07 Alone: The Home Recordings Of Rivers Cuomo | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:14:00 GMT

* UPDATE 12/9* Happy Birthday to Brian Bell!!! Keep rocking the hizzouse, Bri!

* UPDATE 11/22* As you can see, please note that Weezer and Geffen Records have no affiliation with www.albumsix.com. The new Weezer record is not called "Tout Ensemble" and there is no official release date yet for the album. Remember, when its on Weezer.com, its for sure. (Though I will say, "well played", to the authors of that site.)

...Folks, heads up: the label pushed the release date of "Alone" back one week to December 18. Still in time for the holidays! See above for the cover art, featuring a photo I took of Rivers in 1993 at work in a rehearsal studio. Rivers says "This is a CD of my favorite home demos from ’92 to ’07 featuring a lot of never heard before songs, a few covers, a few songs from my unfinished rock musical "Songs From The Black Hole" and my original demo for “Buddy Holly”". Please note that the final tracklisting of this album will not be released before the album itself. See some more info on this album and the upcoming 6th Weezer album on pp. 32 in Rolling Stone's 40th anniversary issue (see it for free online here).

...Okay, here's a round up of our man Scott Shriner's appearence at the recent "Office Convention" in Scranton, PA, celebrating both the NBC show 'The Office', and lovable Scranton. Scott was invited to guest with the Scrantones, the band responsible for the Office theme song. The Scrantones played in an outdoor booth on Friday, plus a Saturday night indoor gala show with many guests from the show showing off their (often considerable) music talent. Scott had a blast providing bass duties.

Scott says: "The setlist included some dusty classics, some oldies, a couple jazzy numbers and [the theme song and] some other music from the show like "the booze cruise" and stuff like that. Melora [aka Jan, the uptight corporate manager now fired and living with Michael Scott(Steve Carell)] has a cd she did, she's a great singer. And Craig (Darrell the warehouse guy) did Radiohead's "Creep" and Cameo's "Word Up" and "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley. We also did a Police song with Brian [aka Kevin, the big accountant whos band on the show is a Police cover band]. [Bizarre, creepy on the show] Creed [actually the very nice real name Creed], was actually in the Grass Roots back in the late 60's so we did "Midnight Confessions" [which Creed originally played on, and was the Grass Roots' biggest hit]. We had to do the Pennsylvania Polka of course. All in all, about 20 songs. Wow..."

Others helping out onstage with Scott at one point or another were the actors who play Stanley, Toby, Angela, Meridith, Phyllis, Oscar, Andy, and Bob Vance.

There were several news stories on the Convention, but this one gets the link because it mentions Scott's contribution.

Photos: Here's Scott and Creed jamming it out. For more pix, including quite a few with Scott in them, see this Flickr gallery, and this one too.

Videos of the Scrantones (with Scott) in action: Office Theme Song, afternoon concert highlights, evening concert highlights, "Roxanne", "Crrazy", the finale. Thanks to David B. for the vids and pic #1.

...cover band alert! Georgia's El Scorcho has some gigs coming up: 12/12/07 at The Star Bar, Atlanta GA, 9:00 PM; and 12/28/07 at the Wild Wing Cafe, Marietta, GA, 10PM. Have fun!

*AND..! Michigan area folks - coming up next week on 11/30, Weezer tribute band "Our Name Is Jonas" is playing Andrew's Bar and Grille in Ypsilanti, MI.

10/16/07 A Message from Weezer | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT

*11/1 update: more on "Alone", the Rivers Cuomo demo collection due in December, from the man himself, in this Alternative Press interview.

*Halloween Update* - There's 2 Weezer cover band shows coming up on 10/31...

Cleveland: A band called This Is Exploding will be performing the "Pinkerton" album in its entirely, at the multi-act "Rock-n-Roll HalloWEEN" show at the Beachland Ballroom.

Boston: A band called Beautiful Lies will ALSO be performing (some of? all of?) the "Pinkerton" album, at the Berklee College of Music dining hall, at 10 PM.

*Update 10/24: This coming weekend, our own Scott Shriner will be playing as a guest member of the Scrantones, the band that recorded the theme music for the hit show "The Office"! They will be playing live in Scranton, PA (home of The Office) on the outdoor street stage, during the inaugural "Office Convention", a 3 day affair (10/26-28) designed to promote Scranton to fans of The Office!

Yes folks, as if this event wan't cool enough, here comes Scott to join in with the Scrantones and rock! I wonder how many times they'll be playing that Office theme song?

Scott will be playing with The Scrantones on Saturday afternoon during the street fair, and then Saturday night at an auditorium. All the details (including ticket purchasing) are on the official Office Convention website, and heres a news article about it.

* A Message from Weezer *

"We've finished.

Album 6 is getting ready for mixing and I have never been so excited about a project in my life. Weezer fans truly have something to look forward to. The entire band has accomplished some of its most challenging goals as a group and as individuals. It's all coming together on this album.

To sum it up, at the beginning of the recording each member asked himself "what do you want out of this session?" The answer lies ahead.

-Scott Shriner"

...and more news: on 12/11, a new album titled "Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo" will be released on Geffen Records. The (very cool) tracklist, which was drawn from the full span of Rivers' Weezer years (1992-2007) is still under wraps, but Rivers recently spoke to Rolling Stone about the project. Also see this Pitchfork article, which also refers to the wicked cool book project that Rivers is working on, that will be released at a (much) later time.

...Speaking of Scott and the new (as-yet-untitled and TBD release date) Weezer album, heres an article (it's sort of an advertisement too) about some of the keyboards Scott and the band have been using recently.

more to come...

09/04/07 o shepherd, prithee, whither thine flock? | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:43:00 GMT

*update 10/6* NYC folks, theres a weezer cover band in your area now, going by the name o' Tweezer. Check 'em out this coming Wednesday 10/10 at The Lion's Den in NYC.

...first of all folks, there has been no change in the (cool) weezer situation in the studio - the news from 8/9 (below) is still the latest. If/when theres more to tell, it will be here.

But meanwhile, the random wide world o' weez keeps rolling along, and heres a roundup:

...In the 9/07 issue of Spin magazine, there's an interview with actor turned musician Michael Cera (the skinny one from "Superbad", etc) regarding his band "The Long Goodbye". Michael talks about Weezer being a big influence, saying that "My favorite album of all time is Weezer's Pinkerton". Meanwhile , Cera's band covers 'El Scorcho', and you can hear/see it on their MySpace page.

...A very special kind of "Beverly Hills" video.

...classic Weezer t-shirt (and enthusastic if inaccurate fan) on the USA today 'Pop Candy' blog.

...Very cool fan action in Japan: Nami writes "We held an event called the weezer night in Shinjuku, Tokyo in July of this year. This event is the third this time. Around 100 people come to dance every time. The image is the poster (large size link here) which I sometimes made!! I made this! Is a face of Rivers similar."

...from an anonymous submitter, a spy photo from the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame. Now go to Cleveland and take the tour, and see how the Weez (and the original big light up "W" from '95) fits into Rock History.

...One for the old schoolers and new wavers: The Rentals, led by original Weezer bass player Matt sharp, have been out on tour for a while. On Sept 21 they finish their tour in L.A. at the Henry Ford Theater. The word is out that this tour has really been rocking, so be sure to come on down on 9/21. Info here. (By the way, see Rachel Haden talk a bit about the making of the Buddy Holly video in this YouTube video...amongst other things!)

...weezer tribute band updates:

San Francisco based Little Bitches is playing 2 shows soon:
9/7 Slim's SF, w/ Zoo Station (U2 Tribute) and Rock Steady (No Doubt Tribute)
10/26 Rockit Room SF, w/ Sing Blue Silver (Duran Duran Tribute)

And meanwhile, Hotlanta area peeps, your local weezer tribute band 'El Scorcho' (recently interviewed here, by the way) is playing on 9/21 at the 10 High Club, Atlanta, GA.

...Finally, a cute weez baby alert (one of many in recent years actually). From São Paulo, Brazil, its Renato, a brand new devotee of weezer. Renato is the son of Fernando - who, coincidentally, also likes weezer. How about that.

08/09/07 yams, clams, flans, plans, shams, crans and glands | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:44:00 GMT

Dateline: an undisclosed location in Southern California, deep inside weezer lines. Im sitting in a large room that normally doesnt serve as a place where bands record their albums, watching weezer, well, record their album. But then this band isnt known for doing things normally. And this album, their 6th, is sounding pretty far from 'normal' so far.

There wont be any song titles or other detailed in-progress info in this report, but I can describe the vibe in the room and the sound in the air. The vibe is healthy, full of dialogue, cooperation, forward thinking and interested experimentation. The sound is definitely weezer, but not quite like any weezer I've heard before. Or rather, not like any one style that weezer has ever tried, but a fresh combination with some new flavors on top. It sounds as if the band has grown into a new land that they had previously only skirted around the edges of - a land where arrangements are getting adventurous, where song structures, lengths and feels are given plenty of sunlight and fresh water and allowed to grow into what the songs demand. It sounds really cool. Like an excellent music farm. Or perhaps a food co-op.

The band started this session on Monday July 9 and is scheduled to continue recording here till October. They came into this session with 6 weeks of earlier springtime work under their belts, which yeilded perhaps half of an unfinished album. Now theyve got their sights set on the other half, and all the overdubs and touches the final set of tracks will need to be ready for the world in '08. Based on what I've seen over these past 2 weeks here at Camp Weez, they should have no trouble delivering the goods.

*****

And while the band works on, other weezish things have been cropping up:

...'Only In Dreams' makes #8 on a list of the top 10 guitar songs ever, as voted on by the likes of Ronnie Wood, Jimmy Page and Andy Summers. Aside from the early 80's Scottish band The Skids, no other modern band made the list, which is mostly stuff like Zep, Beatles and jazz and blues legends. Who knew? (...we did, haha)

...Interview with original weez bass player Matt Sharp, leader of The Rentals, in which he is asked about what it was like being with the original weezer lineup at Rivers's wedding last summer.

...another Matt interview in which he is asked about comparisons between being in weezer and being n the rentals. Dont miss the "Tale Of The Tape" PDF.

...Weezer signed guitar up for charity auction. Proceeds go to the Jimmy Fund and other cancer charities.

...follow up: An article on the Ohio State professor who used the Weezer lyrics in her curriculum and had Rivers teleconference in during a lecture.

...In the 'I didn't know that' dep't, Scott Shriner makes an appearance in the Dandy Warhols/Brian Jonestown Massacre documentary "Dig!"

...Coming in at #13 in the "Best opening lyrics" list, "Buddy Holly".

...Weez cover band live show alert: 'El Scorcho' of Atlanta, GA, has got shows coming up including the Labor Day "Beer and Whiskey Fest" which raises money for animal shelters.
8.24.2007 Wild Wing Cafe, Asheville, NC
8.25.2007 Wild Wing Cafe, Knoxville, TN
9.2.2007 - The Beer and Whiskey Fest, Atlanta, GA
9.27.2007 - 10 High Club, Atlanta, GA

...today's photo of 'Graduation Day' (like Kanye West, only different!) courtesy of Ellen P. (large size link here).

06/25/07 message from Rivers | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:52:00 GMT

*update 7/11* Happy Birthday to Scott Shriner!

...folks - here's a message from Rivers...

"Hey Party-People,

Weezer is just polishing up a batch of songs for a recording session that is going to start at the beginning of July. This will be the final recording session for our 6th album which we aim to put out in the first half of 2008. We hope you are all having good times.

Love,

R-dawg"

06/22/07 blantons, crampons, shunts, crunts 'n pundits | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:56:00 GMT

...an update on an old mystery: The various versions of "Make Believe". Heres the scoop:
Originally, the album was released (May 10, 2005, contrary to what iTunes says) and that was that. But then it was discovered that there were 2 problems. The wrong version of 'We Are All On Drugs" was included, and there was a minor audio problem in "This Is Such A Pity". (Both of these things were things that the band could hear, but if you hadn't heard the song before, you wouldn't know what was 'wrong'.)
So, early on, a second version of the album was issued with the 'Drugs' and Pity' corrected. Its not known if any of the original copies were returned and destroyed at that point. Theres likely plenty of both of these first two versions out there, as "Make Believe" sold half a million copies in a matter of weeks (and is currently well over 1 million sold).
But then, when it came time for a 3rd single, the band made some changes to "Perfect Situation", changing the "whoa oh" melody and adding the "Perfect Situation" background vocals near the end of the song. This became known as the 'single version' or the 'video version', but the band decided it was better than the original and wanted all further pressings of the album to have this new version instead. So, therefore, a 3rd version of the album was made, and thats the version thats currently on iTunes and in stores (unless they still have very old stock of the CD).
(Thanks to Robert M. for asking some good questions - your suspicions were correct!)

...Shout out to Geoffry I., a Weezer fan who reveals he was behind the original underground versions of Guitar Hero with the various Blue Album Weezer tracks (you might have seen some vids on YouTube about a year ago). Turns out that his independent fun time work got him noticed by Neversoft, who ended up hiring him to work on Guitar Hero 3 - to create the chart for 'My Name Is Jonas"!

...and speaking of, check out this preview video of "Jonas" in GH3. (also here, and here).

...Meanwhile, the upcoming game "Rock Band" by EA will include "Say It Ain't So". (also noted here). AND, "Buddy Holly" will be featured in the upcoming game for PlayStation 3, "Singstar". (hat tips - Greg and Jamie)

...minutiae of weezer related releases dep't - for those wishing to own the film "Factory Girl", which includes about 10 seconds of Pat and Brian impersonating John Cale and Lou Reed, (and Hayden Christiansen impersonating an actor), heres the info you need.

...cover band alert 1: Hot Panda will be playing the Blue Album in its entirety at 9:30 PM July 20th, at Back Alley / Front Street in Fullerton, CA.

...cover band alert 2: check out Doctor Rock & Brain Snake: The Legend Continues for "In The Lab", a very unusual cover of "In The Garage": "(we) simultaneously pay humble tribute to two of our most respected influences- renowned scientist and theorist Stephen Hawking... and weezer... We feel at least confident that it is the only existing pairing of Stephen Hawking and =w=."

..."Just thought I would let you know, my fiance bought that Rivers painting for me as a birthday gift. Being that Weezer is my favoritttttte band of all time. The painting is awesome, it will surely be hanging on the wall, when our house is finished." - Josh K.

...today's pic (large size here) is yet another neat Weez tattoo. This one is on Chris V. of Calgary.

05/29/07 earwhigs, nervous tics, jerrymandering, carnyps | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 30 May 2007 01:04:00 GMT

*update 6/13* Happy Birthday to Rivers! :D
...also, if you are in the Birmingham, AL area and want to rock out this coming friday June 15, consider this: Weezer cover band El Scorcho [nice site design, guys!] are playing the City Stages music festival After-Party at (club) Zydeco. Details are at the Zydeco website.

*update 6/5* Hey, folks. Weezy old schoolers know of the Rentals, fronted by original Weezer member Matt. Well, there be fresh stirrings in the Rentals world, and now is the time: First of all, theres a big US Rentals tour coming up, and the tickets are on a special discounted pre-sale till the 16th. See therentals.com for the scoop. Also while there, you can enter contests and even pre-order the new Rentals EP "The Last Little Life", which comes out this summer. Matt and co. have some great stuff cooked up for the summer, so don't be napping!

...howdy folks. Spring hath sprang. The meadows are teeming with life. But what of lake Weez? Looks quiet. Too quiet. Is it true what they say about how still waters run deep?

...So, just what IS this all about? I honestly haven't a clue.

...It started as a rumor, but it's been confirmed: "My Name Is Jonas" is one of the tracks in the latest greatest version of "Guitar Hero", Guitar Hero 3 for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. Its coming out this fall. Get your thumbs ready for some overdriven fingerpickin'! (...but whats up with calling Foghat "Fog Hat"? Little whippersnappers...dont know they classic rock.. grumble grumble..)

..."Beverly Hills" received (some sort of) award at the 2007 BMI Pop Awards. These annual awards "recognize the writers and publishers of the past year’s 50 most performed pop songs from BMI’s catalog of more than 6.5 million compositions.” One would think that this would apply to 2005 not 2006, but so it goes.

...The DVD of Season 2 of the Muppet Show is out on 8/7, and one of the bonus features is "Weezer and The Muppets". The press release says its "More than just [The 'Keep Fishin'] video, see this fun, somewhat new entry into The Muppet Show annals." Maybe they mean the "Gone Fishin'" 4 part behind the scenes thing?

...Rivers has been named as a "potential inductee" for a proposed Connecticut music hall of fame.
(above news trifecta: hat tip hat trick to 'eagle eye' Greg of weerez.com)

...whatever happened to alternative radio? As things shift into the ever more homogenous 'top 40' world, most popular radio formats have been getting mashed together. These days, bands from Nirvana to Coldplay are going up against Fergie and such, or getting mushed into what passes for "Classic Rock" these days. The heyday of "Modern Rock" seems to have been about 1992 - 2000. Where are the indie stations with an identity? Why cant every city support a killer station like Indie 103?
This story is now all too familiar: "...recently Minnesota's Alt Rock station, Drive 105, went off the air and/or switched formats to the extremely cheesey, extremely dissapointing Love 105...the last song the station played was "Say It Ain't So" by Weezer..."
Petition to bring back Drive 105 here. (hat tip :Steve G.)

...and while yer at it: Save Net Radio! Recent FCC rules changes will all but wipe out most online radio stations and force the few that remain to get all homogenous and boring like most regular stations have gotten. Its like how the Jedi were wiped out. Not cool. Read up and help out if you can...

04/27/07 batik rugs, lapis lazuli, alien eggs, tin foil | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:56:00 GMT

*update 5/5*: Brian Bell's "The Relationship" MySpace page is now fully decked out with songs, including "Hand To Hold", which Weezer fans may recognize as a partial descendant of the '02 Weezer demo "Private Message".

..."El Scorcho" made this new Rolling Stone list (...instead of the perhaps more obvious choice of 'Hash Pipe'...??)

...'Suzanne' (the monkey with vague connections to the Weezer song of the same name used in the soundtrack) of Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back made #8 in theshiznit.co.uk's "Top 10 Movie Monkeys" list.

...In the Australian weekly print mag "Zoo", Weekly magazine (April 2), Weezer's never completed, never issued "Songs From The Black Hole" is listed at number 7 in their "Top 10 Never Released Albums" list. (hat tip: Cory M.)

...See! a University of Oklahoma brass quintet (complete with wicked distortion pedal on trombone!) play a cool piece inspired by 'Perfect Situation'. It ain't rock, but it kinda rocks! The piece is by Lauren S. of the U of O.

...And here's a cool usage of 'Perfect Situation' itself, recommended watching for all video game fans: "My childhood in 4 minutes" (hat tip: Fabio from Brazil)

...some interviews from a few months back in case you missed 'em: Patrick Wilson; Me.

...just a clue folks: most weezer autographs on ebay are fakes. Like these ones. (its not too hard to tell in this case, as Matt certainly didnt play a weezer show in 2005!) If you are ever unsure of the authenticity of a Weezer autograph, email me, I can usually tell what's what.

...its somewhere between a remix and a cover, and its all about the wicked techno style: Check out the track called "Addiction" on this MySpace page.

...I think this is old, but its still available and aside from some weird out of tune moments, its fun: Weezer/50 Cent mashup linked to from this blog. (hat tip: Alex #175)

...Weezer cover band alert, continued...

* long time Weezer cover band workhorse El Scorcho is coming back soon with new gigs. Theyve even got a Podcast going now. They next play 'Andrew's Upstairs' on May 25.

* interesting a capella cover of 'Island in the Sun' at this MySpace Music page.

* a neat 'El Scorcho' with real cello can be heard here.

* Uruguayan group(? solo guy?) "Serenada" covers "Only In Dreams" with panache and grace here.

* Happysad from Poland covers Undone live (in Polish!) here. I kinda dig the solo part with the break down drum style.

...random weez reference in pop culture alert: In the book "Fat Kid Rules The World":
"...“What groups do you like, T?”
I silently curse at the use of the nicknnaaame. Damn him. The question seems totally unprompted, as if he’s jusst thinking out loud, wondering what I like. No harm in that, right?
I pause. “Well…I…” Now I’m flustered.
Curt looks up. “Don’t you know what you like?” His face is contorted with disbelief and he looks like a ferret agaain. “You said you liked the Smack Metal Puppets, right?”
I blush furiously. I do, but there’s something embarrassing about admitting it. Fat kids ought to be into groups that are kind of funny, right? Weezer? They Might Be Giants?..."
(hat tip: Greg o' Weerez)

...todays multi-weez tattoo photo (large size here) comes from Brittney (upper left), and Erik C. and Erik C.'s buddy (the other 3). Theres a lotta weez ink out there...

...note - Weez budrows (and budress) Ozma are releasing a new album in a few short weeks. It fully rocks hellfire. Check it.

03/31/07 fjordlings, caplets, poultices, asps | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:06:00 GMT

...*UPDATE 4/9* check out this ebay auction for that rather cool portrait painting of Rivers - it's back up and looking for a winning bidder! The artist/seller Jesse says "...Happy Easter, everybody, and hope you get a great deal. I painted this for fun and feel that it's a piece of high quality artwork." It ends on April 13, so dont sleep!

...hey folks. As we collectively emerge into the feeble fobblings of spring, beautiful things crop up. Like "Blades Of Glory". Looking for wild new weezer news? Sorry, no cakes are ready for eating yet. Go watch "Blades Of Glory" and read some Achewood.

...which is not to say nothing's happening. Brian B. of Ohio State University reports on a unique interview that Rivers gave to his class recently, almost out of the blue. "...Last quarter I was fortunate enough to take English 560 with Professor Renker. Somehow, she must have gotten in contact with Rivers, and he responded. In turn, an interview was setup where our class got to interview Rivers via webcam. The class focused on interpreting song lyrics and poetry with thematic similarities. We actually analyzed 4 or 5 Weezer songs ("undone," "across the sea," "beverly hills," "island in the sun," etc.) so it was amazing to be able to talk about this with Rivers. He was an incredibly nice guy, and being a Weezer fan for 15 years now, it was incredible that he would be so kind to give our class (roughly 20 people) this opportunity. The interview was at 9:30 E.T., so Rivers was up quite early being on the West coast. The interview lasted about an hour and a half and was recorded, and I'm not 100% sure, but I believe it will be available somewhere on the English Department website at www.osu.edu." [FYI: haven't been able to find this yet on the OSU website.]

...Rolling Stone blogs about weezy things again.

...Has anyone won yet? Is it winnable. In other words, is this a thing that will be won.

...Weezer cover band insanity!
- more good stuff from Malaysia's Unlike Honey.
- Akai Sky (Japan) covers 'Island in the Sun' and 'Hash Pipe'
- Tony Acoustic covers 'The World Has Turned..' on his MySpace page.
- from Finland: mucho Weez covers here.
- Firetruck covers 'Buddy Holly'.
- An Undone remix.

...todays photo (large size here) comes from Tom at Kartboy. Its a certain drummer doing some sort of crazy car customizing work in a tyvek, er, bunny suit! Pat is, as they say, full of suprises.

02/28/07 bjuntlits, plantains, unflavored pork rinds | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:29:00 GMT

...update 3/18: a genuine weezer-mobile (of the cleverly modified and very fast variety) could be yours - check out what Mr. Pat Wilson has got on offer here.

...UPDATE 3/1: RollingStone.com has a new blog post about the various weezer covers (below). Its like an informal poll... "who kicks the most ass, and why?", they want to know (I'm paraphrasing here).

...Weezer in the news - Mtv.com on Rick Rubin, who mentions weezer in a most interesting way. And congratulations to "Make Believe" producer Rick, who won the Producer of the Year Grammy, after a rediculously successful 2006, and an amazing career so far. He was also profiled in the Feb. 19 issue of TIME magazine.

...Weezer in the news 2 - New York Times Article with quotes from ex-Geffen head (and weezer a+r) Jordan Schur of Suretone about new ways to distribute video in the digital age... with a weez mention in there for good measure(?)

...Weezer in the news 3 - This RollingStone.com blog lists Weezer's long scrapped "Songs From The Black Hole" as one of rock's "mythical lost masterpieces".

...why no bids on this awesome painting of Rivers? (maybe because i didnt link it in time? oops!) Maybe they'll relist it.

...weezer cover band alert in a major way: The Malaysian band Unlike Honey has recorded tons of rather excellent weezer covers. Check out their YouTube page for the acoustic videos. This one of "Across The Sea" is a particularly nice cover of a song most cover bands don't attempt (well).

...weezer cover band alert 2: Daniel goes for 'Jamie' on YouTube, and "Buddy Holly" on MySpace.

...weezer cover band alert 3: Riverside, CA open mic night video on this MySpace page.

...weezer cover band alert 4: Tom T. covers Holiday.

...'Guitar Hero 2' fans, what if the whole Blue Album was in the game? Not possible? Think again. (hat tip: Michael C.)

...a video at Black20.com that includes some parts of "Photograph". (hat tip: Millhouse of Weezerjonas.org)

...a Sundance film festival goer reports that the indie film "On the Road With Judas" "featured a large hunk of the song 'Tired of Sex'".

...todays photo (large size here) comes from Pete from U Michigan. Thats the flying "=w=" during halftime, September 9th, 2006 - Michigan vs. Central Michigan. Nice, I like!

01/22/07 cranlets, bunfords, fjordlings, dushniks | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:44:00 GMT

...2/14 update: happy 15th anniversary to weezer! Plus happy weezer t-shirt day (rock one to show weez solidarity today)! and happy Valentine's day too of course.

...2/1 update: Happy Birthday to Patrick Wilson!

...1/29 update: Mtv viewers, listen for Weezer's "Beverly Hills" tonight on MTV's 'The Hills'. The show airs at 10pm EST.

..."Factory Girl" is finally out in limited release, and the word is in that Brian and Pat do make it on screen breifly (as Lou Reed and John Cale - see todays photo (full size) for a still [thanks to Sean for the pic]), but their cover of the Velvet Underground's "Heroin" is not in the film. Major bummer! The film it self is getting some fair reviews, some comparing it to 'Almost Famous' and 'I Shot Andy Warhol', but many saying it lacked authentic flavor of the 60's. Well, of course now the REAL question is "will there be a soundtrack CD - and will Brian and Pat's cool version of "Heroin" be on it?". At the very least it should be an extra on the DVD when it's released. Guess we'll have to see. Thanks to Greg from Weerez.com for on the spot reportage.

...2007: definitely more weez than 2006. Well, that's the smell of it so far, IMHO.

...weez fandom proceeds apace, even as the band has been quiet: A young fan (thanks to dad Mike S.), Goat Punishment tattoo (thanks to Ron), a junglistic weez-fan cover insertion (by Kevin K.), from Kansas City a report that "96.5 The Buzz is doing a "My List Mornings" where listeners submit their top 10 songs to be played for the morning show and about 90% of them have at least one Weezer song in them, spanning every album and not just the singles." (thanks to Kris), and an odd report from Canada: "MuchMusic is running its top 100 videos today. Weezer's "Island In The Sun" came in at #77. A short clip of Rivers runs right after." (thanks to Chris)

...I've been asked "why hasnt the Weezer Wikipedia page been updated?" The answer: I dont know - Wikipedia is open for everyone to participate and edit. If youve got facts its missing, go plug 'em in! (It looks pretty solid to me, as of 1/20/07...)

...weez cover band alert #23842 in a series: Douglas S. ('Millhouse' from WeezerJonas.com) has recorded some acoustic weezy covers for the masses. (He's usually in this band)

...and finally, in totally unrelated (yet somehow related) news, yours truly is about to release a new album in the coming days/weeks. Come be my friend and you'll know the latest.

12/20/06 fritters, homefries, bunions, yamlets | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:10:00 GMT

*UPDATE 12/25* this x-mas, take a moment to thank James Brown (R.I.P.) for singlehandedly inventing most of modern music and for being one of the coolest cats ever.

...Happy Holidays to all - Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, and all that mess. Things in the weez world have been real quiet for most of '06, but as we look forward to the new year, it could be a whole new ball game. We just don't know when the game starts...but hold on to your season tickets!

...Rivers sent in his list of his "Stuff I Liked in 2006" to his alma mater's newspaper, The Harvard Crimson. For those looking for a Rivers 'stoke factor' list in vain, this is about as close as youre gonna come! Check it out here (scroll down past the list by Larry Summers).

...Happy belated birthday to Brian Bell (12/9)! Brian's been keeping busy and had a rather cool early birthday present when he accompanied his friends in the band Ringside on their tour to Russia a few weeks back. Brian (first Weezer member in Russia!) says Moscow was super cool, the shows went great (Brian lends his guitar and backing vocal skillz when he sits in with Ringside), and that the Beatles werent lying when they sang about the fine girls "back in the U.S.S.R."!

...over at JONAS, theyre fighting the good fight, and building a weezy street team community out of motivated weezer fans. When the weezer winds shift into action, they'll be ready. Join them! You'll like it. Plus they have a super cool splash page.

...If you were a weezer.com follower back in '01, and/or have the Maladroit CD, you know what the Cobo Challenge is. Now it looks like Detroit's historic (and very skateboard friendly) Cobo Arena is slated for radical re-engineering or demolition, which would forever alter/destroy those smooth slanted hallways. A sad day for skateboarding, and rock history!

...Rolling Stone readers spotted a weezer recommendation previously only known to avid bootleg collectors (in the issue with Snoop on the cover). The 7/11/02 Tinley Park show, which I had no idea was making the rounds enough to be noticed by a RS staffer, got into their "Download Now" section. I'll admit the show is quite good (though some versions have some digital noise on the later tracks), but as for where one is supposed to "download it now", who knows.

...tribute band alert!! The Little Bitches (of San Francisco) are playing on Jan 5, 2007 at Slim's in SF, opening for Zoo Station (U2 tribute) and This Charming Band (Smiths tribute). More L.B's. info and mp3s etc here and here.

...todays photo: (some of) the insane weezer cd collection of Jordan P. Jordan sez: "I have about 113 weezer cd's. Notably the Canadian My Name is Jonas, French Hash Pipe, and Swedish The Good Life. I also came across two rare Buddy Holly's, the Buddy Holly Spain promo and the BH Italian. There's only a few weezer cd's I don't have."

...say wha? (thanks to Steve)

...pa-pwah? (thanks to Monica A.)

...heh! (hat tip: Kevin K.)

...on a final note, I'd like to thank everyone for sticking with both the band and the site thru a quiet 2006. It can be frustrating to be a weezer fan sometimes, and your patience and and understanding have been appreciated. As far as the site goes, a big reason many of the promised/planned site upgrades and additions have stalled is because the Geffen/Universal tech team has been planning a major server/system swap that will include big changes and improvements in the tools I (and all the webmasters who use the Geffen/Universal system) have to use. They originally told me it would be happening early in '06, but apparently the project ballooned and I was told to chill on big changes, as everything would just have to be re-done anyway once the new system was in place.

So the bad news was a lot of parts of the site have gone from stale to rank (like the equipment history, etc), but the good news is I was asked for a 'wish list' of wanted/needed features, and I shot for the moon, including such things as true messageboards to complement the comment-based system we currently have, as well as a ton of other stuff that both you and I have wanted since the last 'big switch' happened in early '05. Im told that I will be getting the inside scoop on the new dealie in January, and that I should be happily suprised with whats to come. Its always been my intention to pass along as much good weezer stuff as i am allowed to, so Im excited about the new system 'cuz it will help me do just that. Now let's wait and see what the band comes up with on the music end o' thangs. Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to all.

11/20/06 kiblets and giblets | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:58:00 GMT

...okay, if youre on the mailing list or are a weezer myspace friend, you already know, but to make sure, heres the deal - Target stores will be carrying an excusive Brian Bell Limited Edition guitar package, starting next Sunday, 11/26. The cool things you should know:
1. Brian has autographed every one of these guitars
2. The guitar is by Lyon, its a really cool color and is the same "strat" body style that Brian prefers to play.
3. The package includes more than the guitar - it comes in a collectable box and has a certficate of authenticity.
4. Its a nice guitar that had the Brian stamp of approval...
5. ...but its just $199.99!
6. SEE HERE for the details!

...speaking of Brian the film that he and Patrick Wilson are in has a trailer online at last. The film is called "Factory Girl" and takes place in 1966. Its about Edie Sedgwick, Andy Warhol and an Bob Dylan-like dude played by Anakin Skywalker - i mean Hayden Christensen! Pat and Brian are in a scene as John Cale and Lou Reed of the Velvet Underground. They are playing "Heroin", a V.U. song in the film, but they recorded their own new version of the song for the films soundtrack - so that's what you will hear as you see them perform (in character as the V.U.) in the film. Todays picture includes a still from their scene. Check out the trailer here.

...weezish sighting 1: a few days back on 11/18, on Good Morning America: "Coming in from commercial break GMA played clips of the "buddy holly" video and briefly discussed it in a "flashback 1994" segment. Highlights: the host going "i love me some weezer." and the co-hostess saying "12 years? feels like it was only 2 years ago!" they also mentioned "make believe" and flashed a picture of brian playing on the screen." ---alex =w= #175

...weezish sighting 2: Somewhere on the web coding reference site O'Reilly.com, is a humorous photo-cartoon that inexplicably mentions weezer. I believe the page is subscription only, so code folks: have a peek if youre looking for a laugh. Thanks to Kiel C. for the obscure find!

...todays photo (large size here) is a montage of a still from Factory Girl (barely) showing Brian and Pat in action (Pat is to the right - John Cale was not the drummer!), plus the new Brian Guitar in question and a photo from Allison from Orange County, CA. "We decided to spell out our favorite band for our senior panoramic picture."

11/11/06 the kontinued kibbles | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 08:59:00 GMT

...Pat just did an interview for 88.1 WBFH in Bloomfield Hills, MI, and they will be airing it on the station, with an online stream here (click on the "hear us" icon), this coming Wednesday, 11/15. It will be aired during a show called "Rock Your Face Off!", at 4 PM EST. (Kudos to Keifer the interviewer).

...also see ChartAttack for a brand new interview with OG weez man/Rentals man Matt Sharp. Included is interesting discussion of Weezer-y things. (hat tip: Greg, weerez.com)

...todays photo is a monstrous montage of Chad from Kentucky's brand new weezer ink (a bit ghoulishly fresh, "I'll be taking Weezer to the grave" says Chad), princesskatie's '06 Weez-O-Lantern, and a guy named Calvin's Rivers impression. Yes, its now well past Halloween, but as Johnny Cash said, "I dont like it but i guess things happen that way."

10/27/06 kibbles, bits. this, that. und, flan. | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:18:00 GMT

...if you havent seen this great "Battle Of The Classic Album Covers" clip (a certain lead singer takes one for the team in it!), then you need to check it out. Whoever did this is genius.

...New Interview with Pat Wilson, mostly regarding his other band, The Special Goodness, and what to expect from it. (Interview also up on Digg.com).Thanks to interviewer Danyul Costin and Patrick Hefner of Independent Music Online.

...Here's a cool website exploring the many coincidences/similarities/etc between The Beach Boys and Weezer. (Some of these things he questions I do know the inside story on, but no one asked me!)

...sorry about the recent ugliness on the message board - these boards are supposed to be much harder to hack than regular boards, but it looks like someone got in and started a digital fire in the virtual club. Should be better now.

...theres a new "Weezine" in town, and this one is an online .pdf, filled with some pretty funny fan submitted 'fumetti' (photo captioned) comics of the weezer men, plus some other good stuff. Weezine Mk3 Volume 1 online here. Kudos to Mike.

...Looks like the "Factory Girl" film, which includes performance by Brian and Pat (as members of the Velvet Underground in about 1966) will be out in limited release on Dec. 29th, with a wider release in early 2007.

...Drugs sighting: On 10/22, CBS' Sunday Morning show used "We Are All On Drugs" as the opener to a segment on advertising for prescription drugs. (hat tip: alex =w= #175)

...Brian sighting? "I seen Brian a few weeks ago at Yucca & Cahuenga standing outside of his BMW filling it up with gas from a jerry can. He must have ran out." ---anonymous

...another fan site worth a fresh look is Richard V.'s "Weezer Collector". Aside from "Crooty" in Switzerland and myself, I don't know of anyone who has this extreme level of a weezer collection. Its fun to check out the pix and lists and learn about unusual stuff you may never have known existed.

...Weezer cover band Halloween Shows! The real weezer is still on Dagobah studying the ways of the Force (or something like that), but these cover bands will rock you with a clever weez-facsimilie.

Boston: "Morning Theft" will be covering weezer's blue album, start to finish, at TT The Bear's in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The show is on sunday, 10/29 and is 18+, $8. Their show last year in NYC sold out fast! "We'll be playing a set of our own songs, followed by our special Halloween set. We will dress up as Weezer and will perform the entire Blue album."

Minneapolis: "My Name Is Jonas" will be covering the entire Blue album at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis on October 31. This is part of a multi-cover band bill also including U2, Plasmatics, and Police cover bands. 21+/9pm/Cover TBA.

...todays photo is a collage - The Weezer-Mobile comes from Monterrey, Mexico, courtesy of weez fan Adrian G.C., who writes "My girlfriend took me this picture when we was in a road tttrip in Guanajuato, MX.I'm wearing a Tigres jersey, it's a mexican soccer team... My Weezer-Mobile it's a Chevy and I made 2 stickers, one with the name and other with the logo..." Thee other half is a Halloween "Rivers" sent in by Mcoco. Thanks!

09/24/06 i want people to be afraid of how much they love me | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:38:00 GMT

...Looks like were in a full blown good ol' "Weezer Hiatus" folks. The rest of '06 will likely be quiet as far as full band activity. Except for badminton matches, of course. But as 'partial band' or 'solo' things come to light, we'll post em here, along with any definite word that we get about whats to come. In the run down of possible new weezer stuff, heres how its looking...
...Live DVD? Was apparently edited, but has been put on hold for now.
...Greatest Hits Album? If it happens, it will definitely have some new tracks. No new studio work done at this time though. VERY Very cool cover art created.
...New Weezer studio album? Wish I had news. Rivers says hes written a lot of songs and plans on continuing to do so, so theres that.
..."Factory Girl" film and soundtrack release? The film is now in post-production according to its official website. Every movie site that mentions the film claims that its release date is set for "2006", but theres nothing more specific, so we can only guess it will be out by the holidays. (This is the recently made film in which Brian and Pat played the parts of Lou Reed and John Cale (of the Velvet Underground), and recorded a cover of the VU's "Heroin" for the movie and soundtrack)

...been getting some questions about Brian these days: "What's The Relationship? What happened to the Space Twins?" Well, you need to update yourself by reading Brians Fan Interview (note - this link may not be live till Monday 9/25). And The Relationship is his new other band - check the MySpace Music page for music and info on that. Ive heard the whole album and its excellent. All kinds of cool musicians helped Brian out with it, like Luther Russell and Sean Lennon. Hopefully Brian will get this thang out into the world shortly.

...The issue of meditation-mag Tricycle with the excellent Rivers interview is now on select newsstands - I saw it at Borders the other day. Actually, Rivers has his first 30 day meditation course coming up. Wish him good vibes for a successful course - A 30 day Vipassana course is some serious business.

...The September issue of Alternative Press had a cool article on Pinkerton (looking back TEN years later - wow), including comment from then-weez bass player (and current Rentals leader) Matt Sharp. However, that issue has already been swept aside by the (Pinkerton-less) October issue, so if you missed it, heres a nice scan from a fan. And Pinkerton fans in the Toronto, Canada area: see the original artwork used for the cover of Pinkerton (master Japanese printmaker Hiroshige's "Kambara: Night Snow"), now on display at the Royal Ontario Museum. (hat tip: Michael from Buffalo)

...*update* An unexpected but cool special offer from of all places, Wal-Mart. Some locations are now offering the Blue Album for $9.72, and the price includes an iron on t-shirt decal of the cover of the Blue Album! (Hat tip to 'Brandon from NY' who says "I tried [the iron-on] and it came out great!")

...random discography note - The Blue Album track "Holiday" appears on the soundtrack to the new goofball movie "Accepted". (Anyone know if its aacttually heard in the film?) (*update*: emails have come in from weez moviegoers, it does appear in the film. Also, a fan review: "The movie is not very fun." Thanks folks!)

...*update* additional discography note: Weird Al Yankovic's new album "Straight Outta Lynwood" contains (amongst some very funny tracks including "White And Nerdy") a polka medley that includes "Beverly Hills". This I believe is the first released Weird Al treatment of a weezer track. (The original version of his "Alterna-polka" medley in '95 or '96 did include a 'Buddy Holly' section, which didnt make the album due to Rivers being unsure if it was funny or not, and being reluctant to allow it if it wasn't clearly funny.)

...fans of the (US version of) The Office, check out this "Jim/Pam" video, set to "Perfect Situation". (hat tips: Stephanie M., Brian A.)

...fans of "Friends", heres one for you too. (hat tip: Kya W.)

...and finally, this is quite late, but needs to be noted on weezer.com news: Jack Smith, who you see in beginning of the "Buddy Holly" video as the "You Wanted To See It" announcer, has died at the age of 92. Jack Smith was in real life the host of a TV show back in the 50's called "You Asked for It." Later in the 70's, he appeared in a Happy Days episode, playing a version of his own self as he was back in the 50's. And that episode of 'Happy Days' was one of the ones that director Spike Jonze used to craft the "Buddy Holly" video back in 1994. So Jack sort of got sampled twice over, from the 50s to the 70s to the 90s. (Kinda post-modern when you think of it!) Anyway, he's left us now, "gone to the big fried chicken stand in the sky" as weezfan Jim sez.

08/19/06 they don't know who we be | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 13:16:00 GMT

*** Update 9/1 *** The Brian Bell Fan Interview '06 is now up here. It will also be hosted here on weezer.com shortly. Kudos to Brian from Acrosstheweez for gathering and compiling, and thanks to you for sending in the questions!

*** Update 8/31 *** Hey, check out Brian's new music thang: The Relationship. Theres a new track playing in his myspace player, and he's looking for friends!

...A Public Service Announcement from the weez: We right here!

(except for Pat who's on a family vacation right now)

this PSA has been brought to you by the fine guacamole dip at Scott Shriner's house, co-sponsored by a ring of fine cheese, and a dish of fresh figs from the back yard. Now please, take those "weezer split?" headlines and place them firmly into the "Don't believe the hype" bin. And have yourself a fine afternoon now.

08/12/06 summertime rolls | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 02:04:00 GMT

...and rolls and rolls. Things are still quiet on the Weez-stern front (oof, bad pun alert), with question marks still floating around the potential Greatest Hits album, Live DVD, new server (again) for weezer.com (and what potential good changes that could bring) and the general plans of the band.

Theres a small list of for sure items, however. The first thing is that a new interview with Rivers has been published, this time by the Buhddist/meditation oriented magazine Tricycle. Although alert fans will be familiar with some of the material covered, its still a really good piece that sums up how Rivers (and Weezer) arrived at their current state, and how that state is one of positivity and growth. Tricycle is a cool non-profit mag thats available at select newstands including some Barnes and Nobles. (To help you look for it - the cover looks like this.) But if you can't find it, the article is available on the website to subscribers.

Another for sure item is that there will be a 'Volume 2' in the '“Weezer Scrapbook '05” video clip series on the media page. Its still in the preliminary stages, but once these things are up in the video editing stage, they temd to come together quickly.

...And finally, Here's something you dont see everyday - weezer fandom at 13,500 feet! Sent in by Ryan D., the skydiver in question.

07/21/06 so i stayed at the crib until i got a buzz | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:02:00 GMT

...*UPDATE 7/24* It's online now: Check the media page for a new video clip, "weezer scrapbook '05, vol.1". Some sights, sounds, (and maybe some smells!) from mid summer last year...

...So, drummer man Patrick Wilson has been posting up a storm these days over on thespecialgoodness.com. Go check it oot, and read his take on the ways and means commitee's findings.

...*UPDATE 7/22* Kudos to weerez.com for hepping us all to a 'new' interview we thought had been nixed. Fortunately its finally out (or its finally been found), and as it turns out, its one of the best of the recent "Spring season o' many Rivers interviews".

...There should be a new original video clip up shortly in the media section. Its been uploaded, Im just waiting for it to be encoded into the system, a process that sometimes takes a few days and that I cannot control. Hopefully you'll like it. It aint "the" treat, but we havent had any new video stuff to look at in a long time, so something had to give.

...still waiting on more info re: a live dvd. Not to mention a greatest hits album, and Brian Bells latest musical efforts. It seems we are in a limbo-like state - for now.

...The Rivers interview with Sook-Yin Lee on the CBC "Definitely Not the Opera" radio show was available as a podcast for a while, but then it was taken down. BUT, its now back up for your enjoyment. This was one of the more interesting and enlightening interviews from Rivers this year, and it can now be yours at the click of a mouse. Available here, (or on iTunes), till mid September. (Thanks to Joff at CBC)

...weez fan Craig T. sends scientific video evidence, showing the positive effects of weezer's "Jamie". (vs. some... other music choices, heh heh)

...We arent sure just how many babies have been named after Weezer songs (or members), but we know they exist. This cute li'l latest example was sent in by Jason K. "His name is Jonas Evan K., born 20 Feb 06. He will one day despise the song, but till then..."

...Large size picture of the statue of a man taking his board to work and thus remaining afloat: here.

07/11/06 Happy Birthday To Scott Shriner | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:23:00 GMT

...Happy Birthday to bassman Scott! (Large size picture linked here).

***UPDATE 7-12: Rivers talks to Mtv.com from his honeymoon. Anyone expecting some definite news may be let down, but by this point it should come as no suprise that the future of weez remains, as always, unwritten. Also theres a new Blender article coming soon, but its not out/online yet.

07/07/06 Let's Do It Today (Procrastination) | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 20:43:00 GMT

...Several more historical weezy pix from Rivers' wedding on 6/18:
The original Line up of weezer ('92-'93): Pat, Jason, Rivers, Matt.
The Second lineup of weezer ('93-'98): Brian, Pat, Rivers, Matt.
The 4th (current) Weezer lineup ('01-today): Brian, Pat, Rivers, Scott
The pre-weezer '60 Wrong Sausages' lineup ('91): Jason, Rivers, Pat, Pat Finn

...Brian Bell Fan Interview alert! Brian A. from AcrossTheWeez.com is now taking fan interview questions for a fan only interview with Weezer guitarist and style master Brian Bell. Similar to how the recent Rivers Fan Interview worked, you need to email your question(s) to AcrossTheWeez's Brian A. by the July 20th deadline, and they will be assembled for Brian Bell to answer from there. Once the finished interview is ready, the details of where it can be read (it will be in multiple locations when all is said and done) will be available here and on AcrossTheWeez.com.

...speaking of Brian, he's been working on some cool stuff recently and will soon be ready to share his new creations with the world. Sorry we can't be more specific yet, but Brian will tell all when he's ready.

...Brian continued: from October 22 of last year, check out the WBRU Podcast page for an podcast interview with Brian (partway down their list of archived podcasts). (hat tip: Alex, old school fanclubber #175!)

...jes' mo' betta' Brian: San Diegans, look for Issue 5.5 (May '06) of a mag called "944 San Diego". Its one of those fancy "hotel room" type mags for tourists, and that issue sports a previously unknown article: "The Life of Brian: Weezer Guitarist Brian Bell's New Challenge". (hat tip: Brian's Dad! - who notes: "There is one glaring error of fact in the story - that he was born in Nashville. Actually, he wasn't even born in Knoxville. He was born in Iowa City, Iowa. We didn't move to Knoxville until he was about three.")

...video treat update - I'm still pushing for the original Holiday Treat to be shared with y'all, and its by no means a lost cause at this point. However, in the interest of having *something* new to look at (and in the interest of having some fun in general, yes?), Im now preparing a clip of what we'll call "weez scrapbook '05 pt 1" ( of hopefully a small series). It's sure to be kind of a mish mash of content, but while we wait and see if the original treat is a go or not, its of course better than nuthin'. Again, apologies for the wait and the confusion, it all started from a tiny behind the scenes miscommunication, and blossomed into what has obviously been a frustrating wait for many fans.

...very odd video alert!!! A Beverly Hills cover/adaptation by a group of... high school teachers. Rawk on: "Walnut Hill".

...very odd "Undone" cover alert! Check out this MySpace Music page, and click on "Reeb Grady Clan" track. The song is done by a group of kids ranging from 4 to 11 years old!

...While the official JONAS Street team is still dormant for the time being, the Jonas fan community lives on - click on the Jonas Street team banner for access to weezerjonas.org.

06/18/06 kongurachure-shonzu | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 11:41:00 GMT

...Congratulations to Rivers and Kyoko Cuomo!

The wedding was at a secluded beachfront cliff property in Paradise Cove, Malibu, and was attended by about 100 friends and family members. It was a fun day where many mini-reunions took place. For the first time in possibly, ever, the following folks were all in the same place: Rivers, Brian, Pat, Scott, Matt Sharp, Jason Cropper, Patrick Finn, Takashi Hasegawa, Justin Fisher, Adam Orth and Kevin Ridel. Not to mention the many family members from both sides of the Pacific ocean, and some special guests including Rick Rubin. Fine live string quartet music and delicious vegetarian fare capped off a most special day.

Large size picture link: here. In this photo we see 6 of the 7 career spanning weezer members all in one spot: Matt, Brian, Pat, Rivers, Scott, and Jason. There it is, y'all.

06/13/06 Happy Birthday to Rivers! | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 05:16:00 GMT

...Graduation, wedding, birthday...June '06 is a hell of a month for our one and only RC. And now, the Weezer.com Rivers Fan Interview '06 is complete. Over the last few days, Rivers put in the time and tackled his, er, 'birthday present' (heh), answering just about all of the 120 'finalist' questions from you, the fans. Never one to do things exactly as expected, Rivers answered the questions in little groups, posting the results on his MySpace page (briefly) before taking them down and moving onto the next part. All the parts were saved and have been assembled into one long interview, available here. (heavy props to fansite weerez.com for kicking some ass and getting it up almost immediately!)

...homegrown video alert: weez fan Gregor L. has put together a video for the Japanese band Reach's cover of "I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams" thats on the "Across The Sea" Japanese Weezer tribute album. Gregor sez: "The acoustic guitar being played in the video was given to me by =w= on October 6th of 2005 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, after i played "Undone" with them." Stop motion animation and everything. Check it out here.

...tribute band alert: San Francisco area: The "Little Bitches"! Bandmember Stephen L. sez "We play note-for-note renditions of weezer's songs spanning all major releases (including some b-sides) and we've got demo/live MP3s available on our site that show what we're capable of. We're proud of what we do and we hope we do the band justice." Check out their MySpace page here for upcoming NorCal area show info.

06/11/06 we'll remember always... | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 11:34:00 GMT

CONGRATULATIONS TO RIVERS!!!

Last Thursday (6/8) our fave frontman Rivers graduated from Harvard with his Batchelor of Arts degree. Its been an 11 year journey to get that degree (which followed several years of community college way beck in the pre weezer years), but Rivers had a pretty good excuse for taking a little extra time - the last 11 years also saw 4 weezer albums recorded and released, hundreds if not thousands of songs written and thousands of shows played around the world. And as for that official "Batchelor" status, hes got about a week left to enjoy that title, as his nupitals are imminent! See RollingStone.com for another photo.

...the future? some band plans are in the planning phase. Once them wedding bells have rang, things should be clarifying. Stay tuned...

05/25/06 rockers galore | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 25 May 2006 08:05:00 GMT

*UPDATE 6/4* - A recent Press Release from the new Interscope Records subsidiary Suretone includes mention of a Weezer Greatest Hits album due later in '06. However, we must state here that this info was released very prematurely, and it may or may not end up being the case. Whomever supplied this information had no business speaking on the bands behalf. While yes, there is talk amongst the band of a greatest hits record, the band has NOT confirmed it nor scheduled any time to record new songs. When this (or any) weezer news is *for sure* it will be posted here first.

*UPDATE 5/31* - Brian sez he will be playing the classic Go-go's song "Our Lips Are Sealed" onstage with original Go-go member Jane Wiedlin, tomorrow (Thursday) at 10 PM at Hollywood's Viper Room. So be there at 10 for some new wave magic crossed with the magic of Brian Bell.

...The new People Magazine on the newsstands tomorrow (Friday 5/26), includes a feature on Rivers, focusing on the Harvard scene and all that smooth jazz. So far as we know, it will *not* be put online, but you never know about this stuff...

...In addition, look for an interview piece on the world o' Rivers on ABC's primetime news program "World News Tonight", on Sunday, June 4th.

5/28 *UPDATE* - the info was suspect as it turns out, and the ABC World News Tonight Rivers piece was actually played tonight - however, you can watch the (apparently complete) clip online here.

...as for the Great weezer.com Rivers Fan Interview 2006, the final question tally came in at a whopping 120 questions, all of which were organized into various categories and then sent on to Rivers. Rivers reports that he wont be able to sit down and concentrate on the interview till after June 4th, and once that process begins, we have no idea how long it will take him nor if he will tackle all the questions or not. But he is excited to dive in and see what you guys had to ask! Thanks again for coming up with so many good questions.

...While Prince won the PETA "Sexiest Vegetarian" poll this year that both Rivers and Brian were nominated for, Brian's mother was interviewed about this (somewhat odd but deserved) honor for the 5/5/06 Knoxville News-Sentinel. The story is online here.

...thanks to Luxembourg Weez fan Tom P., a wee bit of Luxembourg press (in the 'Voix Du Luxembourg') for Weezer at last...

...Weezer vs... Hendrix? Yikes! But you know what to do...

...today's picture is of the nephew of weezer fan Bryce D., whom Bryce has clearly gotten off to a healthy musical start!

05/14/06 walk evil talk | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 14 May 2006 09:51:00 GMT

...The Great weezer.com Rivers Fan Interview 2006 update - Thank you so much for all your questions! Well over 500 questions came in, and most people followed the instructions and gave it some thought, and came up with some pretty good ones! Of the 500+ questions, about 200 were unique/non-repetitive, and a final list of questions is being culled from the 200. (note - they were 'first come first serve', as far as exactly whose version of a repeated question was used). So now, basically, if its unique enough and seems to fit in a category, its being included in the interview. No Idea yet if that means the interview will be 50, 100 or more questions, but its gonna be a whopper regardless, as theres a LOT of provocative, hard hitting, and generally 'in demand' questions in there. The grouping and editing phase is underway now, and Rivers should have the final questions in his hands fairly soon. (In the meantime, check out the latest Rivers interviews/articles if you haven't yet: Boston Globe, The Harvard Crimson, and in print in The May issue of SPIN mag (with the Red Hot Chili Peppers on the cover).

...while there is still no official video for the current single "This Is Such A Pity" (and we dont yet know if there will be one or not), unofficial videos seem to be coming up out of the woodwork. The first effort was unfortunatly blackballed a while back, but this new effort, courtesy fan Chad Cooper looks safe from the censors. Chad clearly put a lot of time and effort into this vid, so have a look!

...Old School is the New School Dep't: Matt Sharp, original Weezer bass player ('92-'98) has reconstituted his (other) band The Rentals, and they are hitting the road in 2006 after nearly a decade away from the scene. Though the lineup is a bit different than in the old days, it does include a carefully assembled squad of great musicians, including original Rental Rachel Haden, who you may also remember from (Weezer's fave touring partner of the 90's) That Dog, and who you hear singing lead vocal on the classic Pinkerton-era Weezer track "I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams". The first US Rentals show in many years is happening in Los Angeles on July 7th at The Henry Fonda Theater (with the legendary Ozma supporting) and the tix are on sale now.

...belated treat: not forgotten! Our scientists are working on the formula...

04/22/06 the beautiful people are ugly too | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 06:24:00 GMT

...UPDATE 5/8: Boston Globe article on Rivers finally saw print today, and is now online here.

...UPDATE 5/5: See the May issue of SPIN mag (with the Red Hot Chili Peppers on the cover) for an article/interview with Rivers at Harvard U.

...UPDATE 4/28: The Harvard Crimson interview with Rivers is up now. The "Regular" version is here, the super long and in depth "Director's Cut" is here. This interview focuses on his decade-plus at Harvard and how that time/place have affected his work - but gets into all kinds of interesting stuff, particularly in the 'Director's Cut'.

...Theres certainly been quite a few interviews with Rivers lately. But have you ever said to yourself, "theyre not asking him the right questions. If I could only ask Rivers Cuomo this one question..."? Rivers himself says he's been getting the feeling the "pros" arent asking what the fans want to know about. Well, now is your chance: Weezer.com is now assembling questions for a "fans only" web interview, and YOU could be part of it!

Heres how it works: Your questions will be gathered via email - but ONLY thru the link below. You may send in more than one question, but please - try your hardest to whittle it down to ONE great question. In the text portion of your email (where you write your question), include your name (ok if this is a screen name or nickname) and the name of your town or city (and country if you are not in the USA).

The deadline for questions is April 30 at 12 midnight! ANY question sent after that point will be AUTOMATICALLY DELETED and that's that. Once the questions are in, We'll be going thru them, picking out the most interesting ones, and eliminating "doubles" (where more than one person basically asked the same question - In those cases, everybody who asked it will be credited). Then the list will be assembled and Rivers will answer everything that makes the cut!

We dont know when yet, but at some point the finished interview will be published for all to see here on weezer.com. The names of those whose questions were used will be listed with each question in the interview. Now remember, you can ONLY use the link below to send in your question! If your email does not have the special header it gets from using the link below, it will be AUTOMATICALLY DELETED. Thanks for participating!

(interview question link has now been removed, thanks for your hundreds of questions!)

...Meanwhile, whoops! Well, it was fun while it lasted.

...Make Believe: Platinum and looking good!

...Ready or not, Beverly Hills Marching Band music is now a reality.

...Though the JONAS Street Team is on hiatus for now, dedicated JONAS members have independently organized online at this forum. Check it out!

...the webmaster for The Weezer Picture Archive wants everyone to know: "I recently had to switch servers and lost a few photos, it would be wicked awesome if you could tell everyone that it is easy and free for anyone to make an account and upload photos! Right now there almost 600 images and I had over 800 before. Thanks, Michael"

...SS2K, the fan site devoted to the pre Green album "Summer Songs of 2000", has moved to this location.

...some sad nnews: Johnny Grunge, The former ECW wrestler that is referred to in the Weezer song "El Scorcho" (in the lyric "watching Grunge legdrop New Jack through a press table") has passed away, from breathing complications related to sleep apnea.

...Tribute band alert, UK: Weezish will be playing a one-off support set for Nirvana tribute "Newvana" on Saturday 29th April at The Twist, 25 Military Road, Colchester, Essex, CO1 2AD, UK. It's £6 on the door or £5 with a ticket.

04/11/06 spring thaw | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:21:00 GMT

...Well, hell. Looks like the Boston Globe changed their minds! Clearly there was no new Rivers interview in the 4/12 Boston Globe's Arts section. We now know that it has been "pushed back", but we dont know to what day yet. And still no word as to whether it will appear on the Globe's website yet.

We also hear that there will be yet another new Rivers interview in People magazine soon, in the issue coming out Friday, 4/21.

And theres a new short article on the latest in the "world o' Riv" in Boston Magazine online (apparently is not in the print edition however).

...Recent industry shake-ups that indirectly affect weezer, but not in a tangible way (we think).

...French language weezer career retrospective, courtesy Alex.

...tribute band alert: Hear __?__ playing covers of the entire Blue Album and Pinkerton at "The Syndicate" in the UNT Union building in Denton, TX at 9pm on 4/20, just $1.

(more to come)

03/22/06 foundation | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 05:46:00 GMT

...a few random notes as winter clings on past its official expiration date:

...This Is Such A Pity has started it's slow creep up the charts, thanks in part to your requests. Ironically, The tenacity of "Perfect Situation" on the modern rock chart (still #11 this week) is creating weez-to-weez competition for "Pity". But its never bad to have 2 songs on the chart at once. Hell, even 'Beverly Hills' is still lurking around somewhere down there, a full year after its release!

...there have been a lot of unsolicited unofficial videos made by fans for weezer songs over the years, and today theres a new one, courtesy of fan Rafael S. As "This Is Such A Pity" has no official video and we are uncertain if it will or not at this time, it's nice of Rafael to whip up a homegrown version. It's VERY funny and cool, check it out!

...Meanwhile the (official) "Perfect Situation" vid has been kicking ass up in Canada. It's #11 on the MuchMusic Countdown this week, and #6 on the MuchMoreMusic Countdown.

...keen eyed Weezer fans have spotted this article, with a breif summary of the BIG Rivers news thats come from his flurry of recent interviews with mostly Boston area publications and Buhddist mags, and continues with the upcoming May issue of Spin mag. And check out fansite weerez.com for audio of the very interesting recent CBC radio interview with Rivers.

...info hounds take note, the first 14 pages of the Recording History have finally gotten the updates and corrections theyve been due. The long awaited page 15 will join them soon, as soon as the data has been compiled and proofread. Also the Contact/F.A.Q. page has been updated twice in the last month and now addresses many nagging questions related to 'Make Believe' and other things. All part of the 'clean sweep' we're trying to do on weezer.com to update and fix what's been hurtin' for the last year or so.

...Y100, the online Philly modern rock station that was wrenched off the regular airwaves some time back but refuses to give in, is hosting its annual March Madness Tournament. Weezer has won more years than any other band (besides Green Day possibly??), including in 2005! With your votes, we can do it again! Rock on.

...To those trying to log in or sign up on the JONAS street team page - JONAS has been put into hibernation mode until its time to gear up and battle for the weez again. Thanks to all for their help in '05!

...Weezer tribute band alert: 'El Scorcho' will be playing at Atlanta, GA's Park Tavern this Saturday, March 25, the 5th of 5 modern rock tribute bands to play. Show starts at 3:30 PM, El Scorcho hits the stage at 9:30 PM. Looks like some serious seafood is happening as well. Tickets + info here.

...random hard-core weez fan plug department: If you are in Florida, check out the indie suspense/drama film INSIDE which will be screening at the upcoming FLORIDA FILM FESTIVAL. You can see a trailer here. It ain't Weez related but it is made by a hard core weez fan! See it on March 26th at 9:15PM and March 30th at 6PM, at the REGAL WINTER PARK VILLAGE 510 N. Orlando Ave. Winter Park, FLLLL. Bonus: attend either INSIDE screening, bring in your ticket stub to PARK AVENUE CDs in Orlando, and get entered into a raffle to win a $100.00 gift certificate.

...and finally - the 'treat you are owed' (frankly its too late to keep calling it the 'holiday treat) has *not* been forgotten. The burner on the digital stove is on, the pan is heated. Im sorting thru ingredients to see what will/can be in your omlette, and hoping that the diner can open soon. Still no real idea when that will be, but anything is possible. This has been your mixed metaphor of the day.

03/09/06 zero tolerance | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 08:05:00 GMT

...New interview alerts:
Rivers has done an interview with Spin magazine, it will be appearing in the May issue.
Rivers also recently did an interview for CBC (Canada's public radio), for a show called “Definitely Not the Opera”, hosted by Sook-Yin Lee (ex of MuchMusic fame, doer of many things and a figure in a certain indie comic book some years back). The show will be broadcast across Canada on Saturday March 18 between 1:00 P and 4:30 P (same time in every time zone). A live stream will also be available on www.cbc.ca, and the show will also be broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio 137 at 11:05 AM (starts before the Canadian broadcast), as well as Public Radio International, but we don't know what time on PRI yet.
Rivers is also doing an interview for the Boston Globe soon, as well as an interview for Buddhist Magazine. We don't know yet when these will be published.
And yet another Rivers interview is set to appear in the upcoming Spring issue of Integral Yoga Magazine.

...coming soon to the online store: 'Weeze/r' t-shirts as seen in the "Perfect Situation" video!

...theres a Ringside show coming up on 3/17 at The Troubador in L.A., and our very own Brian Bell is sitting in on guitar duties. Brian has stayed in touch with the Ringside men Steve and Bathazar since they opened for Weezer last summer, and they asked him to help out.

..."This Is Such A Pity" is out now, the 4th single from "Make Believe"! Request it at your local station (assuming you live in a place that still has a station that might play weezer - where have the greats gone? Well, request it and they may play it - no matter what their 'format'. It can't hurt to try!) Thank you for your support!

As for a video, we dont have any word on whether there will be a 'Pity' video or not yet.

...Hey Domingo! Check out this new indie label run by Todd Sullivan, the man who wisely signed weezer to Geffen Records back in the day. Todd's stayed in the music biz game and his new label is releasing an excellent new album by Moth on 3/21.

02/27/06 new balance | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 04:51:00 GMT

..."This Is Such A Pity" radio mix error alert: Some fans went to download the new weezer single "This Is Such A Pity" on iTunes recently and they heard a mix that sounded wrong: the last chorus was the same as the first ones - in other words, no special lead vocal action like on the album version. Well, we now have it directly from the source that that 'weird' version is an ERROR - what's going out to the radio stations and what should/soon will be avail on iTunes (etc) WILL have the proper last chorus and all that jazz. The label is hard at work nipping this problem in the bud as you read this. So remember - if you hear a "Pity" with a funny sounding last chorus - it's not "the radio mix", its an error. The actual correct radio mix i havent heard yet, but from what i understand its only slightly sonically different from the album version.

02/25/06 third man in | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 08:38:00 GMT

...hey folks,its mid winter and things are mellow for the time being. Ive been getting some weezer.com pages updated. At the moment the only thing that youll see new on the site is that the contact/F.A.Q. page has been updated, and the "old a-v list of past offerings" page has been reuploaded to link from the contact page. Coming soon: recording history pages - just about all of them are getting revisions and additions, and the long-missing 'recent years' will be added soon. Then other long sleepy pages will be tackled. Still seeing what I can do to get a new exclusive media treat up, now that the holidays came and went without the treat i promised then. Im jumping thru hoops but Im sure we'll have something new and cool at some point. Also the tech folk tell me that there is finally a NEW new server system they want weezer.com to switch over to, that will be similar but a significant improvement over the current system. Im hoping that means better bboards, but it's a wait and see situation for now.

...the rumors are true: Make Believe will have a 4th single, and its "This Is Such A Pity"! This is the first time any weezer album has had a 4th single, and while many fans would argue that all the weezer albums could have had 4 (or more), its a nice sign of support that its happening now. "Perfect Situation" is still doing quite good, actually, at #4 on Modern Rock, #20 on iTunes, #35 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart and the video still getting played on Mtv, Mtv2 and Vh1 - and in fact it hit Canada's MuchMusic top 20 countdown last week. But now "Pity" is a go, and it hits alternative radio next week, with 'official' add dates for March 6. As always, your requests and support are welcomed and appreciated! UK/Euro fans - looks lke no Perfect Situation retail single. If we hear otherwise it will be posted here. And no word yet on 'Pity' as a retail single. (...pity my quickie Pity art!)

...today I did a 'chat-room interview' with fan site Across The Weez. At some point they will have a transcript up there. They asked some very good questions and I did my best to explain some of the current weezy issues.

...Listeners to Love Line on the 22nd may have noticed that Brian Bell was one of the guests, along with his buddy Scott from Ringside and who else but Fred Durst(!) Brian has been helping Ringside out recently with some L.A. area shows, playing guitar with them, and while it wasnt very easy to hear his guitar in the mix over the radio, he and Scott busted out a nice redition of Ringside's "Criminal" before joining Fred to try and help Dr. Drew with the usual slew of crazy calls. Sharp eyed fans have noted from a Knoxville based article that quoted Brians mom that he, like Rivers, is continuing his education during the break. Brian has often taken classes in the L.A. area when the band hasnt been touring, and is a voracious student of music, english and even drama at times. But thats just one more reason Brian's the man. (and kudos to weerez.com for keeping on top of things!)

...the fans keep recording weezer covers, but instead of sending in tapes or even trading mp3s anymore, theyre starting MySpace pages to display their efforts. Heres a new one...

02/17/06 this side up | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:11:00 GMT

...some articles to report: The New York Times ran an article on Thursday about Rivers as he returns to school for his final undergraduate semester. The article was in the print edition (with 3 photos) and online (with a different photo). It remains online, but you have to sign up to see the NYT's content pages.

Also, There is a 1 page article on Rivers in the Feb 2006 issue of Boston Magazine, also about his return to school. It's in the print edition, but I don't think it's online.

And finally, the latest edition of the Harvard Crimson has an interview with Rivers, again focusing on his return to school but also with a nod to Valentine's day. It's in the print edition and online.

02/14/06 it was 14 years ago today | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:00:00 GMT

...happy birthday to Weezer! on this day 14 years ago in 1992, The founding members of weezer started their first rehearsal in Los Angeles's TK Productions facility near the 405 freeway. 3 days later they emerged, starved, excited and with a practice tape to document what they got down. Its been 14 years since that day, and its been a hell of a ride so far. No matter when you discovered the band, thanks for all your support, though the (mostly) great and (occasionally) not so great times we've had together. Without you, weezer is nada.

...Well, as we all know now, U2 cleaned up at the grammys, including the best rock song category which "Beverly Hills" was nominated for. Ah, well, you can't win 'em all. The nod from the rock cognoscenti was appreciated anyway.

...as we settle into February, it's probably become clear to the fans that the '05 holiday treat is in limbo until further notice. I promise - you WILL get something cool, be it the original idea or a substitute plan. The big mystery is when, which I have no control over. Apologies to all for having 'built it up' all for nothing, it was never my intention for this delay to happen. At this point it could be days, weeks, or months before I know whats up and can get you something rad. Stay tuned...

...reminder - Rivers interview in Blender magazine, including Q+A with fans: It's online here. And keep an eye on The New York Times for a new Rivers interview, possibly as early as Thursday 2/16. Rivers also did an interview for Integral Yoga Magazine recently, this should be hitting the stands by spring or earlier (it's a quarterly). He's also scheduled to do several other interviews soon too, so when we have the info it will go here.

...Wow, 'Perfect Situation' is *still* #1 on the Modern Rock chart! Were in week 4 and counting...

...Fans in The Netherlands can now purchase "Perfect Situation" as a digital single (download), the first country in Europe to release the single in any format so far. Shout out to Michael V., who is "playing the song every day on my show MetMichiel, broadcast every night on 3FM."

...weezer fansite link shout-out: Today (weezer day) is the relaunch of fansite titan weerez.com. This site is the result of a content merger and subsequent upgrade from the original weerez.com and the '05 phenom site weezer.se. Weezer.se is now a fully Swedish fansite, while Weerez.com is handling the role of "king of the fansites", for now and hopefully for a long time coming! (But dont count out 'across the weez' either!)

...and after perusing those fresh new up to date pages over there on weerez.com, you might be saying to yourself "man, weezer.com's got more than a few moldy old pages tucked away over there! When are they gonna update 'em? And what happened to the once ever-expanding Super-Chrono anyway?" Well, I've been saying these things to myself since the spring of '05 when they swapped us over to the new server and system, and I went on the road and never had a chance to update any of the 'deep content' all year. Such updates are finally possible again and (weez willing) will be coming asap, and as for the super-chrono, my motto is now "by hook or by crook, im getting this stuff back online! Aaaahhh!"

...cute mini-fan alert! In honor of the band's birthday, we have a pair of cutie-pie weezer fans for todays photo. (Large size picture link: here.) On the left side is Tyler, rocking it out in style on a plastic appparatus (sent in by Brian E.), and on the right side, not even able to flash a weezer sign yet, is newborn Jonas Clark L., sent in by Jason L., his papa. (Jason also asks "I am trying like crazy to find the single to my name is Jonas. Any suggestions?" ...Jason, if you ever turn one up, its gonna cost you a lot more than a bag of diapers! The Canadian only "Jonas" promo CD single is possibly the rarest weezer CD out there, I hate to say. Good Luck (with baby and cd!) and rock on!

02/07/06 fee fie fo fum | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 09:00:00 GMT

...Tomorrow night: The Grammys! "Beverly Hills" has been nominated in the Best Rock Song catergory for the 2006 Grammy Awards, up against U2, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, and Bruce Springsteen. This is Weezer's first ever Grammy nomination, so keep your fingers crossed! The Grammy Awards take place tomorrow Feb 8th at the Staples Center in L.A. The show will be broadcast live on CBS from 8 - 11:30 pm (ET/PT). According to Rolling Stone mag (check the current ish with Kanye-as-Jesus on the cover for the bonus booklet with Pat chiming in), Beverly Hills not only "should win", but it "will win"! Let's hope RS has called it...

02/01/06 Happy Birthday to Patrick Wilson! | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 10:04:00 GMT

...thats right, proud papa/weez stick man Pat racks up another one. Congrats and have some fun!

Large size picture link: here. This is another shot by Nathan Parker at the 1/9/06 'Factory Girl' movie shoot in Shreveport, LA. Between Brian as Lou Reed and B-Day boy Pat as John Cale, we see Meredith Ostrum in her role as Nico.

*update* New Rivers interview in Blender magazine, including Q+A with fans! It's online here.

..'Perfect Situation' is #1 on the Modern Rock chart for the third week in a row! And speaking of charts ...#1, baby! Looks like the #3 Bev Hills digital song ranking from Rolling Stone counted various remix versions of the Hollaback and Kanye songs. When you go by just the 'single' versions, Beverly Hills had 2005 on digital lockdown!

...Hey, if you buy anything at Best Buy, whether online or in person, between now and 2/11/06, you get a free Weezer DVD which contains 3 live Weezer performances from the AOL Sessions. Check it out!

...Heres a cool interview with Scott over at The Toledo Blade from 12/28. Sorry for the lateness on this one, the info was misplaced until now. Speaking of interviews, there should be some from Rivers soon - keep an eye on The New York Times for now.

...clarification, as some are still asking: The 'radio/single/remixed/new' version of 'Perfect Situation' that you hear in the video and (most likely) on radio stations - but what is NOT on the first million or so copies of the 'Make Believe' CD, is the version you get when you buy the track online at iTunes etc. This includes if you buy Make Believe as a full digital album on iTunes as well - your 'digital album' has the new version. This version is unavailable on retail CD, until 'Make Believe' goes into a new pressing, which actually hould be happening right about now come to think of it.

*UPDATE* thanks to helpful iTunes user/weez fan Justin: "...there is a difference between the the version in the video and the version you buy from iTunes. The "new" iTunes version still has the FULL guitar intro while the video has the guitar intro cut short. But both feature the new chorus. I imagine you'll send a lot of people into a frenzy if they think the new album version features the shortened solo!" ...Sorry about that folks, he's right. The only place you get the short intro is in the video.

...Weez gear heads clamoring for gear updates (sorry! workin' on it!) should check out this Rivers interview on Guitar.com from last fall. I think it slipped thru the cracks, and it includes a bit of fresh gear info here and there. (hat tip: Becca B.)

...heh! (hat tip: Tim B.)

01/27/06 raw business | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:11:00 GMT

*update - check out the VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown, which is currently airing this weekend (Friday at 6pm, Sat. 9am, Sun. 8am). It includes a "fairly informative" interview with Pat Wilson about the future of =w= and related things.

*update 2 (chart related) - check this out!

...Chart attack! 'Perfect Situation' was #1 on the Modern Rock chart for the second week in a row this week, and rumor has it it may hold on for week #3 as well! Thanks to everyone for your support and requests! This is the second single from 'Make Believe' to hit the Modern Rock #1 spot, which (I think) is the first time Weezer has done that with 2 songs from the same album. Packed with rock, Make Believe really satisfies. Huh? Anyway, PS has also popped up on the Pop 100 fighting with the radio juggernauts, trying to join Beverly Hills in the rarified world of the top 40. And it's up to #36 on the Digital Songs chart!

...todays photo (Large size picture link: here)is a collage, showing Brian as Lou Reed and Pat as John Cale with fan/film crew guy Scott, a few weeks ago in Shreveport, LA where they were being filmed as part of The Velvet Underground in '65, on the set of "Factory Girl". Meanwhile, lower right is Scott, signing at the NAMM show last Saturday, Jan 21. Factory Girl photo courtesy Nathan P., NAMM show pic courtesy Nancy Yim. (note - to answer some questions that have been coming in - Pat and Brian are the only members of weezer who will be apperaing in the film, the rest of the 'Velvet Underground and Nico' are played by others. *updated info* Brian and Pat's new recording of the VU's "Heroin" is slated to be included in the film, as the song they will be performing in the scen as The Velvet Underground.

We were originally informed that Scott would be signing with none other than Tom Araya, vocals and bass of Slayer, but Tom couldnt make it and C.C. Deville of Poison came in instead! Scott says: "...That was funny because I have actually jammed with [C.C.] about 15 years ago. He was a wild man, really nuts. The people I met were great, and a big thanks and shout out to all the =W= fans that stopped by or introduced themselves to me throughout the day. Big fun."
Pat also came on down to NAMM, hanging with Scott for a while, saying hi to the fans and and seeing what was up with the hot new equipment on display at the show.

...Scott also wanted to say thanks to all who came down to the Rock N' Roll bingo event he MC'd on 1/19. Scott: "...Bingo was a great success!!! Raised over $600 for the [Silverlake Conservatory] School. Want to put a thanks out for the =W= fans that came and supported."

...rumor dispelling dep't: some claim to have heard whisperings of Weezer being scheduled to play Belgium's Werchter Festival later in '06, but sorry folks, it's just not true.

...(still) coming up on Feb 8: The Grammys. "Beverly Hills" has been nominated in the Best Rock Song catergory for the 2006 Grammy Awards, up against U2, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, and Bruce Springsteen. The Grammy Awards take place on Feb 8th at the Staples Center in L.A.

...reminder time - please vote for "Perfect Situation" on the TRL webpage. Your vote counts! Watch the video over on Yahoo! Music - click the Elisha banner to the left, and please, after you watch, rank it!

01/18/06 breadfan, take it all away, never give an inch | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:14:00 GMT

...hello all, and I start with an apology about the delay of the holiday treat. The treat is ready to go and has been for a while now, but I've been forced to cool it until some issues have been dealt with. Not tech issues, just 'suit-and-tie' stuff thats beyond my reach to speed up. Im waiting on word because there is a chance the treat I made will have to be replaced with something else - but do not fret, it will be cool either way, not a re-hash or random goofiness. I realize this isnt the first time that you the loyal =w= fans have been asked to chill and be patient, and it was never my intention to cause another waiting game sitution. I have been dying to share the fun for 2 weeks now, but I, like you must wait and see.

...reminder: tomorrow! - Scott Shriner's MC'ing this months installment of Rock N' Roll bingo, a charity bingo series where rock stars, celebrities, and other cool cats volunteer their time and bingo refereeing skillz for charity. Scott will be calling out the numbers on the night of Jan 19th in Hollywood. Check the details here.
Please note - this is not a musical performance - Scott will not be playing bass or any other instrument, aside from his, er, bingo voice. Come down for fun and to support the charity, and perhaps Scott's number calling will hook you up with a bingo victory!

...*updated* speaking of Scott, if you are attending this year's NAMM show in Anahiem, you might want to stop by the Ampeg booth to meet the Shrine-dog and get a exclusive color picture signed in person...Scott will be there along with Tom Araya (bass and vocals for Slayer!), on Saturday Jan 21 from 1-2 PM.

...if you haven't peeked at Pat's The Special Goodness site, do so now for, uh, 'Pat as John Cale', in "Factory Girl".

...'Make Believe' was recently awarded the RIAA's platinum sales award (1 million+ units scanned at retail, from CD, LP, and digital sales), the first Weezer album to do this since The Green Album did it in 2001. Thanks to all who believed in the Weez in '05! Make Believe jumped back up to a respectable #74 last week, beating the curve during the holiday rush after 34 weeks on the chart. And meanwhile, it looks like 'Beverly Hills' was the second most downloaded track on iTunes in '05...right behind 'Hollaback Girl'!?! Holy cow! (hat tip: Ron W.) Not to over-toot the ol' horn or anything, but this sort of success is a real blessing given all the mystery and uncertainty that preceeded the creation and release of the album. Kudos.

...reminder time - please vote for "Perfect Situation" on the TRL webpage. Your vote counts! The single is holding steady at #4 on the modern rock chart, and has finally cracked the top 50 on the Digital Songs chart!
I was told the "Perfect Situation" video would be available on iTunes by now, but I don't see it yet. It's also coming to our streaming media page sometime soon (yes, a lot later than I was originally informed, sorry), but don't know when yet. It's still available to stream on the Yahoo! Music pages. (best in IE, Firefox doesnt seem to like it).

...coming up on Feb 8: The Grammys. "Beverly Hills" has been nominated in the Best Rock Song catergory for the 2006 Grammy Awards, up against U2, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, and Bruce Springsteen. The Grammy Awards take place on Feb 8th at the Staples Center in L.A.

...Ozma, the band Rivers has been quoted as saying "beat me at my own game", is back! Check it out!

Large size picture link: here.

01/05/06 the dust of 1,000 generations | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:06:00 GMT

...hello everybody and a hearty welcome into 2006! 2005 was a great year for weezer but a decidedly mixed bag around the world. Let's hope that 2006 will be a better one for the world, as weezer takes a step back from the limelight for a little while.

...the '05 holiday digital treat is in the pipeline, ready to go but waiting for a few tech/website things to be sorted out before its up and ready for your consumption. It should be a matter of days rather than weeks, so stay tuned.

...L.A. area peeps: here's your chance to do something fun for charity and watch weezer bassist Scott Shriner call out bingo numbers! Its the latest installment of Rock N' Roll bingo, a charity bingo series where rock stars, celebrities, and other cool cats volunteer their time and bingo refereeing skillz for charity. Scott will be MCing and calling out the numbers on the night of Jan 19th in Hollywood. Check the details here.
Please note - this is not a musical performance - Scott will not be playing bass or any other instrument, aside from his, er, bingo voice. Come down for fun and to support the charity, and perhaps Scott's number calling will hook you up with a bingo victory!

Large size picture link: here.

...Meanwhile, Brian Bell writes in with his account of recording the Velvet Underground song "Heroin" (with Pat) for the in production film "Factory Girl" about VU, Warhol, and Edie Sedgwick. Take it away, Brian...
"...Covering the Velvet Underground song "Heroin" for the movie "Factory Girl" has made me rethink how I approach music, it at least gives validation to an already known fact: music does not need to be sober. By "sober" I mean perfect, tight, or in the case of most modern rock music, uptight.
Working on this project with Pat was a blast. There was no premeditated plan, no rehearsal, there was barely even a discussion of how to approach this seven minute ride. I was a bit nervous going into it because the song still needed to be approved by the film's makers, who were coming to the studio to meet us and probably also to see that their investment was not in vain. As far as I know they are satisfied and haven't changed their minds. No matter anyway because the lessons learned and the experience of recording with Pat proved to be invaluable.
We started at ten in the morning and ended up using the fourth of fifth take. I really wanted to have a good version of the song to play the producers of the film before they arrived at two. We kept my tracking guitar and I re-sung the song trying to mimic Lou Reeds' phrasing word for word. Just as I finished they arrived and I was sweating bullets nervously waiting for approval. They seemed genuinely pleased and the only concerns at that time were that the song broke into a beat, which was different than the drumming of the Velvets' drummer Mo Tucker. Tucker did have an amazing feel, but she was no Pat, and Pat pulled out an "Only In Dreams" type crescendo that I think makes that aspect of the song better.
Later, I got a call from the director telling me to re-sing the song using my own phrasing, "just go for it", he said. I did just that and threw in a little Dylan for good measure. My reservation going into this was that no matter how good it turned out, criticism would soon follow. You can't attempt a rock classic (especially a cult band like the Velvets) and not get a few sneers. But the important thing here is that maybe we might help turn a new generation on to this amazing art rock band and change the perspectives of a few unknowing listeners. If your music has steered too far from the aesthetic of the Velvet Underground you have to ask yourself, "What the hell am I trying to do?"..." -Brian

...The CFNY "Ongoing Historyy Of New Music" episode from November featuring the story of Rivers is online for your streaming pleasure here. Check it oot!

...Vote for "Perfect Situation" on the TRL webpage! Your vote counts and is mucho appreciated! Meanwhile, the single has risen to #4 on the modern rock chart, and is doing its best to catch up to its 900-pound gorilla big brother known as "Beverly Hills", which keeps popping back up near the top of the pop charts time and time again!
The "Perfect Situation" video should be available on iTunes very soon. It's also coming to our streaming media page sometime soon, but we haven't heard exactly when yet. It's still available to stream on the Yahoo! Music pages. (best in IE, Firefox doesnt seem to like it).

...coming up in a little over a month: The Grammys. "Beverly Hills" has been nominated in the Best Rock Song catergory for the 2006 Grammy Awards, up against U2, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, and Bruce Springsteen. The Grammy Awards take place on Feb 8th at the Staples Center in L.A.

...looks like the karma account wasn't too badly overdrawn: Japan luggage accounted for! Thanks to all who wished me luck, and to Continental's staff for doing the right thing.

12/25/05 Holiday '05 greetings | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 07:50:00 GMT

...Everyone in weezer and all their support crew and staff wish you happy holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, and the very best holiday season. May it be filled with goodwill, peace, and good rock for all.

Everyone wish good thoughts for all people and things this season...including those still trying to get on their feet after the major disasters of '05... Also including my still missing luggage, which sadly contains all the gifts I found in Japan for my friends and fam! D'oh! Keeping the fingers crossed that the luggage karma gremlins go my way... But no matter how it plays out...it's a lesson that always bears repeating - stuff is just stuff, even really expensive or uber cool stuff. Yes, even irreplacable stuff - whether it be lost by overstressed airlines during the holidays, or by natural disaster. But good health and good times with friends and family is REALLY where its at, and is better than any gift - or any supercool item scored in Shibuya that you may never see again. It's important to keep that in mind as we gather for holiday times. Best wishes to everyone!

12/23/05 Bupkis ever happens in Blaine | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:57:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 145: Mos Burger Tour day 11: end of tour - fly home
And that's that, folks - the 2005 Make Believe Tour is over! Mixed emotions all around. An awesome sense of triumph and success mixed with the sad goodbyes and the mystery of what the future holds. As Rivers returns to school in the spring and everyone takes care of personal business (some pretty majorly cool stuff!) for a while, yet continues to work towards a musical future nonetheless, only time will tell when the weezer machine will get back into full gear.

Its not going to be entirely quiet around the weezer hood, not by a long shot. Everyone is planning on writing music, and indeed a good deal of songs have been already created while the band was still on tour this fall. Pat's even building a new home studio to better work on music. Also Brian and Pat are going to be recording a cover version of The Velvet Underground's "Heroin" and will actually be appearing in the in-production film "Factory Girl" about the 60's Andy Warhol scene, performing the song. And around these weezer.com parts, updates, overhauls, fresh stuff and a few suprises are on the horizon. (Its no secret that the site has some neglected corners that need a serious dusting off - this type of work and more is in the works). Im also happy to say that it looks like Santa will indeed be bringing you a present or 2 this year - but its not clear when exactly this will arrive in your, uh, digital chimneys - asap, of course, but its doubtful youll see anything on the morn of 12/25. Hopefully it wont be more than a few days late. Just so's ya know!
Also, this live DVD is in the works. weve got the footage, now its a matter of putting it together. I dont have any info as to a projected release time yet, but it will happen in '06 for sure.

CONGRATULATIONS to the band for a fantastic and successful 2005! And HUGE thank you's to all the crew, staff, local personel, and YOU, the fans, who helped make everything happen, from the tour dates to the travel to the interviews to the TV stuff, and everything inbetween.
Japan Tour thank yous to the AWESOME, undefeated heavyweight champ weezer crew and staff: Bobby, Kurt, Craig, Arthur, Leif, Kevin, Aron, Stuart, and Sarah C. ...Seriously, find me a better crew. Couldn't do it, could ya?
Japanese crew and staff:
From Creativeman: Naoki Shimizu, Julie, Layli, 'Ao', Toshie, and "K2".
Japanese crew: "Nishi", Miwako, Kenji and Hiroaki.
And finally, NOBBY from Universal Music!

Large size picture link: here.

...Theres an article on cnn.com about Rivers here.

...Check out the Myspace Records Vol 1 special on Fuse! This is a multi artist special (including weezer of course), remaining broadcasts:
Friday December 23rd @ 2:30pm EST
Saturday December 24th @ 1pm EST
Sunday December 25th @ 9:30pm EST
Monday December 26th @ 2pm EST
Saturday December 31st @ 2pm EST

12/22/05 cuz nothing ever happens... zero ever happens | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:03:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 144: Mos Burger Tour day 10: Tokyo - Studio Coast (#3)
The kanjoo-teki finale...the last show, the penultimate tour date of '05 (travel day tomorrow = last day)...set suprises...Shark fin sake in a chemically self heating can...tanoshii for all...
Today people got as much walking around and shopping done in the AM as possible, as its the last full day in Japan, and this tour has sort of doubled as the holiday gift locating time for many people on the tour. The shooting for the live DVD is now 'in the can', so there was a good deal less chaos today overall, but there was still plenty to do once we got over to Studio Coast, namely 3 filmed interviews before showtime. These were with Mtv Japan, M-on TV, and CX TV "Factry". All 3 interviews are being used for 30 minute specials on their respective networks.
Showtime! The last show of '05, the last in a long arc starting back in the springtime in Vancouver, BC, that brought weezer around the world and back again more than once (though indeed, not everywhere they wanted to go - some places remain on the docket still). Tonight the stops were pulled out, as the DVD taping was over and it was 100% about bringing the joy to the fans, and getting it back. Overall the show was similar to the last 2 great nights, but there was something extra magical and emotional, knowing it was the last weezer show for what will likely be a good long while.
There were some suprises in the set tonight, in addition to the recently ressurected "Across The Sea". "Haunt You Every Day" returned after many month's absence, and weezer's first public performance of the cover song "I Don't Know How To Love Her", which was originally "I Don't Know How To Love Him" from the soundtrack to "Jesus Christ Superstar". In addition, Scott's mini bass solo section (prefacing the start of "Surf Wax" since sometime on the Foozer tour) evolved over the last few days to include a basstrumental version of "Joy To The World", a nice little holiday treat. The whole show was pretty devastating. Grown men in the audience were crying!
After the show, the band had one more filmed interview to do, with DJ Fujita of “Love CHR” TVK. This one will also be turned into a 30 minute special, on TVK.
So thats it for shows in '05! Tomorrow we pack up and fly home.

Large size picture link: here, more: 1,2

...Theres a new article on cnn.com about Rivers here.

...Check out the Myspace Records Vol 1 special on Fuse! This is a multi artist special (including weezer of course), remaining broadcasts:
Friday December 23rd @ 2:30pm EST
Saturday December 24th @ 1pm EST
Sunday December 25th @ 9:30pm EST
Monday December 26th @ 2pm EST
Saturday December 31st @ 2pm EST

12/21/05 there's not much pleasure, but not much pain | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 18:39:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 143: Mos Burger Tour day 9: Tokyo - Studio Coast (#2)
Interviews up the yin yang, shadowed by camera crews, manga stores, drum jambs, cardboard cutouts, dinner at the House of Blue Leaves...
Today was a really full day, starting with a special 'b-roll ' shoot, where the Japanese company followed the band around as they explored the Shibuya district, including a wild Manga/action figure store and a big music store wherein many electronic drum kits were played to the delight and/or confusion of the shopkeepers. Then the band returned to the hoteru for a pair of interviews, one with with Rock’in On Magazine, the other with the “Dancing Groove” show on radio station FM Yokohama. Then it was back in the sleek super vans for the 45 minute ride in heavy traffic back to Studio Coast. Once we were back at the club, it was time for another interview, this time with a group of weezer fans, for the DVD film crew.
Then it was showtime at the Apollo, volume 2! The set was shuffled and changed up a bit, the band was more relaxed, and the overall effect was fairly phenominal, if I do say so myself. This is a band at a plateau of power that took all year to reach, and choosing to capture the shows on film at this point was a wise decision indeed. Thanks to Yumiko for helping out on acoustic guitar on 'Undone'. Tonight also saw the first ever version of 'Island' with absolutely no amplification. The whole place had to restrain themselves and listen as Rivers filled the room old school folk style.

fan review:
"...members must have been very tired for playing everyday, but I was very impressed at their professionalism. the girl who played undone ( i thought her name was Yumiko?) did a good job and members welcomed her with warm atomosphere. it was so nice that we even forgot how we also wanted to be on the stage with Weezer. Rivers's a cappella "Island in the Sun" was like a calm and beautiful illusion. Thanks to Weezer and people who supported this tour for this wonderful 2-hour experience with showers of cool sounds. with much love," ---Chie R.

Post show there was yet another interview, this time with Crossbeat Magazine. Then everybody boarded the vans again, and the band, crew and Japanese crew, promoter and record company all went and had a massive modern Japanese dinner at Gonpachi, which is actually the restaurant that inspired the set for the Kill Bill scenes at "The House of Blue Leaves". It seems Quentin Tarentino liked the look of the place so much he had it recreated (albeit bigger and more useful for huge fight scenes) on set. Onegai shimas, furaido potato o kudasai.

...and happy birthday to Oliver!

Large size picture link: here, more: 1, 2.

The Japan tour merchandise.

...Theres a new article on cnn.com about Rivers here.

...Check out the Myspace Records Vol 1 special on Fuse! This is a multi artist special (including weezer of course), see it at these times:
Premieres: Tuesday December 20th @ 9pm EST
Repeats: Wednesday December 21st @ 1am EST
Friday December 23rd @ 2:30pm EST
Saturday December 24th @ 1pm EST
Sunday December 25th @ 9:30pm EST
Monday December 26th @ 2pm EST
Saturday December 31st @ 2pm EST

12/20/05 nothing's ever going on | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:13:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 142: Mos Burger Tour day 8: Tokyo - Studio Coast (#1)
Mount Fuji. Truck style SuperGreat. Bust Pudding. An actual geisha. The Perfect Van. K2 the mighty. Veggie curry. Triangles of love.
Today we boarded the Shinkansen bullet train again, this time to zip up to Tokyo for the trifecta of shows scheduled at the Studio Coast club. While the bullet train is incredibly efficient and speedy, getting around Tokyo in a van really isn't, so once we got to Tokyo, there was a lot of stop n' go traffic to deal with (enough to make L.A. actually look pretty good!) before we finally got to the club.

There was an extra heavy amount of preparations going on at the club, as today was the first of 2 days of filming for the first ever weezer live dvd. Its a 2 day, 7 camera shoot of the shows, plus material that will be drawn from various 'behind the scenes' footage that both the Japanese company is shooting as well as footage I've been gathering as we travel around. We'll see how it all turns out, but the important thing is that the band nailed it tonight, as hoped for. There were a few minor moments of confusion here and there, but just about everything was kicking major ass tonight, leading to a ballistic Tokyo audience and some great footage.

Thanks to Kazu from Tokyo for helping out with "Undone" on the acoustic guitar.

fan review:
"...everyone who went to tonight's show had the best christmas present from weezer. members really had wonderful smiles on their faces through the show and crowd was so insane!! even though we saw you this summer, twice a year is just not enough for us weezer freaks. they played songs from second album a lot, which i suppose is good to fans. thanks to god, i can get to rock with weezer tomorrow night also, so keep roooocking!!!!" ---renge c.

Large size picture link: here, more: 1, 2, 3.

The Japan tour merchandise.

...Theres a new article on cnn.com about Rivers here.

...Check out the Myspace Records Vol 1 special on Fuse! This is a multi artist special (including weezer of course), see it at these times:
Premieres: Tuesday December 20th @ 9pm EST
Repeats: Wednesday December 21st @ 1am EST
Friday December 23rd @ 2:30pm EST
Saturday December 24th @ 1pm EST
Sunday December 25th @ 9:30pm EST
Monday December 26th @ 2pm EST
Saturday December 31st @ 2pm EST

12/19/05 go to church, mow the lawn | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:55:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 141: Mos Burger Tour day 7: Nagoya - Club Zepp
Yet another club Zepp in an unending array of Club Zepps. Plus, stylish tweed overcoats. Slushy sidewalks. Taiko drum video games. I like!
The first order of the day was a pair of interviews, conducted at the hoteru. First with “Midnight Jams” for Zip FM, then with “Radio Interline” for Radio 1 FM. Both of these are being turned into 30 minute specials on their respective stations.

The Nagoya crowd at first seemed kinda restrained compared to the last few nights, but they finally found their voice with a little egging on from Rivers displays of sheer energy, soundly complemented by the rest of the weez-men's raw soul power. Tonight was another in a serieds of really strong shows, though there was a bit of technical tomfoolery going on here and there, again more than made up for with spirit and energy. Everything looks and sounds tip top for the upcoming 2 nights of dvd video shooting in Tokyo.

Thanks to Yoshi(?) (Yuichi? what was that guys name?) from Nagoya for helping out with "Undone" on the acoustic guitar. Sorry to the "guy from Pennsylvania" (as Scott put it, heh heh) - looks like they were looking for a Nagoya local for the shredding duties.

Shout outs and big ups to Rockin' Rie and to (???), whose thoughtful gift of PB Twix (where they cannnot be bought!) and a crazy 'Karl' toy are much appreciated! Happy suprise time, it nice!

Large size picture link: here, more: 1, 2, 3.

The Japan tour merchandise.

...Theres a new article on cnn.com about Rivers here.

...Check out the Myspace Records Vol 1 special on Fuse! This is a multi artist special (including weezer of course), see it at these times:
Premieres: Tuesday December 20th @ 9pm EST
Repeats: Wednesday December 21st @ 1am EST
Friday December 23rd @ 2:30pm EST
Saturday December 24th @ 1pm EST
Sunday December 25th @ 9:30pm EST
Monday December 26th @ 2pm EST
Saturday December 31st @ 2pm EST

12/18/05 same old thing, c'est la guerre | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 06:04:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 140: Mos Burger Tour day 6: off - travel to Nagoya
Today started with a fairly long Shinkasen train ride from Fukuoka up to Nagoya. The closer we got to Nagoya the more snow we saw on the ground, and it was flurrying pretty hard all afternoon and night once we got there, which is apparently pretty rare 'round here. The evening consisted of getting majorly lost in the massive labrynth of subway stations, malls, subway malls, and other assorted indoor and underground effluvia, plus eating at a tasty noodle house and being bewildered by the sheer impossible volume of goods for sale at every turn, and the multitudes of weekend holiday shoppers scooping it up, snow or no snow.

Large size picture link: here.

The Japan tour merchandise.

...The Harvard Crimson reports on Rivers' Top 20 songs of 2005.

12/17/05 prom night, county fair | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 16:01:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 139: Mos Burger Tour day 5: Fukuoka, Japan - Club Zepp
Another day, another Zepp. But not just any Zepp! Plus, snow! Unexpected minced pork! Hard Rock! Wild rock! Wawaweewaa!
It's time for answers. Tomorrow has built a Shinkasen to today. Welcome to the bullet train, whereupon the musical band people travelled in the morning from Osaka to Fukuoka. This took a little more than 2 hours, plenty of time for Pat to explore the outer reaches of arcade game emulation. We went directly from the Fukuoka train station to the club, which was another in the chain of Zepps that dot Japan. This Zepp is located next to the home of the Hawks baseball team, plus an adjacient indoor outdoor mall. It wasnt exactly mall walking weather, with flurries and arctic winds blowing, but people were doing it anyway. At one point, both the Hard Rock Cafe and the neighboring HMV were blasting "Make Believe" at the same time, just about 1 song apart from each other. It was neat walking by the Hard Rock hearing "Pardon Me", and turning into the HMV to hear "My Best Friend".

Todays show was even earlier than usual. Showtimes in Japan are typically early, and most of them on this tour call for the band on stage at 7 PM. Today was even earlier - doors at 5, band at 6. So by 7:45, people were filing out into the chilly Saturday night, in search of Mos Burger (we assume).

But while they were inside, they were off the hizzoo, just about as nuts as the second Osaka show's crowd. The band fufilled their end of the bargain as well. This little tour may be short but its really long on energy and quality.

Thanks to Genki(?) from Fukuoka for helping out with "Undone" on the acoustic guitar.

Directly after the show, the band did an interview for the “Week In Rock” show on Love FM with DJ Moses. Also the weather took a turn for the worse, and the rumors were flying of the roads being blocked by a snowstorm, which would in turn delay the gear getting to Nagoya and the bullet train getting the band to Nagoya. Fortunately tomorrow is a day off - we'll get there sooner or later. Hopefully early enough to locate the essentials - Starbucks and Mos Burger, of course.

Large size picture link: here, more: 1, 2, 3.

The Japan tour merchandise.

...The Harvard Crimson reports on Rivers' Top 20 songs of 2005.

12/16/05 fruit punch, chocolate cake | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:02:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 138: Mos Burger Tour day 4: Osaka, Japan - Club Zepp (#2)
In the words of Luke Cage, Power Man: sweet jumpin' Christmas! Today started with various morning forays out into Osaka in search of goods and services (including Mos Burger for some), followed by a pair of radio station interviews at the hotel, with “Rock the Radio” FM and “Weekend Go Go” FM. Then it was time for another minivan ride out to the WTC zone where Zepp is located. Now that the whole band is in one place, they were able to have a real soundcheck and get into the groove somethin' proper. These shows creep up fast as theres no opening act and they start letting the people in at 6 pm. So once the soundcheck is done, theres just time for a snack in the catering room and then its time for the band to do their vocal warm ups up until showtime at 7.

So yeah: sweet jumpin' Christmas! That about sums up Osaka show #2. First of all, the band is getting focused like a laser beam, and with Pat feeling better and the band having the chance to soundcheck today and gel a little, its like they havent taken a break at all. There is a real command of the stage happening. Secondly, tonights crowd gave any crowd from '05 a major run for their money. It was just a writhing mass of rediculous energy and sheer joy. These people were going crazy! All in all it was a good omen for the upcoming live performance shoot taking place at 2 of the Tokyo shows, intended for a future live DVD. If its only half as energetic and excellent sounding as todays show, it's totally in the bag.

Thanks to Noke(?) from Osaka for helping out on "Undone" on the acoustic guitar. Brevis. Cedric. Kanky. The Daily Yomiuri. And big ups to Ayumi, super-fan!

Large size picture link: here, more: 1.

The Japan tour merchandise.

...thanks to fan Rob W. for this week's handy chart round up:

"Beverly Hills"
#37 Billboard Hot 100 (+1)
#23 Billboard Pop 100 (-1)
#20 Billboard Pop 100 Airplay (n/c)
#40 Billboard Hot Digital Songs (-8)
#9 Billboard Adult Top 40 (n/c)

"Perfect Situation"
#5 Billboard Modern Rock (n/c)
#92 Billboard Hot 100 (debut)
#89 Billboard Pop 100 (+ 10)
#12 ModernRock.com (+2)

Make Believe
#83 Billlboard 200 (+17)

and to confirm Rob's suspicion, this is indeed the first time weezer has ever had two songs in the Hot 100 at the same time!

...meanwhile on iTunes, "Beverly Hills" was named #2 best selling single for '05.

...tribute band alert - UK:
tonight, 12/17 - See Weezish at the Launch Party for the "Tidy" Skate Video @ The Herdsman, Hereford, UK. Weezish will be playing for an hour, playing songs from all the Weezer LPs.

12/15/05 square dance by the lake | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 18:43:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 137: Mos Burger Tour day 3: Osaka, Japan - Club Zepp (#1)
Success rock for fresh fans! Todays debut Japan tour show was in Osaka's Clubb Zepp, in the shadow of Osakas massive WTC complex, where the Osaka Summersonic festival is held. Its the same ol' hood as last summer, but with a much different feel. Not rediculously hot and muggy, but frigid! And Zepp is a toasty theater size club, as opposed to a whopping open air festival field.
Well, the Japan tour got an exciting start today, with Pat literally flying to Japan the same day as the show, to give himself more flu recovery time back home. Now, yesterday we hit a horrid traffic jam on the way from the airport which made a 45 minute drive turn into 2 hours, and it was generally believed that Pat's luck wouldnt be much different. A betting pool was started about what time Pat would actually pull in, with times ranging from 6:30 to 7:30 (half an hour late for the show), but Pat got really lucky at the airport and with traffic and made it to Zepp with 45 minutes to spare, at 6:15. Therefore Sarah won the pool, as her estimate was the most optimistic at 6:40. She won fries from Mos Burger and a lovely corsage. Then the club needed to delay the start of the show by 10 minutes anyway for some reason, so it worked out fine.
Pat was a little weak but in good spirits and jumped right into the show, which was a knockout! It was really strong for the first show, considering that no one had an opportunity to practice or rehearse together in the off time until todays soundcheck (sans Pat). Rivers was even going to various karaoke studios in recent days to practice his singing. It kind of demonstrates how much work the band and crew have put in all year, pulling together a good show out of thin air, like a crack team of agents assembling from around the globe for the secret mission.

Thanks to Jumpei from Osaka for helping out on "Undone" with his acoustic guitar skillz. And thanks to everyone in the Japan Team for helping everything get off to a smooth start!

Large size picture link: here, more: 1, 2.

12/14/05 PTA, early morn | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 07:37:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 136: Japan Mos Burger #2: arrive in Osaka
Today the bulk of the weez party arrived in Japan's second biggest city, the gargantuan Osaka, joining the 3 band members who have already assembled and gotten some of the jet lag out of the way, taking care of business such as locating bowling alleys and (of course) Starbucks and Mos Burger locations. The city is freezing cold right now but very cool looking with all kinds of holiday lights and decorations on display. Christmas is celebrated in Japan, but in a different way. It was described to us as sort of another Valentines day, where couples exchange gifts and have getaway vacations. And while youll see a lot of decorated trees and lights, theres no sign of Santa at all, nor anything specifically religious on display. Interesting.

Tomorrow is the first show of the tour, at Club Zepp. Everyone is keeping their fingers crossed that (flu recovering) Pat's flight wont be delayed, as it will be a mighty close call to get him to the show on time...

Large size picture link: here.

12/13/05 quilting bees, shucking corn | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 05:15:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 135: Japan Mos Burger #1: Fly to Osaka
Yesterday and today there was a lot of flying going on, in order to get all the band members and weezer crew over to Japan for the December Mos Burger tour. Now, Rivers is already in Japan, having gone there directly after his vacation time ended. Yesterday Brian and Scott flew over, and today the crew and Pat were scheduled to fly. However, it turns out that Pat came down with the flu a few days ago, and is instead flying over a day late - arriving in Osaka just in time (hopefully) for the first show. Everyone wish Pat well! It is no fun at all to fly 12 hours right after getting over the flu!

Todays flights took most of the rest of us from our various locales to San Francisco, where we combined forces on the 11.5 hour flight over to Osaka. Due to the crossing of the international date line, we dont actually arrive in Japan untill "tomorrow", Wednesday.

Aside from Pat's flu situation, all are well and are excited to rock it out once more in '05. The crew has gelled into a killer machine consisting of Craig, Bobby, Kurt, Aron, Leif, and Kevin, with Arthur and Stuart keeping the ship on course and Sarah and I keeping track and taking names.

And the flight to Osaka continues tomorrow...

Large size picture link: here.

12/09/05 petting with a boy named Ivan | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 10:40:00 GMT

on the heels of yesterdays great news re: the Grammy nomination, etc, heres some good news on some more personal fronts...

...Congratulations to Scott Shriner, married on November 9th to his sweetie Jillian, on the island of Kaua'i in beautiful Hawaii. Word em up! (Large size picture link: here)

...Today is Brian Bell's birthday! Happy Birthday to Brian! (Large size picture link: here)

12/08/05 going to the drive in | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:57:00 GMT

...Grammy Nomination for weezer! "Beverly Hills" has been nominated in the Best Rock Song catergory for the 2006 Grammy Awards, up against U2, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, and Bruce Springsteen. The Grammy Awards take place on Feb 8th at the Staples Center in L.A.

...The Foozer tour was awarded "Most Creative Tour Package" at The 17th Annual Concert Industry Awards.

...coming soon to iTunes: "Winter Weezerland".

...The Beverly Hills video made #11 on the VH1 top videos of 2005 countdown last Friday.

...Vote for "Perfect Situation" on the TRL webpage! Your vote counts and is mucho appreciated! (The video is coming to the weezer.com media page asap! In the meantime, its up on Yahoo! Music)

...The Weezer/Rivers edition of "The Ongoing History Of New Music" that we originally thought was going to be broadcast on 11/20, ended up playing on 11/13 and 11/27 instead. Go figure. The shows are usually archived via transcripts on the 102.1 Edge website. (Podcast avail here, but it's unclear if you can get previous shows.)

...dont forget to enter the MySpace Records Contest. (win an XBox 360!)

...December Japan Tour Dates (try for tickets here, good luck with the language gap), and note that we are hearing talk that some of these have sold out already.
December 15, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 16, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 17, 2005 Fukuoka - Zepp
December 19, 2005 Nagoya - Zepp
December 20, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 21, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 22, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast

...message from a far flung land: "...the music of Weezer is being spread throughout the Middle East! My friend and fellow Weezer enthusiast, Ryan, is currently stationed in Kuwait for military duty. He works hard through the long hours in the heat, and when his day of work is completed he relaxes to the sounds of Weezer, sharing the =W= magic with his fellow countrymen. Ryan has proved to be a dedicated ambassador of both our country and of Weezer. Before his tour of duty he spread the music of Weezer to many across his home state of Wisconsin. I hope we can publish this message on the Weezer site to honor Ryan and all of those individuals in the military for their faithful service to our country. Ryan continues to honorably serve his country and spread the music of Weezer in the process. The band should be proud to have such a fan, rockin out diligently in the Middle East!" ---Dave

11/27/05 or roasting up some frozen wieners | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 09:24:00 GMT

...hey everybody! Well, November pushes onward, with the weez men out accomplishing various feats of strength and the airing of grievances...oh, wait, thats Festivus. Well, we'll call it personal time. Trekking through various exotic locales, solidifying ties and searching within for truth! Those are feats of strength anyhow. And in a few weeks, the final leg of the 2005 Make Believe Tour will pick up in Japan, and the rock shall rise again. Beyond the holidays, we know that Rivers will be completing his degree at Harvard in the spring while the others work on music and their own bags. While there is definitely no timetable at this point, there is optimism within the band that the weez will indeed rise again someday, whether in a studio or on the road or both. When? Dunno, but don't sweat it - we'll keep ya posted, and we'll hopefully have some suprises now and again on the website in the meantime.

...CONTEST: Weezer is part of a new MySpace contest where the grand prize is an XBox 360 and other prizes include the inaugural MySpace Records release "MySpace Vol.1" which features music from all sortsa bands including Weezer, who contributed "We Are All On Drugs". So enter the contest now, and keep an eye on the Weezer Myspace Page and the Myspace Music page.

...TRL PREMIERE: Look for the "Perfect Situation" video on Mtv's TRL on this coming Wednesday, November 30! And don't forget to vote for it on the TRL webpage! (The video is coming to the weezer.com media page asap! In the meantime, its up on Yahoo! Music)

...speaking of new releases featuring Weezer, Check out the new "Now That's What I Call Music: Volume 20" CD, as it includes Weezer's big '05 hit "Beverly Hills". I don't think a weezer song has made a "Now That's What I call Music" CD before... leave it to Beverly Hills, the Make Believe juggernaut!

...in response to various questions that have come in about "Perfect Situation" - The version of the song you hear in the video, and may be hearing on the radio (if the station has chosen to play it instead of the original album version), is officially called the Radio Remix. You may recall news of the band doing a small recording session at the beginning of the Foozer tour in Atlanta - the work done there was for this remix. In this version, the instrumental introduction has been shortened and the band added some extra backup vocals, as well as some slight mixing changes for the radio. Also, the chorus melody has been revised, reflecting a change that happened on the road this year when 'sing-along' audiences tended to sing a different melody than what was on the cd, prompting the band to reconsider what was the 'right' melody for the chorus! Anyway, for the moment, this version is only available on the promotional CDs that were sent to radio stations. We dont yet know if there will be a UK/Euro/Int'l cd single for Perfect Situation, but if there is, it would be available on that.
Also, once the "Make Believe" album goes into future repressings (soon), it will have this version on it instead of the original mix.

...Last Sunday 11/20, we were expecting that Toronto's 102.1 The Edge would broadcast an "Ongoing History Of New Music" episode on Weezer, with a particular focus on Rivers. However, several fans have contacted us with the news that no such episode aired. We dont have any info on this yet, but its likely the show simply got pushed back. When we get new info, we'll report it here.

...The iTunes celebrity playlist released on November 15, 2005 by Daniel Radcliffe (aka Harry Potter) includes Buddy Holly. Radcliffe's comment: "Quite simply one of the best pop songs ever written." Nice.

...Large size picture link: here. (picture from 11/1 AOL session)

...December Japan Tour Dates (try for tickets here, good luck with the language gap), and note that we are hearing talk that some of these have sold out already.
December 15, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 16, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 17, 2005 Fukuoka - Zepp
December 19, 2005 Nagoya - Zepp
December 20, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 21, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 22, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast

11/17/05 boring, boring, fixing TV dinners | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 02:43:00 GMT

...Weezer's AOL Sessions are coming online as of tomorrow, Friday Nov 18! This is the word we've gotten, so stay tuned to the AOL Sessions site. This show comprises 5 songs performed live plus an interview and a 'making of' mini documentary ('making of' not up yet), all shot at Capitol Studios' Studio A, in Hollywood on 11/1.

Large size picture link: here. (picture from 11/1 session)

...The new Weezer video, "Perfect Situation", got a world premier on Mtv2 on 11/11, though some fans report having trouble catching the video that day or therafter. Its hosted on yahoo.com (direct link here), and by now is cropping up on some fan sites. The video will join our media page shortly, as will all of weezer's older videos, which have been missing for a while now since we switched over to the new site. It's all part of getting all the weezer.com features you knew and loved back up and running again, not to mention expanding beyond where we left off!

...The "Perfect Situation" single has gone to radio and is rising fast on the charts already - up to #7 from #11 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart this week.Show your support of this great song and call your local radio station to request it! And if you have already been doing this, thank you very much!

...coming up this Sunday 11/20, Toronto's 102.1 The Edge will be broadcasting an "Ongoing History Of New Music" episode on Weezer, with a particular focus on Rivers.

...J.O.N.A.S., the Official Weezer Street Team is back again! JONAS is now accepting applications again for fans who want to promote Weezer’s new single, “A Perfect Situation” and the video. If you are interested in joining this community of hardcore and dedicated fans please visit www.weezerjonas.com to fill out an application now. Thanks!

...December Japan Tour Dates (try for tickets here, good luck with the language gap), and note that we are hearing talk that some of these have sold out already.
December 15, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 16, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 17, 2005 Fukuoka - Zepp
December 19, 2005 Nagoya - Zepp
December 20, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 21, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 22, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast

11/10/05 read the evening papers, give the dog a bone | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:24:00 GMT

Howdy, all! The new Weezer video, "Perfect Situation", debuts tomorrow, Friday Nov 11th! It will be getting an "All Day Premiere" on Mtv2, playing more than once an hour all day long. And online, it debuts on yahoo.com! Whether you tune in or browse over or both, come check it out!

The video was shot several weeks ago in downtown L.A. with Mark Webb directing. Mark has done a lot of sharp looking videos recently, including My Chemical Romance's "Helena", and "Perfect Situation" continues his string of excellent work. "Perfect Situation" features guest star Elisha Cuthbert (seen in "24", "House Of Wax", "Old School" and more) in a rocking role, and asks more from the weezer men than just about any previous weezer video has. And they deliver!

The video will be available on Weezer.com's Media page soon, but for now check Mtv2 and yahoo.com.

The "Perfect Situation" single has gone to radio and is rising fast on the charts already - Show your support of this great song and call your local radio station to request it! And if you have already been doing this, thank you very much!

...J.O.N.A.S., the Official Weezer Street Team is back again! JONAS is now accepting applications again for fans who want to promote Weezer’s new single, “A Perfect Situation” and the video. If you are interested in joining this community of hardcore and dedicated fans please visit www.weezerjonas.com to fill out an application now. Thanks!

...random notes:

#1: Coming fairly soon (exact date TBA) to AOL Sessions - Weezer! Taped live at Capitol Studios in Hollywood on 11/1. 5 songs, plus an interview and a behind the scenes mini documentary.

#2: on 11/20/05, Toronto's 102.1 The Edge will be broadcasting an "Ongoing History Of New Music" episode on Weezer, with a particular focus on Rivers.

#3: There is a new interview with Rivers online now, from AOL.com. This interview was conducted with AOL IM, and the transcript is here.

#4: A new Yahoo! news story about Rivers' springtime plans and more is here. Also see similar takes on the subject at Billboard.com and CNN.com.

#5: A full account of Weezer's 10/17 visit to The Howard Stern show (incl. pix!) is here.

#6: December Japan Tour Dates (try for tickets here, good luck with the language gap)
December 15, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 16, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 17, 2005 Fukuoka - Zepp
December 19, 2005 Nagoya - Zepp
December 20, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 21, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 22, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast

11/01/05 the sun goes down, we head for home | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:42:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 134: AOL Sessions taping - Capitol Records tower, Studio A
Today the band gear was loaded into Studio A in the Hollywood landmark Capitol Records building, for one last gig before the break and the December Japan tour. The band ran thru five songs several times each, and were both recorded to multitrack and filmed. AOL Sessions was once a more common thing for bands to do but it has evolved into a fairly exclusive gig, sort of like getting on a TV show, though it doesnt play on TV. The 5 songs, plus an interview and a behind the scenes mini documentary will all appear on the AOL Sessions site, though we dont have an exact date when yet. I was told that they usually take a solid 2 weeks to edit, mix and process everything before it goes up on the site. So at this point we can hope to see it up in the second week of November.... ish?!

Large size picture link: here.

*****PERFECT SITUATION VIDEO PREMIERE*****
The new video for "Perfect Situation" will be having an "All Day Premiere" on MTV2 on Friday, November 11th. All Day Premieres mean that they will be playing the video a whole bunch of times that day, so chances are when you turn on Mtv2 on 11/11, you'll see it pretty soon.

..."Perfect Situation" single: The single is the 3rd from "Make Believe", and its out now. I've heard it several times on L.A.'s KROQ in the last few days, and I don't turn on the radio very often! Call your local station and request it - let's push this great song to the heights it deserves! It was the #1 requested song on Rock 102.1 in Milwaukee last week, thank you Milwaukee fans!

...There is a new interview with Rivers online now, from AOL.com. This interview was conducted with AOL IM, and the transcript is here.

...A new Yahoo! news story about Rivers' springtime plans and more is here. Also see similar takes on the subject at Billboard.com and CNN.com.

...A full account of Weezer's 10/17 visit to The Howard Stern show (incl. pix!) is here.

...December Japan Tour Dates (try for tickets here, good luck with the language gap)

December 15, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 16, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 17, 2005 Fukuoka - Zepp
December 19, 2005 Nagoya - Zepp
December 20, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 21, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 22, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast

10/30/05 that's just the way it is, it's always the say/(me) | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 01:14:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 133: The Joint at the Hard Rock Casino - Las Vegas, NV
Back to the city of lights out in the Nevada desert, where a few months ago it was the scene for one of the bigger shows in weezer's career, the 100th Birthday bash for Vegas with the Chili Peppers. This time, its a much more intimate gig at "The Joint" to round out the 'Make Believe' 2005 USA touring schedule. Deep in the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, the gear was loaded in and the dressing rooms stocked with water and some snacks, for the last time in what looks to be a long time for the US - though only about 6 weeks for Japan. We were staying in the Hard Rock Hotel upstairs, so getting to the gig only involved some "Employee Only" access.

The surreal town o' Vegas holds many secrets, but the ones we learned about today were the back employee-only hallways that you dont see while out in the casino or chowing down in the Hard Rock Cafe. This is the second casino type show this year, the first being at Atlantic City's Borgata, and the backstage vibe is the same - basically lots of foodservice dudes pushing big carts around, and mysterious people with photo badges walking around looking worried.

Actually, this is the second time weezer has played "The Joint". The first time was the very first show ever at the Joint, when they opened the casino on March 10, 1995. Back then it was an all star show that was partially televised, featuring a bunch of bands including Weezer, Duran Duran, and an amazing performance by Al Green, who was riding high from his fresh exposure on the soundtrack to "Pulp Fiction". Today its the same place, over 10 years later, and its aged pretty well.

The Vegas crowd was a combo of super stoked young fans and a swath of semi-touristy types, people from out of town taking in the show because its there and they are looking for fun. Any show in a casino has got to expect such a mix, and the net effect was a happy crowd who werent moshing for the most part, but were definitely pretty loud. Today's "Undone" acoustic helper/guitar winner was Morganne, who later confessed to being a total beginner on guitar, but sorta had us fooled as she was actually hitting the chords for the most part, and making the rest up with her charm.

The Vegas crowd got a Halloween treat tonight, with the band coming out in costumes for the encore. Pat was done up in a Roman toga (hail Caesar?), Brian had a mysterious scarlet wizards hood on and kinda looked like he was in early 70's Yes or Genesis (Stonehenge! where the demons dwell...), Scott was done up as a caveman and regaled the crowd during the opening of Undone with such Cro-Magnon classics as "Me like tree. me fall in lake." And Rivers emerged as the escaped convict in the classic 'stripes' getup. Fun stuff, and a triumphant end to the US touring in 2005. A bittersweet moment to be sure! See ya'll next time! (Except for Japan - see you guys in December!)

Large size picture link: here, more: 1.

The current tour merchandise(updated 10/25/05).
(Note: these shirts are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them! *updated 10/15*)

..."Perfect Situation" single: The video is in the final stages - the band has seen a rough cut and the final version should be ready for the world soon. The single is the 3rd from "Make Believe", and its out now. I've heard it several times on L.A.'s KROQ in the last few days, and I don't turn on the radio very often! Call your local station and request it - let's push this great song to the heights it deserves! It was the #1 requested song on Rock 102.1 in Milwaukee this past week, thank you Milwaukee fans!

...There is a new interview with Rivers online now, from AOL.com. This interview was conducted with AOL IM, and the transcript is here.

...A new Yahoo! news story about Rivers' springtime plans and more is here. Also see similar takes on the subject at Billboard.com and CNN.com.

...Weezer on AOL Sessions (taping) on Wednesday 11/01 - air date TBA (schedule change)

...A full account of Weezer's 10/17 visit to The Howard Stern show (incl. pix!) is here.

...December Japan Tour Dates (try for tickets here, good luck with the language gap)

December 15, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 16, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 17, 2005 Fukuoka - Zepp
December 19, 2005 Nagoya - Zepp
December 20, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 21, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 22, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast

10/29/05 nothing ever happens in Blaine | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 06:59:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 132: Selland Arena - Fresno, CA
Back out in the middle of the San Joaquin Valley for the first time in several years, and it feels good. Todays show at Fresno's Selland Arena was the first post Foozer show, and while its sad not to still be out with the Foo people, it was a real treat to be in front of a fully weezed out crowd again. The crowd only had a few weeks to gather, as this show was announced very late in the game, but the 2200 or so peeps who did make it down were ultra stoked and amounted to one of the more loud and raucous crowds of the tour!

Today's crowd got a special treat, though most wernt sure what exactly it was during the show. The band ran thru Gary Numan's classic early new wave song "Are Friends Electric?", with Rivers on the Moog and Brian and Pat teaming up for vocal duties. "Are Friends Electric?" is one of several cover songs the band has been or intends on learning, to bolster their arsenal of tunes. Theyve been keeping it democratic, choosing songs to try by picking them out of a hat from an equal amount of suggestions from each band member. Anyway, it sounded great, and the whole set, as well as Hot Hot Heat's set, rocked hard. The crowd went crazy. There was more crowdsurfing at this show than at most of the Foozer shows!

Big ups to Live 105's Miles the intern, Craig S. (bro of T-Bone Sully, and an early weez supporter from '94), and Elisa E. an extra at the Perfect Situation video shoot, all in the hizzouse tonight!

fan reaction! (more on the comment page and leave your own)
"...I have spent half of my life loving weezer, ever since I was 10 years old and the Blue album came out, and to finally see them tonight was just a dream come true. I can easily say that they have been my all-time favorite band for the last 11 years. Well finally, I got to see them. Tonight at the Selland Arena in Fresno, CA, the weez put on an ultimate show. My impression watching Rivers tonight was that he finally came to a point in which he realized how much he loved what he was doing. From dancing around like fools to the whole band just soaking up the love it just appeared that the band had come full circle to the music that brought them and the world great joy. I had read the reports of how people say that they really enjoy themselves on stage, and I saw that very evident tonight. I really felt proud to say that I had been there with the band since the begining and see them struggle and grow, but then come to the pinnacle ofsuccess they have reached. Weezer, you are the epitome of what rock stars should be about on stage. I loved you back then, and I love you, somehow, even more now. Thank you for coming out to the valley and hopefully you felt the love that we have for you all." ---Paul D.

Large size picture link: here, more: 1.

The current tour merchandise(updated 10/25/05).
(Note: these shirts are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them! *updated 10/15*)

...Speaking of the Perfect Situation video, a rough cut has been seen and it looks great so far. Now that we've got the rough cut, we should know when a final version will be going out to the world soon...

...and speaking of Perfect Situation, its the new single from "Make Believe", and its out now. Call your local station and request it! Let's push this great song to the heights it deserves! It was the #1 requested song on Rock 102.1 in Milwaukee this past week, thank youuu Milwaukee fans!

...There is a new interview with Rivers online now, from AOL.com. This interview was conducted with AOL IM, and the transcript is here.

...A new Yahoo! news story about Rivers' springtime plans and more is here. Also see similar takes on the subject at Billboard.com and .

...The "We Are All On Drugs" video has climbed to #10 this week on the MuchMusic Countdown this week.

...Headlining shows coming up now! Folks, these 2 shows will be the last US weezer shows for what looks to be a looong time - make the trip if you can! Freakout in Fresno!
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale now!

...Weezer on AOL Sessions (taping) on Wednesday 11/01 - air date TBA (schedule change)

...A full account of Weezer's 10/17 visit to The Howard Stern show (incl. pix!) is here.

...December Japan Tour Dates (try for tickets here, good luck with the language gap)

December 15, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 16, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 17, 2005 Fukuoka - Zepp
December 19, 2005 Nagoya - Zepp
December 20, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 21, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 22, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast

10/28/05 the teacher and the farmer and the soda jerk | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:32:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 131: Foozer/Wee Fighters #25: Oakland Arena - Oakland, CA
Last day of the Foozer tour!?! Sad but true, but there were some mad wacky hijinks tonight to make up for it in spades. The Oakland Arena was pretty packed with nearly 13,000 attendees, making it one of the best attended shows of the whole Foozer tour. So it was the perfect stage to send off what has been just about the most fun and exciting tour in weezer's career to date, thanks to the greatness that is the whole Foo organization. Dave Grohl made it a point in his talking to the crowd that this was also the best Foo Fighters tour "in a long long long time", and that touring with weezer has been the best. Feel the love, people!

Now, being the last show of the tour, it is sort of an old tradition (though not required) that bands pull pranks on each other, in an attempt to throw the other band off during their set, and in general cause as much mayhem as possible. Weezer knew going into this that the Foos do not mess around when it comes to mayhem, and they knew they were outclassed big time. It was really just a matter of bracing for the inevitable, and they got a bucketful! It started when Rivers was doing the acoustic solo 'Island In The Sun' thing, and an exotic dancer lady crept up and started shaking her stuff right behind him for the rest of the song, prompting Rivers to croak "save me!" at one point. Then came phase 2 of the Foo Master Prank Plan (F.M.P.P.): Dave Grohl stormed the stage as the "volunteer" for Undone, claiming to be local boy "Billy Bob" and pretending to just be learning the song. Of course Dave shortly emerged as an Undone expert, shredding along with the guys and then sacrificing the Washburn to the guitar gods with a manly smash up at the songs climax.

But it wasnt over there! 2 songs later, during 'Buddy Holly', a 6 man squad of exotic MALE dancers stormed the stage doing a nearly complete stripshow by the songs end. Thes guys were keeping it real. Real oiled. They even had 'weezer' spelled out across their chests. Only weezer's strong dedication to craft (and not inconsiderable levels of embarrassment) kept them focused on performing the song to the end! It was one of the better tour pranks in the opinions of many crew guys, and it was by far the best one ever played on weezer. The Foo's pranked weezer right out of the ballpark, to the extent that Weezer didnt have anything even remotely good enough to respond with. As Dave said later "I ain't worried". And he shouldn't have been. After you slam dunk like that, you dont have much to worry about!

After the Foo set, it was time to say goodbye, and it was a sad day. Even though everyone is a little road weary, it was generally agreed that it would have been awesome to have done more like 40 shows instead of the 25 we did. Crews and bands alike were sorry to part company, especially after everything went so much smoother than anyone anticipated.

Big ups to (the other) Neil Young, (the real) Rick Rubin, Eric L. and Cindy Mah, in the hizzouse tonight!

Large size picture link: here, more: 1.

The current tour merchandise(updated 10/25/05).
(Note: these shirts are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them! *updated 10/15*)

...There is a new interview with Rivers online now, from AOL.com. This interview was conducted with AOL IM, and the transcript is here.

...A new Yahoo! news story about Rivers' springtime plans and more is here.

...The "We Are All On Drugs" video has climbed to #10 this week on the MuchMusic Countdown this week.

...The new single from "Make Believe" is "Perfect Situation", and its out now. Call your local station and request it! Let's push this great song to the heights it deserves! The video for this song was shot last week in LA and is now in the editing room. It should be out soon. More info when we have it.

Headlining shows coming up now! Folks, these 2 shows will be the last US weezer shows for what looks to be a looong time - make the trip if you can! Freakout in Fresno!
10/29 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena - on sale now!
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale now!

...Weezer on AOL Sessions (taping) on Wednesday 11/01 - air date TBA (schedule change)

...A full account of Weezer's 10/17 visit to The Howard Stern show (incl. pix!) is here.

...December Japan Tour Dates (try for tickets here, good luck with the language gap)

December 15, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 16, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 17, 2005 Fukuoka - Zepp
December 19, 2005 Nagoya - Zepp
December 20, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 21, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 22, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast

10/27/05 the sun comes up, we go to work | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:26:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 130: travel/day off - to San Francisco
An uber-long 800 mile drive from Seattle all night led us to the golden city of San Fran by mid afternoon today. Perched in Nob Hill, the various weez folk descended into the caverns of the city and had some fun on a rare day off.

...There is a new interview with Rivers online now, from AOL.com. This interview was conducted with AOL IM, and the transcript is here.

...A new Yahoo! news story about Rivers' springtime plans and more is here.

...The "We Are All On Drugs" video has climbed to #10 this week on the MuchMusic Countdown this week.

...The new single from "Make Believe" is "Perfect Situation", and its out now. Call your local station and request it! Let's push this great song to the heights it deserves! The video for this song was shot last week in LA and is now in the editing room. It should be out soon. More info when we have it.

Headlining shows coming up now! Folks, these 2 shows will be the last US weezer shows for what looks to be a looong time - make the trip if you can! Freakout in Fresno!
10/29 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena - on sale now!
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale now!

...Plus the remaining Foozer show in Oakland.

...Weezer on AOL Sessions (taping) on Wednesday 11/01 - air date TBA (schedule change)

...A full account of Weezer's 10/17 visit to The Howard Stern show (incl. pix!) is here.

...weezer tribute band alert!

#1: Morning Theft are playing tomorrow, Friday 10/28 at Fat Baby in Boston. (rivington st between essex & ludlow st) 9pm, 21+. They will be performing the entire "blue album" from start to finish.

#2: "The Sicky Gnar-Gnars" will be playing at Downtown Brew in San Luis Obispo, CA on Nov. 12th at 8 pm. This is a Benefit Concert for Hurricane Katrina Relief and the Gnars will be playing along with 3 other local bands. Cover charge is $5-$10. Ages 21 and up.

...December Japan Tour Dates (try for tickets here, good luck with the language gap)

December 15, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 16, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 17, 2005 Fukuoka - Zepp
December 19, 2005 Nagoya - Zepp
December 20, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 21, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 22, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast

10/26/05 nothing ever happens, it's all the same | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 06:03:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 129: Foozer/Wee Fighters #24: Key Arena - Seattle, WA
In the shadow of the Space Needle, the Key Arena sits, nestled in the Queen Anne neighbrohood of Seattle. Why cant all the arenas be right in the city like this one? It gets lonely out in the middle of endless acres of parking lots, 20 minutes away from the city. Well, its just one more reason that Seattle is cool. One thing that counteracted some coolness however, at least for the ravenous fans in the audience, was the very restrictive rules about crowdsurfing and moshing. Its nice for those who dont want to get squashed, but it creates a bit of a frustrated vibe in the crowd sometimes. Apparently thise who came over the front got marked with a pen or something, and if they came over a second time they'd get ejected. This in the hometown of grunge! What's the world comin' to?

Anyway, another good show tonight, in whats turned out to be quite a string of good ones over these last few weeks. The Foozer tour is gonna be one for the books!

Thanks to tonight's 'Undone' acoustic guitar helper/free Washburn acoustic winner, "Johnny", who is apparently not named Johnny - the band mis-heard him! Well, whoever you are, thanks and congrats! And big ups to another Johnny, whose name is actually John - John D., bicycle consultant and legal consul to the stars, in the hizzouse tonight!

Large size picture link: here, more: 1.

The current tour merchandise(updated 10/25/05).
(Note: these shirts are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them! *updated 10/15*)

...There is a new interview with Rivers online now, from AOL.com. This interview was conducted with AOL IM, and the transcript is here.

...A new Yahoo! news story about Rivers' springtime plans and more is here.

...The "We Are All On Drugs" video has climbed to #10 this week on the MuchMusic Countdown this week.

...The new single from "Make Believe" is "Perfect Situation", and its out now. Call your local station and request it! Let's push this great song to the heights it deserves! The video for this song was shot last week in LA and is now in the editing room. It should be out soon. More info when we have it.

Headlining shows coming up now! Folks, these 2 shows will be the last US weezer shows for what looks to be a looong time - make the trip if you can! Freakout in Fresno!
10/29 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena - on sale now!
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale now!

...Plus the remaining Foozer show in Oakland.

...Weezer on AOL Sessions (taping) on Wednesday 11/01 - air date TBA (schedule change)

...A full account of Weezer's 10/17 visit to The Howard Stern show (incl. pix!) is here.

10/25/05 nothing ever happens in Blaine | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 06:04:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 128: Foozer/Wee Fighters #23: Memorial Coliseum - Portland, OR
PDX rocks! Portland is a city thats had a strong local music scene for years, and theres great enthusiasm here for rock shows, from the super indie level up to arena rock. Todays show was at the Memorial Coliseum, which is normally the home of the Portland Winterhawks hockey farm team, and is a little worn around the edges, but perfectly suited for rock. Next door is the super fancy Rose Garden, but that's not where the rock was destined to be today.

I made a quick visit to the Burnside skatepark before going to the show, revisiting the spot where in summer 1994 weezer pulled in enroute to their first Portland show, supporting a screening of the film "Rollerball" at La Luna. The hardcore Burnside skaters took one look at the Jabba The Hutt action figure mounted on the dash of our urban assault van ("Betsy"), and gave their blessings without ever having heard of weezer before.

11 years later, there are a lot more people in the Portland area who are aware of weezer and it appears that most of them came to tonight's show. The show was wicked good tonight, and the crowd reacted with more crowdsurfing and moshing than we've seen on most of this tour. Its hard to believe theres only a few Foozer shows left! This has been the best tour.

Todays 'Undone' guest acoustic player was none other than Portland local Pat Finn, the very dude who introduced the original members of weezer to each other back about 15 years ago and played with them in various bands back in LA before Weezer's rise. Now a Portlander for many years, Pat hasn't had a guest appearance onstage with weezer since about '92 at the 8121 club in Hollywood, but he has shared the stage with weezer a few times as an opening act with his band Organic Mechanic. It was a beautiful thing.

fan reactions! (see more in the comment section and leave your own)
"...The 5.5 hour trip from Spokane was more than worth it. my friends and I piled into my little red civic (which sucked for my two tall friends, 6'3" and 6'5", respectively). The Weez played every song I wanted them to except for one (Pink Triangle), but that's good cuz you have to leave the audience wanting more. Rivers looked like he was having a great time. Pat singing Photograph and Song 2 was great, but the highlight for me was a tie between El Scorcho and Say It Ain't So. Thanks for bringin' the rock to the beautiful pacific northwest! and try to get to spokane sometime, I swear it's not that bad!" ---Greg

"...This was my first real concert, and I am so glad...I ran all the way from the checkpoint to the front of the bar in the coliseum. Right before Weezer came on and the lights dimmed, the song "Wish upon a star" was playing and I could NOT stop laughing! wonderful fellas! It was so surreal to be there in the 2nd row...barely able to breathe, being smushed and elbowed constantly, almost suffocating...however, in the midst of it all I found myself gazing up through the fog at the band and screaming along to every word that came out of Rivers' mouth (and sometimes Brian or Scott's harmonies)...Not only was the set list amazing but Rivers got SO into it. I saw emotion in his eyes and heard it in his voice. He walked around the stage for 2 or 3 songs, it was brilliant...Brian's pants were amazing, so props to him!...his harmonies were astounding too! Also, whenever I would look over at Scott I just got more and more into it, he has so much enthusiasim and vibe coming off of him, as does Pat. Yup, Pat...what else is there to say? Pat Wilson, you rocked "Photograph"! GO PORTLAND! Going to the concert made me realize so many more reasons for why I love the band, and I think anyone that went to the show will have a perfect understanding of why..." ---Becca B.

Large size picture link: here.

And see many more pix, shot by a fan here.

The current tour merchandise(updated 10/25/05).
(Note: these shirts are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them! *updated 10/15*)

...There is a new interview with Rivers online now, from AOL.com. This interview was conducted with AOL IM, and the transcript is here.

...A new Yahoo! news story about Rivers' springtime plans and more is here.

10/24/05 boring, boring, boring, boring... | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 11:48:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 127: travel/day off - to Portland, OR
Today was a travel day (for some but not all) up to Portland OR, that shining modern progressive metropolis to the North. Smooth flight, quiet hotel, tasty Indian food! A good mix of work and relaxation on a rare day off.

...The "We Are All On Drugs" video has climbed to #11 this week on the MuchMusic Countdown this week.

...Many more pix from the 10/15 Worcester, MA show, courtesy Carina M. from defyUnlearn.com, are here!

...There is a new interview with Rivers online now, from AOL.com. This interview was conducted with AOL IM, and the transcript is here.

...The new single from "Make Believe" is "Perfect Situation", and its out now. Call your local station and request it! Let's push this great song to the heights it deserves! The video for this song was shot last week in LA and is now in the editing room. It should be out soon. More info when we have it.

Headlining shows coming up now! Folks, these 2 shows will be the last US weezer shows for what looks to be a looong time - make the trip if you can! Freakout in Fresno!
10/29 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena - on sale now!
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale now!

...Plus the remaining Foozer shows in Portland, Seattle, and Oakland.

...Weezer on AOL Sessions (taping) on Wednesday 11/01 - air date TBA (schedule change)

...A full account of Weezer's 10/17 visit to The Howard Stern show (incl. pix!) is here.

...special note: Long time weezer fans will note that today is the 10 year anniversary of "The Return Of The Rentals", which was the first solo album by original Weezer bass player Matt Sharp, and which features Pat Wilson's drumming. Fans of this album should really check out this new official Rentals site, now up and chock full of neat stuff.

10/23/05 you can't go to town | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:55:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 126: Foozer/Wee Fighters #22: Long Beach Arena #2 - Long Beach, CA
Another night in the giant fishbowl! Back in LBC one more time, the Foozer tour double dips in the LA basin and comes up full both times. Outside, the micro KROQ promo stage featured a flying =w= made out of metal truss parts, and inside the real thing waited in hiding till near the end of the weezer set before rising to a mighty roar from the crowd. Tonights show was a variation on last nights, with a few different songs in the set, but the overall effect was very similar - a wicked rock assault. Backstage there was a somewhat more relaxed vibe today, probably due to a sense of familiarity with the building and no need to travel to get to a new place. So it felt like the pressure was off a little bit, as opposed to some LA area shows that are the 'one and only' LA appearance. This relaxed sense led to a band that was pretty much enjoying itself onstage.

Big ups to Adam O., Jeff R. of The Power Cords, Todd S, and of course Atom of TSG and Offspring...all in the house tonight.

Thanks to Luis helping out on Undone with the acoustic tonight. This was Luis's second time up this year, but it was his first free Washburn guitar from weezer! Superfan: superstoke.

fan reaction! (more in the comments section and leave your own)
"...I just got back from the show, and it was amazing. Congrats to you, the guys, and the crew for putting up such a good show. Don't want to give away too many secrets, but it was really great seeing Island In the Sun, Say It Ain't So, and all the Pinkerton stuff they played. The lights were amazing, and that would have been really cool to be that guy who played the acoustic. Rivers sounded awesome, and the guitar work was great... there's nothing bad I can say about it. Thanks again... that must have been the best night of my life. "Los Angeles Sub-County!"" ---Daniel G., Los Alamitos, CA =w=

Large size picture link: here, more: 1, 2.

The current tour merchandise(updated 10/25/05)(*"We-Mones" shirt added, pic coming asap!*).
(Note: these shirts are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them! *updated 10/15*)

...There is a new interview with Rivers online now, from AOL.com. This interview was conducted with AOL IM, and the transcript is here.

...The new single from "Make Believe" is "Perfect Situation", and its out now. Call your local station and request it! Let's push this great song to the heights it deserves! The video for this song was shot last week in LA and is now in the editing room. It should be out soon. More info when we have it.

Headlining shows coming up now! Folks, these 2 shows will be the last US weezer shows for what looks to be a looong time - make the trip if you can! Freakout in Fresno!
10/29 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena - on sale now!
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale now!

...Plus the remaining Foozer shows in Portland, Seattle, and Oakland.

...Weezer on AOL Sessions (taping) on Wednesday 11/01 - air date TBA (schedule change)

...A full account of Weezer's 10/17 visit to The Howard Stern show (incl. pix!) is here.

10/22/05 you can't go to the country | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 06:09:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 125: Foozer/Wee Fighters #21: Long Beach Arena - Long Beach, CA
Huge rock scene inside what you may have thought was an aquarium...but is far from one!
Tonight was the reuniting of the Foozer machine, with the full Hot Hot Heat / Weezer / Foo Fighters lineup in place for the first time since the 15th of October. Turns out the Foos had quite a different experience than weezer in the week interim. While weezer was doing Stern, the Perfect Situation video, Leno and the headline show in Santa Barbara, the Foos were supposed to go to Cancun Mexico for a huge show. But Hurricane Wilma derailed that plan at the last minute, so they ended up having a mini vacation. In the words of Napoleon Dynamite, 'Luckyy!'. But that still is lame to have to cancel a show, no band enjoys doing that. Curse you Wilma!

Well anyway, the Foozer rock was back on, inside the immense Long Beach Arena, which oddly has been painted on its round exterior to resemble an underwater ocean scene for years. Meanwhile the aquarium down the road doesnt resemble the ocean at all. Go figure. Much more important thant the exterior of course, was the interior, where the show went down. Tonights show was a complete sell out, with close to 13,000 people packing in. The floor area of the arena is pretty much the largest floor in the country, so it fits a vast quantity of people, making for really crazy shows. In fact they use the rarely seen outside of festivals "T" shaped barricade here, to keep the front of the crowd from being so wide that potential 'shoving' incidents dont escalade into crowds of people falling over.

So it was on. Foozer in the greater LA area at last. Devastating! And tomorrow, it all happens again, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel.

Tonight's 'Undone' acoustic assistant was Mike, who definitely knew what he was doing up there. Thank you Mike! And big props to Justin F. and Jason R., in the house of rock. Also Chris n' Dil!

Large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise(updated 10/07/05).
(Note: these shirts are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them! *updated 10/15*)

...There is a new interview with Rivers online now, from AOL.com. This interview was conducted with AOL IM, and the transcript is here.

...The new single from "Make Believe" is "Perfect Situation", and its out now. Call your local station and request it! Let's push this great song to the heights it deserves! The video for this song was shot last week in LA and is now in the editing room. It should be out soon. More info when we have it.

Headlining shows coming up now! Folks, these 2 shows will be the last US weezer shows for what looks to be a looong time - make the trip if you can! Freakout in Fresno!
10/29 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena - on sale now!
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale now!

...Plus the remaining Foozer shows in Long Beach, Portland, Seattle, and Oakland.

...Weezer on AOL Sessions (taping) on Wednesday 11/01 - air date TBA (schedule change)

...A full account of Weezer's 10/17 visit to The Howard Stern show (incl. pix!) is here.

10/21/05 the sun goes down | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:12:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 124: Santa Barbara County Bowl - Santa Barbara, CA
Way up in the chilly foggy hills above Santa Barbara, they dug out a bowl back in the old days, and today it was time to fill it with loud rock and roll. Weezer has never played this place before, and it was a really cool place to have a show. But local Santa Barbara-ites already knew that. In fact weezer has really only played Santa Barbara a handful of times, including such disparate shows as a club show in '94 (just a few days after the Blue Album was released), an Oasis covers set (as 'Goat Punishment') in early '99, and the Warped Tour in 2000.

A li'l SB/LA rivalry was exposed when Scott was saying whats up to the crowd, so he reminded them that they were all rocking together in brotherhood, no matter where they were from. And that was true for this show - if you weren't huddled together with your fellow concert goers, you were probably freezing! There was the consistent threat of rain throughout the whole night, with frequent light drizzle mixing with the fog and chilly air. Not a night for respiratory tract ailments.

Hot Hot Heat opened up tonight, coming out with the weez for an extraFoozcurricular show. It was great to check out a more lengthy set from them. They have been very cool, right down to dedicating a song to weezer on occasion. They rock it out every night.

Tonight's 'Undone' acoustic assistant was one Cheyenne from SB, who had the chops and held it down. Thanks Cheyenne!

It was interesting to see a fully 'weezer crowd' after several weeks of the mixed Foozer crowd. This was very literally an all ages crowd! Mixed in amongst the high school and college folks were a suprising number of kids as young as 5, there with their parents. Plus there were plenty of people in the 40+ range as well. Weezer for the masses.

Props to Parry and Steve from Nerf Herder, in the hizzouse tonight!

Large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise(updated 10/07/05).
(Note: these shirts are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them! *updated 10/15*)

...The new single from "Make Believe" is "Perfect Situation", and its out now. Call your local station and request it! Let's push this great song to the heights it deserves! The video for this song was shot last week in LA and is now in the editing room. It should be out soon. More info when we have it.

Headlining shows coming up now!
10/29 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena - on sale now!
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale now!

...Plus the remaining Foozer shows in Long Beach, Portland, Seattle, and Oakland.

...Weezer on AOL Sessions (taping) on Wednesday 11/01 - air date TBA (schedule change)

...there is a full account of Weezer's visit to The Howard Stern show (incl. pix!) on 10/17 here.

10/20/05 the sun comes up | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:19:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 123: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno - Burbank, CA
Today was weezer's second appearence on The Tonight Show, having first played it on July 27, 2001. However Pat can claim yet another personal appearance, as he was randomly selected to sing Elvis songs on a "Jaywalking" segment back on January 9, 2001.

For the first time I actually sat in the TV audience for the show, and was pleased to discover that the sound was quite excellent in the studio. The challenge, as always, would be in how it translated to TV, as there are a number of ways the sound can be (and many times is) messed with before it gets broadcast. However, today it seemed that everything went right. The band sounded tight, the sound was translated well to TV, the camera moves were good, and everone in the band got featured nicely. In my opinion this was the best weezer TV appearance of the year so far, and it was a real treat for it to go so well after such a long string of hard work for the band and crew over the last week.

...Check out Weezer hosting MTV2's T-Minus Rock (MTV2's Rock Countdown show) every day this week, Monday thru Friday from 11am - noon (est) or 8am - 11am (pst)! Weezer was interviewed by Jim Shearer for these segments of T-Minus Rock, and it went really well.

...In case you havent been paying attention: "Perfect Situation" has just been released to radio as the 3rd single from "Make Believe". Call your local station and request it! Let's push this great song to the heights it deserves!

Headlining shows coming up now!
10/21 - Santa Barbara - County Bowl - on sale now!
10/29 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena - on sale now!
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale now!

...Plus the remaining Foozer shows in Long Beach, Portland, Seattle, and Oakland.

...Weezer on AOL Sessions (taping) on Wednesday 11/01 - air date TBA (schedule change)

10/19/05 no sporty cars | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:19:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 122: "Perfect Situation" video shoot, day 2 of 2 - Downtown Los Angeles
Back on the scene again today, picking up right where we left off. While fatigue started to set in late in the day after days on end of insufficient sleep and long long hours of activity and travel day in and day out, everyone was buoyed by how pleasent it was to work on this video with such excellent people, and how good the footage is looking! By the time of the midnightish wrap after two 14+ hour days, the exhaustion was rampant but so was the sense that something excellent was accomplished. Thanks to Mark Webb, Elisha Cuthbert and the whole cast and crew, you rock. Can't wait to see how it comes together...

Large size picture link: here.

...Check out Weezer hosting MTV2's T-Minus Rock (MTV2's Rock Countdown show) every day this week, Monday thru Friday from 11am - noon (est) or 8am - 11am (pst)! Weezer was interviewed by Jim Shearer for these segments of T-Minus Rock, and it went really well.

...TOMORROW - THURSDAY OCT 20: Weezer on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno!

And also tomorrow, for those in the SF area, note that LIVE 105 will be playing Weezer's Blue Album in it's entirety at noon during their "Rewind @ Noon" program. Thanks, Miles the intern!

...In case you havent been paying attention: "Perfect Situation" has just been released to radio as the 3rd single from "Make Believe". Call your local station and request it! Let's push this great song to the heights it deserves!

Headlining shows coming up now!
10/21 - Santa Barbara - County Bowl - on sale now!
10/29 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena - on sale now!
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale now!

...Weezer on AOL Sessions (taping) on Wednesday 11/01 - air date TBA (schedule change)

...December Japan Tour Dates:
December 15, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 16, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 17, 2005 Fukuoka - Zepp
December 19, 2005 Nagoya - Zepp
December 20, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 21, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 22, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast

10/18/05 no supersonic airplanes | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:35:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 121: "Perfect Situation" video shoot, day 1 of 2 - Downtown Los Angeles
Video day! Yet another rough day schedule-wise, with brutal call times for the crew and a nasty one for the band. Then it was a 14 hour all day schedule, and that was just the first day of 2. But if the playbacks are any indication at all, it will hopefully all be worth the effort! The director Mark Webb is a really cool guy who really knows his stuff. Iv'e not seen such efficient and effective directing in a long time. He and the production crew he assembled were a real pleasure to work with, and for a long 2 day shoot, it was relatively painless. The shoot happened at the old Palace Theater in downtown L.A., on Spring Street. This Palace is on the Register of Historic Places, and isn't an active theater, but is generally rented out and dressed up for various movie, tv, video, and advertising shoots. The production company transformed nearly every nook and cranny into the various sets needed for the video, including the grand main stage.

We're not going to go into the details of what the video is about, but you'll find some info in this Mtv.com article that appeared today, and we can confirm the news that there is a guest star in the video, one Elisha Cuthbert, perhaps best known for her role on the TV series "24". Another guest appearence is by a person who's work you are pretty familiar with...

Also guest starring were some real weezer fans. Thanks to all who answered our online "casting call", there were many hundreds of applicants in only one day, and the producers had their pick in assemblng a killer 'show audience' and groups of wild fans. The die hard weez-folk seemed a little outnumbered by 'regular folks' on day one, mixed into a crowd of extras who as it turns out were usually weezer converts by the end of the day anyway! We would find that on day 2 many more 'true believers' were called down to help out. THANKS SO MUCH again, to all who applied and helped out both days!

Large size picture link: here.

...Check out Weezer hosting MTV2's T-Minus Rock (MTV2's Rock Countdown show) every day this week, Monday thru Friday from 11am - noon (est) or 8am - 11am (pst)! Weezer was interviewed by Jim Shearer for these segments of T-Minus Rock, and it went really well.

...In case you havent been paying attention: "Perfect Situation" has just been released to radio as the 3rd single from "Make Believe". Call your local station and request it! Let's push this great song to the heights it deserves!

Headlining shows coming up now!
10/21 - Santa Barbara - County Bowl - on sale now!
10/29 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena - on sale now!
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale now!

...Weezer on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday 10/20!
...Weezer on AOL Sessions (taping) on Wednesday 11/01 - air date TBA (schedule change)

...December Japan Tour Dates:
December 15, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 16, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 17, 2005 Fukuoka - Zepp
December 19, 2005 Nagoya - Zepp
December 20, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 21, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 22, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast

10/17/05 nothing ever happens on mars | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:55:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 120: Howard Stern Show + travel day, NYC to LA
Today was a very rough day schedule wise but a fantastic day otherwise. The band woke up at 4:30 AM and headed over to the midtown Manhattan studios of 92.3 Krock for just about the earliest soundcheck of the band's career. Major kudos to the weez crew for getting an even EARLIER start to get the gear set up and running before the band even arrived! After soundcheck, the band returned to the hotel for an hour, then went back to Krock again for the live broadcast.

At Howard Stern the guest band shares the room with Howard and his crew, so the guys did all their interview stuff seated with their instruments, then broke into the songs when Howard suggested it. It was really fun to listen to it all go down. As Howard's many listeners now know, it was an exceptionally cool interview! Huge ups to Howard and co. for making it an awesome day, easily one of the very best days of the year so far for the band.

For more info and the Stern viewpoint on the day, there is a full account of Weezer's visit to The Howard Stern show (incl. pix!) here.

...Important info about the 'Perfect Situation' video shoot! This shoot is happening this coming Tuesday, Oct 18 and Wednesday, October 19, in Los Angeles, and YOU could be in it!

That's right, there is a casting call for extras for this video, and here's the info:
The producers are looking for males and females, ages 18-24.
To apply, send your name, age, phone number, email address and a PHOTO of yourself (must include this to be elligible!) (please keep the photo a reasonably small file size: make it under 30 KB if possible)
...to the following email address:(email address now disabled, 10/19).

If you are accepted, you will be contacted with the details on where to go on Tuesday morning. Remember, the shoot dates are Tuesday the 18th and Wednesday the 19th so get your info and picture in NOW! Thanks!!!

And, if you are accepted, please know the following:
* YOU MUST HAVE A VALID PHOTO ID
* PLEASE DO NOT WEAR WHITE, LIGHT BLUE, BIEGE OR LOGOS, AS THEY DON'T COME ACROSS WELL ON CAMERA
* PLEASE DO NOT BRING LARGE HANDBAGS OR KNAPSACKS
* NO CAMERAS OR RECORDING DEVICES

*note, some have reported that the email address has been bouncing applications back due to it being too full. They are working on processing the applicants as fast as possible, so please keep trying.

10/16/05 on a planet named for a Roman god of war | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:04:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 119: day off, NYC
We rolled into Manhattan early this morning and promptly collapsed in our hotel rooms, catching up on some desperately needed rest. Later, the squad split up to conquer NYC in the various ways the city has to offer. There's really no place on earth like New York, especially not on a blustery day in October.

...Important info about the 'Perfect Situation' video shoot! This shoot is happening this coming Tuesday, Oct 18 and Wednesday, October 19, in Los Angeles, and YOU could be in it!

That's right, there is a casting call for extras for this video, and here's the info:
The producers are looking for males and females, ages 18-24.
To apply, send your name, age, phone number, email address and a PHOTO of yourself (must include this to be elligible!) (please keep the photo a reasonably small file size: make it under 30 KB if possible)
...to the following email address:weezervideo@mac.com.

If you are accepted, you will be contacted with the details on where to go on Tuesday morning. Remember, the shoot dates are Tuesday the 18th and Wednesday the 19th so get your info and picture in NOW! Thanks!!!

...don't forget: WEEZER ON HOWARD STERN MONDAY MORNING 10/17! Check it out for tunes and talk!

10/15/05 you stand around, you stand some more | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 03:15:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 118: Foozer/Wee Fighters 20: Worcester, MA - DCU Center (FKA The Centrum)
They love their rock in Worcester! Great energy today in the outer orbit o' Boston. We rolled over to the DCU Center in Worcester, which is one of many mini-cities in central/eastern Mass that are related to Boston by geography but are basically their own self contained deal, too. But that doesnt stop throngs of fans from driving up the Mass Pike to invade and rock out to the shows that come through. Tonights crowd were hungry for action and displayed major stoke like Van Halen.

Tonight was the last Foozer show till next Saturday, as both bands have a week of 'other' coming up. So there was a need to rock hard tonight to make it last, and thats just what everyody did. C Minus did his thang on the turntables between sets. Hot Hot Heat proved once again that they are no slouches with their Brit pop-ish high energy style. Weezer battened down the hatches and delivered a devastating set. And the Foo's totally blew the doors off!

Thanks to 'Undone' acoustic volunteer Billy (from Tennessee??) who delivered!

In the house tonight: Rivers's mom (second time this tour!) and Mike Mushock from Staind.

This fan review sorta says it all...and then some... (more comments in the comment section, and leave your own)
"...Wow...the show was amazing! I'll try to recap it the best I can...first up was the opening act, the Hot Hot Heat. I had no idea what to expect from them so I was pleasently suprised by their solid performance. After the Hot Hot Heat finished I went the bathroom, and the line was huge, and after I got out, I hear the crowd cheering and I know that Weezer is coming on. Seconds later, "My Name is Jonas" starts playing, and at this point I was running back towards my seat in a desperate panic. I was able to get back in my seat just in time to hear "My name is Wepeel!!" screamed by a very energetic Rivers. From there it only got better. Perfect Situation was next, and it sounded great. The crowd joining in on the "whoa-ooo"s for the last chorus was awesome. After that, as Rivers said "Lets kick it new wave style!" and they did an awesome rendition of "Don't Let Go", which was changed a lot from the album version, and then "This is Such a Pity" Scott did a great job singing "Dope Nose", which I believe was followed by a nice cover of the Foo Fighters Big Me (I can't remember the exact order)...

...Next was the pinkerton section of the concert!! Brian did a wicked good job on vocals for "Why Bother", throwing in a lot of extra emotion. I was really suprised by how well he pulled it off. Next was "The Good Life", which I was sooo happy to hear. Rivers put so much emotion into it that it brought a few tears of happiness to my eyes. After that it was time for some "El Scorcho", with Rivers guitarless, running around the stage making all kinds of hand motions to get the crowd going, which was really cool. Rivers started bowing to Brian during the solo and then sang the begining of the last verse from the floor, which was just awesome. Rivers looked like he was having a great time throughout the concert...

...A solid "We Are All on Drugs" performance followed that, followed by(I think) "Say it Ain't So", which was not only the highlight of the concert, and probaly the best single song I have ever seen performed live in my life. Maybe I'm biased because it's my favorite song of all time, but it sounded amazing. "Surf Wax America" was great as to be expected, and "Beverly Hills" sounded good too.Oh yeah, I should have mentioned I loved River's story about the toothpaste. Then it was Pat's turn to take over the guitar and mic, and Rivers took over the drumming duties. Pat did a damn good job with "Photograph" which then turned into a cover of Blur's "Song 2", which really got the place going crazy. During the end of "Song 2", Brian and Scott joined Rivers on the drums and the 3 of them played a little outro together which was cool. And then they left, only to come back out for a kick ass encore..." ---Matt M.

Large size picture link: here, more: 1, 2.

Many more pix from this show, courtesy Carina M. from defyUnlearn.com, are here!

The current tour merchandise(updated 10/07/05).
(Note: these shirts are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them! *updated 10/15*)

...Mtv Brazil weezer interview here. (if you dont see the little picture of Rivers and Brian, use the search box for "weezer" and it will come up).

...There is a excellent article/interview with Rivers in the November issue of Shambhala Sun magazine. You can read an excerpt here.

...And in case you havent been paying attention: "Perfect Situation" has just been released to radio as the 3rd single from "Make Believe". Call your local station and request it! Let's push this great song to the heights it deserves! The video shoot for this song is happening in just a few days! See tomorrows news and the mailing list for an important announcement in that regard!

10/14/05 no sports or entertainment, or swinging bars | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 02:36:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 117: Foozer/Wee Fighters 19: East Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines Arena (Meadowlands)
Rain, traffic, confusion! But the rock cannot wait for those stuck in the Lincoln Tunnel or on the NJ Turnpike. Though we wish it could, as it was a stormy Friday and a lot of people couldn't get to the show on time.

Before we drove out to Jersey for the show, we went to the Mtv studios at Times Square, where the band was interviewed by Jim Shearer for next week's Mtv2 T-Minus Rock episodes. This show is a hour long show that plays (mostly) new rock videos, which are interspersed with interview clips with a band. It went really well! (and thanks for the 'karl props', Jim + weezer!) So all next week on Mtv2 (from 10/17 thru 10/21), you can watch weezer interviews during T Minus Rock. They also did a short interview for Video Mods and something for the Vh1 countdown show. Killing many birds with one stone and all that. The later interviews included the nice exchange: "What was the inspiration for the song "Beverly Hills"?" Pat: "I think it was a place called Beverly Hills".

Then we got back in the vans and cruised thru the incessant rain, under the lane restricted Lincoln Tunnel and out to East Rutherford, land of crazy crisscrossing parkways. Today's show was at the home of the New Jersey Nets and the Devils, Continental Airlines Arena, which everybody still calls Meadowlands anyway. Today was the latest in a long series of soaking rainy days here, and with the inevitable Friday afternoon rush hour, and enforced early set times for the Continental Airlines Arena, it was no suprise that the place was still in the process of filling up by the time Weezer started their set. Many people reported terrible traffic on the way to the show as they raced from jobs and school to catch the Foozer experience in time, only to find long slow lines to get in due to the tight security. Hot Hot Heat did a great job as usual, in the face of a crowd that was just gathering together as they played.

Once everybody was in the hizzy, the tallies showed that well over 15,000 people were in attendance, definitely a Foozer record so far! Wow, that's a lot of people.

Tonight was a total rock assault. Weezer's set was such a tight ship that it actually felt a bit shorter than planned tonight! 19 songs flew by like the rain outside, or some such goofy metaphor. It took some time for the crowd to come alive though. Perhaps people were tired and spaced from a long work/school week + the rough weather and traffic to get there, or perhaps theres strict no crowdsurfing/no moshing rules in effect. The barricade was particularly insane, wrapping around the whole floor practically. In any event, the overall effect was a more subdued crowd. Stoked, but not ballistic, as they say. But by halfway thru the set the arena was full at last, and there were finally signs of life. By the end they were roaring like a lion.

Thanks to 'Undone' helper who actually didnt 'help' at all, but still provided some comic relief by admitting to the arena that she didnt know the first thing about playing guitar. Oof! Well, it certainly made her day to be up there with the weez, and Rivers made a valiant effort to teach her a quick lesson. Hopefully she'll be taking some guitar lessons with her free guitar!

Big props to Spike Jonze and Jason Schwartzmannnn who came by the dressing rooms and visited after the Weezer set. Theyre on a little tour of their own right now, with Jason out promoting his new film "Shopgirl". So great to see those guys again!

As they tend to do, the Foo Fighters rocked! They had a vey special guest tonight, as Roger Taylor, the drummer of megaband Queen guested with the guysas they covered Queen's "Tie Your Mother Down"! Is it still a cover when you have an original bandmember playing it with you?

And finally - peoplee, please drive safe, dont dare drive if youve been drinking even a little, and dont speed even if your late getting to the show or going home. I saw the most brutal accident on the I-95 in Connecticut late at night after tonights show, a definite fatality, the guy just lying twisted and bloody in the rain soaked road, next to what was once some sort of SUV. A terrible image to take in, and that poor dude's just gone now. Theres simply no need to go 70-80+ mph in heavy traffic, especially not when its monsooning out. Stay safe!

Large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise(updated 10/07/05).
(Note: these shirts are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them! *updated 10/14*)

...Mtv Brazil weezer interview here. (if you dont see the little picture of Rivers and Brian, use the search box for "weezer" and it will come up).
...There is a excellent article/interview with Rivers in the November issue of Shambhala Sun magazine. You can read an excerpt here.

10/13/05 nothing ever happens on mars | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 03:33:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 116: Foozer/Wee Fighters 18: Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
Some crunk, some trunk, but no junk. A dad in the house, plus 13,749 others! This was a BIG show. The Wachovia Center, the home of the Philadelphia Flyers and the 76'ers is massive and it was pretty much sold out tonight.

In the past weezer has played the Spectrum, an older facility right next door, but now that the Wachovia Center has been built, theres a new place for both the NHL and Foozer activity. Somehow Philadelphia decided to put all their sports complexes right next to each other. There's the Wachovia Center, plus Citizens Bank Park, home of the Phillies (on the site of the old Veterans Stadium), Lincoln Financial Hall, home of the Eagles, and the Spectrum, home of The Phantoms minor league hockey team, and some serious old locker room funk.

"This will always be The Spectrum to me." -Pat, moments before being informed that the Wachovia Center is not the same building as the Spectrum.

Tonight was a solid show on par with the tour so far, though the band reported mixed impressions on how it went. It was a case that happens sometimes on the road, where everyone's impressions of the same event are different. Comments both in person and online from the fans have been generally very stoked, so it just goes to show that you never can tell. In any event, tonight's show was an interesting set, which included the never before played in public "The Damage In Your Heart", which was a real treat to finally hear live. Also for the first time tonight the show opened with "Perfect Situation", now the new single from "Make Believe". This may or may not happen again in the future, but it was an interesting experiment.

Tonight there was another first, as Rivers's dad Frank was in attendance. He later reported that he loved the show and that it was "spectacular". How cool is that?

Thanks to 'Undone' helper Chris, doing it up proper! And props to Jeb Lewis (of TSG '03) in the hizzouse!

fan reaction (see the comment section for more and leave your own):
"...I just saw my very first concert. Weezer rocked! I'm glad weezer was my first, but at the same time distressed. Weezer may have raised the bar too high! Foo was good too, but weezer stole the show. I had a very nice friend take me tonight and we moved into the front, about 15 feet from the stage! It was an incredible experience! I've played classical guitar since age 6...weezer is my new rock guitar idol! Please tell the crew it was awesome!" ---Bryan S.D.

Large size picture link: here, more: 1.

...There is a excellent article/interview with Rivers in the November issue of Shambhala Sun magazine. You can read an excerpt here.

The current tour merchandise(updated 10/07/05).
(Note: these shirts are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them! *updated 10/7*)

10/12/05 take her out behind the barn! | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:06:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 115: day off, Philadelphia
A merciful day of rest, in the grand ol' East coast behemoth known as Philadelphia. Cold wind and rain made it a little less appetizing than usual, with those wanting cheesesteaks requiring a serious plan and a raincoat. Rest was on the agenda, as the schedule is starting to wear at the seams of sanity. But tomorrow is a new day and the batteries should be back at 100 percent.

...keen eyed watchers of Weezers MySpace page recently caught wind of the plans to do a live Weezer DVD. No details are ready for release yet, but yes, that is the plan. More info when it becomes available.

...Chart craziness: The Beverly Hills video was recently spotted at #1 on the Fuse to 10 countdown, and #3 on the Vh1 top 20 countdown. The "We Are All On Drugs" video is up to #12 on the MuchMusic countdown this week. On radio, "Beverly Hills" continues to rock it. It's currently at #2 on the national Rick Dees' Weekly Top 40 Countdown radio show.

...And in case you havent been paying attention: "Perfect Situation" has just been released to radio as the 3rd single from "Make Believe". Call your local station and request it! Let's push this great song to the heights it deserves!

...speaking of "Perfect Situation", plans are afoot to shoot a video for this song. No details available yet.

10/29 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena - on sale now!
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale now!

...Weezer on the Howard Stern Show Monday 10/17!
...Weezer on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday 10/20!
...Weezer on AOL Sessions (taping) on Wednesday 11/01 - air date TBA (schedule change)

...December Japan Tour Dates:
December 15, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 16, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 17, 2005 Fukuoka - Zepp
December 19, 2005 Nagoya - Zepp
December 20, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 21, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 22, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast

10/11/05 grab your lady by the arm | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 03:58:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 114: Foozer/Wee Fighters 17: Bridgeport, CT - Arena At Harbor Yard
In the thick of the post industrial chaos that is Bridgeport/Stamford, or at least this corner of it. Plus we gots moms inna hizzouse.

This corner of Bridgeport is a maze of train tracks, power lines, and smokestacks, and somehow this arena got ploped down right in the middle of it all. As the temperature dropped and the rain came in ourside, we huddled inside for warmth, where just last week we were wondering when it was going to cool down. And what did we find inside today but a source of warmth: Hot Hot Heat! (oof! sorry, couldnt resist that one). That's right, a new opening act tonight, as we enter phase 3 of the Foozer tour already. Time does fly when youre having rock. Like the Kaiser Chiefs before them, Hot Hot Heat look like they seriously have their act together, so the Foozer trifecta triunfa can continue.

Pat did an interview today with WKCI, New Haven.

A few days ago, Scott's dad and Dave Grohl's mom came to the Cleveland show, and today the tradition continued, with Rivers's mom checking out the rock (with earplugs of course)! Props to Beverly n' co.! And big props to Charlie (not Pat's baby in this case, but he gets his props everyday anyhow), who was chosen to come up and help with "Undone", and delivered. (see below for his reactions). Tonights show was another ripper, including a few new subtle evolutions and change-ups to the performances, as the Weezer machine never rests on its laurels.

fan reactions! (see the comment page for more and add your own)
"...The boys are back in town! Rivers represents Connecticut, letting everyone know where he grew up and came from. (Hint E.O Smith publishing, is E.O. Smith High School in Storrs,CT). The guys were amazing! Great job by Scott singing 'DOPE NOSE'. Big props to Brian Bell on the keys! I showed up a few minutes late (traffic), and was pretty far back on the floor. But sure enough Rivers was right next to me performing 'Island In the Sun'. I was the guy, next to the guy, who got River's guitar pic. Oh well... Overall, it was WEEZ at it's best. 'Song 2' by BLUR with Pat Wilson on guitar and Rivers on drums was out of control. Whoa-whooo!!! I've love them since '94, and 11 years later I havent given up hope. They still bring the ROCK!!!!!!!" ---Eric S.

"...i would like for you to pass this message on to any or all of the members of the band, if its not too much trouble, because i didnt find any way to contact them directly. my name is charlie, and im the kid who brian picked to play undone with the guys at the bridgeport, ct show. i wanted to say thank you so much for the best experience in my life, and also for the guitar! it was my girlfriend's birthday present to go see the show, and she had never been to a concert before. not a bad first show, huh? she said that you guys really made her eighteenth birthday the "best birthday a girl could ever dream of." well, in any case, thank you weezer, thank you very much. this was my second time seeing you guys, i saw you at the meadows in hartford, ct back after maladroit came out and i can honestly say that this show was a million times better (only there was no fire this time)..." ---charlie.

Pat was asked what he thought of tonight's show: "They laughed when I said they could have perfect pitch...until I showed them the simple secret - and they heard it for themselves! With silent apprehension, I selected a tone to play. "F Sharp", she said. She knew the pitch each time. She was amazing. I said "Great! But do you think it would be better if we boiled this chicken, or broiled it? Or perhaps broasting?""

(Pat's Late breaking development: "That picture I saw in the hotel - I KNOW that place!")

(Pat's even later breaking development: "Kate Moss predicts General Motors will cease to be an importtant company in the next 25 years.")

(In other news, yes, Pat's weird.)

Large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise(updated 10/07/05).
(Note: these shirts are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them! *updated 10/7*)

10/10/05 welcome him to the promised land! | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 03:58:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 113: Foozer/Wee Fighters 16: Fairfax, VA - Patriot Center, George Mason U.
Out in the backwoods o' Virgina, at the school where George Mason pressed the first bricks with his bare hands. What is reality? Well... actually ol' George was the author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, and GMU today is a serious sports haven. It makes sense, as the Patriot Center sorta felt like an enormous oversized high school gymnasium, and the weez confetti only added to the pep rally vibe. Which is pretty much the vibe you want at these things.

Today was sadly the last day for The Kaiser Chiefs, who have been killing it for the last 10 shows. Great band, great people. Go buy their album! Starting tomorrow: Hot Hot Heat.

Another tight show tonight, continuing an excellent trend. Thanks to Storme, picked to play acoustic guitar on tonight's "Undone" jamb! She was super stoked and clearly knew her Undone chops.

Big ups to Aileen from Scotland, in the hizzouse and enjoying the USA collegiate vibe!

Large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise(updated 10/07/05).
(Note: these shirts are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them! *updated 10/7*)

10/09/05 grab your feller by the hand | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 12:05:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 112: travel/day off: Washington, DC
Pulled in to DC in the morning after an all night trek across the wilds of Pennsylvania. We were staying pretty close to The National Mall, so there was a lot of strolling around looking at famous stuff today, like the FBI building, paintings by Willem DeKooning, and Fred Rodgers' sweater, which was not destroyed although Fred has walked away.

...It's official: "Perfect Situation" is the 3rd single from "Make Believe"! Many modern rock stations have already jumped on the song (some as early as the beginning of the summer in fact), but the official 'add' date is this coming Tuesday Oct 11! Call your stations and request it! You know this song rules!

No word yet on if there will be a UK/Euro/Int'l cd single for Perfect Situation, but it seems likely sooner or later to me. And you may hear a slightly shorter remixed-for-radio version of the song at some point, though I'm not sure when that will be ready for the world. You may recall news of the band doing a small recording session at the beginning of the Foozer tour in Atlanta - the work done there was for this remix.

...Meanwhile, thats not the only song off 'Make Believe' thats making the rounds. "Beverly Hills" is STILL going strong on top 40 radio and the top video charts, "We Are All On Drugs" is still on modern rock radio and Mtv2 and Fuse, and even "This Is Such A Pity" got some serious repeated play on a recent KROQ LA "new music block party weekend". Sweet.

...Hey guys... just a word of warning: these "autographs"? They're fake. Mikey was no longer in the band when Maladroit was released, and the autographs are just way wrong. Take it from one who knows... Buying autographs on the 'net (from anyone but the actual artist) is a risky proposition.

10/29 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena - on sale now!
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale now!

...Weezer on the Howard Stern Show Monday 10/17!
...Weezer on AOL Sessions on Wednesday 10/19!
...Weezer on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday 10/20!

10/08/05 we can't lose | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 03:31:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 111: Foozer/Wee Fighters 15: Cleveland, OH - The Wolstein Center at CSU
Cold and rainy outside, hot and crunchy inside! Cleveland was really Northeast-y today, feeling more like late November than early October, but that didnt matter inside the Wolstein Center, famed for its turkey flavored cookies, apples with worm sauce already inside and geniune handcrafted seats. Mmmmgood.

Of course, its really all about the rock, and tonight was no exception. Epic, big, bold, brash, all these words apply to what happened tonight inside the Wolstien Center, and I am happy to report that it was par for the course, because "par" happens to mean "really excellent" these days. Big ups to C Minus on the 1's and 2's, The Kaiser Chiefs, The Foo Fighters, and of course Weezer, delivering their 80 minutes in tune and on time like DJ Shadow.

Today Brian chose an "Undone" helper who was then literally unable to extracate herself from the crowd. The security dudes worked on the situation for several minutes but it was just too tight up there - she was stuck in a mass of weezer mania! Finally Scott called an audible and selected one Joey, who's "I can play undone" sign caught Scott's eye. Turns out Joey wasn't kidding! Be sure to check the comments section for his detailed personal account of the proceedings!

There was only one glitch tonight, the big =w= didnt rise at first due to an unknown malfunction. But it was a short lived mystery, assuming its proper position only a chorus late, and earning the roars and lighters just the same. The power of the weez is real!

Shout outs to Justin H and Karyn B!

fan reactions! (more in the comments section, and leave your own...)
"...Went to the Foozer show in Cleveland last night- and it was awesome. It was my 8th time seeing the band since 2000- and I'm serious when I say this, but it was the best they've ever been musically. It was nice to see them having so much fun- and they all (especially Rivers) seemed so alive. And tell Scott he did a GREAT job on Dope Nose- I didn't see that one coming. Thanks for putting on a great show..." ---Tom/GumbyTom

"...its been quite some time since ive been to a real rock show. and i thank you. amazing. thats pretty much all i have to say. i just want you to tell rivers that he should just keep on doing whatever he has been. honestly, rivers conversing with the crowd? that just doesnt happen. do not let anyone get on his case about his new found inner peace. his transformation from angry hermit to omnipotent rock god should be proof enough that hes on the right track.
thank you for letting pat sing. thank you for letting everyone else drum. thank you for playing 'song 2'. the best weezer show ive seen in, well, ever. keep on rockin', its what you all do best." ---maryclaire

Large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise(updated 10/07/05).
(Note: these shirts are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them! *updated 10/7*)

10/07/05 with a western star to guide us | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 03:33:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 110: Foozer/Wee Fighters 14: Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena
Today we were deep down in Joe Louis Arena. This place is the ancestral home of the Detroit Red Wings, and has just about as much Detroit soul as Hitsville USA. Next door to the Joe Louis is the Cobo Hall, site of countless rock adventures including 'The Cobo Challenge' skateboard luge event of '01, starring Pat. So our hopes of staging a sequel were dashed, but so it goes. Theres rock to take care of.

Second show in a row tonight, and things went pretty much like the night before, which is to say pretty close to excellent all around. The Detroit crowd was veering somewhere between nuts and mellow throughout the night, with a few surfers here and there and plenty of strong sing alongs. Thanks to tonights 'Undone' voulunteer, Chris, who it turns out happens to be in a band. And big ups to Scott Shriner's dad, in the hizzouse!

fan reaction! (more in the comments section, and leave your own...)
"...that was the most amazing event of my life! It was my 15th birthday, with two other friends, and we had a blast. Four years of the love for the weez, finally culminating in my first experience seeing them live! it was almost too much too handle, being 20 feet from the band. The guy who played Undone looked like he was really enjoying himself, and I noticed he was from my hometown...I loved how Scott told us his dad was in the audience, and sang Dope Nose. And Rivers talked about a new song... "Today in the hotel room, I wrote a new song. It's called Piece of the Pie. We can't play it for you, because you'll record it and put it on the internet. And by the time the new album comes out, you'll all be sick of it!" Whether it's true or not, these are very encouraging to a fan. thanks, Weezer, for giving me the best birthday present ever!" ---Bill

Large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise(updated 10/07/05).
(Note: these shirts are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them! *updated 10/7*)

...These 2 shows have just been added! Note they are Weezer headlining shows, not Foozer shows. we dont know who the opening act is yet.

10/29 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena - on sale now!
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale now!

...Weezer on the Howard Stern Show Monday 10/17!
...Weezer on AOL Sessions on Wednesday 10/19!
...Weezer on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday 10/20!

10/06/05 covered wagons, open toed shoes | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 07:34:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 109: Foozer/Wee Fighters 13: Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena
Deep in Michigan's 'oven-mitt' territory, where I believe weezer has never been before. The Van Andel Arena is a really good facility in the middle of what looks to be a very nice small city. Though it wasnt necessarily packed to the rafters (with stacked actors) tonight, the crowd was loud and had a ton of spirit and heart.

Once again the quality of the bill can't be overstated. The Kaiser Chiefs totally have it together with wicked songs and serious stage presence, both on and off the stage with some 'jumping down in the pit' tactics. And the Foo Fighters are consistently killing it, night after night, with an utterly ballistic show. Cheers to everyone, as every night is a real pleasure to behold.

In between these two, weezer has been honing their show to a razors edge, and tonight they were pretty darn great, if I do say so myself. The band had a great time. Weezer has always been a band who makes adjustments along the way, though the changes have often been subtle in the past. But 2005 has been a major year for developing the stage show, and it really pays off with nights like tonight where everything comes together. The crowd totally helped out this vibe tonight. At one point, Scott asked them, "Do you guys put something in the water here to give you energy?" Later, I asked Scott what he thought of tonight's show, and this is what he had to say: "Tonight...man... Tonight was like a fantastic breath of fresh air, I felt like we were playing in front of a crowd who were so stoked and happy, cheering, like we were their dose of fresh oxygen. I was amazed by their support and enthusiasm. I could totally feel the love in the room. It reminded me of some of the epic shows of the tour, like Dublin or Mexico City. Thank you Grand Rapids."

Thanks to Gregor, tonights "Undone" volunteer, who nailed it...oh wait, here's Gregor now:
"...the show tonight was visually and audibly amazing. =w= put on the show of their career.
tell Brian thank you for picking me out of the masses to help play "undone" and that our jumping synchronization is unmatched. It was the crowning acheivement of my life, i knew someday only knowing 3 chords would pay off. Watching Rivers and Scott thrash to their knees will always be thought of as the moment god touched me. hats off to the whole crew for a night no one there can forget, "Big Me" never sounded good. gratefully yours, gregor"

and heres a fan reaction from some self described "old geezers" (more in the comment section and add your own)
"...Weezer Tickets (floor).........$97.50
Gas to get there...................$45.00
Kleenex & Band-Aids for smashed nose & bloody lip from unknown body surfer.....$2.00
Seeing Weezer live..........PRICELESS
I have to tell you the concert was priceless. My last big concert was REO Speedwagon in the 80's-(wow that looks scary in print!) The crowd induced smoke smelled the same :), the ears ringing for hours afterward and the excitement of the crowd, (although most were 20 years younger than us) was the same. It made us feel young, but not young enough to be on the floor 20 feet from the stage and experiencing the body crushing mob again....We were amazed at the music-they sounded so good live!! Some bands just can't play live and sound like their videos or cds. Not so with Weezer. We were not disappointed in the least. Transition from song to song was smooth, the band made the audience feel like they were part of the performance-nice touch to bring up a guitarist to perform with them and hearing all the songs we have listened to on cd was a dream come true. See, even old geezers do love Weezer. We will definitely see them again, although we may choose a safer distance for the next go-around. Congrats on a great concert!" ---Debbie

Big ups to the parking lot people!

Large size picture: here.

The current tour merchandise(updated 10/07/05).
(Note: these shirts are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them! *updated 10/7*)

...These 2 shows have just been added! Note they are Weezer headlining shows, not Foozer shows. we dont know the opening act(s) yet.

10/29 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena - On sale sat at 10am
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale friday at 10 AM

...Weezer on the Howard Stern Show Monday 10/17!
...Weezer on AOL Sessions on Wednesday 10/19!
...Weezer on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday 10/20!

10/05/05 but danged if i know why | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 12:22:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 108: Day off: Grand Rapids, MI - bowling night!
We rolled into Grand Rapids in the wee hours of the morning, and after a day of rest and such, the troops were gathered for a special treat. "The Troops" in this case were all members of the Foo, Weez, and Kaiser bands and crews who were so inclined. The mission: bowl, listen to classic rock on the jukebox, and eat pizza and 'mini tacos' till indigestion set in! The setting was upstairs at Wenger bowling alley, and the turn out was quite good, with most band members and many crew members making it down. The locals were pretty stoked, and there were some bowling pins and rental shoes getting autographed by the end of the night. Thanks to Gus and Stuart for sorting out an excellent fun time for all.

Large size picture link: here.

...These 2 shows have just been added! Note they are Weezer headlining shows, not Foozer shows. we dont know the opening act(s) yet.

10/29 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena - On sale sat at 10am
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale friday at 10 AM (note that weezer mailing list members have recieved important new info about this show's onsale!)

...Mish Mash Magazine has posted a live show review and photos from the Weezer show 9/27 in San Diego. Their recent interview with Scott should be posted later this week as well.

...The "We Are All On Drugs" video is up to #14 this week on the MuchMusic Countdown.

...Weezer on the Howard Stern Show Monday 10/17!
...Weezer on AOL Sessions on Wednesday 10/19!
...Weezer on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday 10/20!

10/04/05 - it's almost like they welcome us | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 04:41:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 107: Foozer/Wee Fighters 12: Champaign, IL - Assembly Hall
You'd think that you wouldn't need an air conditioned hall in Illinois in October...and you'd be wrong! Hot steamy and muggy was the order of the day in the air conditioner-less and UFO-like Assembly Hall, which was smallish for an arena, sort of like SD's Cox but even more intimate feeling. And hot. And sweaty.

The fightin' Illini call this place home, and they have the fancy locker rooms to prove it. Said locker rooms doubled well as dressing rooms, proving that basketball players and musicians are more similar than either of them think. They both like fresh fruit and all natural peanut butter too.

Theres something about midwestern towns like Champaign. Colleges, farms, truckstops, drive thrus. When the sun starts to set on the flat horizon, it really feels like what it is: the middle of a huge country. Somehow I tend to get a better sense of the country here, like you can sorta feel 'the map' of the USA spreading out around you...or maybe it's just me.

The crowd tonight was kinda calm for the most part for the first 2/3 of the set, and finally came to life as the hits started piling up one after another as the set reached its peak. Still more rarely played songs rising out of the ether and joining the setlist. Todays show was sort of a more refined version of yesterdays, with the new risers and stairways working out well and the planning of the band and crew resulting in a tighter set, though not without a glitch or two - to be expected when things are getting modified daily of course.

Thanks to Matt, todays Undone helper. He seemed to bust out with some nice freestyle flamenco shredding but didnt really play the actual song the whole time... but he sure was stoked!

Big ups to Kyle C., the Champaign/Silverlake connection!

Large size picture link: here, more: 1.

The current tour merchandise(updated 9/8/05).
(Note: these shirts are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them!)

...These 2 shows have just been added! Note they are Weezer headlining shows, not Foozer shows. we dont know the opening act(s) yet.

10/29 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena - On sale sat at 10am
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale friday at 10 AM (note that weezer mailing list members have recieved important new info about this show's onsale!)

...Mish Mash Magazine has posted a live show review and photos from the Weezer show 9/27 in San Diego. Their recent interview with Scott should be posted later this week as well.

...The "We Are All On Drugs" video is up to #14 this week on the MuchMusic Countdown.

...Weezer on the Howard Stern Show Monday 10/17!
...Weezer on AOL Sessions on Wednesday 10/19!
...Weezer on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday 10/20!

10/03/05 'neath a purple desert sky | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 07:28:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 106: Foozer/Wee Fighters 11: Chicago (Rosemont), IL - Allstate Arena
Chi-town! Or rather, a suburb near the airport therof. More specifically, the Allstate Arena is like, 20 feet from Chicago O'Hare airport, as evidenced by the jet airliners passing directly over the arena about every 2 minutes (at an altitude of only about 200 feet) on their way to land. The jets' roars were really loud even inside the arena, but sure enough, they blended right in with the rock music coming thru the PA. Meanwhile the White Sox are kicking butt, and the locals at the nearby Target store (where 'Make Believe' was on their bestselling cd display, a local demonstration of the album's continued strength some 20 weeks after release - #53 last week, UP from #59!) are thrilled. In other news, overly long sentences are still an issue over on weezer.com.

Today weezer got some new set pieces for the stage, a taller drum riser plus metal stairs and platforms so the guys can walk right up to Pat's world and rock out in new ways. The stuff looks great, but an element of chaos is always introduced when you toss in a new technical feature mid-stream. The crew had to make some adjustments on the fly, but as they are the best on the road, they pulled it off. The band worked hard at tightening up their set, and coming up with clever transitions between various songs, to smooth out what was becoming a sort of unruly situation at times. I'd say the hard work is paying off for everyone.

More infrequently heard songs crept into the set tonight, as the suprises keep popping up here and there. Tonights audience was loud but overall mellower than the last few nights. Perhaps there was a "you surf, you leave" rule in effect or something, as surfing was pretty much non existant. Tonights 'Undone' voulenteer (see fan reaction below) was wild, channeling the spirit of Kip Winger! This was a guy who must have been in a few bands, or really put his "bedroom rock" time in, cuz he was pulling some serious shapes and getting big air! Plus he could totally play the part great and even slipped in some lyrics to the '94 demo song "Blast Off!" during the beginning verse parts. That might be the first time those lyrics were ever heard on a live weezer stage...

Backstage after the weez set, the Foo's Dave G. suddently started BLASTING Motorhead and other uber-metal songs in a special room off the Foo's dressing room, for a pre-show psyche up. 'Louder than god' would be an apt description of the volume happening as we gathered in the hall in bemused amazement. Just then Taylor H. walks up nods at the 'noise room' and says: "Yeah, I...uh... I never go in there". Its a lot of fun being on the road with these guys. This is probably the most fun tour for weezer ever, giving the '01 "Extended Midget Tour" with Tenacious D. a serious run for its money.

Big ups to Anuj B., OG 'RWA' webmaster, in the hizzouse tonight!

fan reaction! (more in the comment section, add your own)
"...What a show. Easily the best =w= outing I've seen. More than worth the flight to Chicago. Now I don't know if it was completely random [it was! -k.], but nothing beats the thrill of playing guitar onstage with the weez for 10000+ people. Huge thanks boys for letting me play undone with you last night in Chicago. Truly the greatest experience of my life. It still amazes me that you guys allow yourself to connect to your fans that much and make dreams come true like that. Seriously, thanks so much for everything and I hope I wasn't too rowdy for you, but I definetly had a blast. (off). p.s. - thanks for the guitar!" ---Bret P.

Large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise(updated 9/8/05).

Note: these shirts are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them!

10/02/05 can't you hear the coyotes yodeling | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 04:27:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 105: Foozer/Wee Fighters 10: St. Paul, MN - XCel Energy Center
Another day, another enormodome...not! While it's true that most tours settle into a groove and the venues kinda run together after a while, thees always stuff that varies from show to show that makes them unique. And to the people in the audience, each show is its own dose o' magic, and it's up to the bands and the crew to deliver all theyve got every night to try and drive the crowd over the edge. If all that sounds a bit sappy, well, it is - but nonetheless, its true. There should be no compromises for a great show, cuz every crowd deserves everything that can be delivered to them.

Tonight's crowd was special in that it was the highest attendance so far on the Foozer tour, at well over 12,000, and they were going crazy! Minneapolis had a taste of the Weez back in the spring when we came to downtown's 1st Avenue club. Clearly there were many more fans who wanted to see the show than could fit in that club because today, months later, it looks like they were all in the Xcel Center, going crazy.

This place was going berzerk at times. The trend towards more moshing and crowdsurfing that cropped up in Denver really heated up today. Some songs even had moments of the rarely seen (at least at weezer shows in the 21st century) 'waves crashing onshore' effect of multiple surfers coming over the top at once. Perhaps they were wilder than usual due to the band getting a slight late start tonight. Once weezer made the stage it was all good though, with some new suprises and old faves making their re-appearence, like "Dope Nose", and a certain 90's Brit-pop/alt-rock cover that has never ever happened on stage at a weezer show before. And Later Pat teased the crowd with a bit of instrumental acoustic "Dust In The Wind", and the crowd wasn't messing around, spontaneously singing along with the words en masse! A beautiful arena-rock/VH1 Classic moment.

Thanks to tonight's Undone player, Jake, who it appears was mis-directed onto the stage as he came off a crowdsurf, while the guy Brian actually picked was still coming up on the opposite side of the stage. Oops! But Jake was a sport and did his best despite a major case of nerves and no real claim of knowing the song! Sorry, other dude. But it was fun anyway, if a little goofy at times!

Today Scott and Pat did an interview with 2 radio stations at once, KXXR and Radio Disney. The interview will appear both on KXXR and on a Radio Disney show called "60 Seconds With....", which will be playing several times a day over the coming week on all the Radio Disney stations nationwide plus on 'Music Choice' on Directv. Later it will be available as a PodCast on iTunes.

Shout out to Jordan P. who was at his first show today, and to all on this tour whose its their first weezer show and/or their first concert period! From the correspondance we've been seeing, there's quite a lot of you on this tour, and we hope that what you got on the Foozer Tour was all you were hoping for. Plus a shout out to Corey H. - out there somewhere.

fan reaction! (more in the comment section, and add your own)
"...i just wanted to say, what an awesome concert yesterday, I was blown away. The perfect 1st concert experience. I had my hopes up of getting a pick, autograph, even just shaking hands with one of them, but there were hundreds of people and only 4 of them, so I should have figured my odds long before the concert, besides, I'm a hardcore fan, but I'm sure there were more hardcore people than me there (i kept my hands in the =w= position the whole time though, when i wasn't taking pictures.).

It was totally worth jumping the rail (I had bad seats, i hope you won't report me :P ) on to the floor, and getting -destroyed- on my way up to the front, but I got all the way up there. The school nurse thinks my nose is broken too; a crowd surfer hit me in the head and my faccce plowed into someone's elbow that he was reaching back, so I was double teamed...heh, still worth it..." ---Clark B.

Tonight's show was reviewed here on The Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune.

Large size picture link: here, more: 1.

The current tour merchandise(updated 9/8/05).

*NOTE* - if you see either of the 2 shirts for sale outside any venue on the Foozer Tour, know that they are ILLEGAL BOOTLEG shirts, and should not be bought for any price! These shirts are being sold illegaly and they do not benefit anyone but the scum who sell them. The ink on these shirts is very substandard and will wash out fast, and the shirts are usually printed on defective 'seconds'. Bootlegs - do not buy!

10/01/05 but it's on to california, naturally | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 04:08:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 104: travel to Minneapolis/St. Paul
Today we made our way up to Minnesota, where the leaves are starting to turn on the trees on this 1st of October, but were the temps were up in the mid 80's nonetheless. Minneapolis... city of lakes! City of progress! City without a 7-11!

...The most recent Mtv.com article contains some unfortunate errors that I would like to clear up.

Here are the facts: in summer 2004, at this time when ['Make Believe' producer] Rick Rubin was not often in the studio, I (Karl) was under the impression, based only on my personal assumptions and not actual inquiry, that Rick's role had been changed to more of a 'mentor' as opposed to an active producer, and thats what I incorrectly reported on weezer.com.

Rumors then suddenly flew online and in the press that "Rick was fired", when in fact, the band was talking to and/or meeting with him nearly everyday, and giving him the latest mixes of the songs in progress to listen to and give his input on.

Once I understood the real situation, I added a correction on weezer.com, which made it clear that Rick was indeed still producer and that the band was still working with him (in some form) on a daily basis.

Mtv.com's new article apparently does not take this info into consideration, either due to ignorance or sensationalism, and it amounts to a totally inaccurate description of what was going on during the recording of 'Make Believe'. It states that the story about Rick was "widely reported", which, perhaps aside from the spread of the incorrect rumor, is just plain wrong. Going on to state that "This may or may not be true..." is just a clumsy way of covering for the obvious inaccuracy. Weezer and Rick Rubin continue to have a great relationship to this day, and both are very happy to have worked with each other. I deeply regret that my original factual error, albeit corrected soon after the fact, has spawned such long-reaching negative hyperbole.

...Speaking of Mtv.com, check out the "Week O' Weezer" feature over at Mtv News' Overdrive broadband site. Pretty cool, basically a 5 part Mtv News interview story with the band. (Except that its only available on the IE browser? What's up with that?)

...December Japan Tour Dates (tickets on sale 10/23, pre-sale starts 10/1 - but ticket outlets are unknown at this time, consult with Japanese sources where possible.)

December 15, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 16, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 17, 2005 Fukuoka - Zepp
December 19, 2005 Nagoya - Zepp
December 20, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 21, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 22, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast

...Weezer on the Howard Stern Show Monday 10/17!

...Weezer on AOL Sessions on Wednesday 10/19!

...Weezer on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday 10/20!

09/30/05 ain't no telling what the future will be | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 04:44:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 103: Foozer/Wee Fighters #9: Denver, CO - Pepsi Arena
Big rock in the gigantodome. Today I woke up with a fever and missed the afternoon's action down at the Pepsi Arena, which included a bunch of interviews plus the usual soundcheck stuff.
The interviews were with the Hartford Courant, the New London Day, Mish Mash Mag, the New Haven Register, the Connecticut Post and the Danbury News Times. Then the band did a video interview with 'Starz'. Somehow I made a sudden recovery mid afternoon and made it down in time for the show.

Denver crowds usually seem to have a more party-like, aggro edge to them than the average city, something to do with the combo of the free thinking new age vibe and the college party crowd. In any event, tonight was no exception to the rule. After what seems like a crowd-surfing drought in recent weeks, the surfers were back. Also spotted during much of the set were at least 2 "mosh rings" where the people do that run-around-in-a-circle-and-crash-into-each-other thing. Another strong show for all 3 bands, with things running like clockwork, and plenty of fun being had on stage. The Foo's TM Gus was indeed back on the scene today, keeping things casual backstage.

So tonight was the night of the hurricane benefit food drive, where show goers were encouraged to bring in a canned food or money donation, and (via raffle) 5 lucky donaters won a poster signed by the foo fighters and a weezer lunchbox signed by weezer. The real winners of course are victims of the storm, where the food and monetary donations are headed. Thanks to all who brought donations!

And thanks to tonights Undone guest player, Steve, (a.k.a. Johannes Macintyre)! And thanks to Washburn Guitars for supplying the acoustic guitars that these fans are now getting to keep after the show! (Different from the actual stage guitar)

Large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise(updated 9/8/05).

*NOTE* - if you see either of the 2 shirts for sale outside any venue on the Foozer Tour, know that they are ILLEGAL BOOTLEG shirts, and should not be bought for any price! These shirts are being sold illegaly and they do not benefit anyone but the scum who sell them. The ink on these shirts is very substandard and will wash out fast, and the shirts are usually printed on defective 'seconds'. Bootlegs - do not buy!

09/29/05 in all its wondrous hues | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:28:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 102: travel day - to Denver, CO
Backfield in motion! (Sorry, football season.) To Denver we go...

Hey, check out the "Week O' Weezer" feature over at Mtv News' Overdrive broadband site. Pretty cool, basically a 5 part Mtv News interview story with the band. Except that its only available on the IE browser? What's up with that?

***Special Announcement for people going to the Foozer show in Denver on 9/30!***
The Foo Fighters and Weezer, who are performing at Denver’s Pepsi Center on September 30th, are partnering with Colorado not-for-profit www.consciousalliance.org to host a food drive to benefit Gulf region hurricane victims.

All patrons who donate five non-perishable food items, or $5, will be entered into a raffle to win one of five Foo Fighters posters signed by the band, along with a very special signed Weezer item. Donation bins will be located outside of each entrance to the Pepsi Center, beginning at 5 PM until one half hour into the start of Foo Fighters set. At the bins, donations will be redeemed for a raffle ticket - then submit your ticket into the raffle by stopping by the Conscious Alliance information table located inside the Pepsi Center. Winners will be notified via email or phone two days after the event.

All donations will benefit the Food Bank of the Rockies Hurricane Relief Project.

Canned and dry food donation suggestions include: tuna, ham, beef stew, chili, baked beans, fruit, vegetables, peanut butter, jelly, soup and pasta. Also needed are bulk supplies of granola bars, meal-replacement beverages, baby needs (diapers, formula, food, bottles), and personal hygiene items (feminine care, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo and soap). Non-glass containers are preferred.

For more information on the important work of Conscious Alliance, visit www.consciousalliance.org.

09/28/05 as we watch the sinking sunset | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 07:04:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 101: Foozer/Wee Fighters #8: Phoenix, AZ - America West Arena
Deep inside your standard issue enormodome, surrounded by loud rock! Some might say a little too loud. But you know what some might say. Some might say we will find a brighter day. Sorry, just having an Oasis moment. As for Foozer, we're all getting back in the arena rock groove. Weezer is bringing their A game, a game that they really didn't even develop untill this year, and the response has been awesome. Everyone is still shaking off the effects of all the recent travel, so extra effort is getting put in on all sides, despite soreness, tired bones, creedliness, and what not. There are a few merciful days off coming up in the mix, so battery recharge is at last possible. Tonight the spirit of the early 90's Phoenix Suns with Charles Barkley kept everyone lively.

Thanks to tonights 'Undone' assistant and co-rock out-er, Mandy! And best wishes to the Foo's Tour Manager Gus, who had to sit out tonights 'game' due to an injury sustained while slam dunking. We believe he'll be back on track in Denver.

Post Weezer, the Foos were heard to tease the crowd a bit with some strains of "Say It Ain't So" and a few other weezer teasers, but no full song was done. Night after night, Foo Fighters rock!

Earlier tonight, the Kaiser Chiefs turned in another excellent tight set. This house is smokin'!

Large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise(updated 9/8/05).

*NOTE* - if you see either of the 2 shirts for sale outside any venue on the Foozer Tour, know that they are ILLEGAL BOOTLEG shirts, and should not be bought for any price! These shirts are being sold illegaly and they do not benefit anyone but the scum who sell them. The ink on these shirts is very substandard and will wash out fast, and the shirts are usually printed on defective 'seconds'. Bootlegs - do not buy!

...December Japan Tour Dates (tickets on sale 10/23, pre-sale starts 10/1 - but ticket outlets are unknown at this time, consult with Japanese sources where possible.)

December 15, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 16, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 17, 2005 Fukuoka - Zepp
December 19, 2005 Nagoya - Zepp
December 20, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 21, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 22, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast

...Weezer on the Howard Stern Show Monday 10/17!

...Weezer on AOL Sessions on Wednesday 10/19!

...Weezer on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday 10/20!

***Special Announcement for people going to the Foozer show in Denver on 9/30!***
The Foo Fighters and Weezer, who are performing at Denver’s Pepsi Center on September 30th, are partnering with Colorado not-for-profit www.consciousalliance.org to host a food drive to benefit Gulf region hurricane victims.

All patrons who donate five non-perishable food items, or $5, will be entered into a raffle to win one of five Foo Fighters posters signed by the band, along with a very special signed Weezer item. Donation bins will be located outside of each entrance to the Pepsi Center, beginning at 5 PM until one half hour into the start of Foo Fighters set. At the bins, donations will be redeemed for a raffle ticket - then submit your ticket into the raffle by stopping by the Conscious Alliance information table located inside the Pepsi Center. Winners will be notified via email or phone two days after the event.

All donations will benefit the Food Bank of the Rockies Hurricane Relief Project.

CCanned and dry food donation suggestions include: tuna, ham, beef stew, chili, baked beans, fruit, vegetables, peanut butter, jelly, soup and pasta. Also needed are bulk supplies of granola bars, meal-replacement beverages, baby needs (diapers, formula, food, bottles), and personal hygiene items (feminine care, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo and soap). Non-glass containers are preferred.

For more information on the important work of Conscious Alliance, visit www.consciousalliance.org.

09/27/05 covered wagons, open toed shoes | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 06:01:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 100(!): Foozer/Wee Fighters #7: San Diego, CA - Cox Arena
Back in US and A! Here we are, back on the Foozer/Wee Fighters tour at last. I can't really say everyone's refreshed after a nice break, as we havent been on a break (far from it!), but nonetheless, everyone is ready to rock and stoked to be back in the familiar 'arena tour' saddle. Today was also the first non-festival type SoCal show for weezer in a long while, and it was definitely the first Weezer show in San Diego in a very long time.

The Cox Arena was packed pretty much to the rafters with around 9000 fans, who roared like a lion at the appropriate times. The arena is a cool venue, as it really feels strangely intimate somehow - sort of a mini-arena. When its full as it is tonight, it kinda crackles with small yet huge energy, like a club show on massive steroids.

A very warm welcome to the most excellent Kaiser Chiefs who came in all organized and stuff and delivered the goods right off the bat. This tour rules.

Thanks to local ace Freddy 'Jimson Weed' McLaughlin who helped out on Undone tonight! Plus special shout outs to Atom, who is off tour from the Offspring for a while and came down to visit, and Ron H., holding it down in the SD.

Just when we thought we were free from interrupted and corrupted sleeping pattens, we were rudely awakened on the bus about 3 hours after drifting off, at the Arizona Border Patrol station on the I-8 about halfway to Phoenix. Everybody had to get up and get off the bus and wait in the warm desert wind at 3AM while officers and dogs searched everything. As always, we weren't carrying any funny stuff (nor illegal immigrants), so we were free to go and woefully attempt to re-enter the land of sleep for a few more hours till we hit Phoenix in the morning. Where is that day off?

Large size picture link: here, more: 1.

The current tour merchandise(updated 9/8/05).

...December Japan Tour Dates (tickets on sale 10/23, outlets unknown at this time)

December 15, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 16, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 17, 2005 Fukuoka - Zepp
December 19, 2005 Nagoya - Zepp
December 20, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 21, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 22, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast

...Weezer on the Howard Stern Show Monday 10/17!

...Weezer on AOL Sessions on Wednesday 10/19!

...Weezer on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday 10/20!

***Special Announcement for people going to the Foozer show in Denver on 9/30!***
The Foo Fighters and Weezer, who are performing at Denver’s Pepsi Center on September 30th, are partnering with Colorado not-for-profit www.consciousalliance.org to host a food drive to benefit Gulf region hurricane victims.

All patrons who donate five non-perishable food items, or $5, will be entered into a raffle to win one of five Foo Fighters posters signed by the band, along with a very special signed Weezer item. Donation bins will be located outside of each entrance to the Pepsi Center, beginning at 5 PM until one half hour into the start of Foo Fighters set. At the bins, donations will be redeemed for a raffle ticket - then submit your ticket into the raffle by stopping by the Conscious Alliance information table located inside the Pepsi Center. Winners will be notified via email or phone two days after the event.

All donations will benefit the Food Bank of the Rockies Hurricane Relief Project.

>Canned and dry food donation suggestions include: tuna, ham, beef stew, chili, baked beans, fruit, vegetables, peanut butter, jelly, soup and pasta. Also needed are bulk supplies of granola bars, meal-replacement beverages, baby needs (diapers, formula, food, bottles), and personal hygiene items (feminine care, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo and soap). Non-glass containers are preferred.

For more information on the important work of Conscious Alliance, visit www.consciousalliance.org.

09/26/05 use the money for stools | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:17:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 99: Los Angeles, CA - Jimmy Kimmel Show
Hollywood back alley mini concert! Today we (luckily) woke up and assembled from various points in L.A. behind the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, where the Jimmy Kimmel Show does its 'Pontiac Garage' outdoor shows. The show tapes inside, but a seperate audience assembles in the rear parking lot where they set up a fancy stage. Todays show featured a kid with his 2 goats, Clay Aiken, one of the Ocean's 11 actors, and Weezer.

For the first time, weezer tried a new shenanigan, the wire harness. Scott and Rivers 'flew' around while playing and singing with wireless headsets. It... probably(?) won't happen again, but it was fun to try, sore bits notwithstanding. Weezer played 5 songs total, but only the first 2 were aired on TV. Unfortunately the shows airtime was pushed back pretty late due to Monday Night Football going overtime. But check it out, you can see the performances online - go here to see streaming video of the songs that weren't shown.

Large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.
(updated 9/8/05).

...December Japan Tour Dates (ticket info TBA)

December 15, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 16, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 17, 2005 Fukuoka - Zepp
December 19, 2005 Nagoya - Zepp
December 20, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 21, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 22, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast

...Weezer on the Howard Stern Show Monday 10/17!

...Weezer on AOL Sessions on Wednesday 10/19!

...Weezer on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday 10/20!

...The "We Are All On Drugs" video has moved up to #16 on the MuchMusic countdown.

09/25/05 hock your jewels | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 09:14:00 GMT

09/25/05 hock your jewels" class="fullsize">

...MB '05 Tour: Day 98: Fly from Brazil to LA
Most brutal day of the tour by a long shot - but it was all worth it. Today never really "started", it just continued from yesterday, with the Curitiba show. Our flight out from Curitiba was so early and the show was so late, that there was only about an hour at the hotel to shower and pack after the show before cruising to the airport. So needless to say, it got stupid. Lack of sleep can really get weird on a day where you go to the airport at 5:30 AM, fly an hour, change planes in Sao Paolo, go on a 9.5 hour flight to Mexico City, change planes in Mexico City, and finally another 4 hour flight to L.A. All to find that they lost your luggage. Which happened. The missing luggage included key pieces of band gear which were needed for the next day's Jimmy Kimmel Show performance, so this was no ordinary "I need to buy more socks" problem. We all went to bed crossing our fingers that the airline would turn the stuff up by morning. Fortunately, the luggage came in on a later flight from Mexico City, and by the time we all congregated at Kimmel the next day, we had our stuff back.

Large size picture link: here.

...There is now a second Long Beach show, on 10/23. Tickets on sale now. Apparently they just rolled them over into the new day when the 10/22 show sold out.

...Weezer on the Howard Stern Show Monday 10/17!

...Weezer on AOL Sessions on Wednesday 10/19!

...Weezer on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday 10/20!

09/24/05 it's a thing for which a monarch begs | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 11:47:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 97: Curitiba, Brazil - Curitiba Rock Festival
Wow. One of the all time top weezer shows tonight.
Today we rode over to the Curitiba Master Hall, a somewhat ragged rock club that was probably the perfect setting for Weezer's debut in Brazil. First came a rather chaotic soundcheck, hindered by the sort of not so organized chaos that permeated the day's events. 'Fun but confusing' is an apt description. Except for our crew, who endured a lot of technical nonsense and despite it all kept it together like champions.

After soundcheck it was time for a press conference with the Brazilian press corps and then several interviews back at the hotel, with Mtv Brazil and the Fantastico! show. Then I conducted a short interview with the guys, which will appear here on the website soon.

Later, after some food and some naps, we returned to the club for the show. The shows lineup was a variety of cool South American bands (from various countries, not just Brazil):
Suite Minimal
Radio De Outono
O Sete
Charme Chulo
Bionica
Cidadao Instigado
Acabou La Tequila
and finally, Weezer.

Props to Melvin who was playing in Acabou La Tequila, who did a nice cover of The Ramones' "The KKK Took My Baby Away"

Finally at around 1:30 AM, Weezer took the stage to just insanely loud screaming and cheering from a crowd who were beyond any level of "stoked" that can be measured. Every single person n the place, all the way back to where they didnt even have a view, was singing every word they knew to every song in the set. Meanwhile up front, the suspect (crappy) barricade started to give away during the set, prompting a massive line of security guards to have to brace themselves up against it to hold back the surging crowd. Fortunately they were successful, as a collapse would have caused certain injury to many people at the very least. This place was insane. The band was totally feeding off the energy in the room, creating the rare and beautiful 'perfect storm' show situation that only happens once in a great while no matter how tight a band is. That energy just transcends all the technical issues and other messes that are going on. In my opinion, thats where we were tonight in Curitiba.

Big ups to some special people in attendance today: Raf!!! And Anthony, who once jammed with Rivers back in the old days in LA, before Weezer, before even Fuzz or 60 Wrong Sausages! And Leandro A., who was picked out to help out on acoustic guitar tonight! And all the wonderful people from the Brazilian promoter's office, including Fabiana B., Carla I., and Rodrigo C.! Thanks to all!!!

And a huge thanks to Brazilian band Bidê ou Balde, for lending weezer their (sweet!) vintage Minimoog, whch was brought up from the deep south of Brazil for Brian to play. As we were renting most of the gear, it was a huge help to have such an instrument to take the place of the Moog Voyager that is normally at Brian's side. The Minimoog is a very rare instrument, especially in south Brazil! Bidê ou Balde have been weezer fans for a long time, they covered 'Buddy Holly' on one of their albums, and are a well liked band in Brazil with several albums out.

fan reaction! (for more see the comment page and add your own)

"...I am the lucky dude who got picked to play Undone in Brazil. Dreams come true definitely!!!!! It was unbelievable!!!!! No words can express the feeling. Wow!!!!! The only thing going to my mind was trying not to screw up the song, one of my favorites. I think I did OK, right? Wow!!!! Sharing the stage with them was such a thrill and an honor!!!! Weezer must return to Brazil as soon as possible! Yeah!!!!" ---Leandro A.

Show review here, from a Sao Paolo newspaper. (hat tip: alessandra w.)..
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Large size picture link: here, more: 1, 2.

The current tour merchandise. (updated 9/8/05)

09/23/05 just three legs... | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 08:13:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 96: arrive in Curitiba, Brazil - day off
Today we finally touched down in São Paulo, and went thru 2 hours of sheer organized chaos, clearing customs, gathering and rechecking the luggage, going thru immagration to Brazil, and figuring out where the connecting flight to Curitiba was leaving from. Everyone was pretty exhausted, so when the flight to Curitiba was delayed due to the pilot getting sick we were nearing the end of our collective ropes o' sanity. But then, suddenyl we were boarding, so it looks like a new pilot was found fast. We finally touched down in the 'small' city of Curitiba ("only" 3 million people, as opposed to the 20 million in São Paulo, and the 25+ million in Mexico City) and got to the hotel around noon, where most of the band and crew settled into their rooms for very badly needed afternoon naps. Weezer in Brazil at last! But first, a nap.

That night, refreshed and ready for some food, some of the crew and most of the band took up the Brazilian Universal reps' offer to go out to dinner, at an awesome "steakhouse" which had so much more than steak that everyones dietary needs were well met many times over. Utterly delicious food, Brazilian style!

We discovered that Avril Lavinge is also in Curitiba right now, and is in fact sharing our hotel. We learned this from the mobs of Avril fans who were mobbing the hotel lobby! Hotels usually dont allow this but this one was a little slow on the draw. They finally shooed the mobs out at some point. Apparently she was playing somewhere in town tonight. I guess that accounts for the absence of sk8erbois out on the streets this evening.

Large size picture link: here. ('...er...yeah.')

The September 20th issue of the Brazilian entertainment magazine "Megazine" (part of the 'O Globo' newspaper) has a Weezer cover story, including a (Portugese translated) interview with Brian Bell.

***Special Announcement for people going to the Foozer show in Denver on 9/30!***
The Foo Fighters and Weezer, who are performing at Denver’s Pepsi Center on September 30th, are partnering with Colorado not-for-profit www.consciousalliance.org to host a food drive to benefit Gulf region hurricane victims.

All patrons who donate five non-perishable food items, or $5, will be entered into a raffle to win one of five Foo Fighters posters signed by the band, along with a very special signed Weezer item. Donation bins will be located outside of each entrance to the Pepsi Center, beginning at 5 PM until one half hour into the start of Foo Fighters set. At the bins, donations will be redeemed for a raffle ticket - then submit your ticket into the raffle by stopping by the Conscious Alliance information table located inside the Pepsi Center. Winners will be notified via email or phone two days after the event.

All donations will benefit the Food Bank of the Rockies Hurricane Relief Project.

Canned and dry food donation suggestions include: tuna, ham, beef stew, chili, baked beans, fruit, vegetables, peanut butter, jelly, soup and pasta. Also needed are bulk supplies of granola bars, meal-replacement beverages, baby needs (diapers, formula, food, bottles), and personal hygiene items (feminine care, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo and soap). Non-glass containers are preferred.

For more information on the important work of Conscious Alliance, visit www.consciousalliance.org.

...Next monday 9/26 - Weezer live on the Jimmy Kimmel show!

...German Mtv contest here - vote for weezer! The winning band will have a live performance broadcast on Germaaaan Mtv! (might be the Hard Rock performance, I'm guessing). note - looks like this contest is closed to non-Euro peeps.

...more special TV and radio appearances to be announced!

09/22/05 it's the rule, everyone has a stool | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:31:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 95: Travel to Curitiba, Brazil
So today is all about travel. Travel travel travel. In fact, so much travel that it doesnt even fit in one day - we arent even going to arrive in Curitiba untill 10 Am tomorrow, 9/23! (Which, come to think of it, is probably when I'll finally get to post this story. Ain't no internet at 35,000 feet! ...well, there is on a few flights now, but not this one.)

Fortunately, we had a few hours free in Mexico City before we went to the airport this afternoon, so there was a little more walking around and exploring before the endless parade of vans, lines, passports, planes, and going bananas set in. Goodbye Mexico, you were awesome!

Large size picture link: here. ('The plane seemed a little breezy up there, but we managed!')

...Next monday 9/26 - Weezer live on the Jimmy Kimmel show!

...German Mtv contest here - vote for weezer! The winning band will have a live performance broadcast on German Mtv! (might be the Hard Rock performance, I'm guessing). note - looks like this contest is closed to non-Euro peeps.

09/21/05 ...at the splendor of these magic stools | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:47:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 94: Mexico City, Mexico - Palacio Del Deporte (Sport Palace)
Mmmeeexxxiiicccooo!!! Weezer magic in El Enormodomo.

Today we got in the van and cruised across town to the Palacio Del Deporte, Which is one of the main sports/entertainment arenas in Mexico City, hosting everything from pro basketball games to Metallica concerts and everything inbetween. Weezer is not exactly on Metallicas level down here, so the hall felt a wee bit bigger than was needed, but leave it to the 4000 ultra-enthusiastic fans who came down ready to rock out to make up for that!

This arena had a hell of an echo, earning the affectionate term 'The Temple of Boom'. Late in opening act LucyBell's set, a certain crewmember was heard to remark over the walkie talkies something like "I actually think they finished playing 3 minutes ago, what youre hearing is the remnants of their last notes echoing..."

Speaking of openers LucyBell, here's an excellent band from Chile who are now based in Los Angeles and tour around the world. While they arent well known in the states, their soulful latin/rock style has earned them fans all overthe globe. We didnt know anything about them before today, but it was a pleasent suprise for sure.

So Weezer has finally, FINALLY played Mexico City now, and it was totally epic. The band chalked up yet another suprise or two in the set, including two guest players on "Undone", creating quite a bit of chaos on stage (and musically, heh heh), but so much goodwill and great vibes that the arena was just oozing with love and happiness. The crowd got every drop of enjoyment possible out of weezer's performance, and weezer brought their A+ game. Post show, about 25 radio contest winners got to meet the band and get photos and autographs with them.

fan reaction! (see the comments section for more, and add your own!)
"...the mexico show was amazing, i didnt expect something like that - the first song "jonas" was great, scott did a great work singing "in the garage" and brian on "why bother", "this is such a pity" i was waiting for that song and it was huge, photograph was great with pat on the vocals and varz on the drums, it was good to see rivers with the mexican football t-shirt.
"undone" was awesome the guy next to me asked scott to play the bass and it was great, so when they played "island" i thought it was over and at the end "surf wax" was perfect, it was crazy i hope you guys come back soon thanks!!!" ---Octavio.

Also theres a show review here, and the big Mexico City newspaper had a big article on weezer on the front page of their entertainment section today.

Large size picture link: here, more: 1.

...Brazil fans, look for a broadcast of the Dave Letterman "Beverly Hills" performance on Thursday night (late - really early friday) at 12:15 AM, on GNT, Channel 41!

...Interview with Rivers (in Spanish) at El Universal (Mexico).

...German Mtv contest here - vote for weezer! The winning band will have a live performance broadcast on German Mtv! (might be the Hard Rock performance, I'm guessing). note - looks like this contest is closed to non-Euro peeps.

...Next monday 9/26 - Weezer live on the Jimmy Kimmel show!

...Happy birthday to Matt Sharp!

09/20/05 you will drool... | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 10:05:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 93: Mexico City, Mexico - TV, Radio, Press
Today the band did a press conference at the hotel, which started with an insane photo shoot with a ton of photographers snapping away like mad for 5 minutes straight. Then we walked thru some service corridors to the press conference room, where reporters from all sorts of publications asked many questions, some in Spanish, some in English. Fortunately the band had a great translator. Then we cruised thru the chaotic streets to the Hard Rock Cafe, where the band did a special show taping for Telehit, the Mexican Mtv style station. They fielded questions from the audience (100 lucky contest winners), were interviewed by VJ Claudio, performed 'Hash Pipe', 'Beverly Hills', 'Island' and 'Drugs', and watched some of their videos on the big screen with the audience, including the Mexican TV premiere of the (USA) "We Are All On Drugs" video (regular 'no censorship' version). Then we returned to the hotel for a short break before heading back out to a different part of town for an on air interview with Reactor FM radio, which included the band choosing some songs to play. They chose Soundgarden's "Loud Love", Elliott Smiths "Ballad Of Big Nothing", and The Stone Roses' "I Wanna Be Adored", and talked about 'Make Believe' and other topics. Then we went to dinner with the local Universal Music people, who are really nice and fun to hang with. All in all it was a really successful day of promoting weezer in Mexico for the very first time, and we met a lot of great fans and people at the radio station.

Large size picture link: here, more: 1, 2.

...Weezer mailing list members got the presale info yesterday for the just announced Long Beach CA Foozer show, happening on Oct 22. And, had the mailing list system not frozen up a few hours ago, they would have already known that theres now another SoCal show to know about: Oct 21 in Santa Barbara, at the Santa Barbara Bowl! There is NO presale for Santa Barbara show, it just goes on sale Saturday, 9/24 at 11:00 AM. Ticketmaster link here.

...The other big news (also supposed to be in your inboxes earlier today but isn't due to the same aforementioned mystery email glitch) is that Weezer is now scheduled to appear live, performing on the Jimmy Kimmel show next Monday Sept 26th! And you could be a part of it!
To get more info, visit this site and click the WEEZER event link. Then follow the simple registration directions.
ATTENDANCE TO THIS EVENT IS BY INVITATION ONLY!!!
Remember, BE QUICK, because space is EXTREMELY LIMITED!!
MUSTS (assuming you get in):
* YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD
* YOU MUST BE AVAILABLE ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th FROM 6:00PM -9:00PM
* YOU MUST HAVE A VALID PHOTO ID
* PLEASE DO NOT WEAR WHITE, LIGHT BLUE, BIEGE OR LOGOS, AS THEY DON'T COME ACROSS WELL ON CAMERA
* PLEASE DO NOT BRING LARGE HANDBAGS OR KNAPSACKS
* NO CAMERAS OR RECORDING DEVICES

...The craziness that is 'Beverly Hills': Quietly, Beverly Hills has continued to creep up the charts, and remains a significant force on the radio fully 25 weeks on! Its at #9 on the Pop 100 Airplay chart, meaning some very big stations continue to play the hell out of it, and it jumped to #12 on the Hot 100, meaning its the 12th biggest song in the USA, hands down! This is pretty historical territory for Weezer, who have only just flirted with the "big boy" single charts a few times in the past, and never ever even came close to the top 20 before. Meanwhile, BH is still on the modern rock chart at #16 (where new kid "Drugs" is #10), and continues to be a top 10 iTunes download. The BH video has crept up the VH1 top 20 Countdown and is now near the top at #4. Meanwhile the "We Are All On Drugs" video has risen to #19 on the MuchMusic Countdown this week.

...Here's a new interview with Rivers (in Spanish) at El Universal (Mexico).

...Weezer (and Foos and Mae) on Fuse tv, on Steven's "Untitled" Rock Show (taped at the Sunrise, FL show on Saturday)

GUEST..............PREMIERE..............................REPEAT
Weezer.........Mon, 9/19 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Tue, 9/20 @ 4p ET, 1p PT
Foo Fighters...Tue, 9/20 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Wed, 9/21 @ 4p ET, 1p PT
Mae............Wed, 9/21 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Thur, 9/22 @ 4p ET, 1p PT

...German Mtv contest here - vote for weezer! The winning band will have a live performance broadcast on German Mtv! (might be the Hard Rock performance, I'm guessing). note - looks like this contest is closed to non-Euro peeps.

...Into the halls o' tradition: "weezer" was an answer on this past week's New York Times crossword puzzle. The clue for 44 down was: "1995 Buddy Holly Performer".

09/19/05 ...some for selling, some for keeping | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:12:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 92: Travel to Mexico City, Mexico
Today we boarded the plane at LAX to Mexico City, weezer going "south of the border" for the very first time! Its true that both Brian and Rivers have visited Mexico in the past on vacations, But Weezer the band has never been here before, and everyone is pretty stoked to finally, finally break this new ground. I'm sure the Mexican fans are pretty excited too as their emails asking for a weezer show date back for years!

When we arrived at the airport in Mexico City, there was a huge crazy crowd of people with flowers, pushing and shoving, plus lots of tv cameras and reporters and photographers. At first we were like, "huh? weezer is NOT this well known here!", and then we realized they were all screaming for a pop star named "Gloria" who had arrived at the same time as us. This Gloria has a positively bizarre story, sort of like the Michael Jackson thing but a lot creepier and wilder, and had recently served jailtime in Brazil. Well, according to what we were able to learn, she claims to have renounced all her bad ways and it looks like her fans at the airport were quite a bit more than forgiving. A very strange encounter.

We didn't have anything to do once we got to the hotel so it was just a time to acclimate and check out Mexico City. We have heard so many "caution" tales, about heat, pollution, danger, etc., but I think we either got lucky or were being fed a line (or both), because the weather was beautiful with cool breezes and spotless partly cloudy skies, and the city, while indeed gargantuan and crowded, is also friendly, cool, and really culturally sophisticated. At 7342 feet above sea level, its a lot like Denver - you get a little tired from the thinner air. And I suppose if the smog was bad it would be pretty brutal. But today, weezer was greeted by The City of Palaces with only beauty. And a few M-80 explosions at a nearby worker's rally.

Tomorrow Weezer is doing a press conference and then heading to the Hard Rock Cafe to tape 4 songs, premiere the ('USA') "Drugs" video, and do an interview with Claudio for music tv station Telehit (airs tomorrow night at 8 PM Mexico City time!), and later doing an on air interview with Reactor FM radio. So if you can access this stuff, check it out!

Large size picture link: here

...Here's a new interview with Rivers (in Spanish) at El Universal (Mexico).

...On Yahoo!s "Dig It Or Dis It" online video poll, "Beverly Hills" is up against 4 other videos this week! Check it out and vote weezer! Push us over the top!

...Weezer (and Foos and Mae) on Fuse tv, on Steven's "Untitled" Rock Show (taped at the Sunrise, FL show on Saturday)

GUEST..............PREMIERE..............................REPEAT
Weezer.........Mon, 9/19 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Tue, 9/20 @ 4p ET, 1p PT
Foo Fighters...Tue, 9/20 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Wed, 9/21 @ 4p ET, 1p PT
Mae............Wed, 9/21 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Thur, 9/22 @ 4p ET, 1p PT

...German Mtv contest here - vote for weezer! The winning band will have a live performance broadcast on German Mtv! (might be the Hard Rock performance, I'm guessing). note - looks like this contest is closed to non-Euro peeps.

09/17/05 working, making... | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:59:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 91: Devore, CA - KROQ Inland Invasion 5
35,000 peeps in a giant SoCal hillside ampitheater...That about sums up the Inland Invasion - it's massive by any standards except perhaps certain UK festivals like Glastonbury. Also it's only one day, but it was quite a day for those attending. The lineup was switched around a little bit but ended up like this: The Bravery, Arcade Fire, Live, Garbage, Jet, Madness, 311, Beck, Weezer, Oasis, and Cake, who were originally scheduled early but opted for the late 'cool down' set instead.

Today's show counted as Scott Shriner's official 4th anniversary with weezer, as his first ever show with the band was the August 2001 Inland Invasion. At that point Scott has accepted the position on a temporary basis, as no one was sure about the status of the previous bass player Mikey at the time. But Scott took it as a trial by fire, playing his first set with weezer in front of 30,000 people who had no idea who he was! That was also the show in which one of Scott's old buddies (though we didnt know it till later) jumped on Scott's back while he was playing! The guy was pulled off and only later did we realize Scott knew the dude.

The fact that a buddy was even on stage that year shows the contrast to this year, wherein some pretty draconian 'pass-control' rules were in place, enforced mercilessly. There were many dissapointed friends and colleagues of bands who had a harder time enjoying the show than most people in the audience. But so it goes with hundreds working backstage - they draw a line somewhere, and sometimes its just too tight.

By all accounts this was a good festival show. I personally can confirm that Beck was rocking hard, though he apparently left the stage earlier than expected. Jet, Madness and 311 all sounded solid. Weezer simply did what theyve been doing for the past few months onstage, and the SoCal cognoscenti was duly impressed with a professionalism and fun level that's now become standard for the band but was not expected by the locals, who hadn't had access to weezer for a looong time till today. And it was awesome to catch up with Oasis again ("The Mighty Oasis" in Rivers's words, and I'll back that sentiment!), who have elevated the term 'geezer' into an term of endearment!

Longtime SoCal superfan Luis was front and center as always, and his persistance paid off as he got picked to help out on 'Undone' tonight. Congrats!

Large size picture link: here, more: 1, 2.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.
(updated 9/8/05).

...On Yahoo!s "Dig It Or Dis It" online video poll, "Beverly Hills" is up against 4 other videos this week! Check it out and vote weezer! Push us over the top!

...Weezer (and Foos and Mae) on Fuse tv, on Steven's "Untitled" Rock Show (taped at the Sunrise, FL show on Saturday)

GUEST..............PREMIERE..............................REPEAT
Weezer.........Mon, 9/19 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Tue, 9/20 @ 4p ET, 1p PT
Foo Fighters...Tue, 9/20 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Wed, 9/21 @ 4p ET, 1p PT
Mae............Wed, 9/21 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Thur, 9/22 @ 4p ET, 1p PT

...Here's a new interview with Rivers (in Spanish) at El Universal (Mexico).

...German Mtv contest here - vote for weezer! The winning band willl have a live performance broadcast on German Mtv! (might be the Hard Rock performance, I'm guessing).

09/16/05 ...never stopping, never sleeping | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 22:25:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 90: travel/day off

Today we boarded a plane and flew to home base (L.A.) for a day of chilling before the KROQ Inland Invasion tomorrow. Meanwhile the trucks o' gear raced across the desert to get the stuff to Devore, CA in time for the show. The Foo Fighters are now officially "off duty" for a week as their drummer Taylor gets married. Meanwhile, weezer's finally visiting Mexico and Brazil, 2 big weez milestones in a year that has seen several so far. Then on September 27th we reunite with Grohl 'n Co. and continue the Foozer/Wee Fighters extravanganza.

...the "We Are All On Drugs" video has risen to #19 on the MuchMusic Countdown this week.

...On Yahoo!s "Dig It Or Dis It" online video poll, "Beverly Hills" is up against 4 other videos this week! Check it out and vote weezer! Push us over the top!

...Weezer (and Foos and Mae) on Fuse tv, on Steven's "Untitled" Rock Show (taped at the Sunrise, FL show on Saturday)

GUEST..............PREMIERE..............................REPEAT
Weezer.........Mon, 9/19 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Tue, 9/20 @ 4p ET, 1p PT
Foo Fighters...Tue, 9/20 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Wed, 9/21 @ 4p ET, 1p PT
Mae............Wed, 9/21 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Thur, 9/22 @ 4p ET, 1p PT

...This wont last forever, so see it while you can - Weezer's performance of "Beverly Hills" on The Late Show With Dave Letterman, which aired last week.

09/15/05 working, building... | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 05:43:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 89: Foozer/Wee Fighters #6: Dallas TX - Smirnoff Music Centre

The Smirnoff Center is a well worn modern ampitheater that probably could use a facelift, but does the job. Weezer has visited this place at least once on the '02 Enlightenment Tour and possibly before that as well (No Doubt Tour '97??). This is the second of only 2 outdoor "sheds" on the Foozer tour, as most everything will be held in indoor arenas. While outdoor venues have to deal with the risk of bad weather, nothing pointed to any trouble as we pulled into the backstage area under very hot sunny skies. However, shortly before weezer's soundcheck, the sky went black and a massive thunderstorm plowed into the ampitheater, with high winds, plenty of close lightning strikes and monsoon level rain. As the rain continued for quite a while without any sign of letting up, there were concerns about power loss and other disasters that could jepordize the show itself. But then the rain suddenly lifted, and the reward of cooler temperatures was had by all. We were back on track with soundcheck, and then Mae set up for their final opening slot of this first leg.

Mae is a good band and a nice bunch of guys, and it's been a real pleasure havng them on board the Foozer train on Leg 1 of the tour. Once this upcoming week is over (wherein Taylor of the Foo's gets married and weezer visits Mexico and Brazil), we will pick up the Foozer slack in San Diego with a new opening act: The Kaiser Cheifs, from the UK.

Tonight things got up to speed fast. People up in the lawn seating were likely a bit bummed at having some rather soggy conditions from the afternoon rain, but it looked like just about everyone was enjoying the show no matter where they were sitting. The message I've been getting from people in the audience is that this Foozer thang is a great combo for a concert. We agree, its been a blast so far, and we can't wait to pick it up in a week in SD!

Thanks to local boy done good Andrew, plucked from the crowd to help out on "Undone" tonight! And big ups to Bryce of The Rocket Summer, taking in his local Foozer show.

fan reaction! (more on the comment page, add your own too)
"...The Dallas show... was ******* awesome. I have to say, Lollapalooza was better, but it was still great. They opened with "Jonas", which was great. "Don't Let Go" sounded amazing! It sounded way, way better than it does on the album. They tweaked it a bit. Scott did a fantastic job singing "In the Garage". They played "This Is Such a Pity", which I'm pretty sure they haven't played in a while. "Surf Wax" was ******* awesome, as always. Brian sang "Why Bother?" and did a good job, although it's pretty LOL that he still hasn't gotten the words right since the last time I saw him sing it (he says "I'd rather start whackin'"). Rivers took off his guitar for "El Scorcho", which was pretty cool. He actually did the talkbox thing for "Beverly Hills", which I didn't think he'd do. "Buddy Holly"'s live intro was extended, and it kicked ass. "Photograph" sounded was pretty cool with the whole Rivers-Pat switch. "Island" acoustic was just great. "Undone"... I'll come back to that one. And they closed with "Big Me", which actually sounded pretty good....So, during "Undone", they said they were going to pick someone to play guitar. I instantly made myself as visible as I possibly could. Scott looked right at me and said, "Sorry, I'm not picking tonight, Brian is."...But... ugh. That's my vent for the day...Before the show, I met Bobby, who was an awesome person. Seriously, he and Scott are probably two of the nicest people I've ever met. I can't get over how great he is. I also patted Karl on the back. Haha. And that's my story. Oh, and I got the setlist!" ---Kel S.

Large size picture link: here, more: 1.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.
(updated 9/8/05).

...Weezer's new video for "We Are All On Drugs" is getting played on Fuse TV and Much Music Canada, and has now just been picked up by Mtv2, albeit in an altered form: "We are All In Love". Why the change for Mtv you ask? We'll be posting the inside scoop soon. Mtv2 will be putting the video in regular rotation next Tuedsay the 19th. See the regular version here on weezer.com in the media section, and on the other video channels.

...Hey now, on Yahoo!s "Dig It Or Dis It" online video poll, "Beverly Hills" is up against 4 other videos this week! Check it out and vote weezer! Push us over the top!

...Weezer (and Foos and Mae) on Fuse tv, on Steven's "Untitled" Rock Show (taped at the Sunrise, FL show on Saturday)

GUEST..............PREMIERE..............................REPEAT
Weezer.........Mon, 9/19 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Tue, 9/20 @ 4p ET, 1p PT
Foo Fighters...Tue, 9/20 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Wed, 9/21 @ 4p ET, 1p PT
Mae............Wed, 9/21 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Thur, 9/22 @ 4p ET, 1p PT

...This wont last forever, so see it while you can - Weezer's performance of "Beverly Hills" on The Late Show With Dave Letterman, which aired last week.

09/14/05 and it's spreading out from Blaine... | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 03:30:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 88: Foozer/Wee Fighters #5: Austin TX - Frank Erwin Center
Deep in the heart o' Texas...smellin' like a Texas rose...
For a few diehards, today started with a special morning pilgrimage to Lockhart, Texas, about 30 miles from Austin. Lockhart is where "Waiting For Guffman", said by certain tour managers to be the most important film of the 20th century, was filmed. After spotting some locations from the film, we then rushed back to Austin in time to hop on the busses and get over to the Frank Irwin Center, a medium sized roundish arena right in town.

C Minus' pre-weezer DJ set peaked with Eric B. and Rakim's "Microphone Fiend" before the lights went down and the orchestral strains of the intro music welcomed weezer to the room. It then seemed to me like it took a few songs to get the room energized, but once it was on, it was really on.

Thanks to local acoustic guitar player Mike for giving it his all when the band needed a hand! Today's 'Undone' started to evolve into unchartered territory, breaking things up in a new way. So far every show of the tour has brought out at least one fresh variation and/or suprise, and it looks like the show will continue to develop!

fan reaction! (more on the comment page, add your own too)
"...I am just home from the Weezer/Foo Fighters show in Austin, TX. It was super fantastically rockin'! (Awesome just doesn't seem to do it.)...Weezer performed spectacularly, but I completely expected it. The set list was perfect and the guys showed a lot of personality, variety, and enthusiasm on-stage. And the surprises were many, like switching up singing, having the volunteer on acoustic guitar, Rivers playing Island in the Sun. Pat rocked hard on lead guitar at one point! Thanks to all of you for coming to Austin...Here's to safe travels and plenty more rock." ---Jackie and Mac C.

Today the band did some interviews before the show. Rivers did an interview with AOL, the transcript of which should be made available online soon. Details to come when we have them. Meanwhile Scott and Brian did one with Austin's KROX, Then Brian interviewed with Austin's KHFI, while Scott and Pat teamed up for a talk (hosting "LA Lloyd’s Rock 30"?) with 99.5 KISS, which is actually aired in 17 states total including Texas.

large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.
(updated 9/8/05).

...Some people have written in saying they've heard rumors on their local radio stations about the band 'breaking up'. This is an unfortunate result of the headline of this Mtv.com article, in which the band expressed its various views on the future. As no one is really sure what the future holds (which has always been the case, and really, is true for any band when you think about it), some things got said that are easy to take however you prefer. And, as it makes for more sensational "news" to say a band might be breaking up, thats the message that the article chose to run with. The real message is simply one of not knowing what the future holds - same as ever, really. In that same article you have Rivers talking about writing new songs: "I have a lot of ideas for songs, a lot of things I want to try, and a lot of new ways of writing I want to explore, and I'm very excited about trying all of that." In my opinion, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Que sera sera, and viva la Rock!

...Hey now, on Yahoo!s "Dig It Or Dis It" online video poll, "Beverly Hills" is up against 4 other videos this week!
Check it out and vote weezer! Push us over the top!

...Weezer (and Foos and Mae) on Fuse tv, on Steven's "Untitled" Rock Show (taped at the Sunrise, FL show on Saturday)

GUEST..............PREMIERE..............................REPEAT
Weezer.........Mon, 9/19 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Tue, 9/20 @ 4p ET, 1p PT
Foo Fighters...Tue, 9/20 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Wed, 9/21 @ 4p ET, 1p PT
Mae............Wed, 9/21 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Thur, 9/22 @ 4p ET, 1p PT

...This wont last forever, so see it while you can - Weezer's performance of "Beverly Hills" on The Late Show With Dave Letterman, which aired last week.

09/13/05 like a fever it's a stool boom | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 03:19:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 87: Houston TX - CW Mitchell Pavillion (Woodlands)
A'waaaay out in the woods outside'a Houston, lies what was once the Woodlands Pavilion, in an area that could at one time be properly labeled 'out in the middle of nowhere'. Now its the CW Mitchell Pavillion, and its not exactly out in the middle of nowhere anymore, as "somewhere" has come to Woodlands, in the form of roads, shops, Starbucks, parking garages, streets and housing. The theme of 'The Woodlands' has been strictly preserved however, as everywhere you look are trees and forest, wherever you'd normally see just grass or dirt in most developments. Its sort of as if a piece of suburbia was carefully wedged into a vast tract of forest. Kind of refreshing actually.

Well, anyway, out in the hot humid 'backwoods', we came to bring the Foozer tour to thousands of Houston area fans. And. It. Was. Good. At first it seemed like the outdoor crowd was a little sleepy, but the relentless Weezer assault prodded them to full alertness, singing along to classics old and new, including "Perfect Situation" and "Say It Ain't So".

Thanks to Joey, 'possibly from your hometown', for helping out on acoustic guitar tonight!

fan reaction! (more on the comment page, add your own too)
"...The Houston show last night was definitely one for the books. Laws were broken in this sensational display of musical talent by Mae, Weezer, and the Foo Fighters. I had never heard of Mae before, but they sounded really good and fit well with the headliners. The first thing I noticed was that Weezer was really into it. Rivers was there to have a good time, and he showed it in the way he played tonight. Some of the high points were Say It Ain't So, the "fire drill" on Photograph with the joint band drumming at the end with Patrick wailing on the guitar, and the =w=. Definitely a great show, but I was disappointed they didn't play Only In Dreams to close. Foo Fighters blew us away as well, with Dave Grohl making a drum appearance, playing a cover of Born on the Bayou, and just playing an all-around-all-out-in-your-face-kick-ass show. Weezer and the Foos is definitely the best show i've ever been to and they need to do it again." ---Chris C.

large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.
(updated 9/8/05).

Weezer (and Foos and Mae) on Fuse tv, on Steven's "Untitled" Rock Show (taped at the Sunrise, FL show on Saturday)

GUEST..............PREMIERE..............................REPEAT
Weezer.........Mon, 9/19 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Tue, 9/20 @ 4p ET, 1p PT
Foo Fighters...Tue, 9/20 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Wed, 9/21 @ 4p ET, 1p PT
Mae............Wed, 9/21 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Thur, 9/22 @ 4p ET, 1p PT

...This wont last forever, so see it while you can - Weezer's performance of "Beverly Hills" on The Late Show With Dave Letterman, which aired last Thursday night.

09/12/05 ...and watch the sales zoom | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 08:39:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 86: travel/day off - to Houston TX
Today we travelled to Houston, some by bus, some by plane. As of 2 weeks ago, there was serious doubt as to whether there would be a viable roadway between Tampa and Houston (due to Katrina's devastation), so flights were booked just in case the busses would have to go on an insane detour. However it looks like the routes are indeed open now - but the tickets were booked, so we used 'em anyway to get more R+R time on the day off. We plunked down in a pretty nice section of Houston, an area we've never seen in all our various visits here in the past. Despite the humidity, lots of invigorating walking was done today, plus various missions to guitar stores and the like.

Large size picture link: here.

The following 4 Foozer shows have been confirmed and will go on sale this coming Saturday! Presale info will be going out on the weezer mailing list shortly.

Oct 11 - Bridgeport, CT - Arena At Harbor Yard
Oct 15 - Worcester, MA - DCU Center
Oct 25 - Portland, OR - Memorial Coliseum
Oct 26 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena

Weezer on Mtv News (based on an interview taped in Atlanta before the show): See it tomorrow - Tuesday, September 13th at 2 a.m., 3:50 a.m., 4:50 a.m., 5:50 a.m., 6:50 a.m., 7:50 a.m., 8:50 a.m., 9:50 a.m., 10:50 a.m. EST & PST.

Weezer (and Foos and Mae) on Fuse tv, on Steven's "Untitled" Rock Show (taped at the Sunrise, FL show on Saturday)

GUEST..............PREMIERE.....................REPEAT
Weezer.......Mon, 9/19 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Tue, 9/20 @ 4p ET, 1p PT
Foo Fighters.Tue, 9/20 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Wed, 9/21 @ 4p ET, 1p PT
Mae..........Wed, 9/21 @ 10p ET, 7p PT.......Thur, 9/22 @ 4p ET, 1p PT

...The remaining Hard Rock Live performance (taped in Orlando on July 17) air times:
Mon 09/12 - 12:30 AM ET - Mtv
Tue 09/13 - 01:30 AM ET - Mtv

...This wont last forever, so see it while you can - Weezer's performance of "Beverly Hills" on The Late Show With Dave Letterman, which aired last Thursday night.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.
(updated 9/8/05).

09/11/05 stool boom, just three legs... | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 08:22:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 85: Foozer/Wee Fighters #3: Tampa FL - St. Pete Times Arena
Sunday in downtown Tampa...can you say 'sleepy'? Not a heck of a lot going on around here! Therefore the Foozer juggernaut has come to shake things up a bit! We rolled in to find another ice-less ice rink, only this one was infested with mysterious pockets of eau de ass. You'd be walking around and turn a corner backstage and BAM! Like 100 rats had died up in the air conditioning vents 10 years ago and the smell was just sorta lingering, ready to strike without warning! Either that or there was a secret club of B.O. enthusiasts meeting somewhere. It was enough to alter backstage traffic patterns away from certain trouble spots!

But not enough to derail the rock assault, not by any means.

fan reactions! (see more in the comment section and add your own)

"...VERY AMAZING! This show just blew away the Hard Rock show last month....no comparison...I was front row against the rail on Scott's side. They started off with "Dont Let Go", which was pretty cool cause Rivers was singing it a bit different at times.....so much better than the album version. Then they went into "my name is jonas"......it was so rocking. Dont remember the exact setlist after that. The only new song, was "In the Garage" with Scott on vocals. With rivers introducing, "Scotts going to do In the Garage for you now, this is the first time we have done this." ...all I can say is........Scott ******* nailed it! As good...actually a lot better than "Fall Together". Rivers was smiling the whole entire time just going from one end of the stage.....(2 feet in front of my face!!!!) to the other side of the stage. Just enjoying it a lot...Pat singing "photograph" was sweet. I was watching Rivers playing the drums....he was pretty into it. Singing along, not into a mic, but just mouthing the words. Then at the end of photograph, Scott and Brian both came to the drum set and started playing on it with Rivers...and Pat was soloing away, and finger tapping...They were all smiling and just enjoying themselves. They were playing like a unit the whole night.......a =w= unit you can say...Scott picked a person from the audience to play Undone...he said he wanted a girl to play tonight. So he picked this girl Jackie who was right near me to play. Rivers sprinted his way towards the stage to start the song It was pretty funny.....he didnt get there in time to pick up his guitar right before he started to sing. He just looked at his guitar and was like......oh ****, haha. It was awesome. But he did eventually get his hands on it after the first verse I believe...Perfect Situation, Surf Wax, Say, and Why Bother (Brian on vocals) were all awesome. A couple times Rivers, Scott and Brian came together and played near each other. One time will all 3 backs against the other. It was pretty rocking. They seemed like they were having a lot of fun. They also played "El Scorcho".....with Rivers not playing his guitar. I know people said in Atlanta he seemed like a drunk person, but here he just seemed like he was feeling the song. Looking up towards the sky and moving a lot. It was the most energy i've seen him have........ever. Another highlight was the "we are all on drugs" solo. Wow, Rivers was totally into it.....getting on the floor and tearing it up. Ending it on surf wax as usual was nice too, with rivers before the song saying......"Lets make this a crazy one." And thats about it. It was an amazing show....very energetic. The whole band seemed happy...Foo Figherts set was very very very awesome as well. Having Dave Grohl literally right in front of you rocking it on guitar is a feeling you dont get that often. It was such a surreal moment." ---Nishant

"...Last night's show in Tampa was overwhelming. My two favorite bands under one roof, bringing their own brand of ROCK to the masses. Too many legends on stage at once. It was glorious....It was nice to hear Dave Grohhl make a shout out to weezer: 'It's great to be able to perform with another ROCK band at a ROCK show for people that know how to ROCK' or something like that. Oh, Dave Grohl, you rascal. Thank you, Foozer. Keep raising that goblet of rock." ---Glenn W.

Large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.
(updated 9/8/05).

...The remaining Hard Rock Live performance (taped in Orlando on July 17) air times:
Mon 09/12 - 12:30 AM ET - Mtv
Tue 09/13 - 01:30 AM ET - Mtv

...This wont last forever, so see it while you can - Weezer's performance of "Beverly Hills" on The Late Show With Dave Letterman, which aired last Thursday night.

...Never Forget...

09/10/05 everyone knows our name | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 04:21:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 84: Foozer/Wee Fighters #2: Sunrise FL - Bank Atlantic Center (ex-Office Depot Center)
In the middle of a huge building in the middle of a huge parking lot in the middle of a rapidly disappearing swamp...we have..the Rock! We rolled over to the Bank Atlantic Center today, but the crews have been there since yesterday, using the "day off" as a work day to catch up on the production issues that initially had to be squashed into the rehearsal day in Atlanta. So now that theyve had a little more time, things were a bit more settled down than in Atlanta, and everything was smoother.

Like most of these shows, todays show took place in what's basically a hockey arena without the ice. Backstage is basically a series of long hallways filled with various pieces of random equipment, bleachers, hockey logos, storage rooms, etc, and they set up the various offices and dressing rooms and catering hall in what are ordinarily conference and locker rooms. It can get a little insulated back there, with everyone scurrying about taking care of stuff - you almost forget sometimes that a short walk away is the massive arena floor, which right around 6 PM starts to fill up with stoked people waiting for the rock! And ready or not, the show rarely starts even a few minutes late. Mae did a nice job again, theyve got some cool sounds and good songs. Weezer rocked it well, as they continue to push their "show vocabulary", making little adjustments along the way to reflect ideas and discussions they have on a daily basis amongst themselves, various crew, and others. It feels like they're sort of rebuilding the show based on the new discoveries of the Euro tour in August, but the foundation is solid as bedrock.

After Weezer left the stage, we checked out the mega-rock Foo show (where does Dave get all that voice? Wow.), then boarded the busses for the overnight trek over to Tampa for tomorrow's show. So far, so good!

Today the band did a taped interview with FUSE tv. We dont know when it will air yet, but as soon as we have the info, it will go up here.

...The remaining Hard Rock Live performance (taped in Orlando on July 17) air times:
Sun 09/11 - 11:00 PM ET - Mtv2
Sun 09/11 - 12:00 AM (really Sept 12th) - Mtv2
Mon 09/12 - 12:30 AM ET - Mtv
Tue 09/13 - 01:30 AM ET - Mtv

Thanks to Mike M. for helping out tonight! (see the comments page for his words)

large size picture link: here, more: 1.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.
(updated 9/8/05).

...The "Connecticut area show" will be in Bridgeport CN on Oct 11th. Once its confirmed, the ticket info will go up. And the Worcster Mass show is indeed confirmed, were just waiting for the ticket info. Late October show details coming asap.

...This wont last forever, so see it while you can - Weezer's performance of "Beverly Hills" on The Late Show With Dave Letterman, which aired last Thursday night.

09/09/05 we're the center of a stool boom | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 03:07:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 83: travel/day off - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Today we woke up on the busses, which were still rolling from Atlanta towards Fort Lauderdale, where we are spending the rest of the day off. A little tropical sun and muggy air never did anyone much harm, and theres no reason not to take a walk on a beach if you can get to one.

The Foo Fighters spent their day up in NYC, as they were invited to participate in the "Shelter From The Storm" telethon thing for the Hurricane Katrina victims. (They did CCR's "Born On The Bayou" if I'm not mistaken). In light of the devastation in the Gulf Coast, a special reminder that the best and most efficient way to get aid to the needy is a cash donation. If you arent sure where to donate, The American Red Cross and The Salvation Army are widely held to be two of the best organized and most effective relief organizations. Our thoughts are with those who have lost so much and are enduring such hardship.

...Tour update: There will in fact be no show in Columbus, Ohio, (very sorry, no idea why it worked out like this) and the unknown show on 10/11 or 10/12 will apparently be in the Connecticut area. More info on that and other currently unconfirmed dates asap.

...The "We Are All On Drugs" video has risen on the MuchMusic Countdown from #27 to #22 this week!

...Weezer's "El Scorcho" video is featured on the new Mark Romaneck Directors Label DVD Vol.4, which is one of 4 new DVDs in the series that kicked off with last year's Spike Jonze DVD. Get a glimpse into the creative direction behind the video (Director's Cut) with commentary from Rivers and Brian.

...The remaining Hard Rock Live performance (taped in Orlando on July 17) air times:
rest of hard rock lives:
Sun 09/11 - 11:00 PM ET - Mtv2
Sun 09/11 - 12:00 AM (really Sept 12th) - Mtv2
Mon 09/12 - 12:30 AM ET - Mtv
Tue 09/13 - 01:30 AM ET - Mtv

09/08/05 stool boom, from the parlor to the pool room | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 23:41:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 82: Foozer/Wee Fighters #1: Atlanta, GA - Gwinnett Arena
A 10,000 person freakout! We rolled into the G A with a combo of stoke and nervousness, the first Foozer show! There is a lot of familiarity on this one, between various band members who know each other, to crew who have worked together before, to Foo crew who were actually on a weezer crew before, and vice versa. So there was a lot of old faces and it was cool.

Come showtime, all of our eyes were on the audience (whose eyes were on the stage) to see what exactly they would do. Was it a equal blend of loyal fans? Or were the majority "fans of both" as we hoped? While reports from some fans indicated "pockets" of diehards one way or the other, the majority apparently (and thankfully) turned out to be pretty stoked to see both bands. The attendance was very strong, about 10,000, which is a great early indicator in a year where many tours have been having trouble filling all the seats.

The crews - weezer, foo, and 'universal' (shared) put in herculean hours and effort over the last 48 hours to make everything happen, as they had to squeeze a 2 day production rehearsal (that probably could have used 3 days) into just 1 day. Kudos to them for having the energy and patience to forgo sleep and deal with the numerous issues that came up in the initial "merging" of the Foo and Weezer worlds on stage. Now that the machine is rolling, the tech stuff should get smoother and smoother.

The first American weez audience since July was suprised to see some of the hot new styles and mad techniques that were developed over the August oveseas shows, and their reaction was great!

Opener Mae did a great job, and we have just been informed that they will be playing the rest of the first leg, thru the 3 Texas shows.

Big ups to Zack from Atlanta for helping out on stage and to the SFS-Kimbeam Krew for parking lot gifts that will go a long way!

Before the show, the band taped an interview with Mtv News. We dont have word yet on when this will air so keep your eyes peeled, and if I get the info it will go up here.

large size picture link: here, more: 1.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.
(updated 9/8/05).

*LAST MINUTE INFO: Hey everybody, theres been a last minute change! Tune in to The Late Show with Dave Letterman TONIGHT, (NOT tomorrow as originally scheduled), to see Weezer's performance that was taped on Monday in NYC.

Note that the weezer performance will be archived on The Late Show website for about 1 week, we think starting on Monday. Also, the "Gimmie Gimmie" vocals were again handled by the same person who sang them on "Make Beleive" (and the Hard Rock Live performance), Stephanie Eitel, who the band met during the recording of the album via Phantom Planet connections.

09/07/05 a chair's for fools, everybody wants stools | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 08:01:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 81: travel to start the Foozer/Wee Fighters tour
Today everyone moved in from points afar to Atlanta, site of the first show on the Foozer tour, which kicks off tomorrow, 9/8 at the Gwinnett Arena. The band came in from their Letteman taping and went right into a breif recording session here in Atlanta, while crew and staff have been assembling for the last 2 days from all over the place to prepare for the mighty undertaking that this tour is. 8 semi trucks! A serious grip o' busses. Over 50 people travelling together on the road to make it all happen for these next 7 weeks. It's gonna be quite an adventure!

Better late than never: today we can finally announce whose opening the first 3 Foozer shows, in Atlanta, Miami, and Tampa. That would be Virginia smart rockers Mae. Check 'em out! As for the 3 Texas shows, the opener is going to be announced very soon, so stay tuned.

Also today I discovered that DJ C Minus, who (amongst many other things) has been a tour DJ for the Foos for some time now, is in fact the tour DJ on this tour as well. So when you see the guy spinning the ill mix jams between the bands, say 'sup to C Minus!

09/06/05 once upon a time you'd find a chair | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:14:00 GMT

...reminder: In light of the devastation in New Orleans, Mississippi and Alabama, a special reminder that the best and most efficient way to get aid to the needy is a cash donation. If you arent sure where to donate, The American Red Cross is widely held to be one of the best organized and most effective relief organizations. Our thoughts are with those who have lost so much and are enduring such hardship.

...new Foozer tour date confirmed: Grand Rapids, Michigan! This show is at Van Andel Arena on October 6th! Public onsale Saturday 10am. Weezer mailing list members will get the presale info shortly.

...The Hard Rock Live performance (taped in Orlando on July 17) air times:

Wed 09/07 - 08:00 PM ET - Mtv
Fri 09/09 - 12:00 PM ET - Mtv
Fri 09/09 - 01:30 AM (really Sept 10th) - Mtv
Sat 09/10 - 01:30 AM ET - Mtv
Sun 09/11 - 11:00 PM ET - Mtv2
Sun 09/11 - 12:00 AM (really Sept 12th) - Mtv2
Mon 09/12 - 12:30 AM ET - Mtv
Tue 09/13 - 01:30 AM ET - Mtv

...also check out weezer's performance on The Late Show With Dave Letterman this coming Friday, 9/9!

...The "We Are All On Drugs" video debuted this week at #27 on the MuchMusic Countdown, their highest debut of the week.

...tribute band alert:
"Say it aint so: Another Weezer Tribute" is playing:
9/6 The Reverb Cedar Falls IA
9/7 The Billiken Club St Louis MO.

09/02/05 stools are where | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 02:50:00 GMT

WEEZER ON LETTERMAN

Weezer is heading to NYC this weekend to tape a performance on "The Late Show With Dave Letterman". This taping is unusual in that it will air on a later date - namely, NEXT FRIDAY, Sept 9! Mark your calendars!

09/01/05 it's the rule, there's a stool, there's a stool | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 06:54:00 GMT

...tour update - several dates are still in flux as of this writing, and some things have changed a bit since last post. heres the overview:

September+October: Foozer/Weez Fighters North America + Weezer South of the Border... See ticketmaster for tickets except for/in addition to where noted.

9/08/05 - Atlanta GA - Gwinnett Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA
9/10/05 - Sunrise FL - Office Depot Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA
9/11/05 - Tampa FL - St. Petersburg Times Forum - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA
9/13/05 - Spring TX - Woodlands Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets also at paceconcerts.com
9/14/05 - Austin TX - Frank Erwin Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA
9/15/05 - Dallas TX - Smirnoff Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - Tickets also available at www.hob.com, Ticketmaster outlets including Foley's, Fiesta, & Tower Records, and the Smirnoff Music Center box office or by phone (214) 373-8000 or (972) 647-5700.
9/17/05 - San Bernardino, CA - The Kroq Inland Invasion 5 - Tickets.
9/21/05 - Mexico City, Mexico - Palacio de los Deportes - tickets or here
9/24/05 - Curitiba, Brazil - Curitiba Festival (see festival site for ticket info)
9/27/05 - San Diego, CA - Cox Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + Kaiser Cheifs -
9/28/05 - Phoenix, AZ - America West Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + Kaiser Cheifs
9/30/05 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + Kaiser Cheifs
10/02/05 - Minneapolis, MN - Xcel Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + Kaiser Cheifs
10/03/05 - Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + Kaiser Cheifs
10/04/05 Champaign, IL - Assembly Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + Kaiser Cheifs
UNCONFIRMED - STAY TUNED: 10/06/05 Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena(?) - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters
10/07/05 Detroit, MI - Joe Lewis Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + Kaiser Cheifs
10/08/05 Cleveland, OH - Wolstein Center @ CSU - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + Kaiser Cheifs
10/10/05 Fairfax, VA - Patriot Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + Kaiser Cheifs
(possible mid Atlantic area show TBD 10/11 or 10/12?)
10/13/05 Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + Hot Hot Heat
10/14/05 - East Rutherford, NJ - Continental Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + Hot Hot Heat
10/15/05 Worcester, Massachusetts - Centrum Centre - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + Hot Hot Heat - tickets TBA
10/19/05 AOL Sessions (online special, details TBA)
UNCONFIRMED - STAY TUNED: 10/21 Santa Barbara? info unknown
UNCONFIRMED - STAY TUNED: 10/22+23 Long Beach Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters
UNCONFIRMED - STAY TUNED: 10/25 Portland - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters
UNCONFIRMED - STAY TUNED: 10/26 Seattle - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters
10/28/05 Oakland, CA - Oakland Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + Hot Hot Heat

Notes: The Baltimore show turned into the Fairfax VA show. No word on Fresno at this point. No word on Columbus, OH at this point. Awaiting ticket onsale info for Worcester, MA. No mention of any Canadian dates at this time. Watch 10/11 or 10/12 for a possible mid-Atlantic date. Opening acts: 1st leg (9/8 - 9/15): TBA. 2nd leg (9/27- 10/10): The Kaiser Chiefs. 3rd Leg (10/13 - 10/28): Hot Hot Heat.

"Who plays first and for how long?" On all dates, the running order will be: 1. opening act, 2. Weezer, 3. Foo Fighters. Weezer and The Foo Fighters will be playing identical set lengths (though I'm not sure as to the actual length.) As this is a co-headlining tour, neither act is considered to be 'opening' for the other. It was decided mutually that weezer will 'go first', but both bands will be bringing their 'headliner game' to the mix. The opening act (whoever is playing before weezer) will probably play 30 to 45 minutes.

More tour information will be announced shortly. Presale info, when its known, will go out on the weezer mailing list.

08/31/05 by the pool, in the school, by the fires of yule | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 06:40:00 GMT

In light of the devastation in New Orleans, Mississippi and Alabama, a special reminder that the best and most efficient way to get aid to the needy is a cash donation. If you arent sure where to donate, The American Red Cross is widely held to be one of the best organized and most effective relief organizations. Our thoughts are with those who have lost so much and are enduring such hardship.

...The "We Are All On Drugs" video (USA 'V2.0') is now up on weezer.com, check the media section!

...Theres an exclusive interview with Weezer this week on digital radio station BBC 6 Music. The interview can be listened to live via the net on The Music Week show this Friday (Sept 2nd) at 7pm (GMT) or repeated Sunday (Sept 4th) at 1pm (GMT) or listened to after the show for a week via the "listen again" feature.

08/27/05 cause you can't drown a dream! | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 18:16:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 80: fly home for a short break
Today everyone boarded various loooong flights to go home, some to LA, some to other points for personal time. In about 10 days we start things back up in Atlanta with the Foo Fighters, in what promises to be one of the coolest and most fun weezer tours ever.... see you there! Stay tuned for presale and onsale info that hasnt been released yet - the full list of shows will hit soon, taking us to the end of October. Look for announcments soon for shows in Long Beach, Portland, OR, Seattle, and San Jose. Ive seen no further info at all on the once-mentioned Grand Rapids, Baltimore and Fresno shows, so I am forced to conclude that they are probably not happening. But I'll confirm one way or another asap.

08/26/05 we say then let the water come | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:11:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 79: Edinburgh UK - The Corn Exchange
Today we were in Edinburgh (pronounced 'Edin-borough' not 'Edin-burg' as we learned a bit late!), a charming Scottish city that weezer hath never laid eyes on before. The gig was at The Corn Exchange, which, as it was explained to me, had a unsettling former life as a huge livestock rendering and processing facility, but which has been rock-oriented for about 15-20 years now.

Todays show was affiliated with the massive annual Edinburgh Fest, a monthlong music-film-art-theater-food-beer festival that jams the streets of the city to the wee hours for weeks on end every summer. It was also the final show of the August Japan-Euro leg of the Make Believe Tour, and the guys went out with a bang for sure! After Nine Black Alps' set (nice guys and devoted to the principles of Rock), weezer took the stage and offered a set somewhat similar to the last few, with the arsenal of old favorites, some clever new techniques plus a new suprise or two that stoked the crowd up big time - in particular those that got to help out with the show! (See the comments section for some fan reactions.)

Huge ups to Aileen, Heather and their friend Caroline who works at Bookworld, the late night souvineir shop, for the mini Fest tour and introduction to the tasty yet strange soft drink Irn Brw!

And huge ups to the fans of Japan and Europe for making this tour one of the most fun and best in my memory. See you next time!

large size picture link: here, more: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here. (New merch coming in September!)

Reminder: See the online premiere of the NEW WEEZER VIDEO "We Are All On Drugs" on Yahoo Music!

08/25/05 and when the sky's full of portent | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 06:09:00 GMT

Reminder: See the online premiere of the NEW WEEZER VIDEO "We Are All On Drugs" on Yahoo Music!

...MB '05 Tour: Day 78: Manchester UK - The Academy
Vague Smiths tourism plans to find The Salford Lad's Club and a Strangeways road sign evaporated with the realities of a busy travel and show day, wherein we flew from Dublin to Manchester and boarded a tourbus which took us to the Academy. Manchester University's Academy has played host to countless shows for a long time, and was already well known back in '95 when weezer played here the first time on the Blue Album 'World Domination Tour'. The date was 6/21/95, and though memory is foggy, we think the Opening act was the then-new Cast.

Today's show was quite a different affair than the Blue Album-y gig 10 years ago, with a set drawn from 5 different albums, and involving an array of cool stunts that were unfathomable for this band not too long ago. Yet another milestone tonight, involving a cooperative surfing experience thats never been tried before in weezer. That on top of the recent breakthroughs combined for a fairly stunning night! Great work by the band, and huge kudos to the crew guys for rolling with the changes and coming up with the innovations on the fly that are necessary to pull these ideas off! And big ups to Mancunian Alex for helping out tonight!

see the comment section for some fan reactions!

large size picture link: here, more: 1.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here. (New merch coming in September!)

08/24/05 as a chicken leg bone | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 03:08:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 77: Dublin, Ireland - The Point
Todays show was at the Point, a cavernous former warehouse that became a rock venue years back, located in the once derelict now booming docklands area of the city, where high tech businesses are taking root as fast as the office space can be built to house them. The Point is a much bigger venue than the cozy Vicar Street was a few months back when weezer first visited Dublin, so the challenge was on to make it exciting and fun for a much larger group of fans.

First up was Turn, who are a Dublin band who are getting some attention these days, and with good reason. Then we got another dose of the Nine Black Alps brand of rock fury, which got the crowd primed for the main attraction. As this was only the second ever visit by weezer to Ireland, the majority of people in the audience had never seen them live before. On the other hand, it seems that pretty much eveyone who had seen them at Vicar Street showed up tonight for a second dose of the weez.

And a sweet second dose it was, with the band continuing to stretch the boundaries, stepping a little farther into once unthinkable territory every night! The sense of real teamwork and genuine fun has been growing all summer, and this is now a weezer that really has never been seen before. Tonight a new milestone was reached, as weezer history was made with something never before done at a weez show, though I'll leave it to the fan comments for the details...

Special guest tonight was Cait formerly of The Pogues, now of the Radiators. Cait is so damn cool its not even funny.

Big ups to local lad Sherry for helping out tonight! And a premium club-level shout out to 'Louweezer' + friend, longtime Irish supporters! A pleasure to finally meet up in person.

fan reactions! (more in the comments section)

"...I just got back from the weezer gig in the point in dublin and what an unbelievable show! they were much more energetic on stage then usual, think rivers must've been on something, and the part where they got someone from the audience to play on undone is something ive never seen weezer do in the 3 times ive seen them (las vegas being the most recent show after tonight). The accoustic island in the sun, where rivers went to the opposite end of the arena, was great as well. pat, brian and scott were firing on all cylinders too! pat's guitar solo on photograph was cool. it was nice to hear el scorcho in there too...after the show a bunch of us got to meet rivers and pat at the window of their dressing room just before we got chased away by security guards. They shook our hands and signed are ticket stubs. it was amazing and i wont soon forget it. thanks lads, come back soon" ---phil, clontarf

"...This gig was absolutely amazing! In Vicar Street a few months ago, I got the impression the guys were somewhat smothered by the size of the venue but tonight at the Point was completely stellar. The swapping around of vocal duties! The instrumental Death and Destruction! Rivers on drums! The invisible encore! That lucky lucky lucky lucky guy who got to go on stage to play Undone and made me wish I'd skipped work to show up ten hours early for the gig! The whole bloody thing! This time we got a really charismatic, appreciative band who worked completely off the huge energy being generated by the crowd. My excitement had been peaking since earlier in the day when Brian came into the guitar store I work in (Perfect Pitch). I was too timid to say hi or anything but my regrets about this have been replaced by my joy at what was truly a faith edifying experience. Rocking the Bitches and Rocking Like Sons of Bitches Since 1994! And many more to come we all hope! Best moment: when we took overrr the first verse of El Scorcho, allowing Rivers to join in on the chorus! Thank you, thank you, thank you." ---Stephen K., Dublin

"...Absolutely mind blowing show in the Point last night. It was my first time to see the Weez (after missing the Vicar Street gig!) and I didn't know what to expect. But WOW! The second they opened with "Don't Let Go" the crowd just surged forwards! It was an atmosphere like no other. They played through all the classics - "Buddy Holly", "El Scorcho", "Say It Ain't So" - everything we could've hoped for. Highlights of the night - "My Name is Jonas" (the whole crowd just went crazy!), "The Sweater Song" (with a shell shocked audience member on the guitar), and of course "Island In the Sun" (won't ruin the surprise for those yet to go see the band!)." ---Stephen M.

large size picture link: here, more: 1.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.

08/23/05 and then the water picks us clean | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 02:43:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 76: travel to Dublin, Ireland
Today we went to Dublin, some by plane, some by bus (via ferry). Everyone was excited to return to Ireland, in whats only our second ever visit to this exceptionally cool and merry land. After arrival the band zoomed over to a small recording session at a local studio to work on a few necessary things while they had a chance. Later the requisite walking around happened, with various favorite spots revisited - Leo Burdock's, Wagamama, etc...

This night there was a cool show in town - The Pixies with Kings Of Leon and Teenage Fanclub, plus local act Turn, who are also set to open tomorrows Weezer/Nine Black Alps show. Weezer was invited down, though not all members could make it due to the recording session and general tiredness. Those who could make it reported that it was pretty epic. It must be like the ultimate festival for some of these Dubliners who have tickets to all the gigs going on here these days!

...Foozer/Wee Fighters tour update - weezer mailing list members were informed earlier today of the presale info for a host of newly announced Foozer shows. The following shows have all been added:

10/04/05 - Champaign, IL - Assembly Hall - Public on-sale Saturday, August 27 at 10am
10/07/05 - Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena - Public on-sale Saturday, August 27 at 10am
10/08/05 - Cleveland, OH - Wolstein Center @ CSU - Public on-sale Saturday, August 27 at 10am
10/10/05 - Washington, DC - Patriot Center - Public on-sale Saturday, August 27 at 10am
10/13/05 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center (presale next week)
10/14/05 - New York, NY - Continental Arena - Public on-sale Friday, August 26 at 9am
10/28/05 - Oakland, CA - Oakland Arena - Public on-sale Sunday, August 28 at 10am
check Ticketmaster for more info.

The Oakland show also has a pre-sale being done by Live 105. "...We will be having a LIVE 105 pre-sale on Thursday (8/25) for LIVE 105 "Activists", if someone wants to be a part of the pre-sale and is not an Activist, they can sign up at LIVE105.COM. Live 105 will also be giving away tickets all day Thursday whenever a Foo Fighters or Weezer track is played..." The regular ticket on sale starts Sunday, August 28th @ 10:00am through Ticketmaster.

more Foozer tour dates to come!

..."Where is the new 'We Are All On Drugs' video?" you ask? Go here on Yahoo!, and on FUSE it will premiere tomorrow, Wednesday 8/25 on The "Daily Download" show, which is on at 6PM EST, 3PM Pacific time.

...Meanwhile the "Beverly Hills" video is at #8 on the VH1 top 20 weekly countdown.

...R.I.P. Robert Moog, 20th century music pioneer and technical genius.

large size picture link: here.

08/22/05 whip crackin', oxen a-pulfin' | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:56:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 75: London, UK - Hammersmith Odeon / Carling Apollo
Today we cruised over to the London venue everyone knows as The Hammersmith Odeon, but has been re-named the Carling Apollo by Carling, a beer company that seems to have bought or owns the naming rights to half the venues in the UK these days. Weezer has never played the Odeon before so it was a real treat to finally set up shop in this classic place.

Soon after arriving, it was noticed that back in the back alley, groups of camera toting tourist kept being escorted to a particular spot where theyd all take pictures and gawk. When asked about this, the security guard explained that this happens constantly, as the metal fire escape stairs at the rear of the building were featured in the Beatles movie "A Hard Day's Night", in a scene where the Beatles make their escape from the show, and therefore Beatles fans making the Beatle tourism rounds in London are always coming by to check it out. Pretty cool!

Anyway, tonight was a real corker by any account (See the comments section for a taste of the reactions!) First up were The Kooks, who rocked hard with a neat sound that sorta took a dash of early 70s classic rock and mixed it into the UK pop thang to good effect. Then came Nine Black Alps who had a semi-Nirvana hard rock sound that sounded fresh. It will be cool checking out their show for the rest of these dates. Then came Weezer, and their 'A-Game' was thoroughly brought. The energy level on stage is at a high thats only been matched by a few recent shows, and tonight may have topped them all. The weez bag o' tricks was pushed even farther, including some balcony action the likes of which has simply never happened before. The overall vibe was just killer!

Post show, the band had the pleasure of meeting United States National team Soccer star Carlos Bocanegra, who was stoked to catch the show and rap about the rock and the footie with the guys.

fans react! (see the comment section for much more!)

"Last night was my first weezer experience live and i REALLY enjoyed it. I've been hooked on weezer for 3 months now and i just cant get enough of them. I had ordered the weezer ticket about a month ago and i had been counting the days which probably really annoyed my friends when i kept going on about it. When they came on the stage with their first song "Don't Let Go" i immedietly knew it was going to be a fantastic night....and yes it was! I was really happy that they included many of their blue songs and a few off pinkerton (which i heard they don't normally play). Man El Scorcho what a great song live...I was fortunate enough to be next to the rail. I don't suppose you remember a teenager waving around a cup on the right side of the rail (from the view of the stage...hehe that was me. I thought that "Surf wax america" was a nice choice for the end of the night, however i was dissappointed that i wasnt able to catch any plectrums at the end of the show or anything lol but thats ok because it was an awesome experience...one not to be forgotten and i will definetly see them again when they are next in london" ---Oliver

"Weezer last night in Hammermith...They were brilliant! 500% better than the Brixton gig in June. I dont wanna ruin the suprises for anyone else but lets just say they've made a lot of
changes! Its like 10 years have passed since that June gig. Rivers isa changed man! I dont know what hes putting in his tea these days but whatever it is I hope he keeps doing it. This was hands down the best Weezer gig I have seen in the UK since The Garage in 1996." ---Danny

large size picture link: here.

The ccurrent tour merchandise can be seen here.

08/21/05 summer corn don't grow on it's own | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:12:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 74: travel day - Frankfurt, Germany to London, UK
today we went to the massive Frankfurt airport and navigated thru its labrynthine innards to find our flight to Heathrow. One pleasently uneventful flight later we were being loaded into powerful little vans and whisked into London, where we had an evening off. The Oxford Street HMV was investigated and "We Are All On Drugs" cds and 7"s were sucessfully located in stock. Not much else was going on as it was Sunday, but that was just fine. Wagamama wins again.

...fansite 'Across The Weez' says they have started a 'weezer radio station', though I don't see it on their site at this point. Also see this new fansite for various fan-sponsored weez-raffles and contests.

...theres a nice review (in German) of Weezer's recent show at the Frequency Festival on volumetv. (Direct link here).

...spotted on iTunes recently was "Peace" in Offspring's iTunes playlist. "...standout song on the new =w= record. Great song, beautiful and rocking."

large size picture link: here.

08/20/05 a farmer's life is a tough'un | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 13:49:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 73: Hohenfelden, Germany - Highfield Festival

Today we started the day in the small quaint ex-Eastern Germany city of Erfurt, which is known for being one of the OG Martin Luther's main hangouts back in the days o' the 99 Theses (not Jay-Z's 99 Problems). The central part of the city retains a lot of medieval/renaissance era architecture and such, including some seriously cool looking old school churches. So walking around was a must. But first came breakfast with the Foo Fighters, who arrived in town the same day, as they were headlining tonight's Highfield Festival. We had seen them breifly at the Munich hotel, but here was a chance to catch up for a while over eggs and cereal. Needless to say, everyone is very excited about the upcoming tour together in the fall.

On to Hohenfelden, which was about 30 minutes drive out into the country, situated on a pretty forest lined lake. We parked the bus and checked out the scene. The Highfield Festival only has one stage, so it was pretty simple. As with most of these Europe festivals, theres countless cars parked all over fields, and then countless tents of the fans who camp out for the 3 days of the festival to check out all the acts. ("A relaxed athmosphere, a dreamlike location right on the waterfront of the Hohenfelden Reservoir and a superb alternative line up: the HIGHFIELD FESTIVAL is the biggest Independent-Rock-Festival of East of Germany.")

I wonder how many songs I've heard at festivals that ill never be able to identify - having only heard the bass lines and some muffled echoed vocals from backstage and in the bus. Its weird how the mind simply filters it out when not actually checking a band out on stage. But at festivals, they are always there, just beyond the audio threshold where you can make out the song, or even the band. Low thumping, mysterious echoed singing in an unknown language, and then the breaks between songs, filled with the roar of the crowd..

Todays line up was pretty stellar. After Weezer, the final 2 acts were The Queens Of The Stone Age and finally The Foo Fighters! Weezer had a pretty good time on stage tonight, stuffing lots of goodies from their recently expanded bag of tricks into their 1 hour set allotment. The crowd was similar to the Frequency Festival crowd in that they went utterly CRAZY, moshing and crowd surfing thoughout the whole set. Germany knows how to rock. And they were rewarded with the Weez/Queens/Foo trifecta!

large size picture link: here, more: 1.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.
(updated 7/10/05).

08/19/05 the penny that brought you to me | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:31:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 72: Munich, Germany - Muffathalle
Today we checked out of the hotel and cruised over to the Muffathalle, except for Brian, who still had several hours left on his bicycle rental, so he decided to follow the bus on his bike. This didnt stop some enterprising autograph hunters from saddling up and following him, getting their autographs at the stop lights!

The Muffathalle is built pretty much right on top of a raging river. Or rather, the river is so compressed by the hydropower dam that runs right underneath the club that is looks like its raging. While none of this has much to do with the rock that takes place insode the club, its still pretty cool looking.

Today things took a bit of doing to get up to speed. Perhaps it was a bit of leftover jet lag, and the late night ride back from Salzburg probably didnt help either. Nor did the fish cooked whole that were on offer in catering! Bleh. But coffee was employed at the right moments, and the available energy was successfully conserved until showtime, where the flag of weezer rock was again unfurled.

Tonight there was a pretty cool opening band, a German pop group called Conic. Nice moog/guitar sound with touches of The Cars and other 80s pop rock.

fan reactions! (more in the comments section)
"...Damn, I can't believe it. I've waited 4 years to see Weezer and then they played in Munich.
My friend and I sworn we'll see Weezer. We drove 400 kilometers to Munich. The show was awesome. Hold me was so emotional. Rivers smiled all the time when he played drums at "Photograph". There were all singalongs and we had such a great time in Munich. After the concert the police stopped us by car and my friend had to do a drugtest. :( That was the only bad moment in Munich for us. Thanks for this super show!" ---Daniel S.

"...Just got back from the show in Munich. It took a long time ‘cause we live in Belgium and those German road works can be a pain in the ass... The guys who opened were not bad, but I didn’t like the sound of the bass player. I can’t remember their name, but I liked some of their electro-pop-rock songs. It was nice to see that the Diezel-amps were modified as “weezer-amps”, just like the Marshall-head some years ago. I really liked the sound too, it blew me away during sound check. (I think the pickups of the guitars were changed, need to get one of those Seymour Duncans!)...I saw Weezer at the Pukkelpop festival in ’96 and Werchter festival in ’01, but this time it was more intense. Not a heavy intro song to come on the stage, but a nice old tune. (What was it anyway?) I think everyone in the band was a little bit tired, but after driving through Germany all day long, I can understand how you guys must have felt. Anyway, the show was great, some nice sing-alongs, I felt like I was 15 again, no other band can give me that feeling. During “Fall Together” I thought how nice it would be to have a pick as a souvenir. Scott threw his pick away after the song and somehow I caught it. I hurt my girlfriend’s head when I jumped for it, but it was well worth the pain. ;) Pat’s singing on “Photograph” was great, I hope he will sing some other songs in the future. Rivers was smiling a lot when he was behind the drum-kit...Thanks for the great show. I hope you guys will come to Belgium in the next few years, but it’s not necessary: for weezer I would drive 4 times through Germany." ---C.

large size picture link: here.

see the tour page for the latest 2 confirmed Foozer shows: Champaign, Ill (10/4) and Cleveland, Ohio (10/8)!

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.

08/18/05 a bright copper penny | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:50:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 71: Salzburg Austria - Frequency Festival
Today we boarded a bus and cruised several hours over the border into Austria, to the Frequency Festival in the Alpine foothills near the city of Salzburg. Salzburg means 'salt mountain', but the people up in these mountains were anything but salty, in fact they were uber-stoked.

This was one of the more picturesque settings for a festival that we've seen. The grounds are actually a racetrack, albeit one that snakes thru a tree lined valley at several levels. It makes for a really cool scene, a cozy valley surrounded by dramatic steep wooded mountain ridges. Good place for a music festival, and positively magical once the sun went down, the moon came up and the chilly air rolled in.

The aforementioned non-salty attendees were ready for some serious rocking. In Austria, they are firm believers in Sammy Hagar's motto "theres only one way to rock". Tons of people were crowd surfing and riding on peoples shoulders throughout the set. Weezer had a full set including an encore for this show, and when they busted out with "Island in The Sun" late in the set, the crowd seriously kicked it up a Emeril-sized notch, once again proving the mysterious staying power of "Island" in Europe.

Just like in Japan, weezer's set preceeded Oasis' headlining set, and there was a definite mutual appreciation society going on, with a certain Noel G. checking out the entire Weezer set from the side of the stage. Weezer tried to return the compliment but ended up being unable to get back up on stage due to some draconian security dudes! But it was cool, it was easy to hear the set from backstage, and we couldnt stay for the whole set anyway.

fan reaction! (more in the comment section)
"...I still can't believe it- first time to see Weezer- and i did it twice this year. But this show was so awesome, wow. A different setlist from the Novarock Festival (two Pinkerton, Perfect Situation oh yeah, i totally freaked out) and an enthusiastic crowd. And: Weezer was (at least it seemed so) so happy to play and to perform on this stage, I was and I am so glad I saw them all: Brian, Scott and Pat singing besides Rivers- as they did in the US club shows.. thank you all so much." ---'simpleton'

...The "We Are All On Drugs" video premires o FUSE on Monday 8/22, and on Yahoo on Tuesday 8/23. Meanwhile the Hard Rock Live performance looks like its playing on Sept 11 now, according to this page.

large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.

08/17/05 and all for a penny | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:13:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 70: Munich, Germany - day off
Just chillin' in Munich AKA Munchen today, our first day off in this city ever, and everyone's walking all over the place/platz checking it out, and basking in the cool air, fine sports cars and well tended old school clock towers and churches and such.

...Weezer mailing list subscribers got info on tomorrows St. Paul and Chicago Foozer/Wee Fighters show presales early this morning. And for SoCal peeps, finally a show for you: The Kroq Inland Invasion 5! Thats right, weezer has been confirmed to be part of a very cool bill that features all kind of great bands, including Oasis and Beck! Tickets go on sale Saturday at Noon. There is also a KROQ presale going on that starts today at noon, but you have to be signed up on the KROQ Street Team to get the password.

...Alright, here's a contest you need to check out - the grand prize winner gets a free trip and tickets to the 10/3 Foozer/Wee Fighters/Kaiser Chiefs Chicago show!

...The "We Are All On Drugs" video (US version) is now finished, having recently emerged from the editing room. Look for it on FUSE this coming monday, Aug 22. Mtv was on hand at the filming and has put together a "Make A Video" segment, which should be played several times around when they premiere the video. However, we dont have info as to when exactly it will premiere, nor 'Make A Video' showtimes, nor whether it will be on Mtv or Mtv2 or both. When this info is in hand, it will be posted here. Also, it might (or might not) be that there will be 2 slightly different edits of the video, one for Mtv and another one for Fuse and other channels. Remains to be seen.

...The "We Are All On Drugs" UK retail singles were released this past week. There is a CD single and a 7" 45 pressed on pink swirly vinyl.

the UK cd single contains:
1. We Are All On Drugs
2. Beverly Hills - Urbanix Mix
3. Burndt Jamb - Live
4. We Are All On Drugs - CD-Rom Video

and the 7" contains:
A. We Are All On Drugs
B. Beverly Hills - Urbanix Mix

The International cd single (same contents as the UK cd?) will be released on August 22.

note that these singles, as well as the US and UK/Int'l one song radio promo cds all contain the correct lyric version of "We Are All On Drugs", which doesnt appear on the initial pressings of the "Make Believe" CD.

For clarity, the correct version of "We Are All On Drugs" replaces this line:
"I want to confiscate your drugs/I dont think i can get enough"
with:
"I want to reach a higher plane/where things will never be the same"

We have also learned that the record company will indeed be moving ahead with pressing a fresh run of "Make Believe" that includes the correct "We Are All On Drugs". There probably wont be any way to tell the two pressings apart, however, aside from actually putting the cd in a player and listening to it.

"We Are All On Drugs" has risen fast on the Modern Rock chart, currently at #14 in its 5th week. Meanwhile, "Beverly Hills" is STILL rocking the charts, going higher than any weezer song ever has. Its at #10 on the Modern Rock chart (where it has enjoyed 20 weeks on, topping it at #1), #15 on both the Hot 100 and Pop 100 charts, and #22 on the Pop 100 Airplay charts - higher than anything weezer has released before. Also its still #8 on the top Digital Tracks Chart (where it hit #1), and #9 on the Hot Digital Songs chart (where it also hit #1). Whew!

large size picture link: here.

...don't forget to check out this Weezer/The Fray contest!

08/16/05 i reckon we're in love, and married we'll be | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:36:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 69: fly from Tokyo to Munich
About 15 minutes before our flight took off from Tokyo, some of us were in our seats onthe plane, others in the terminal waiting to get on the plane. Suddenly we all felt a strange rocking sensation - and not rocking as in rock music, but rocking as in earthquake! Though the epicenter turned out to be very far north, it was still easy to feel in Tokyo. Those on the plane reported that it felt like someone was outside the plane pushing it back and forth. For those of us in the terminal, the floor felt like jelly and the overhead signs shook back and forth for a while. I guess Japan was saying goodbye in its own special way, and thank goodness the damage and injuries were mostly minor.

The rest of the day was basically a 12 hour flight to Munich, whose weather couldnt have been more different than Japan's - cool, damp, cloudy, like a fall day in the Northeast US. We got to the hotel around 7 PM, and it was a mercifully quiet evening for most.

08/15/05 i'd have offered 1000K, i'd have done it for none | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:10:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 68: Tokyo - Zepp Club
The Zepp Club is part of a chain of Zepp clubs around Japan. Tokyo's Zepp is down by the waterfront (or, rather one of Tokyo's many massively developed waterfront areas), next to a Nissan Museum, a huge ferris wheel, and a mall that contains what must be the largest video arcade I've ever seen, plus a pet store where one can buy not only puppies and kittens, but squirrels and spider monkeys.

Today the pea soup of humidity and heat thats been gripping Japan reached a breaking point, as visibility went down so a steamy haze and the air became just about unbreathable. By the shows end, however, all that would change. Tonight's show was best described as magical, one of the very best weezer shows of 2005 so far, without a doubt. For the band it was some of the most fun theyve had on stage, topping even the the best of the recent weeks of shows. The band treated the crowd to some cool suprises throughout the set, and it was good.

After some post show food and interviews, The tidy little vans drove away from Zepp, and almost immediately into a huge thunderstorm, complete with tons of thunder and lightning and a wall of monsoon like rain. Tokyo was totally drenched, and was at last afforded a respite from the intense heat and humidity. It was awesome.

fan reaction! (see the comment section for more)

"...Jumping to conclusion, it was one of the best show I've seen of all the weezer concert.
To be honest, I thought their sound was not at the best (I'm sorry..but I want to be honest..!), but the band entertained us. There was this friendly kind of atmosphere throughout the show. I was so glad to hear many songs from the past album. It was good to sing along the "oh-oh" lines in Perfect Situation, which is one of my favorate songs from Make Believe. It's the best feeling you can get in live shows. And I never expected Rivers to come to the PA booth and sing. I was right next to the booth (I always take my position close to the PA whenever I see a live show). I was suprised, and somewhat shocked at the same time. I mean, he was TOO close. I was just staring at his face like a child looking up at their parents, and regretted a bit that I should've watched his fingers more (I am practicing guitar). Brian, Scott and Pat was great with their vocals. Pat was really good at playing guitar as well! I loved his guitar solo. How cool! Ending up with Surfwax and Rivers telling us it's gonna be the last song so let's party (I thought it was very kind of him the way he explained it to us), the crowd has gone crazy! I felt great! Watching the bottles flying everywhere and myself jumping and shouting, I felt really happy to join this party. It was just great..." ---Sachi

large size picture link: here, more: 1.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.

08/14/05 a penny for your thoughts...it's settled and done | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 09:57:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 67: Summersonic Festival - Tokyo, Marine Stadium
More tidy little van rides brought us out to the Marine Stadium, which is actually quite a ways out in some suburb of Tokyo somewhere. If anything it was even hotter than Osaka today! The sun was blistering and the humidity unrelenting. Just standing around induced instant sweaty discomfort. They ran firehoses up over the gigantic crowd to keep people from collapsing where they stood in the midday sun, and kept it up into the evening hours. But who's complaining when youre about to play to 40,000 people, in between Kasabian and Oasis? Not us!

Various sightings today of Chuck D, but no one seemed to be able to spot that wily Flavor Flav. Scott nearly introduced himself to someone he thought was Flav but realized at the last second it must have been his stunt double or something. In any event, it was difficult to check out any artists' sets that werent actually at the baseball stadium, as the other stages were quite a distance apart and not easy to spot.

Weezer delivered the same set as last night, and it was once again fun, huge and dramatic, if beset by the occasional minor techie glitch. The crowd was LOUD, as the whole stadium was packed to the gills - It definately looked more full than 3 years ago when we played with G n' R.

Both shows were filmed, and several tracks fom each will be shown on Japanese TV soon, as part of a Summersonic Special.

This time we watched Oasis from the skyboxes (sharing with Kasabian, who were in a celebratory mood), and learned that the Oasis front of house sound (what the audience hears) was just as briliant if not more so than the killer sound we heard on stage yesterday. What a treat to watch these guys in action. Legends!

After the show the band did some more short interviews, this time with MTV, Tokyo-FM, and United Project Radio.

fan reaction (more in the comment section)
"...Today I was up early in the morning, all ready to go to the much anticipated SummerSonic05 for the first time in my life with a friend of mine. Walking under the hot sun with myriads of other people clad in rock t-shirts, I headed towards the Marine Stadium to first see a Japanese hip-hop group, Rip Slyme and I ended up gaping with awe at the size of the stadium. After that, I couldn't wait until 6pm when I would be able to see/hear Weezer live for the first time in my life. 5 hours later I was standing amongst a HUGE group of people, about 5 meters away from the stage where I could see Pat, Brian, Scott and Rivers so close up that it was almost surreal. The fact that I was almost face to face with a band that was always something distant and only tangible with the sound from the CD was unbelievably exciting. I was ready to rock'n roll and the crowd started to tune into the Weezer spirit with "Photograph." Despite the 60 mins of getting pushed around by the sweaty men around me, singing/waving/jumping/doing the =w= sign with them filled me with great happiness...(clothes getting sweaty, voice getting hoarse.) Thank you for giving all the Kanto-area Weezer fans such a great time and on a personal note, thank you for giving a girl the energy and motivation to pull herself through a tough Highschool Junior year of college preparation! ...P.S: It was a treat listening to Brian and Scott sing and I must say, that the whole band was well-dressed for such a wonderful occasion." ---Sol

large size picture link: here, more: 1.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.

08/13/05 the light in my window burns only for you | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 08:00:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 66: Summersonic Festival - Osaka
After even more wandering around and getting lost in the city (and yet another repeat visit to Mos Burger for those still inclined!), we got back in the tidy little vans and went back to the Osaka WTC site.

The vibe was a bit different than the 2002 show, when the rain was monsoon-like, soaking everything right up to when weezer started to play. Today there was light rain on and off but the day was mostly marked by unceasing brutal high humidity and temps in the mid 90's. Steambath style, wherein breathing didnt come easy and the caterer's curious practice of setting their refrigerators at about, oh, 55 degrees F., made for a hard time finding cool relief. (though the food itself was dynamite)

But somehow at these events, minor inconvieniences and discomforts tend to melt away in the hustle and bustle of getting the job done and the excitement of so many bands coming together from all over. When youve got Chuck D AND the Gallagher brothers under one roof, you know its a special day!

Showtime, things were much the same as last time, with about 30,000 people in attendance, rocking out in uniform hand clapping fashion as they tend to do at these things. The band was mostly way 'on' tonight, particuarly killing it on "Say It Ain't So", "We Are All On Drugs" and "Perfect Situation", to name a few. By mid set, the combination of the sheer thick humidity and the fog machines made for a positively soupy atmosphere on stage. It was nearly impossible to see the audience at several points, so thick was the pea soup. Everyone sweated about 10 gallons and it was just peachy.

Then came a treat, watching Oasis play form the side of the stage. MAN as there some great sound up there! Don't know what it was, but those guys' stage sound (separate from the PA system sound for the audience) was massive. Plus Zac Starkey (son of Ringo) on the drums? Fuhgeddaboutit. It was such a pleasure to finally take in their show, and from so close. The whole day was pretty great overall. Best of all, it all happens again tomorrow in Tokyo!

The band did some various short interviews today, with ABC TV, FM 802 and ZIP FM.

fan reactions! (add more in the comment section)
"...My sister, me and friends went to see WEEZER in summer sonic Osaka today. It was great! we enjoyed very much! We recognized you on the stage just before weezer's show! We called your name and you also realized us! Thanks for taking us a picture from the stage!...By the way, we happened to find Rivers just in front of us! during Oasis' show. It was quite funny because he was watching Oasis from under the stage. Just please ask him was he able to see Oasis properly? and enjoy it? and I think that today's Liam looked like Rivers because he was wearing funny black frame glasses and stripe shirt! Anyway, I hope Weezer rocks in Tokyo as well ! and have a good time in Japan." ---Mana

"Hi. I am Ayumi who asked to sing 'island in the sun'. Thank you very much to sing it. I was so happy. I could understand what Rivers talked in English. but honestly I couldn't understand what Oasis talked....Weezer live was awesome!!!!!! I will go to see them again next time they come to Osaka. I am so sorry they wont play extra live in Osaka but they will in Tokyo. Good Luck!" ---Ayumi

large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.

08/12/05 i know you'll return dear, my heart tells me true | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 08:24:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 65: Summersonic Osaka Soundcheck/rehearsal
Today, after some more wandering around and getting lost in the city (and a repeat visit to Mos Burger for those so inclined), we got back into the tidy little vans and went over to the Osaka World Trade Center site, the annual home of the Summersonic Festival in Osaka. Everything was in a frenzied state of last minute preparation, but they seemed to have it under control as usual, with armies of tech dudes and workers scurrying about. The band had about an hours worht of soundcheck time, which was good because it gave them a chance to get back in the groove after 2 weeks of no shows.

Everyone is pretty stoked to be playing with Oasis for the next 2 days, for the first time in Weezer's career. After the fortuitous weez/Oasis meeting back in June in Paris, its doubly exciting to actually share the stage now...and to get stuck with their breakfast bills at the hotel!

large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here (updated 7/10/05).

...Alright, here's a contest you may wish to check out, especially if you are looking for free tickets to the 10/3 Foozer/Wee Fighter/Kaiser Cheifs show in Chicago!

...Weezer has been nominated for a Kerrang! Award, for Best Video for 'Beverly Hills'.

...On the XFM Radio's 2005 'X List 2005 mega-poll', "Buddy Holly" has made the top 104 song 'short list'. Vote here for the weez - each vote sent in goes into a prize draw to win a color iPod and iTunes vouchers.

...Weezer's 7/21 Nashville, TN concert was reviewd in the latest Concert Blast! podcast. Check out show #10 here, it starts about 10 minutes into the podcast.

08/11/05 as my guardian angel on watch as i sleep | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 08:22:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 64: arrive in Japan
back in Japan again! We landed at Kansai Int'l and cruised to the hotel in a pair of these tidy vans they seem to use for everything over here. Soon there was a search for Mos Burger,which was deliciously successful. Then, fun with jet lag.

large size picture link: here.

...here's an Mtv article with more info on what to expect from the upcoming US "We Are All On Drugs" video.

08/10/05 and when i am away, your penny i'll keep | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 06:46:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 63: fly to Japan
Today we boarded a 747 and flew from Los Angeles to Osaka, Japan to start the next round of The Make Believe Tour! Actually Brian and Rivers went over a few days early to acclimate and spend a few vacation days before the tour started. The flight is about 12 hours, broken up into little segments of computing, reading, napping, snacking, computing, stretching, reading, napping, computing, etc. Although it never gets dark, we cross the International Date Line and thus lose a day, landing on Thursday instead of Wednesday. Mid-flight, I switched my computer's time zone over, and thereby suddenly went from 7:38 pm Wed August 10 to 11:38 am Thursday August 11. Whew! Later in the tour we fly west, to Europe and later to LA, so I believe we somehow make up the lost day that way. I hope so...I want my day back!

08/09/05 I don't have any secrets - you know how I feel | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 09:02:00 GMT

...time has flown. The "We Are All On Drugs" video (2.0) has been shot and is in the editing room, and the band has taken a short break to recharge the ol' batteries. On Wednesday we all fly to Osaka, Japan to start the next round of The Make Believe Tour! Things are gonna be hot for a while now. The rest of August will be spent in Japan and Europe, and then after a short break at the end of August, The Weezer/Foo Fighters/Foozer/Wee Fighters Tour gets underway for most of September and October, aside from a week in September where weezer will be visiting Mexico and Brazil for the very first time!

...Foozer ticket presales are continuing, those of you on the weezer mailing list should be getting the info for San Diego and Phoenix shows late Tuesday night.

...The We Are All On Drugs cd single will be in stores on...
UK - August 15th
Int'l - August 22nd

the UK cd single will contain:
1. We Are All On Drugs
2. Beverly Hills - Urbanix Mix
3. Burndt Jamb - Live
4. We Are All On Drugs - CD-Rom Video

...Here is the iTunes Podcast that Brian and Scott did with Josh Abraham. Check it out!

...don't forget to check out this Weezer/The Fray contest!

...over at weezerdayz, they've been running a "Make Believe Survivor" poll, and its coming down to the wire...

...crazy Halo 2/Beverly Hills video here.

...Speaking of the Beverly Hills video, its been nominated for the Best Rock Video category in this year's Mtv VMA's.

...Weezer's "Island In The Sun" video has been nominated in FUSE TV's "F-List" show - this week the category is "best video with animals". To vote for weezer on fuse.tv, navigate to 'tv shows' then to 'f-list'!

...and finally, whoah...

08/04/05 a penny for your thoughts...lets call it a deal | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 08:00:00 GMT

...tour update!
Heres another leg of the Weezer/Foo Fighters/Foozer/Weez Fighters co-headlining tour. The Kaiser Chiefs will join the bands on these four new dates. Confirmed US cities, venues, and on-sale details are:

9/27 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena. On sale: Saturday, August 13th
9/28 Phoenix, AZ - America West Arena. On sale: Saturday, August 13th
10/2 Minneapolis, MN - Xcel Arena. On sale: Saturday, August 20th
10/3 Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena. On Sale: Saturday, August 20th

In addition, starting August 5th tickets will be available for:

9/15 Dallas, TX - Smirnoff Center. On sale Aug. 5th at 4pm CST. Tickets available at www.hob.com, www.ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster outlets including Foley's, Fiesta, & Tower Records, and the Smirnoff Music Center box office or by phone (214) 373-8000 or (972) 647-5700.

Tickets for the six previously announced shows - 9/8 Atlanta, GA; 9/10 Sunrise, FL; 9/11 Tampa, FL; 9/13 Houston, TX; 9/14 Austin, TX; and 9/20 Denver, CO - went on-sale last weekend.

Other confirmed cities for the tour include: Champaign, IL; Grand Rapids, MI; Detroit, MI; Cleveland, OH; Columbus, OH; Baltimore, MD; Worcester, MA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Fresno, CA; Seattle, WA; and Portland OR.

More tour information will be announced shortly. Presale info, when its known, will go out on the weezer mailing list.

...also, some international updates -
tickets for the show in Munich Germany on 8/19 are available online here.

Mexico City tickets for the 9/21 show: here.

...and dont forget to check out this Weezer/The Fray contest!

08/01/05 'till at last I'm your bride | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 08:41:00 GMT

...The 'We Are All On Drugs" video shoot (for what I'm calling "V2.0", the version for USA [and other places if they prefer it over the 'Reaper' version 1.0]) took place last Monday and Tuesday in Los Angeles, and reportedly went very well. The video was directed by Justin Francis. Heres a mini bio of Justin, (found here): "Justin Francis is a New York-based Director and Cinematographer. A graduate of NYU's Grad Film Program, he has photographed over thirty short films and directed four of his own. Justin worked closely under DP Matthew Libatique on Requiem For A Dream and acted as a camera intern on Spike Lee's Freak for HBO. While currently developing his own projects, Justin has shot and directed spots for Kenneth Cole NY, Reaction, Sony Music, MCA Records, Fubu, and Lifetime Television."

The video is in the editing process now and we are hoping to see it on the air by mid August!

...Sept tour note: Should be a mailing list email going out shortly for the Dallas show presale info. Stay tuned. Note that we have learned that the Dallas show is the only show going on sale Dallas is the only new show going onsale this week, so there wont be any new suprises yet. Though we are hoping to announce new confirmed dates on the tour asap!

current known tour info:
Japan:
8/13/05 - Osaka, Japan - Summersonic: WTC Open Air and INTEX
8/14/05 - Tokyo, Japan - Summersonic - Marine Stadium
8/15/05 - Tokyo, Japan - Zepp - sold out?

Europe:
8/18/05 - Salzburg, Austria - Frequency
8/19/05 - Munich, Germany - Muffathalle - tickets 1, 2
8/20/05 - Hohenfelden, Germany - Highfield
8/22/05 - London, UK - Hammersmith Apollo - tickets - with Nine Black Alps, The Kooks
8/24/05 - Dublin, Ireland - The Point - tickets onsale July 8th at 9AM - with Nine Black Alps
8/25/05 - Manchester, UK - The Academy - tickets - with Nine Black Alps
8/26/05 - Edinburgh, UK - T in the Fringe Festival @ Corn Exchange - tickets - with Nine Black Alps

September+October: Foozer/Weez Fighters North America + Weezer South of the Border...
9/08/05 - Atlanta GA - Gwinnett Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets
9/10/05 - Sunrise FL - Office Depot Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets
9/11/05 - Tampa FL - St. Petersburg Times Forum - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets
9/13/05 - Houston TX - Woodlands Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets (also here)
9/14/05 - Austin TX - Frank Erwin Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets
9/15/05 - Dallas TX - Smirnoff Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets TBA

9/21/05 - Mexico City, Mexico - Palacio de los Deportes - tickets

9/24/05 - Curitiba, Brazil - Curitiba Festival (see festival site for ticket info)

9/30/05 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets

(more Foozer in North America TBA, incl these confirmed cities: San Diego, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Chicago, Champaign IL, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Cleveland, Columbus, Baltimore, Worcester, New York, Philadelphia, Fresno, Seattle and Portland OR.

07/31/05 I will cherish my pennies' worth | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:27:00 GMT

...howdy - just a quick note to say that the MTV Hard Rock Live broadcasting of the Orlando weezer show was moved to September 7th (we think). The August 3rd slot was changed to Good Charlotte, so do not be alarmed!

...more to come... (in the meantime, go see The Wedding Crashers!)

07/30/05 and when you're away, so far from my side | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 20:59:00 GMT

...recent weezer tourmates The Fray have a cool Weezer/Fray contest going on over on their site. Check it out here!

...more tour dates, presales, etc coming soon. Sign up on the mailing list for presale passwords, etc. Note that we have determined that the several people who didnt recieve the recent mass email signed up right before it went out, so their registration wasnt processed in time. If you had this problem, rest assured you will get the next email. And if you havent signed up yet, dont wait till the last minute!

07/26/05 would a shiny new 0.25 buy a peek at your schemes? | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 08:23:00 GMT

...today was day 2 of the "We Are All On Drugs" video shoot in L.A.

...tour dates: the latest!
weezer mailing list subscribers just got the scoop on the first round of presales for the September Weezer/Foo Fighters/Foozer/Weez Fighters tour. There are more dates coming and there will be more presales, so sign up if you havent already!

Japan:
8/13/05 - Osaka, Japan - Summersonic: WTC Open Air and INTEX
8/14/05 - Tokyo, Japan - Summersonic - Marine Stadium
8/15/05 - Tokyo, Japan - Zepp - sold out?

Europe:
8/18/05 - Salzburg, Austria - Frequency
8/19/05 - Munich, Germany - Muffathalle - tickets 1, 2
8/20/05 - Hohenfelden, Germany - Highfield
8/22/05 - London, UK - Hammersmith Apollo - tickets - with Nine Black Alps, The Kooks
8/24/05 - Dublin, Ireland - The Point - tickets onsale July 8th at 9AM - with Nine Black Alps
8/25/05 - Manchester, UK - The Academy - tickets - with Nine Black Alps
8/26/05 - Edinburgh, UK - T in the Fringe Festival @ Corn Exchange - tickets - with Nine Black Alps

September+October: Foozer/Weez Fighters North America + Weezer South of the Border...
9/08/05 - Atlanta GA - Gwinnett Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - presale July 27th at 10am - tickets onsale July 29 at 10am
9/10/05 - Sunrise FL - Office Depot Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - presale July 28th at 10am - tickets onsale July 30 at 10am
9/11/05 - Tampa FL - St. Petersburg Times Forum - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - presale July 28th at 10am - tickets onsale July 30 at 12noon
9/13/05 - Houston TX - Woodlands Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - presale July 28th at 10am - tickets (alsoo ) onsale July 30 at 10am
9/14/05 - Austin TX - Frank Erwin Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - presale July 28th at 10am - tickets onsale July 30 at 10am
9/15/05 - Dallas TX - Smirnoff Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets TBA

9/21/05 - Mexico City, Mexico - Palacio de los Deportes - tickets onsale July 28 at 11am

9/24/05 - Curitiba, Brazil - Curitiba Festival - on sale July 25!

9/30/05 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center - presale July 28th at 10am - tickets onsale July 30 at 10am

(more Foozer in North America TBA, incl these confirmed cities: San Diego, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Chicago, Champaign IL, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Cleveland, Columbus, Baltimore, Worcester, New York, Philadelphia, Fresno, Seattle and Portland OR.

...hey, vote for fellow weezer fan/JONAS member Kevin C., hes nominated for "CJ of the Day" on a music channel called ManiaTV - if he wins, he promises to play weezer videos all thru the day! Anyone can watch online, so if thats what you want to see, vote for Kevin! To vote, logon tomorrow (7/27) at 8pm EST at maniaTV.com and vote for 'Kevin Cate'.

...fan gallery of pix taken at the recent Atlantic City Borgata show.

...article on weezer at South American site rockaxis.com.

07/25/05 a penny for your thoughts, a dime for your dreams | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 09:29:00 GMT

...whoah! “Beverly Hills” has been nominated for an MTV VMA (Best Rock Video)! Sweet! Thats weezer's first VMA nomination in quite a while. Meanwhile, the video for "We Are All On Drugs" was started today in L.A. and should be wrapped by late Tuesday. More info soon. The director is someone that weezer has never worked with before.

...coming shortly to those registered on the weezer mailing list : presale info for the first batch of September Weez/Foo dates!

....Yes, Weezer is coming to Mexico City, Mexico, on September 21! More details soon.

07/24/05 sometimes people just get a coke | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 07:44:00 GMT

Well, thats it for the next 2 weeks as far as shows go. But this coming Monday and Tuesday, the band will be near their homes in L.A., shooting a video for "We Are All On Drugs." More tour info, etc, coming soon...

07/23/05 we beat the pants off of blessed heart of mary | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 08:49:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 61: Grant Park - Chicago - Lollapalooza
After a few rough years, this year marks the return of the Lollapalooza Festival, this time not as a travelling roadshow but a stationary 2 day event. As there are already some big events out west every year, Perry Farrell and Co. wisely chose the Midwest to set up shop, namely in Chicago's beautiful downtown Grant Park. When you consider the complexity and logistics of a show like this and all that could possibly go wrong, it was refreshing to find that nearly everything went right.

The midwest was in the midst of a crushing heatwave when Lolla hit town, but today things started to shift, with overcast skies threatening rain, and hopefully some sort of releif from the rediculous temps. At one point in th afternoon the rain came down in huge drops that evaporated almost as soon as they hit the scorched earth, but this cleared up and by evening the sun was setting in full view.

As for the music, when we got there Dashboard Confessional was playing, reminding us of our shared bill with Chris C. and co. on the '02 Enlightenment Tour. We also witnessesd the power and fury of Billy Idol, in top form! Soon, Primus hit the stage in full-on reunited original member mode, with Les Claypool leading them thru all the old classics of demented fretboard prodigousness. Then the legendery Pixies took the East main stage, while the weezer crew got the West main stage ready for the nights closing set. it was such a pleasure to take in the Pixies killer set while waiting for weezer's turn in the spotlight.

Perry Farrell took the West stage near the end of the Pixies set over on the East Stage to introduce an somewhat unexpected bit of entertainment, a 'tribute to Chicago', featuring a trio of scantily clad dancer girls doing their thing to (I think?) one of the songs from the musical 'Chicago'. Combined with the Pixies doing their encore "Where is My Mind" in the background, it was a very... interesting sight. Then Perry was back on stage, to introduce weezer, and he did so very warmly, talking about weezer's "beautiful songwriting" and saying they were "cool like James Bond"!

Weezer played like there was no tomorrow, which in terms of this leg of the tour, there wasn't! The scene was as epic as could be, with 25,000 people rocking out in the audience and the amazing Chicago skyline lit up behind them all. There was copious amounts of awesome rock moments all throughout the set, including a never before seen instance of Rivers sitting on the front edge of the stage during the instrumental 'Death And Destruction", and a very very rare instance of Scott tossing one of his prized basses to the sky, letting the rock gods do with it as they will as it plummetted back to earth with a huge bang! (with only minor damage as it turned out) Its hard to describe the majesty of this show, which was a fitting and triumphant end to the July tour. But Jordan Schur, head of Geffen Records was there, rocking out on the side of the stage, and he may have summed it up best: "That was the greatest weezer show I've ever seen. This is such a great band. Rivers' connection to the audience is real and tribal now. The whole experience is exponentially more satisfying than ever before."

some fans chimed in as well (more in the comments section, and leave your own!)

"What an awesome show tonight! Weezer definatley stole the show. Opening with Say it aint so was a great way to start the set. I saw =w= right before Make Believe came out at their last chicago appearance and they were even better this time. I loved Rivers' dialogue with the crowd between songs, particularly what he said before playing El Scorcho (which was itself a treat to hear). I really like that Brian and Scott are taking over more of the vocals and I was happy to hear some maladroit songs--there were none in the set list last time. It was funny when Rivers got the set list mixxxed up and had to be corrected. Scott has this really cool move he does where looks like he's going to limbo. I enjoyed that. Pat's drumming was very solid throughout the night as well. It seemed like there was a loop going during El Scorcho cause at during the breakdown he stopped and there was something else there. [editor's note: no loop, not sure what Al heard] Scott threw his bass down hard at the end. He's the man. Thanks for a great night!" ---Al in Chicago

"After many many hours, weeks, months, and even YEARS of waiting I finally got to see Weezer for the first time tonight and I am left speechless. My friend and I travelled to Chicago from the city of Wollongong [Australia] which is about an hour's drive from Sydney just to see Weezer. Weezer hadn't visited our shores since '96 and I was under 18 then so it was impossible for me to see them! But after tonight I can finally say that I can, and what was presented was the greatest rock show I have ever bore witness to. It was the perfect setlist, weather, audience and Rivers seemed in full swing and very positive to be where he was. It was fantatic to hear Brian and Scott sing, and the audience participation in songs like El Scorcho and and Perfect Situation were priceless. The band sounded 100 times better than than they do on record, which is saying something as they are perfect on record! Thank you Scott, Brian, Patrick and Rivers for what was surely one of the highlights of my life." ---Angus T., Australia.

large size picture link: here.

07/22/05 Ron and Sheila: the old standbys, the workhorses | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 04:25:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 60: Savvis Center - St. Louis, MO
deep in this totally huge hockey arena! story coming asap...

The Savvis Center is one very nice new arena, where the St. Louis Blues NHL team does their thing, well, will be doing their thing once again now that that dispute has been settled. No disputes in the weez world today though, just 3 bands that are in top form and stoked to be sharing a bill once again. When you roll into the Savvis Center, you really roll into it! We went in to this endless tunnel that somehow wound down and led to backstage, deep underground. We had absolutely no idea where the outside was at that point, so my apologies to anyone out in the line up who was expecting a visit! After soundchecks and a tasty catered dinner, things got underway with the Fray, whose short but sweet set was righteous. Then Ben Folds rocked the hizzouse, including an awesome cover of Dr. Dre's 'B*****s Ain’t ****'!

Tonight was the last show together with The Fray, and as this was their first big tour, they wanted to follow traditions and go out in style, by pranking weezer. Weezer's set rolled along righteously as they have been: big. rock. fun. Then during 'Beverly Hills', a procession of topless (yet bra-ed!) Fray-men invaded the stage, causing breif and extreme confusion untill the weez men realized what was going on (in other words, successful prank!) They sang along to Beverly Hills, doing the 'Gimmie Gimmies' and stripping off their bras, doing handstands, etc. Fun stuff, and a good job catching the headliners off guard. I remember back in '97 on the No Doubt tour, when Brian and Matt successfully pranked Gwen Stefani and co. During the extended breakdown section of one of their songs (they would extend 'Just a Girl' and 'Sunday Morning' for like 15 minutes each), We carried a candle lit table and chairs right out onto the stage behind Gwen as she talked to the audience. Brian and Matt were dressed up formally and brought out newspapers, wine and wine glasses, and proceeded to sit at the table, sip wine and read the paper, acting like nothing was unusual. For once, Gwen was at a loss for words!

Anyway, I digress. Thanks to the Fray for kicking mucho ass this tour, it was short but very sweet! And thanks to Ben Folds for killing it these last 2 nights!

"That thing with the cell phones and the lighters was beautiful!" - Rivers, after "Hold Me".

Props to Bobby Jr and Rory!!!

And props to super old schoolers Matt G. and Car-o-line D., in the house!

large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here (updated 7/10/05).

07/21/05 'ello, 'ow are 'oo? | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 05:06:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 59: Municipal Auditorium -Nashville, TN
deep in a circular skateable building with fancy pedestrian ramps...story coming asap...

We rolled over from hotel and immediately recognized the Municipal Auditorium from 2/21/02, the Hyper Extended Midget Tour. On that day, high fevers were flaring up for both Pat and Rivers, who managed to pull it together just enough to deliver the rock show. Today, by contrast, was far healthier, with everyone in tip top shape. The only high temperature being recorded was outside, in the air! Inside there was a nice AC system pumping, though the sheer mass of bodies in the crowd kinda cancelled that right out by showtime. 3 years ago, the aforementioned illnesses prevented what could have been a 3rd 'challenge', after the very sucessful Cobo Challenge and KC Muni Challenges that were filmed, starring Pat luge-boarding down the pedestrian ramps. Today, the excuse was the inability to locate a skateboard! Thats right, the only board on tour at the moment is owned by one of the lighting guys, and we couldnt find him in time to rip it up before they let the peeps in. Ah well. Theres always another architecturally skateboard friendly auditorium down the road somewhere...

3 years ago, the opening acts were Ozma and Saves The Day. Today, we had another nice dose of The Fray, and then the first of 2 nights with Ben Folds, who weezer has never had the pleasure of sharing a bill with before, aside from a possible festival here and there over the years. Ben + co. started their set off with a cool cover of the The Cure's "In Between Days", and later did a cool sing along, 'conducting' the crowd with his arms (and a few choice hand signals to those who wouldnt cooperate!) He finished his set with a trademark piano stool bashing, leaving the stage for weezer to do their thang. Weezer continued what has become since about Montreal a vey consistent and energetic set, firing on all cylanders. Another hot 'Why Bother' with Brian on lead vox, another killer 'Fall Together' from Scott, another set of rock shapes pulled to the stoke of the crowd, another Perfect Situation sing along, another rad Beverly Hills extended solo breakdown. In short: get 'er done!

Pat says of tonights show: "I played like Terry Bozzio, my new mentor, and to all the naysayers, i say, yea, in order to negate your nay. Thereby, eternally, preserving the natural order. Plus the foccacia is fantastic tonight."

large size picture link: here.

...Kudos to the staff and crew whose efforts have made the Make Believe Tour possible...

Stuart R. - Tour Manager - the only one besides Barbara Streisand who can do everything.
Sarah C.K. - Assisstant - needs more computers, more hard drive space, and more storage media. now.
Arthur K. - production manager - best zoo noises, shirts, lions
Lee R. - production coordinator - the golden child. magic!
Mike W. - Security manager - king hell bad-ass, in a tender, giving way
Craig O. - Front Of House Engineer - a calming herbal tea of an engineer
Kevin G. - Monitor Engineer - hey Kevin! ...How do we play this game?
Leif D. - Lighting Director - wookin pa nub in aw de wong paces
Bobby S. - Guitar Tech (+addl guitar on some songs) - a shining star, no matter who he are
Aron M. - Bass, Drum Tech - refining the possibilities of bitterness in a warm cozy way
Tom ('Biss') K. - Rigger/Carpenter - Biss!
Andy T. - Audio tech (Rat Sound) - we need more Englishmen exactly like Andy (for experiments)
Daniel B. - Audio tech (Rat Sound) - the strong, silent type
Lee V. - Audio tech (Rat Sound) - the silent, strong type
Mike G. - lighting tech (Upstaging) - pinball wizard
John C. - lighting tech (Upstaging) resident skateboard champ. heelflips over barrels? goooodnight!
Jon H. - merchandise - dont throw off his count!
Charlie A. - band bus driver - voted prettiest ankles in the bus driving industry 2002, 2004
Alan D. - band bus driver - theyre naming streets after this guy. top man!
Randy D. - crew bus driver - voted 'steadiest hand', '99,'01,'03
Keith K. - crew bus driver - beat Tiger Woods at his own game
Paul S. - lead truck driver - won the 'semi truck quarter mile', '02,'03,'04
Benny L. - truck driver - rising fast in the rankings, known for his curling skills
John T. - truck driver - makes the highway sing like a bird

...weezer (unfortunately?) mentioned in this CNN article.

...look for a Make Believe song slipping into the upcoming issue of Mojo Magazines 'Mojo Playlist' (hat tip: Daniel B.)

...review of the recent Atlantic City show. And another homegrown review of Make Believe.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here (updated 7/10/05).

07/20/05 over in Peking, where they make the ducks | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 09:09:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 58: travel/off - Nashville, TN
rolled into Nashville late morning after the all night drive up from Florida. Another merciful day off to catch up on personal biz and band biz, and a good day to go on walks, despite the heat wave, in search of cool stuff.

...looks like the band will be shooting a new video for "We Are All On Drugs" soon. More info when the hatches are battened down.

current tour info:

North America:
7/21/05 - Nashville, TN - Nashville Municipal Auditorium - with Ben Folds, The Fray - tickets
7/22/05 - St. Louis, MO - Savvis Center - with Ben Folds, The Fray - tickets
7/23/05 - Chicago, IL - Grant Park - Lollapalooza with The Pixies, The Killers, Death Cab, Dinosaur Jr, etc! - tickets

Japan:
8/13/05 - Osaka, Japan - Summersonic: WTC Open Air and INTEX
8/14/05 - Tokyo, Japan - Summersonic - Marine Stadium
NEW - 8/15/05 - Tokyo, Japan - Zepp - on sale July 23rd - presales: #1: Pia, from 12th July - 19th July. #2: E Plus, from 13th July - 18th July. General tickets onsale 7/23 at 10:00 AM local Japan time.

Europe:
8/18/05 - Salzburg, Austria - Frequency
NEW - 8/19/05 - Munich, Germany - Muffathalle - tickets 1, 2
8/20/05 - Hohenfelden, Germany - Highfield
8/22/05 - London, UK - Hammersmith Apollo - tickets
8/24/05 - Dublin, Ireland - The Point - tickets onsale July 8th at 9AM
NEW - 8/25/05 - Manchester, UK - The Academy - tickets
8/26/05 - Edinburgh, UK - T in the Fringe Festival @ Corn Exchange - tickets
...possibly more to be added.....

September+October: Foozer/Weez Fighters North America + Weezer South of the Border...
Thu. Sept. 8 - Atlanta GA - Gwinnett Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets TBA
Sat. Sept. 10 - Sunrise FL - Office Depot Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets TBA
Sun. Sept. 11 - Tampa FL - St. Petersburg Times Forum - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets TBA
Tue. Sept. 13 - Houston TX - Woodlands Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets TBA
Wed. Sept. 14 - Austin TX - Frank Erwin Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets TBA
Thu. Sept. 15 - Dallas TX - Smirnoff Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets TBA
(more Foozer TBA)

9/24/05 - Curitiba, Brazil - Curitiba Festival - on sale July 25!

(more Foozer in North America TBA, incl these onfirmed cities: San Diego, Phoenix, Denver, Minneapolis, Chicago, Champaign IL, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Cleveland, Columbus, Baltimore, Worcester, New York, Philadelphia, Fresno, Seattle and Portland OR.

07/19/05 poked, poked in their noses | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 01:43:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 57: Orlando, Florida - Hard Rock Live
deep in a strange replica of the Roman Colosseum known as Hard Rock Orlando...

Today we rolled over to the Hard Rock Cafe for the live taping of Weezer's Hard Rock Live show for Mtv. Today was odd - a mixture of a regular weezer concert and our surreal friend, the TV taping. Soundcheck consisted of the band running thru the 'hit' songs that Mtv wants to use for the broadcast, so the camera dudes could get their shots planned out. The bands set was set at one hour, which is apparently standard issue for these things, but not all the songs they play will be used for the TV show broadcast. The show will air on Mtv on Aug 3, and (I think) will be a half hour special. The Fray opened as usual, and rocked the house something proper, but as I understand it, they were not taped. So the reality we experienced here at the Hard Rock is not going to exactly match what people will see on TV on 8/3, but thats just how things like this work.

Vocalist Stephanie Eitel joined the band on stage for Beverly Hills. Stephanie is the girl whose voice you hear doing the 'gimmie gimmie's' on the record, and apparently she lives in the area, so the band asked her to join them onstage for the taping, to make it more authentic to the record, and because it was fun! As it turns out, during the encore the band re-did Beverly Hills, as they felt they could do it better than the first time. Seeing as that is one of the songs MTV is going to broadcast, it makes sense that they took the opportunity to give it another shot. By the band's account they were glad they re-did it.

Todays show was the one where we gave away 25 pairs of tickets raffle style via the mailing list, to hook up fans who were burned by the unannounced onsale that went down before we even had the info available for weezer.com. Many happy emails came in from the ticket raffle winners after the show, so that worked out great.

large size picture link: here.

fan reaction! (see the comment section for more and to add your own)

"First weez show........and it was amazing. I was about 3-4 rows back the entire time. Very SMALL venue. I thought it would be a lot bigger. I got there around 4ish and stood in line with about 25 other people. We were standing right next to the door. Around 5:30 or so, weezer started their soundcheck and we could hear it perfectly. They played like 5 songs. It was really a surreal moment. You could hear Rivers saying, "yo yo, check check". It was so cool. THe best part was them playing "Breed". We were like, "its Goat Punishment". haha. Good times!
- I think all of us sold our soul to MTV. Our local radio DJ read this waiver and stuff. It felt so wrong. haha. O well.
- Kinda of a short set, but im not complaining at all. They defiantly rocked it.
- Stephanie was a nice touch to Bvh, and she was hot. They also played that song twice. When Rivers told the crowd they had to play it twice, a lot of people started booing, but then Rivers was like "c'mon guys"....and of course everyone was...."Yes, Mr. Cuomo....you are god". It was awesome.
- Rivers was defiantly into it. He smiled a lot. And he came close to the edge of the stage at some points, and going towards the camera. It was really cool.
- Brian seemed kinda out of it in the beginning. He really rocked it during his solos though......especially the 2nd Bvh one.
- The encore took forever, something about the lights not working and what not. And probably them arguing to MTV about playing Bvh twice.
- I also encountered 3 a******s in the audience. Trying to mosh to IITS, and just acting like complete morons. You know who you are.
- Surfwax was preetty insanse. Rivers told us, "this is the last song, so make it a crazy one". Oh boy, did we take that to heart. It was awesome! The crowd was defiantly into it. I dont know how other weez crowds are, but we were pretty good I thought.
- During instrumental D&D a lot people tried to sing the words, but no one really could figure them out, or were singing the wrong parts. I found that hilarious.
- I yelled, "Rivers your my hero" in between a song when it was quiet. So you might hear/see me on TV. I also yelled, "Scott! Scott!" He looked over and smiled, and I continued to yell. He just waved and smiled like he was saying......"ok dude, I see you, calm down". It was awesome!
- Rivers looks really healthy up close. Scott is a lot bigger than I thought. Brian and Pat looks the same like you would expect.
- ...By the very end.....Everyone was going crazy. Scott of course was messing around with his pedals. Threw picks into the audience, and he was the last one to leave the stage. Pat picked up Brians guitar, and I thought he was going to play it. But he didnt, i dont know why. He just waved and left. Same with Brian.
All in all, a great performance! Could have been a longer set....I blame MTV. ANd I really wanted to hear Scott on Fall Together but it was cool. Can't wait till the re-broadcast." ---Nishant

The current tour merchandise can be seen here (updated 7/10/05).

07/18/05 from a barbeque right on the end of your nose | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:32:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 56: travel/off - Orlando, Florida
Drove all night and got to Orlando right when it got hot and sticky. Some opted for Disneyworld. Some opted for hotel creedling. No one opted for waiting a lifetime for a moment like this, at a Sandals Resort.

some new info about the Weez Fighters/Foozer/?? tour in September + October:

Confirmed cities and venues:
Thu. Sept. 8 - Atlanta GA - Gwinnett Arena
Sat. Sept. 10 - Sunrise FL - Office Depot Center
Sun. Sept. 11 - Tampa FL - St. Petersburg Times Forum
Tue. Sept. 13 - Houston TX - Woodlands Arena
Wed. Sept. 14 - Austin TX - Frank Erwin Center
Thu. Sept. 15 - Dallas TX - Smirnoff Center

Other confirmed cities for the tour include: San Diego, Phoenix, Denver, Minneapolis, Chicago, Champaign IL, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Cleveland, Columbus, Baltimore, Worcester, New York, Philadelphia, Fresno, Seattle and Portland OR.

Additional cities, exact dates and support acts will be announced shortly. Ticket info coming asap...

...see the new MuchMusic interview with Rivers here.

...new article on Weezer in Brazil here.

07/17/05 I wanted them to have the sense memory of that | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 14:20:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 55: Myrtle Beach, SC - House Of Blues
We pulled into Myrtle Beach this morning after an overnight run from Atlanta. What a peaceful town this is. The thick forests and the ocean are really beautiful. Guess thats why people vacation here, its plenty lounge worthy! Now, theres lots of new development out here too, with the big box stores and high rise hotels bumping up against the tarpaper shacks and fading juke joints of the past. One new development blends in quite cleverly, bridging the old school and new school of South Carolina - The House of Blues. This "tin shack" with recycled parts from vintage dwellings of long ago is equipped with a top quality soundsystem, tasty restaurant and some of the too-coldest A/C ever! The sheer contrast in temps from inside to out at this place is enough to give you an instant fever and/or headcold. Mosh all you want, its hard to get that main room hot enough to sweat in! Outside, a whole bunch of huge alligators roam next door in a 'nature park' aka tourist trap. We didnt hang out much in the back parking lot for 2 reasons: one, we slightly preferred the 50 degrees inside to the 95 and humid outside, and two, no one wanted to stumble into a ditch somewhere and end up in the alligator zone! However, post show, with the concept of safety in numbers in mind, both Brian and Rivers headed out for some fan greetings before we rolled, ever mindful of the beasts just next door.

Todays show was very cool in that there was not a single scalped or ebayed ticket sold! This was made possible by the implementation of a 'will call' system for everyone - 2 tickets per customer, and purchased tickets had to be picked up in person with an ID to verify, and ticket holders couldnt leave the venue once they had their tickets in hand. Therefore: only fans got tickets, cuz what scalper would actually want to see the show? This system is very rarely done, and almost never done for venues larger than this one, as the additional personell and time taken to process everyone can be overwhelming. But todays show stands as a great example of how to do it right, and I hope this practice spreads.

We reunited with our buds The Fray today, and they continue to do a great job. They turned in another quality set, this time their longer set that includes the raucous cover of 'Come Together'. Read their tour blog on their site! its cool to read about the tour from another perspective. Weezer continued its current streak of high energy 'kick ass' shows tonight, including their first live rendition of "Why Bother?" since '02, with Brian doing the lead vocals for the first time ever! The set is really fun to watch now, with all sort of sweet guitar solos, rock moves, sing alongs, and general rockery going on.

large size picture: here.

props to M____?(sorry! not enough brain today!) at the soundboard.

props to Jason H. coming all the way from Alaska to fufill his '02 Scavenger Hunt tix!

and props to spiffy kimbean and the SC SFS crew!

The current tour merchandise can be seen here (updated 7/10/05).

07/16/05 I wanted the audience to feel the heat | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 20:16:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 54: Atlanta, GA - Underground Atlanta - 99x festival
It was big, it was free, it was crazy. It was the latest installment of the 99x Downtown Rocks Festival at Underground Atlanta, and it featured Second Shift, The Dead 60's, The Bravery, and of course Weezer.

This was one of a series of free shows that 99X hosts every summer in a really cool part of downtown Atlanta, an ex-railroad station thats now a shopping district and public park zone. They block off a street which is turned into the backstage area, and the stage is set up right at the intersection.

With the heat, the massive crowds, the beer, and the free unrestricted access by the public, it wasnt too suprising that things got progressively rowdier as the day went on into the night.

The first band up was a local band who are getting airplay on local stations, Second Shift, who got things started properly including a cover of David Bowie's 'Suffragette City'. Then came Liverpool, England's Dead 60's, who killed it with their Clash-like flavors ranging from aggro punk to dubbed out reggae. Nice! Then came The Bravery, rising stars of alt-rock, who thrilled their many fans in the audience. During the Bravery's set the skies finally burst open as they had been threatening to do all day and a wild thunderstorm moved through. But just as suddenly as it started, it was over, ans while lightning would flash over the crowd for the rest of the night, no more rain fell.

By the time weezer took the stage, things were getting crazy out in the crowd, which had swelled to somewhere in the neighbrohood of 20,000 people, who took to watching from as far as 3 blocks away on rooftops and parking garages. There was an alarming amount of shoving and rowdyness going down, plus stuff being thrown, streetlights and other unclimbables being climbed and in general a party like atmosphere took over, which was fun for many but unfortunately was at the expense of some peoples good times, who were crushed by crowdsurfers or otherwise had their mellows harshed. This is the thing with free shows - theres really no 'kicking someone out' for misbehaving - its on the streets and only the police have real jurisdiction, and without a more sophisticated barricade system, people will tend to glom to the center area and get stuck there. Well, the show was rad but the EMTs had their hands full with passed out fans and cuts and bruises. Its really amazing actually that there weren't more serious injuries, what with the high drunkenness quotient, people hanging off lightposts and the threat of lightning in the air, but perhaps the power of the weez kept things from getting ugly.

Weezer delivered a stellar set, which with the dramatic setting, wild weather, and massive crowd really took on what has to be described as an epic flavor - huge, emotional and, dare I say... romantic??? In the classical sense of course. The guys were once again pretty stoked when they walked off the stage at the end of the night. Things are really clicking, everyone continues to fire on all cylanders, from the band to the awesome crew, and those who vacillate between the two. Scott continues to nail 'Fall Together', Rivers is doing a great job leading the crowd though the singalong breakdown of Perfect Situation, and Surf Wax America drove the crowd over the cliff again. Atlanta proved it knows how to rock, though I suspect some of the diehard weezer fans would have preferred having to pay in exchange for a less wild environment!

large size picture: here.

...And definitely check out the 99X site for more pictures from the show and to hear the interview that Pat and Brian did today.

shout out to the 'Quizno's girls'!

The current tour merchandise can be seen here (updated 7/10/05).

...99X's recent top 1,000 fan fave songs countdown revealed these positions for weezer:
El Scorcho - 737
My Name Is Jonas - 401
Island In The Sun - 354
Beverly Hills - 134
Hash Pipe - 89
Buddy Holly - 79
Undone - 50
Say It Ain't So - 23

...Speaking of Atlanta, the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) is planning an exhibit called "Graphic Noise", which opens on July 28th. This show features contemporary concert poster art from around the world, and Weezer is one of the bands represented in the show.

...Terra Brasil article re: Weezer in Curitiba.

...a homegrown Make Believe review from 5/10 here.

07/15/05 This whole idea of 'In Your Face' theatre | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 07:04:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 53: day off - travel to Atlanta, GA
today we woke up on the bus which had been driving all night to bridge the huge gap between Atlantic City and Atlanta, passing thru some wicked thunderstorms in the Baltimore area around 3 AM. We rolled into Atlanta around 3PM and took advantage of the free time...

...but hey, check this out! This press release just in!
FOO FIGHTERS & WEEZER UNITE
TO CO-HEADLINE SEPT.-OCT. NORTH AMERICAN ARENA TOUR

Ending months of rumor and speculation, Weezer and Foo Fighters have confirmed plans to co-headline a North American arena tour set to kick off in early September and last through late October.

Confirmed cities for the tour are as follows: Atlanta, Sunrise FL, Tampa, Houston, Austin, Dallas, San Diego, Phoenix, Denver, Minneapolis, Chicago, Champaign IL, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Cleveland, Columbus, Baltimore, Worcester, New York, Philadelphia, Fresno, Seattle and Portland OR.

Additional cities, exact dates and support acts will be announced shortly.

large size picture link: here. (picture shows Pat resisting the spells of a small Harry Potter who was waiting for the new book to come out Friday night!)

...Tour dates...
North America:
7/16/05 - Atlanta, GA - Underground Atlanta - 99x festival with The Bravery, others - free
7/17/05 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues - with The Fray - tickets
7/19/05 - Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live - with The Fray - tickets - SOLD OUT! (note: this show will be (partly?) broadcast on 8/3/05 on Mtv)
7/21/05 - Nashville, TN - Nashville Municipal Auditorium - with Ben Folds, The Fray - tickets
7/22/05 - St. Louis, MO - Savvis Center - with Ben Folds, The Fray - tickets
7/23/05 - Chicago, IL - Grant Park - Lollapalooza with The Pixies, The Killers, Death Cab, Dinosaur Jr, etc! - tickets

Japan:
8/13/05 - Osaka, Japan - Summersonic: WTC Open Air and INTEX
8/14/05 - Tokyo, Japan - Summersonic - Marine Stadium
NEW - 8/15/05 - Tokyo, Japan - Zepp - on sale July 23rd - presales: #1: Pia, from 12th July - 19th July. #2: E Plus, from 13th July - 18th July. General tickets onsale 7/23 at 10:00 AM local Japan time.

Europe:
8/18/05 - Salzburg, Austria - Frequency
NEW - 8/19/05 - Munich, Germany - Muffathalle - tickets 1, 2
8/2220/05 - Hohenfelden, Germany - Highfield
8/22/05 - London, UK - Hammersmith Apollo - tickets
8/24/05 - Dublin, Ireland - The Point - tickets onsale July 8th at 9AM
NEW - 8/25/05 - Manchester, UK - The Academy - tickets
8/26/05 - Edinburgh, UK - T in the Fringe Festival @ Corn Exchange - tickets
...possibly more to be added...

September + beyond:
NEW - September + October: Co-headlining tour with the Foo Fighters - North America - details TBA
NEW - 9/24/05 - Curitiba, Brazil - Curitiba Festival - on sale July 25!
...more to come!

07/14/05 Barefoot in the Park, which was an absolute smash | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 02:11:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 52: Borgata Casino - Atlantic City, NJ
We're deep in a casino in Jersey!
The Borgata is a huge new fancy casino, which is in a section of Atlantic City that Ive never seen before. The area looks like it was developed very recently on what looks to be pristine wetlands, which are still next door. The Borgata is neighbor to the Trump Marina, with its 80 foot yachts. We stayed in the hotel which is attatched to the casino and room where they concert was held, and a labryinthine series of service elevators and secret passageways took us between the two. Overall a pretty surreal scene, but no complaints here - we were treated well and everything went smoothly. In the afternoon before the show, a small planewas trailing a weezer banner behind it (much like the Vegas show), that had the universal banner and then "weezer make believe..." and then a bunch of words I couldn't make out.

At first we were worried that it was a 21 and up show because it was in a casino, but fortunately this was not the case and the crowd was huge, sold out and all ages with people coming from as far away as California! (shout out to Jamie!) The vibe was really warm in the room, with peeps showing a wide range of stoked reactions to the rock, including a bona fide old school mosh pit shoving circle during the closing song "Surf Wax America".

Then band came off stage united in their opinions that they had a great show, which doesntalways happen. There was a real sense of fun going on tonight, which has been slowly growing over the last several shows. The tour has hit its stride it seems. Pat said: "Harry Potter's cool and all, but tonight's show was about to put the wissawissawippawipp on you"

large size picture link: here.

fans react! (see more in the comment section, and add your own)

"This was my 4th time seeing weezer. I saw them on the midget tour in 2001, the enlightment tour in 2002, and the first Make Believe tour this past May. TONIGHT'S SHOW WAS DEFINITELY THE BEST OF THE 4 WITHOUT A DOUBT.
1) Good location - I was in a great spot. Front and center. Not like under Rivers but close enough.
2) Good crowd. The philly show in May was RUINED by the awful crowd. It was horribly packed and horrificly violent. This time, the crowd was fun, and it did get pretty crazy sometimes, but I was NOT fearing my life this time.
3) Rivers was soooo energetic!!! Last May's Philly show, Rivers was deeaaaaad on stage. He did not interact. He had his eyes closed. He would barely budge for guitar solos. But this time he was insane! He was doing one epic guitar pose after the other, and for the first time in my experience, Rivers was very theatrical with his arms. He would hold his hand to his head with certain lyrics, or he would extend his arms a lot to the crowd during emotional parts. I can't believe how different he was just 2 months later. I feel sad for the people that went to the Philly show and did not go to this one
4) 3 SONG ENCORE, INCLUDING CLOSING WITH SURF WAX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The other shows only had 2 songs and they ended with Hash Pipe, which is simply a crime. But Rivers started talking about how the last song, they hadn't played in a long time, and bam, it was Surf Wax! I went NUTS. Suuuch a great closer. It was pure bliss
5) Perfect Situation was great live, and it totally had the heart and soul of the old material.
Low points
1) Peace was quite boring, and the crowd seemed really uninterested. It seems like for some reason the band thinks the crowd wants to hear this song, but it got a very underwhelming reaction.
2) El Scorcho was the only Pinkerton track.
3) Maladroit actually had 2 tracks played, compared to Pinkerton's one track. HOW COULD THEY LET THAT HAPPEN??? I think its really cool to hear Scott sing and all, but reallly, I'd rather hear another Pinkerton track then Fall Together. And Death and Destruction, although sounding beautiful, was unneccesary, and once again, should've been replaced with Pity, The Good Life, Why Bother, etc.
4) It should be illegal to have post-Pinkerton songs in the encore. Although HYED was very nice and a great song, we need CLASSIC material for the encore. And Hash Pipe, despite being one of the largest hits, does not quite entrall your emotions. But really, it was totally made up by ending with Surf Wax. GREAT choice!!! All-in-all, an amazing night!!" ---funnyboy88

"My brother and I just got back from the Weezer show in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and I must say it kicked some major behind. The opening act (The Fray) was quite good. I enjoyed them immensely, and I'm glad they got a good reception from the crowd. Tonight's show was great, kicking off a great performance with "Say it Ain't So." Scott did an incredibly spiffy job singing "Fall Together." I was so excited that they played "El Scorcho" (one of my favorites off of Pinkerton). All the songs they played were great. I was excited to hear "Perfect Situation" and all the other songs off of Make Believe. I went to the Philly show the day the album came out, and I can't decided which was more awesome, though both nights were fabulous. Rivers did seem a little more animated tonight, though, and that made it all the more excellent. I loved watching him get into alot of the solos. Brian sounded great on guitar (and keyboards), Scott sounded awesome, and Pat did wonderfully as usual. I made up for my lack of a camera at the Philly show tonight by taking probably over a hundred photos, which I plan to cherish forever. Thanks for such a wicked show! Weezer is most definately my favorite band, and always will be." ---Trish N., Haddon Heights NJ

The current tour merchandise can be seen here (updated 7/10/05).

07/13/05 D'Artagnan! how dare you talk to me like that,you! | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 02:48:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 51: Uniondale, NY - Nassau Coliseum

We rolled up to the Nassau Coliseum late the night before the show, in from Maine, and checked into the amazingly convienient and oddly nautically themed hotel right next door. Come lunchtime we headed over to the venerable Coliseum, home of the New York Islanders, who like all NHL teams havent been too active of late. The mood around the arena was chipper however, as the news of the just-signed players agreement spread like wildfire amongst the local hockey faithful. Meanwhile three bands got to work.

The Fray delivered another solid set after giving weezer a beautiful hand carved 'thank you banana' (?!?). Then Taking Back Sunday took the stage and went bananas, eliciting a crazed reaction from the crowd and raising the energy level in the room to 'nuts'. Weezer picked right up where last night left off, with an animated and lively set filled with great vibes. 'No One Else' returned to the set tonight after a prolonged absence, in the encore. Recent shows have also included "My Name Is Jonas", which had been a.w.o.l. for awhile as well.

Tonight saw the completeion of the set pieces, with the giant 'dragon' now slithering across the stage and the mysterious 'floating' lights in place. Looking sweet!

Props to the JONAS member + his friend who drove 29 hours from Kansas City to make the show because they couldnt get tickets to last week's Buzz Beach Ball. After all that driving, they got to Uniondale at the crack of dawn today and got to stand front row center by the barricade! Hope they had a great show.

Also a collective shout out to the gang at the soundboard area post show. You guys rock!

And props to Scott for calling on people near the front of the crowd to chill out a bit after a girl in the front row was injured by a crowd surfer. The girl was led to the EMTs for treatment and we were unable to figure out who it was or if she had to go or got to stay for the rest of the show. She was in pain from a cut and was very frightened, so our hearts go out to her and hope she recovered quickly. If anyone has any info about this incident, let us know on the comment page.

large size picture link: here.

...tour update - Japan - Zepp 8/15: ticket presales! #1: Pia, from 12th July - 19th July. #2: E Plus, from 13th July - 18th July. General tickets onsale 7/23 at 10:00 AM local Japan time.

...interview with Rivers in Hotpress Magazine here (requires sign-up).

...heh heh.

...Chile: rocking weezer! Reviews here and here, with 'Beverly Hills' a top ten request at many rock stations around the country.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here (updated 7/10/05).

07/12/05 Dybbik, Schmybbik, I Said More Ham | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:26:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 50: Lewiston, Maine - The Colisee
Lewiston - Auburn, Maine (a.k.a. "L/A" as it is referred to in signs around there) is a fairly remote small city/big town set in the natural splendour of Maine's raging rivers and cool forests. So it was a suprise to learn that its also apparently the crack capital of Maine. While the idyllic small town vibe was intact everywhere we went, a walk around the neighbrohoods surrounding the Colisee confirmed that there was more than meets the eye going on. But gold chain wearing shady types aside, it was a beautiful day in a pleasent small town. Which needed to rock tonight! Weezer and The Fray came prepared.

The Fray got things started with a longer set than they've had to date on the tour, due to their being the one and only opening act tonight. They did a great job and we got to hear more of their mellow, rocking Travis/Coldply-ish sound, which included a cool cover of the Beatles "Come Together".

The Weezer set was stellar tonight. They were tight, the crowd went ballistic, and there were some nice touches, such as when Rivers led the crowd on an extended "whoah oh" Perfect Situation sing along with the whole crowd participating acapella. The 'Beverly Hills' extended guitar solo breakdown continues to evolve and slay the dragon every night. Scott's newfound lead vocal powers on "Fall Together" continue to kick ass. And the mood was just generally confident and jubilant onstage.

Rivers dedicated the last song of the set, "Hash Pipe", to Mikey, and suprised the crowd by saying Mikey had come down to visit and was watching the show. Rivers invited him to come down and Mikey was really stoked to come say hi and see the old gang again (and the new gang - Scott gave him a very warm welcome.) Mikey, the bass player in weezer from 1998-2001, has moved on since those days, recovering from a dark period in his life with a successful art career, living up in Vermont with his wife and stepson, and says he never touches musical instruments anymore, preferring the visual medium entirely.

Before the show, Scott did a live interview via cell phone on WCYY Lewiston/Auburn.

large size picture link: here.

fans react! (more in the comments section, add yours!)

"What a show this was!!! I drove from New York to see them feeling that Weezer playing just twenty miles or so from my home town of Gray would be the ultimate show and it did not disappoint. I also saw the guys at Roseland and let me say that be a New Yorker for 10 years the Maine fans kicked New York's ass!!! Rivers especially looked like he was having a blast. The 3 doors down comment was hysterical. and the dedication to Mikey was poignant. Honestly, and I know most people say this, but this was the most fun I've had at a concert ever! My plan is to drive back to New York tomorrow and see them in Long Island. You know, give the New Yorkers a second chance to redeem themselves. Thank you Weezer!!!" ---Paul Y.

"I just got home from the show in Lewiston and it was the most amazing show I'd ever seen. The Weez were perfect and full of energy. Rivers was incredibly social tonight and it made for a terrific show all around. I live in New Brunswick, Canada and I was traveling with three of my friends, we drove down and made the show just in time and were driving home that night. Just outside of the Canadian border at about 4am I noticed the brakes were feeling a bit funny on my car and so i pulled over to the side of the road to notice a pile of smoke coming from the back. I got out of the car and we saw flames bursting out from the rear passenger tire(right beside the gas tank) and we all start to panic of course. We got a few water bottles out from the car and started dousing the flames, but they weren't giiving out, and then we started piling sand on top pf the flames as frantically as possible until finally the fire was out. The tire was smoldering and smoke filled the car. We were in a very small town and it was impossible to find any help at this time in the morning, we finally found the number of a towing service and we called. They said they'd be a little while and showed up at around 6:30 am as we were trying to sleep in the car with no luck. The car got towed and we ended up spending one of the most boring days of my life circling around this town until they managed to fix the car. We're all home now, I've been up for thirty three hours straight, I'm as dirty as I've ever been, covered in sweat, dirt and grease, and the car repairs cost $547.00. In total the four of us spent a little over a thousand dollars combined to see weezer, and we all still agree that it was more then worth every penny of it. Thanks for the great show Weezer, and the great story to tell our friends. Now I'm going to sleep." ---Paul L.

And you really need to read this show story/review by Jim - very comprehensive!

The current tour merchandise can be seen here (updated 7/10/05).

07/11/05 i didn't know deer could...do that | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 03:41:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 49: Maine - day off - Scott Shriner's Birthday!
Rolled into Auburn, Maine and checked into the hotel early this morning after the all night drive from Montreal that took us across the freeway-less back highways of central Maine. Today is Scott's birthday! We had a nice birthday dinner complete with doughnut stack birthday cake at a nearby restaurant.

large size picture link: here.

...tomorrow - tuesday 7/12 on Mtv2 at 8:30/7:30c PM, and thursday at 3 AM: MTV Live: "Half hour concert features the songs "Hash Pipe", "We Are All On Drugs", "In the Garage", "Beverly Hills", "Island In The Sun", "Buddy Holly"." This footage was shot at the recent Rock Am Ring festival in Germany.

...Tour date update!
North America:
7/12/05 - Lewiston, ME - Central Maine Civic Center - with The Fray - tickets
7/13/05 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Veterans Coliseum - with Taking Back Sunday, The Fray - tickets
7/14/05 - Atlantic City, NJ - The Borgata - with The Fray - tickets
7/16/05 - Atlanta, GA - Underground Atlanta - 99x festival with The Bravery, others - free
7/17/05 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues - with The Fray - tickets
7/19/05 - Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live - with The Fray - tickets - SOLD OUT! (note: this show will be (partly?) broadcast on 8/3/05 on Mtv)
7/21/05 - Nashville, TN - Nashville Municipal Auditorium - with Ben Folds, The Fray - tickets
7/22/05 - St. Louis, MO - Savvis Center - with Ben Folds, The Fray - tickets
7/23/05 - Chicago, IL - Grant Park - Lollapalooza with The Pixies, The Killers, Death Cab, Dinosaur Jr, etc! - tickets

Japan:
8/13/05 - Osaka, Japan - Summersonic: WTC Open Air and INTEX
8/14/05 - Tokyo, Japan - Summersonic - Marine Stadium
NEW - 8/15/05 - Tokyo, Japan - Zepp - on sale July 23rd - tickets(??)

Europe:
8/18/05 - Salzburg, Austria - Frequency
NEW - 8/19/05 - Munich, Germany - Muffathalle - tickets 1, 2
8/20/05 - Hohenfelden, Germany - Highfield
8/22/05 - London, UK - Hammersmith Apollo - tickets
8/24/05 - Dublin, Ireland - The Point - tickets onsale July 8th at 9AM
NEW - 8/25/05 - Manchester, UK - The Academy - tickets
8/26/05 - Edinburgh, UK - T in the Fringe Festival @ Corn Exchange - tickets

September + beyond (more to come, mostly North America):
NEW - 9/24/05 - Curitiba, Brazil - Curitiba Festival - on sale July 25!

07/10/05 But I sat next to the class clown,and I studied him | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 03:09:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 48: Montreal, Canada - Stade Uniprix

Montreal is a very cool city that it seems we've rarely been able to enjoy until today, a beautiful summer day. I recall snow, sleet, freezing temperatures and most importantly a lack of time to check anything out in the past, but this time there was a little more time, and soem famous Montreal bagels and smoked meat sandwiches were investigated.

This was the 3rd of the 3 in a row with the Fray and The Pixies, and the last co-headliner with the Pixies, so it was decided to make sure that we made time for a formal meeting of the 2 bands, right between their respective sets (not everyone had had the chance to meet everyone else with the hectic scheduling), and of course, take the historic group photo you see here. So much has come full circle with this day, with the spirtual fathers (er, uncles? theyre only a little bit older!) of Weezer finally being in handshake range. The mutual admiration was heavy in the air, and spirits were high. Dave Lovering even busted out one of his deep array of magic tricks for the weezer men, pulling off some sweet rubber band chicanery.

The Pixies said they felt the crowd was sort of opposite the Toronto crowd - a bit more weez-centric and not as stoked for the Pixies. But I saw some pretty stoked people during the Pixies set, so maybe its just the 'opening act' thing - even if youre co-headlining, whoevers on first seems to get the more relaxed reception.

For some reason, attendance was lower than expected tonight, though those that did attend were having a great time. Montreal is traditionally a great town for weezer and the Pixies are very hightly regarded there, so the 2 bands together seems like a no-brainer. Some theorize that because the Stade Uniprix has never been used as a venue before (aside from the previous night's Black Eyed Peas show), people were hesitant to check it out. In any event, it was a great show overall, and those who didnt come, really missed out!

Before the show, Scott and Rivers did a video interview with MusiquePlus which went really well and included the guys trying out the indoor practice tennis courts with some volleys! So keep an eye out for that one.

large size picture link: here.

fan reactions! (see comments page for more, and add your own)

"I just want to tell you that you did a good show tonight in montreal but i think you did too much "ballads". Sorry but i was really deceive because you did only 1 song from Pinkerton, your best album by the way. I saw you last time (back in 2002 i think) at the molson center and it was way better than tonight. I wanted to hear songs like tired of sex, no one else, dont let go, take control...Maybe next time !!! At least i discover an old band called The pixies they we're awesome tonight!!! See you next time" ---Will W.

"I just wanted to say how great the show was in Montreal tonight. Me and my friends had been waiting ten hours in line (since 9 am) and were very excited. We were quite sadened when we saw you and were yelling for you, but we know you couldn't come through the fence so its all good. The intro for Buddy Holly was awesome I remember hearing it on a bootleged weezer concert but never thought i would hear it live. Also the extended solo for Beverly Hills was really cool. It was too bad that there was no Giant "=W=" but its alright because I wasn't really expecting it. Anyways just trying to show my support. Email me back about anything, althought I doubt you will need too." ---Steve M., Weezer Jonas Member

The current tour merchandise can be seen here (updated 7/10/05).

07/09/05 people say, you must have been the class clown | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 11:03:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 47: Toronto, Canada - Molson Ampitheater
The Molson Ampitheater is one of the nicest ampitheaters in North America, located right on the lake shore of Lake Ontario in the waterfront park area. Today was a particularly nice day, and a busy day in Toronto, with a major Gran Prix race qualifying session going on all day right next to the Ampitheater grounds on the closed off Lake Shore Drive. A stellar summer day for rock.

The Milwaukee, Toronto, and Montreal shows are co-headlining shows. Weezer and The Pixies each play for the exact same amount of time, and are swapping out the final set time. So for Toronto, the Pixies played last. Some wrote in complaining about some misleading local advertising that implied that Weezer was on last tonight. While we dont know much about that aspect of things, we still extend our apologies to anyone who missed some of Weezer's set. Now, The Pixies do manage to stuff in several more songs in their settime, as their songs are noticeably shorter on average and they pretty much blast thru their set Ramones-style. But believe it or not, the set times are the same.

Both weezer and The Pixies delivered the rock with a firm and steady hand tonight, delivering tight sets. Though there was an odd kinda sleepy vibe in the air it seemed, probably having to do with the almost too-perfect summer day. Things got of to a sunny hazy start, and the peeps in the audience took a while to get in the groove, but they did make some noise for the weez. But with the temperatures and humidity being what they were, who can blame a guy for just chilling and enjoying the show? When the sun went below the horizon late in weezer's set, the place started to really liven up, and the welcome for the Pixies was warm indeed. Post show, there was a major fireworks display on the nearby waterfront, as tonights various events capped off a week of summer celebrations in Toronto. Then came the traffic jam part of the celebration, and we started the overnight drive up to Montreal in the midst of about 70 thousand waterfront-exiting cars.

fans react! (more in the comments section, add yours!)

"I just woke up after my lovely evening last night with our favorite quartert. I think some higher force was trying to keep me from coming to the show but I'm certainly glad that I beat the odds. First I didn't have any cash to buy a ticket so my friends who couldn't imagine me missing a weezer show bought my ticket for me. Then this week I spent two nights in the hospital having an emergency appendectomy as my appendix didn't seem to appreciate me eating some caesar dressing that was a year expired but I gathered up all my strength and T3 and made the trek from the burbs to the lakeshore. I was not dissapointed. Perfect Situation, El Scorcho, instrumental Death & Destruction, Rivers having fun during the Beverly Hills solo, just an overall solid set. And then we all got treated to one absolutley amazing performance by the Pixies. I am a Pixies fan and this was my first time seeing them and I was blown away. Let me tell ya, Black Francis certainly has some kind of energy and stage presence and Kim Deal's voice is just incredible. Overall evening: A+" ---Jon R

"I just got back from the Toronto show, and I must say it was *yet again* AMAZING!!!! I really wish they would've come on last though, so we could have some Flying =W= action and some more songs, but it's OK because the Pixies were very good. Brian rocked on Getchoo, Rivers did some nice shredding, Scott's shirt was wicked, and Pat rocked out with perhaps the MOST passion I have ever seen him with. I'm so glad the Pixies played Velouria because I love Weezer's cover of that song...A bad highlight of the night was getting groped by 3 young girls that seemed to be from another planet (literally - piercings everywhere, tatoos, and drunk out of their minds) which is the only reason it could've explained their behaviour." ------Rocky M

...the Saturday 7/9 Montreal Gazette has a nice sized article about "Make Believe" in it.

...Still waiting for word on when the MuchMusic taped interview with Scott and Rivers is airing, or did air. Tomorrow, in Montreal, there is a taped interview with MusiquePlus, with Rivers and Scott again.

...this coming Monday 7/11 on Mtv2 at 8:30/7:30c PM: MTV Live: "Half hour concert features the songs "Hash Pipe", "We Are All On Drugs", "In the Garage", "Beverly Hills", "Island In The Sun", "Buddy Holly"." This footage was likely from the recent German festivals.

...this coming Thursday 7/14 on Mtv2 at 7:30/6:30c PM: Greatest Hits: a half our block of weezer videos.

...a new Make Believe review is up at hollywoodjesus.com.

...mysterious Austrian thing. I think this is the playlist of videos that the band picked for a recent music tv thing.

...huh?

07/08/05 "How'd you get a table?" "I just made a call." | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 03:30:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 46: travel to Toronto, Canada - day off
We arrived in Toronto to discover Canadian Weezer fans (and others in whats referred to as "the international market") (i.e. everything except the USA) coming across a video for "We Are All On Drugs" that was quietly slipped to the video stations and websites overnight. This video was prepared as an experiment and was immediately embraced as funny and strange - not a bad match for weezer. While the band plans on filming a 'proper' Drugs video soon, the international record labels needed a video NOW as they are planning on launching the single shortly. So it was decided - the metal video must be unfurled! Clip unfurled here on MuchMusic.com.

This video (lets call it 'We Are All On Drugs V1.0') is a cleverly re-edited version of the 1985 "Fear No Evil" video by the band Grim Reaper. Mucho thanks and props to Grim Reaper for letting weezer use the footage! Soon, there will be another "Drugs" video, for release in the USA, so you'll have 2 to pick from...

"We Are All On Drugs" is indeed the official second single from 'Make Believe', and its officialy goes to radio this coming monday and tuesday. Request it if you can! It's already the most added modern rock track this past week, so were off to a great start! The UK/Euro release date is possibly 8/15, we will confirm when we have the info.

07/07/05 the "less is more" style of acting | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 06:30:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 45: Summerfest at Marcus Ampitheater, Milwaukee WI

The Milwaukee Summerfest is an annual music festival that goes for 10 days or so, and is billed as the largest music festival in the world. Now, I've been to some pretty darn big ones, but I cant refute the claim. You can fit a hell of a lot of music into 10 days. Music like Journey, who played the day before at the same ampitheater. What a time that must have been. The conceptualization, the abstraction, the obtuseness.

Anyway, today was all about The Fray getting it started, followed by the legendary Pixies cramming 25 rapid fire classics into their co-headliner set! Do not underestimate the power of the Pixies, for this power is vast. It is such a joy to actually share the stage with them, after all the years where such a meeting would have been impossible. Tonight's weezer set revisited El Scorcho and Scott nailed "Fall Together" again. Things is runnin' right!

large size picture link: here.

fans react! (see the comments section for more and leave your own!)

"The Pixies were (of course) amazing, but I'm not a huge fan of theirs, so I was just waiting for the Weez. Finally, they came on, and the background (which I thought was pretty cool) was the Make Believe background. I was, however, partially disappointed, for two reasons: 1) they didn't play for very long! They were still great though. 2) There was no Flying "W"! Scott sang lead on "Fall Together." At first, I couldn't really hear him very well because people were cheering so much, but after a while I could, and he is a pretty good singer. This was definitely the second best night of my life. The first was seeing them in Chicago at the Aragon Ballroom." ---Emily D.

"If this counts for anything, I was amazed by the Milwaukee show. I just got back and am still recovering my hearing, but I can't get over how awesome tonight was. I'm glad I got to hear El Scorcho and my favorites from Make Believe - Perfect Situation and Haunt You Every Day, and I appreciate the band's effort to get out stuff from every album- including Maladroit, which I still believe is a good CD. The band sounded really confident and well-rehearsed, and Scott rocked on vocals. There is no sign that they are getting old or "rusty" in any way. I loved the way they exited the stage. I also loved the Pixies, although they definitely didn't get the recognition they deserved from the crowd. I would have appreciated the presence of the light-up =w= and The Good Life, but I don't want to be a little bitch. It was amazing either way. Also, I have no idea if you remember or cared or noticed, but we were yelling at you while you were skateboarding by the buses. Rock on and come back soon!" ---Nathan S.

" Last night's show was amazing. I can't even describe it. I was unable to go to any weezer concert until now because of situations that were not under my control and it killed me inside. I had been literally waiting years for weezer to rock me and oh how they rocked. It couldn't have been a more perfect night. My friends and I met Scott when he was walking around before the show which was one of the coolest things ever and we thought he did a great job singing Fall Together. Their set seemed like it only lasted 10 minutes but that's okay because the real icing on the cake for me was the fact that they started out with Say It Ain't So. That song trumps all in my book not just weezer songs, I'm talking like every other song that's ever been written. My only regret is that I didn't see you at all, Karl. Please extend my deepest gratitude to the band, especially whomever decided to open with SIAS." ---Katie D

"Just got back from the Milwaukee show, and I can whole-hearetdly say that seeing both Weezer and the Pixies on the same stage within minutes of each other was a once in a lifetime expeerience. After the Pixies were done rocking an auditorium full of a mostly younger crowd, Weezer took the stage and opened with Say It Aint So, which came somewhat unexpectedly so early in the set. Lots of Make Believe material tonight, which all sounded great- and Scott doing Fall Together was pretty much the most hardcore moment of the night. It eemed the only thing missing tonight was the giant =w=." ---Alex Wastian
Waukesha, WI

...thanks to everyone for sending in the iTunes celebrity playlist info!

Rivers Cuomo's Picks
"I Just Wanna Be Loved"-AM Radio (Track 1): "A great song from one of my biggest influences."
"Domino Effect"-Ozma (Track 2): "Beating me at my own game."

Brian Bell's Picks
"Institutionalized"-Suicidal Tendencies (Track 3): "If this song wasn't your anthem as a teenager, then I feel sorry for you."
"All Along the Watchtower"-The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Track 4): "They are only giving me three picks for this list, so I'm killing two birds with this one."
"Wild Thing"-The Troggs (Track 5): "Proof positive that you only need three chords to sound sexy and powerful at the same time, and a pan flute solo doesn't hurt either."

Scott Shriner's Picks
"Sundown"-Gordon Lightfoot (Track 6): "This is one of the AM radio songs I heard when I was a Kid late at night on my tiny portable. I had to sneak a listen because I was always supposed to be sleeping. I hated going to sleep."
"In the Flesh"-Pink Floyd (Track 7): "I listened to The Wall ever day for a year when it came out. My best friend at the time went schitzo and the next time I saw him he was wearing a loin cloth asking if he could brush his teeth on the side of our house with our hose."

Pat Wilson's Picks
"Ascension Day"-Talk Talk (Track 8): "A more aggressive track from one of the most beautiful recordings I've ever heard."
"Ginza"-Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete (Track 9): "A sunny track from one of my favorite albums."
"Cyclone Launch"-Fu Manchu (Track 10): "So heavy it makes me laugh!"

07/06/05 Well, there's no swimming in my show | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 02:11:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 44: travel to Milwaukee, day off

Today we woke up on the bus as it was cruising into Wisconsin. Soon we were checking into a hotel and reanointing all stiff necks, dirty clothes, and other crunked up matters. The evening brought a fun gathering of band and crew at The Safe House, a neat Milwaukee bar whose theme is all things espionage. As there are several new crew members doing various lighting and sound jobs on this tour, the band wanted a non-work setting to meet everybody and chill out for a while. A cool suprise was when the Pixies' Joey Santiago showed up with some Pixies crew members and joined the party. The next 3 shows are historic in a way - Weezer and the Pixies sharing the stage! When weezer was starting out, the Pixies were already legendary, and were a big source of inspiration to the guys who were still finding their own sound. And now, almost 15 years later, the paths finally cross. Though Brian has had a bit of experience sharing the Pixies stage, as his previous band Carnival Art opened for the Pixies waaay back in '90.

(FYI, just found out that Weezer will be closing the show in Milwaukee and Montreal, and the Pixies will be closing the show in Toronto)

...California Love: Perfect situation hits #1 on LA's KROQ furious five at 9! Both Perfect Situation and We Are All On Drugs are both on their top 10 most requested list! Weezer is Kroq's 19th biggest band of all time! Meanwhile at SF's Live 105, Rivers was voted #26 on their "top 105 american rock icons" list.

...Canadian Love: The Beverly Hills video is up to #18 on MuchMusic top 30 Countdown, while on MusiquePlus its jumped to #13. MuchMusic is airing a Spotlight on Weezer on July 19 at 4:30 PM Eastern time (repeating at 10PM.) On Montreal's "Radio Energie" countdown, Beverly Hills has been at #1 for 3 weeks straight!

...Malaysian Love: Beverly Hills hit #16 on Malaysia's Hitz.fm listener vote driven Top 20 chart.

...More Make Believe reviews at PlaybackSTL and Christian Music Today.

...German TV update: WDR will be airing a Rock am Ring special that will include some Weezer preformances from the festival, on August 21st at 3:25 AM. Some details here.

...Weezer was featured on iTunes' Celebrity playlist the other day. Its unclear whether this has been archived somewhere, as they change it everyday and im not signed up. If anyone had/has access to it, let us know what it said/says.

...A message from the company that runs weezer's online merch store: Cinder Block is giving you a month of savings on our stores, use the promo code LUCKY7 during checkout to get 7% off your orders all month long! Lucky 7 percent off all throughout the 7th month of the year! How good can life get?

...shoutout to Emily Day!

07/05/05 Corky has left the show, and it's my show now | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 08:01:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 43: 96.5 Buzz Beach Ball 1, Verizon Wireless Ampitheater, Kansas City

The Verizon Wireless Ampitheater is kinda out in the middle of nowhere, but its a pleasent enough place with a huge lawn and seating area, well designed and competently staffed. Todays show was a radio show, Sort of like an 'acoustic Christmas' or 'inland invasion' type thing, but not quite as extensive. What was going down was five (4?) bands playing up on a stage set up on the lawn (Flee The Seen (?), Embrace, Elevator Division, Veda, and Straylight Run), plus 3 bands playing on the main stage in the ampitheater. First up on the main stage was Story Of The Year, who I at first thought was the band thats actually called 'The Soundtrack of our Lives' - and I realized from the first few seconds of their set that I was quite mistaken. No, Story Of The Year is not a Swedish pop band who are Oasis' faves, but an ultra heavy aggro US hardcore band! Well now I know the difference.
Next on the main stage was the excellent Cake, who delivered the goods, making sure to end their set with the killer "Going The Distance". Weezer capped the day off with a really nice set that included the first live "El Scorcho" since 2002, as well as the first "Fall Together" since then, and the first ever public version of it with Scott on lead vocals. In fact, this was the first time Scott has (publicly) sang lead on any song, and he nailed it with style. "Perfect Situation" was in the set again, and man did it sound sweet! All in all great night, with over 13,000 people grooving to the music.

large size picture link: here. There's also a cool photo play by play of the whole days proceedings here on the Buzz web site.

Some reactions from the fans (see the comments section for more and add your own!)

"The Kansas City show rocked hard. It much resembled the sold-out amphitheater shows of the Enlightenment tour. The guys put on a really solid, energetic performance and appeared to be at top form. A powerful setlist filled with a couple of surprises made the show even more entertaining. Scott sang lead vocals on “Fall Together” which I believe has not been performed since 2002, and I must say he did an awesome job. Also, the guys finally unveiled “El Scorcho” for the first since the Enlightenment Tour and they really nailed it. The crowd was with the band all the way for every song (new and old) and Rivers and company were very appreciative of this. This memorable night was topped off with a powerful encore mixing classic Weezer (“Hash Pipe”) with a soon-to-be classic (“Haunt You Every Day”). Such performances indicate that Weezer is among today’s premier rock bands, and may one day achieve world domination!" ---Stephen

"Last night in Kansas City was mind blowing, to say the very least. I could never have asked for a better concert. The light set-up was amazing, the back-drop looked awesome, and, of course, the actual music was astounding. Weezer really blew the other bands away. There are not enough adjectives that I could use to describe the awesomeness of July 5, 2005. I wore a J.O.N.A.S. shirt last night and got some people interested in the Street Team, on another note. It was good to see so many Weezer fans in one place. When all the people around me were screaming every single word along with me, it felt like nothing else existed except for Weezer and the audience. It honestly does not get much better than that.Thank you so much for making my entire summer worthwhile by coming to Kansas City. Thank you for putting on the greatest show ever." ---Emma

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.

07/04/05 working, making, some for selling some for keeping | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 04:55:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 42: travel from Las Vegas to Kansas City
Today was a morning flight, er, pair of flights routed through the vast Denver airport, to Kansas City. Some community restlessness then led to a viewing of War Of The Worlds at a theater near the hotel, and the reaction was positive. The film stays close to the characters, so the viewer really shares their confusion and worries as things go to hell in a handcart. It therefore avoided the cliched 'disaster movie' vibe - no fake looking 'news reports' or trying to sum up whats going on across the world - way more questions than answers. That plus wicked sets, great music and spectacular effects made it a thumbs up for the assorted weez folk in attendance.

...The current issue of Chevy High Performance features Pat's Chevelle on the cover (large size picture here), in a follow up article to the one they ran last year - since then the car was involved in an accident and has been re-restored, with even gnarlier power. Also on the stands is the new EQ mag, which features Joe Barresi in a cover feature interview. Joe engineered much of Weezer's Pinkerton and has since worked with Pat on his Special Goodness music. Budding musicians and people who do home recording might want to check this article out - Joe really knows what he's talking about.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.

07/03/05 the world should know more about Blaine | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 05:05:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 41: day off in Vegas
Just chillin' today. Well, "chilling" when actually in an air conditioned area. Otherwise, its pretty darn far from "chill"!

*stop the presses - August Tour dates are in!*

8/13 - Osaka, Japan - Summersonic: WTC Open Air and INTEX
8/14 - Tokyo, Japan - Summersonic - Marine Stadium
8/18 - Salzburg, Austria - Frequency
8/20 - Hohenfelden, Germany - Highfield
8/22 - London, UK - Hammersmith Apollo
8/24 - Dublin, Ireland - The Point - tickets onsale July 8th at 9AM
8/26 - Edinburgh, UK - T in the Fringe Festival @ Corn Exchange - tickets

(there may be an additional date in Japan, we should know by the end of this week.)

07/02/05 i imagined in my fantasy, i suppose... | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 10:45:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 40: Vegas Rocks w/RHCP - Silverbowl Sports Complex, Las Vegas

today was epic! We got in a pair of SUVs at the hotel and headed over to the Silverbowl Sports Complex, which is located in the outskirts of Vegas next to the UNLV stadium. Im not sure what made it a "Sports Complex", as it looked a lot like a bare field with the stage and various outdoor festival stuff set up on it. Anyway, from the looks of it, all 50,000 of the people who grabbed the free tickets when they were given away a while back appeared to have made it to the show, having braved evil traffic jams coming into the city for the 4th of July weekend, and cruelly high temperatures of up to 109 degrees. I didnt catch too many people complaining. The mood out in the crowd seemed to be generally "yes, let's party - though its a bit too hot to get too crazy".

The Adolescents played first. They were an important part of the LA/OC punk scene, rising up when Black Flag and The Germs and The Circle Jerks did back in the late 70's. A few years back they reunited and have been periodically rocking it out ever since. Interestingly, this was not Weezers first time playing with the Adolescents! Back on March 13th, 1993, Weezer supported The then-reunited for the first time in years Adolescents at Bogart's in Long Beach, and had a challenging time with the very drunk and rowdy crowd who were definitely not interested in discovering the fledgling weezer! And in the lengthy period when the Adolescents were between their original run and their current revival run, bass player Steve Soto was in a band called Joyride, who shared the stage with weezer for many a pre blue album show back in '92-'94.

So anyway, its awesome that the Chili Peppers invited them onto today's bill. It was cool to see some classic, REAL punk rock going down. Then Weezer took the stage with a tight performance and enjoyed the benefits of the crisp new PA system and some of their updated audio gear (the rest had to go onto Kansas City in advance). As some commented, the audience was a little subdued, but were still very supportive and stoked. And as the temps were still around 100 degrees when the weez hit the stage, its not suprising that the moshing was on the mellower side. The audience was treated to the very first ever public performance of "Perfect Situation", and heard Rivers giving some kind words of support to the distant Live 8 efforts, before launching into 'Peace'.

The Chilis delivered a typically wicked set, including a few brand new numbers and a very nice jazz trumpet solo by Flea. The whole place was going bananas, and the eve was capped off with a Happy Birthday to Vegas fireworks display that pretty much devastated whatever eardrums were left intact after the concert! All in all a great night out in the desert...

large size picture link: here.

The current tour merchandise can be seen here.

07/01/05 thats how we got the stool boom | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 03:25:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 39: Fly to Vegas

important note! in case you didnt know, they have moved the location of tomorrows Vegas show with RHCP. Its now happening at the Silverbowl Sports Complex near Sam Boyd Stadium.

large size picture link: here.

...Make Believe has been certified Gold (500,000 sales) by the RIAA this week, after being on the charts for 7 weeks. The sales are mostly CDs but a significant percentage is made up of digital sales, with the remaining sliver represented by vinyl LP. (Viva la vinyl!)

...here's a photo of the current merchandise avail on tour. This picture link will run with all tour show stories. In the future, when there are new items added or things changed, a revised picture will be posted.

...R.I.P. Luther Vandross.

06/30/05 and Blaine said, "Do you smell it?" | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:15:00 GMT

...today was the last of 4 days of production and band rehearsals. I heard some songs being played that have never before been played live, and some songs that used to be played live but hadn't in a long time. Everything sounded great, and it looked pretty amazing.

large size picture link: here.

06/29/05 that's the smell of salt water | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:34:00 GMT

...today was the third of 4 days of production and band rehearsals. While the sound and light guys get everything sorted out production wise (got a new look coming in for this tour, not to mention a sweet PA), the band is working on getting some more tunes ready, for a mo' better show. So far, so good...

...ticket alert - Florida peeps (and those who can make it to Orlando), stay tuned to your inboxes for an exclusive chance to claim one of 20 pairs of Hard Rock Live tickets (the Orlando, FL show on 7/19). This show sold out instantly and many Weezer fans missed out because it was onsale before we were told here at weezer.com. So we have scored these tix just for you, the loyal fans who are signed up on the weezer mailing list. So keep an eye on your inboxes, the email going out next will include instructions you will need to follow to try and claim these tickets! There's no other way!

...ticket alert #2: 88.3 WMTS Murfreesboro, MTSU's college radio station, is giving away some tickets to the 7/21 Nashville show. One pair will be given away during each "Fascination Street" show between now and July 21st. This show airs every Sunday night from 8-10pm CDT. Good luck Tennessee fans!

...In SPIN mag's "100 greatest albums 1985-now" list (July 05), Weezer's "Pinkerton" came in at #61.

Canadian Beverly Hills video love: up to #22 fro #26 on the MuchMusic Top 30 Countdown (where only 3 other Weezer videos have spent any time), and debuted at #20 on the MusiquePlus countdown.

...two more 'Make Believe' reviews, one on powerofpop.com, the other on MusiquePlus.

...tribute band alert: Utah's Say It Ain't Weezer is playing on friday 7/1, all ages and free! check the site for the details.

06/26/05 a little boy, Jimmy McBean, made a stool for him | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 23:00:00 GMT

...Weezer has achieved a pair of new milestones. "Beverly Hills" has risen to #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart, which is the very first time Weezer has done that in their career! To quote this week's Chartbeat column, " "Beverly Hills" (Geffen) is the 11th Weezer song to chart on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, but the first to claim the No. 1 position. The cut from the "Make Believe" album moves 2-1 this week, besting the No. 2 peak of Weezer's previously highest-charting titles, "Buddy Holly" in 1994 and "Hash Pipe" in 2001. Weezer made its Modern Rock debut the week of July 23, 1994, with "Undone -The Sweater Song," which reached No. 6. "Beverly Hills" is the sixth Weezer song to make the Modern top 10."

The other milestone is that the "Beverly Hills" single has been certified gold, which is (I think) weezer's first ever gold selling single. It's a bit ironic, when these sales are almost all digital file sales, meaning that 100,000 intangible download sales equal a gold single nowadays! Well, its certainly more eco-friendly than pressing up 100K cds or 45's, so what the hey. Those still desiring something you can hold in your hand (like me) will have to content themselves with the finely crafted UK cd single and picturedisc 7".

...See this article at ChartAttack for Oasis's comments on meting weezer recently...

...the current Rock Sound (UK) mag #74, with System Of A Down on the cover features a 3 page Weezer interview.

...other random bits and pieces:

Beverly hills hit #1 on X 103.9 SoCal.

Beverly Hills has reached #7 on Belgium radio station "Studio Brussel"'s "De Afrekening" chart show, up from #13. And in Brazil on "Brasil 2000" radio São Paulo, "This Is Such a Pity" and "Beverly Hills" are on the playlist.

The Beverly Hills video has been spotted playing on 2 TV stations in Russia, including Russian MTV. Its also finally cracked into Canada's MuchMusic Countdown, debuting at #26 (hat tip: Matt)

"We Are All On Drugs" seeing lots of play on Boston's WBCN 104.1, the 7th most played song on theeee station! (Beverly Hills at #2!)

"Perfect Situation" has been getting some incidental play on the "Love Line" radio show. Its in rotation on L.A.'s mighty KROQ. On Iowa's 105.1, 'Perfect situation' was played on "The Detour" and 'We Are All On Drugs' on the "Vibe-rater". Meanwhile, 104.5 The Edge recently played 4 Weezer tracks in a row as part of their "Block Party Weekend" - Peace, Beverly Hills, Undone, and My Name is Jonas. And 96 Wave in Charleston, SC has been playing Perfect Situation, My Best Friend, Peace, Pardon Me, and Beverly Hills. Also, numerous tracks from 'Make Believe' were heard on NBC's recent broadcast of Arena Football's Superbowl.

"Western canada's most listened to rock radio show" played "We Are All On Drugs" on 5/25 as one of host Jeff O'Neil's 2 favourite new tracks out of 50 new cds. "this is one of those songs you can ask me about in 4 months and I'll still love it..."

...more Make Believe reviews:
People magazine (dated 6/6): 3 stars.
Total Guitar magazine (Europe) 4 stars.
Maxim magazine: 4 out of 5 stars.

...random future weezer sighting (of sorts): The Weezer "Supergirls" poster (from 2001, illustrated by Adrian Tomine) will be making an appearance in an upcoming film called Sky High, as a decoration in the lead character's bedroom. "Sky High" comes out July 29th.

...ESPN's The Sports Guy mentions weezer in his latest column.

06/25/05 conceptualization, the abstraction, the obtuseness | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 05:32:00 GMT

...hello friends. While the band has had a semi-quiet week doing their individual thangs, the planning continues apace for the future, and the positive rewards for past work continue to come in. The tour schedule for July has been completed, with info on the opening acts firming up (though its not yet clear if several shows will have an additional opener (for a 3 band bill) or not):

7/02/05 - Las Vegas, NV - Vegas Rocks Festival - with The Red Hot Chili Peppers - free (but "sold out")
7/05/05 - Kansas City, KS - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - 96.5 Buzz Beach Ball, with Cake, Vendetta Red, Story Of The Year - tickets
7/07/05 - Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater - with The Pixies, The Fray - tickets
7/09/05 - Toronto, Canada - Molson Amphitheater - with The Pixies, The Fray - tickets
7/10/05 - Montreal, Canada - The Stade Uniprix - with The Pixies, The Fray - tickets
7/12/05 - Lewiston, ME - Central Maine Civic Center - with The Fray - tickets
7/13/05 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Veterans Coliseum - with Taking Back Sunday, The Fray - tickets
7/14/05 - Atlantic City, NJ - The Borgata - with The Fray - tickets
7/16/05 - Atlanta, GA - Underground Atlanta - 99x festival with The Bravery, others - tickets
7/17/05 Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues - with The Fray - tickets
7/19/05 Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live - with The Fray - tickets - SOLD OUT! (note: this show will be (partly?) broadcast on 8/3/05 on Mtv)
7/21/05 - Nashville, TN - Nashville Municipal Auditorium - with Ben Folds, The Fray - tickets
7/22/05 - St. Louis, MO - Savvis Center - with Ben Folds, The Fray - tickets
7/23/05 - Chicago, IL - Grant Park - Lollapalooza with The Pixies, The Killers, Death Cab, Dinosaur Jr, etc! - tickets

Looking ahead past July, we see the Summersonic shows coming up in Japan on August 13 and 14 , then a bit of a fuzzy patch later in August, which will turn out to be one of several different international tour plans - announcements coming soon on that! Beyond that there is a major tour in the works for Sept/Oct, but at present I cannot confirm nor reveal anything...

06/18/05 remember how much we got egged last year? | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 05:20:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 38: Fly home from Europe
Well, thats it for a short but very sweet visit to (some of) Europe. Thanks again to all the awesome fans who came out to the shows, support acts The Subways and Tegan And Sara, and to the crew for kicking ass. Today we woke up in Glasgow, went to the airport, and flew back to the states for 2 weeks of relative calm. sometime the week following this, the band and crew will reconvene in L.A. to do a production rehearsal, where the new lights and sound stuff will be tested (got some cool stuff lined up for the summer!), and the band will rehearse some more songs in order to beef up the setlist for the beefier shows...

06/17/05 being a Fabin is not always easy | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 16:36:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 37: Glasgow, Scotland - The Academy

Glasgow. 1. Scottish: local name from the city on the Clyde (first recorded in 1116 as Glasgu), or from either of two minor places with the same name in Aberdeenshire. The etymology of the place name is disputed; it is probably from Welsh glas ‘gray’, ‘green’, ‘blue’ + cau ‘hollows’.

The June Euro Tour (as in, spent a lot of euros this tour) wound up today in Glasgow, which has seen some epic weezer shows in the past, from packed chaos back in the 90's at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, to the mighty Barrowlands in '02. The Academy (why is every gig in the UK called the Carling Academy?) is a reall cool theater style hall, and filled up to a steamy maximum capacity, with a rather international crowd, with people come in not only from all over the UK nut also from Norway, Ireland, and even the USA and Canada, with a large Toronto contingient.

We had some fun today observing human behavior (as Bjork put it). The academy is sort of in a rough area it seems. There is an inherent toughness in some of these Glaswegians, and the toughest seem to become security guards. These guys are massive and were quite fiesty towards any rabble rousing types they sensed near the club. Combined with a local accent that was easily the hardest of our USA ears to decipher, it made for some really interesting confrontations. Fortunately these guys seemed very well behaved and protective toward the actual fans, so that was cool.

Side note - "nightime" was only 10:30 PM - 4 AM, due to Scotland being so far up north. This reminded us of the Scandanavian shows back in '01 and '02, when the sun only went away for about 30 minutes each night, and was blazing bright by 3 AM. Close those hotel curtains tight if you want to sleep!

At least 5 JONAS members in the line up today, and they all mentioned doing what they could but driving the point home that their abilities were limited without stickers and the like to work with. Spirits were very high regardless.

The show was epic, one of the top 3 of the tour in my opinion. The crowd was mental, and the atmosphere in the club quickly went to hot, steamy, and sweaty. There was one tech glitch, with the lighting control board malfuntioning early on, so that the giant "W" wouldnt light up after about 4 songs. But Lightnin' Leif worked some magic with all the rest of the lights and I dont think people really even noticed that the W wasnt really doing anything. The show concluded with the usual feedback chaos and goodbyes from the stage, but this time was highlighted by Rivers bowing down to the crowd, which definitely freaked out and delighted the fans!

Thanks to everyone who came out on this run!!! Thanks to The Subways and Tegan and Sara, who both rocked! While there are no specific plans yet for weezer to return to Europe, I know that everyone had a blast and considered this to possibly be their best time yet over here. I know I did for sure, and the kindness and enthusiasm of the fans was a major contributing factor. (Thanks to Donna for the 'spy package' today!) So I really hope we can return soon! For now its back to the states, then Japan... then....

full size picture here.

the fans have their say! (see the comments section for many more and to leave your own!)

"Hey Karl! Got back from the weezer show there and i can safely say I have been rocked...Subway were also unexpectedly excellent and i shall definitly be checking them out. Of course weezer were "da bomb!". I was took by surprise by Brian's dancing moves all night, he aint called the sassmaster for no reason." ---anonymous

...apologies for the delay, but here's a photo of the current merchandise avail on tour. This picture link will ruun wiiith all tour show stories. In the future, when there are new items added or things changed, a revised picture will be posted.
(note - the prices that were listed in the original photo were Canadian - sorry for the confusion)

06/16/05 which is more life like, the horse or Dr. Pearl | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 04:45:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 36: travel day - to Glasgow
Today we went to Heathrow airport in London, and flew up to Glasgow Scotland. Not a very long flight at all, but with the transport to and from the airports, plus check in times, traffic, waiting in lines etc, the travel managed to eat up the whole afternoon. Fortunately, after we had settled into the hotel, a stunning Indian restaruant was found and there was much rejoicing. And eating.

Also this afternoon, Rivers did a taped interview with Zane Lowe for Radio 1. We dont yet know when it will be aired however, so stay tuned!

large size picture link: here.

...July tour update: heres what is known to date, including all recent new info:

07/02/05 Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Convention Center - w/RHCP - sold out
07/05/05 Kansas City - Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre - 96.5 Buzz Beach Ball - on sale now
07/07/05 Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater - Summerfest - w/ The Pixies and The Fray - on sale now
07/09/05 Toronto, ONT - Molson Ampitheatre - w/ The Pixies and The Fray - on sale now
07/10/05 - Montreal, QC - The Stade Uniprix - with (TBA) and The Fray - on sale now
07/12/05 - Lewiston, ME - Central Maine Civic Center - with (TBA) and The Fray - on sale now
NEW: 07/13/05 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - w/ Taking Back Sunday and (TBA) - on sale now
07/14/05 - Atlantic City, NJ - The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa Event Center - with (TBA) and The Fray - ON SALE SATURDAY JUNE 18, 10 AM
07/16/05 Atlanta, GA - Underground Atlanta - WNNX 99X event - on sale now
***NEW*** 07/17/05 - Myrtle Beach, SC - ***TBA***
07/21/05 - Nashville, TN - Nashville Municipal Auditorium - with (TBA) - ON SALE FRIDAY JUNE 17 at 10 AM
****NEW*** 07/22/05 - St. Louis, MO - The Saavis Center - with (TBA) - ON SALE SATURDAY JUNE 18 at 10 AM
07/23/05 Chicago, IL - Hutchinson Field at Grant Park - Lollapalooza

Please check back to weezer's Ticketmaster page for further ticket info, as I have not been given any more onsale nor presale info yet, and I dont want you to miss out. If I hear of any new presale info it will go up right away.

...speaking of touring, nothing ive seen nor heard so far contradicts what people have noticed in this NME article...

...I have learned that this article, a nice recent interview with Rivers, was also in the print version of last week's LA Weekly, which was a cover story - Weezer's first! That means a lot to this band, who back in '92-'93 constantly pored over the minutae of the weekly listings, scanning for any positive mention of weezer, any faint recommendation or recognition of their countless formative LA gigs.

...update on the German 'Rockpalast' TV stuff. 5 song performances from the Rock Am Ring festival that weezer played on 6/3 will indeed be aired on the German station WDR, on their Rockpalast show. However, these will not actually be aired until October sometime, for reasons I don't know. However, Mtv (Europe) also has rights to these filllmed performances, but we do not have info as to when they intend to broadcast them. We do know that Mtv has already shown the performance of "Buddy Holly" on their "Best Of Rock Am Ring 2005" special.

...The Beverly Hills Video was #1 on MTV2's "T-Minus Hits" countdown on 6/15

...KROQ LA's "furious 5 at 9" for 6/15 included not one but 2 "Make Believe" tracks: Perfect Situation at #5 and We Are All on Drugs at #3!

...Modesto CA's New Rock 96.7 lists Beverly Hills as their #2 most played track.

...China - an unknown Chinese TV channel has been playing the "Beverly Hills" video in high rotation! Spotted on satellite TV in China. (wow!)

...Philippines: Beverly Hills video playing on Mtv Philippines and MYX, the song is heard on 'Campus Radio 97.1' (the DJ: "a funky song - beverly hills from weezer. the same guys who brought you 'teenage dirtbag'. yes, they are back..." ?!??!? heh heh!)

...Australia: Triple J radio playing many Make Believe tracks, including "Peace" as part of the 'Super Request' program and 'This Is Such a Pity' on 'Today Today'.

...New Zealand: 'Beverly Hills' showing up in the nightly top 20 request shows of pop stations is going crazy, the two pop stations ZM and the Edge.

...United Arab Emirates: 'Beverly Hills' video spotted on MTV NOW in a Dubai hotel!

...and all over the USA and Canada, theres too much activity to list - various Make Believe tracks are getting on all sorts of playlists, including heavy play for We Are All On Drugs (stay tuned for news on this one) and Perfect Situation, plus some action for Pardon Me, Peace, and My Best Friend. Thanks to all for their local reports!

06/15/05 there are five letters in the name Blaine | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 02:52:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 35: London, UK - Brixton Academy #2
Back down for another night in Brixton! Todays show was the only club show of the tour that didnt quite sell out, so there was a bit more elbow room out in the crowd. This may account for a slightly more relaxed vibe tonight, though there was still plenty of loud-as-hell singalongs going on and more than a few crowdsurfers doing their thing. All told, over 8500 people got rocked these 2 nights in London, which is phenominal. Thanks to each and every one of you who came, and that goes for everyone on the whole Euro-tour as well, including those who havent yet seen the show - up in Glasgow in 2 days time. Its really been such a pleasure for everyone this time over, and that bodes very well for repeat visits down the line.

Tegan And Sara opened again tonight, killin' it! They said some very kind words tonight about weezer, relating a very nice 'rockin out in the bedroom playing air guitar to weezer songs back in junior high' tale. After the show the weez-men finally got a chance to sit down and thank the girls and their band for joining them for these shows.

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Random side note: enroute to the Academy, we were pleased to see the Battersea Power Station, famous for being the location for Pink Floyd's "Animals" album cover photo.

the fans have their say! (see the comments section for many more and to leave your own!)

"Just wanted to say a big thank you to you, and the of course all the guys for such an awesome set of shows. I was lucky enough to get to go to all 3 shows this week and it was well worth it. Last night was incredible, Rivers looked totally involved, especially during “Haunt you everyday” and the finale with guitar held high above his head, truly everything you could ever want to round off a show. Scott has perfectly slotted into the band now, and I really can’t imagine them without him, never thought I’d say that!" ---Rich =w= 3986 - slobulike

"I attended the Paris concert and had already been amazed of how accurately the band had played all the songs. This feeling has been even more emphasized yesterday in London. Hot hot Brixton Academy !!! From "Tired Of Sex" to the second encore "Hash Pipe", it's been the same pleasure as enjoying the sound of Weezer records played live. Perfect setlist, perfect interpretation ... perfect situation. I can't think of any mistake done in any of the songs. Rivers' voice has never been so powerful and clear. Think of any drum or guitar detail in any of the songs you're so keen on the records, and it's right here, right at the same moment in the song, so that fans can mime or play air guitar (if not Air Weezer) along the whole concert. The more the band plays the songs of the latest record, the more I learn to assimilate them as genuine Weezer pearls. For instance, "This is such a pity" was definitely not a pity, rocked out like I couldn't think they'd ever be able to do it live. Obviously, a difficult sentimental break-up is definitely not the best thing to go through when you attend a Weezer show as "Hold Me", "Haunt You Every Day" tend to bring tears up to the eyes of many (mine as well). Rivers has probably said one of his longest sentences ever formulated at the end of the show, and took his best rocker posture at the end of "Hash Pipe" as a huge "thank you" to his English fans. No. Thank YOU guys. The more I see you, the better you are. Can't wait to see you again and again." ---Thomas Vandenberghe, former editor in chief of Rock Sound mag.

There is also a cool podcast review of the show, located from approximately the 7th to the 11th minute in Adam Curry's latest podcast (#195), available on curry.com (permalink here.)

...KROQ-FM Los Angeles is having an online poll for the "106.7 greatest KROQ bands ever". They are asking for your 5 favorite bands, so be sure to vote for weezer!

06/14/05 tell us what is this mysterious scent? | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 03:28:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 34: London, UK - Brixton Academy #1
Today we drove down to Brixton from the hotel for the first of 2 shows at the Brixton Academy. The Academy is, well, in Brixton, which is known as one of the rougher parts of London, to put it mildly. However, while the area's reputation sort of precedes it, its actually pretty mellow at least in the daytime around the club, with a cool old skatepark across the street and a few shady dealer types milling about doing their, uh, thang. Certainly calmer than this famous song would have one think. But then, I dont live around there so what do I know.
Anyway, we rolled in and soundchecked and the people came in and the show was on. Before the doors opened up I walked the line' and shot the breeze with some of the fans in line. We've got some JONAS members over here, and they want stickers and posters to distribute! Can this be done? Hmm.
Up first was the most excellent Canadian band Tegan And Sara, who weezer are most pleased to welcome aboard for the 2 London gigs. Then weezer did their thing, which is to say, delivered another in a strong string of powerful gigs.

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the fans have their say! (see the comments section for many more and to leave your own!)

"It was great to see Weezer in London again. The gap between each time the guys visit is always just long enough to make you forget how bloody crazy Weezer shows are compared to most others. My throat is raw from singing louder than I have in years, my body is screwed from dancing about and I'm sure loads of other people can say the same. The band were awesome, but you have to give it to the fans for making the show as good as it was. Other shows just aren't like that." ---Chris S.

"So i rolled into london at 3pm and couldnt resist heading straight to brixton to see what was going on. I bumped straight into a friend Billy and his friends who had been at the venue since 1.30. I start queing with these guys enjoying lager and a bad chicken sandwich and admire the weezer cup cakes billy and his mates have made. the time flies by as does brian in a car stareing eerily at the crowd at one point, where was he goin?! we say hi to karl who loves the cakes and is amazed by everyones stamina for waiting about. At various points i jump in and out the line to go 'relieve' myself in local pubs and restaurants (thanks nandos!) Finnaly my best bud tom shows up (he had to work late) at about 6:30. we sneek him into our group though the fans around are cool! we do a skit for some mtv show where we are 'weezer geeks' and get hounded by some jocks (Weird!) though i think we got the better of them anyway...
Finally doors open and we are at the front against the barrier. Time is flying by its unreal. the support has been and gone and at last it all goes dark for the weez. I havent seen them in three long years and for the first time in so many recent gigs my stomach has knots! the crowd goes bananas at the kick in to 'tired of sex' and rock out later to 'buddy holly'. Its a great set that showcases the classics as well as the new album (loved no one else) the band seem a little quiet at first but soon enough scott is waving and smiling and throwing his picks and just before 'beverly hills' rivers throws his in my direction, no one pays much attention as there is a kid behind us shouting and coming forward to be sick! still i look down, see the pick and grab it, ramming it into my pocket before enjoying the rest of the set. 'good life' and 'hash pipe' stand out though 'pardon me' and 'haunt you' have a raw emotional edge. Getchoo with brian on vocals was pretty cool to seeeeee too. Before we know it though the show is over. Rivers looks the happiest i have ever seen him in any interview, video etc and its right before out eyes. He waves salutes and leaves the stage confirming the weez are back and have conqured london!" ---adam, london

"After a quick train journey to Brixton it took us little time to find the academy. Once in we were amazed by the academy and just how cool it looked. Tegan and Sara, the suppourt act were unbelievably loud but cheered on all the same. When the roadies came on tuning up the weezers guitars tension began to mount which finally erupted when the weez came on stage. Sounding great they burst through the set what seemed very quickly. My favourite moments were Brian on Getchoo, the lowering of the great =w= sign and the singalongs to weez classics. You could see the fans enjoyed the concert flocking in their hundreds chanting wee-zer. This was my first weezer concert and hopefully one of many more and something I will never forget. Thanks guys. Great show." ---Chris J.

...and from around the world in Seattle, this cool story comes in:
"So today (yesterday, 6/13) on Seattle's 107.7 The End (the radio station that hosted the latest weez concert) they had something very special connected to the weez. In celebrations of Rivers' B-day on their show The Lunch Hour Special (where they play an hour of music connected to the days theme from 12-1) they played a full hour of Weezer!...(Including Perfect Situation, Jonas, Keep Fishin', Surf Wax, and Say It Ain't So) They also played a "weez" song if you could call it that that i never have heard! It was Rivers rendition of Tomorrow from the musical Annie! It was amazing and probably made alot of people cock their heads in confusion."

...KROQ-FM Los Angeles is having an online poll for the "106.7 greatest KROQ bands ever". They are asking for your 5 favorite bands, so be sure to vote for weezer!

06/13/05 gather round for i have news | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 03:24:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 33: Birmingham, UK - Carling Academy
Today we rolled out from London on a weird little bus that soon became known as the prom bus due to its disco interior that was pretty impractical, but did include a dvd player, on which was watched a Tivo'ed USA v. Panama World Cup qualifying match on the ride up to Birmingham, and "The Life Of Brian" on the ride back. We made it to Birmingham in about 2.5 hours, and drove into a garage lane that led up to the loading dock for the Carling Academy. Entering the club I suddenty remembered where we were. For some reason I had pictued this club's interior as being in Manchester or something, but it all made sense now.

While the band soundchecked I wandered outside to take some pix of the rediculously long line that snaked under a bridge and out of sight, as well as do a breif 'car park interview' for Leeds Student Radio (details to come).

I gotta say, this has been one consistently excellent tour, performance wise. While the May USA tour ramped up from a good but somewhat shakey start, this one has come screaming out of the gate with a level of professionalism and consistency I dont think Ive ever seen before in this band. The crowds have all been great, and tonight was no exception. Everyone was screaming themselves hoarse, chanting "wee-zer, wee-zer" between most of the songs, and crowdsurfing, jumping, and generally going ballistic.

Today was Rivers' birthday, and the crowd knew it, bursting into impromptu renditions of 'Happy Birthday' between many of the songs in the set, and showing posters and such throughout the show. Scott led a special moment when he guided the crowd in 'officially' wishing the R man his props for the day.

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...some early show repors: (see the comment page for more and feel free to add your own!)
"just got home and had to send you an email to say how excellently amazing the show was tonight!! first ever weezer gig and i will never forget it. how can people be disappointed by this band live?! they were excellent. raring with energy.. just like the crowd. yes, rivers does not look much at the crowd...but he's shy! i know i dont have the balls to get up in front of god knows how many people!! i could go on forever.. great night (except gettin squashed on the bars.. im only little!) all good songs!! ended with hash pipe.. brian sang getchoo briantly. scott was happy as ever and pat as energetic. thanks guys for a brilliant show ---'Stickola'

"We arrived in Birmingam at about 4:30pm, and eventually found the venue, after asking for directions twice. Seeing the cue at the entrance, i couldn't believe how many people were already waiting, they must have been there since midday. The first car park we tried to get into must have been right on top of the venue, as when we switched off the engine, i could actually here the band doing their soundcheck. The tracks i heard were the back end of In The Garage and the whole of Peace. I knew by now that this concert was going to rock. We switched car parks and walked around the center for a while, getting a bite to eat and a drink. We got back to the cue at about 6:00pm and started to wait in line. By about 6:45pm the fans were starting to cue around the block...We eventually got into the club at about 7:10pm and immediatley went into the center. It was very strange because we went into the club at ground level, yet we were on the second floor, right in the middle of the balcony area, where we stayed for the entire show. After a very long wait (an hour and fifteen minutes! what was that about?) of standing and waiting, the unknown to me band The Subways came on and were very well received.
After the crew spent about 20mins clearing the stage, and apparently tuning the guitars three of four times, the weez walked out of the shadows annnd into the light. They were AWESOME! Way better than Moby, but i was forced to wear the earplugs as the bass was just TOO bassy...I'm sure everyone was aware that it was Rivers birthday, so when Scott lead us all in an impromptu birthday sing along, it made the concert very personal. What was happening to Brians guitar during Beverly Hills? He seemed to be having a lot of issues with his leads. It was hilarious when Rivers asked him what was wrong and Brian said "he's not telling me!". Whatever it was the problem was sorted almost immediately, and the band continued to rock.
The Make Believe songs were very well recieved, especially We Are All On Drugs (possible next single?), the mosh pit was going mental at that point....Certainly the highlight of night was Undone, everyone in the building was singing, and the roof nearly came off! Hash Pipe was similarly popular with the mosh pit again making the building shake! I'm glad we got to see and hear some of Pats guitar skill, as i know what good guitarist he is, and his feedback solo was brilliant, and when the W lights went out, the place erupted...we left the venue with our heads in the clouds and slowly made our way back to the car park. After all the pictures and videos i have seen of weezer in concert, nothing comes close to actually being there. Easily the best night of my life, and easily the best weezer concert i have had the fortune to see in any way." ---Richard V.

06/12/05 the horse comes out and I cant get past the cow | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 04:08:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 32: London, UK (day off)
Today was the second of the two 'totally off' days off on the Euro tour, and it was in London. People scrambled all over this fair city in search of art, culture, food, and shopping, all of which were in plentiful supply till about 6 PM when stuff started closing up due to it being Sunday and all. Kensington Gardens were just great despite overcast skies. Wagamama, Pret a Manger and good fish n' chips places were the order of the day food-wise. Laundry was done, walks were had, ATMs were raided, stores were invaded. Ahh!

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06/11/05 contrary to public opinion, I dont see very well | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 03:53:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 31: Travel to London, UK (day off)
Today we woke up at the hotel thats actually across the street from the Vienna Airport, walked to the terminal and boarded the flight to London. It went pretty smoothly, facilitated by the presence of a Starbucks right next to our gate. We arrived in London late afternoon and settled in at the hotel we will be calling home for the next 4 days. London is by now pretty familiar to us, and its cool to be back and actually know how to get around and more importantly where to go! Personal recomendation: the Treasures Gallery at the British Library.

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...a fans' petition to "get weezer down under" is here.

...if you ain't heard the new album "Make Believe" yet, or you want to turn someone on to it without dropping cash, or you just want to jam it whilst computing when away from your cd, check out heavy.com - once there, click on the "heavy radio" icon in the bottom corner and you'll see the full Make Believe album preview channel. (and then go buy it, ya heard?)

...several weezer fan message boards serviced by ezboard, including w.i.d.f. and others have recently suffered from some major hacking attacks that messed up tons of ezboard message board sites. Regular visitors may be experiencing problems with the sites, as many posts and some memberships were deleted or lost. Ezboard is supposed to be repairing these problems, but theres no word as to exactly when.

06/10/05 the zen riddle: how many babies fit in the tire? | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 02:24:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 30: Nickelsdorf, Austria - Nova Rock Festival
Due to there being no hotel available anywhere near the festival, which is waaaaay out in the middle of nowhere about an hour or two away from Vienna, the decision was made to stay in Paris until show day (except for Rivers who decided to stay in Vienna and meet up with the rest of us at the festival), and therefore we ended up again flying on the day of the show. Upon landing at Vienna airport, we were whisked into vans and off we went into the beautiful Austrian countryside. Today the weather was quite chilly, not to mention overcast, windy and occasionally rainy. Quite a contrast from sunny Paris! Somehow European festivals bring out the heroic nature in both fans and the bands, enduring freakish weather and strange conditions, gaining strength from the camaraderie that only a muddy field out in the Austrian countryside can provide!

The festival was chock full of metal and hard rock bands today (day 2 of a 4 day festival), and in fact weezer were playing right before the mighty (and mighty strange) Marilyn Manson. Having not been to Austria since the Pinkerton tour in August 1996, and being sandwiched between some pretty tough bands, there was some trepidation that they might not be too welcome here. In the back of my mind, I was holding onto some hope, however, as I recalled that Make Believe debuted here in the top 20. The fears (of tossed bottles and mud) were instantly put to rest when the band hit the stage, where they recieved one of the warmest welcomes of the tour from a giant crowd of possibly 10 or 15 thousand wet and muddy festival goers, who seemed estatic to catch the weez. The band turned in another solid and super tight performance, electrifying the crowd.

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06/09/05 everybody dance! | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 23:47:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 29: Paris, France - day off
a very rare true day off, no travel whatsoever - and in Paris on a warm sunny day, you gotta get out there and check things out! Many many miles were walked today by everyone (save for Rivers who decided to go to Vienna a day early) (I said it before, I'll say it again, tours are more complicated then they appear), as the sights were seen, the art appreciated, the cathedrals photographed and the utterly delicious food consumed.

One of my 3 personal epic walks today was with Pat, and a funny thing happened at the Plaza de la Concorde, as we were crossing the very wide street, we saw a minivan parked on the median and a lady standing there in distress. Though there was a Franco-American language gap, she flagged us over and asked for help, as her front tire had a blowout and she didnt know how to change it. An elderly wonam who we presumed to be her mother was in the van as well. Pat said something like "hell, tires are the same everywhere, lets do it!", and so we changed her tire, and they were very happy. The woman then forced us to take 30 euros in gratitude, no matter how we protested! So, unable to give it back to her, off we went, eventually spending it on Louvre tickets and crepes.

Large size pic here.

...chart stoke: Make Believe holds steady at #17 in its 4th week on the charts in the US!

...an excellent LA Weekly interview with Rivers is online here.

...does anyone else think of Twisted Metal 2 for Playstation when they see the Eiffel Tower? Man, did we ever play that game too much back in the day! Its still the best.

06/08/05 maybe meet some guys, some italian guys | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 10:36:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 28: Paris, France - Olympia
Flying on the same day as a show is never the preferred way, but today was just one of those days where the rules had to be broken to make things happen. So we go to the airport in Dublin for an early flight to Paris, fly, and while waiting for our baggage in Charles deGaulle airport, we see some familiar looking blokes sitting over on the bench, obviously waiting for their luggage too. Well, whattaya know, its Oasis. We've never actually ever met them before, but eventually Pat breaks the ice like a trooper, and thank goodness. Turns out theyre big fans of weezer (or at the very least Liam is - hes just a bit more talkative than his brother Noel), and in fact, in Liam's words, weezer is their favorite American band! Now thats cool. After some small talk, its established that while Weezer is on their way to the Olympia gig, Oasis are basically just waiting around till their own TV gig tomorrow. So I slip in a little "do you wanna go to the show tonight?", which is enthusiatically embraced as the plan. When I asked "how many will there be?", they said "A lot." The necessary phone numbers were exchanged amongst tour managers, and the plan was set: Oasis were coming to see weezer tonight!

Off we go thru the busy streets of Paris directly to The Olympia for soundcheck, which is a very nice and rather large venue thats hosted countless famous shows over the years. Come showtime it looked totally full but there was some question as to whether it had actually sold out or not. Well, no matter, it was very full and the crowd was very loud, and thats all that mattered!

After the show, the band met up with Oasis (or rather, part of Oasis, as some of them bailed right after the show for parts unknown), namely Liam Gallagher and Gem Archer and some of their friends/crew, for a rousting round of conversation which was frequently quite hilarious, such as when the Oasis men went into detailed and hysterically funny acting out of several choice parts of the Metallica documentary! Contrary to what you may have read in the press, Liam was warm, friendly, and funny as hell. I guess having just seen his "favorite current American band" didnt hurt the mood! Top men, the lot.

The picture revolution starts now! large size pic here!

An attendee chimes in:
"I was at that show and it was so amazing, I almost cried when Rivers closed his eyes during his singing. The songs were so beautiful and the crowd was astonishing. This was my first time at a weezer show and this is something I will remember for the rest of my life. The only thing I need now is Weezer in Iceland, playing a 16 min version of Only In Dreams but that will never happen, but hey you must have something to dream about. I just wanna thank you guys for a great evening and probably the best experience in my life. Rock On." ---bjorn i.

and another:
"Karl, it was great to see your hand on the stage!!! It was a great show, we really enjoyed the old songs from Blue and Pinkerton (Good Life!!!) What went wrong with the Piano on "I'm sorry" and what was the loud farting noise at the beginning of "Beverly Hills"? Respect to Brian for singing "Getchoo" (with a little help from his friends Pat and Scott). Great Crowd-singing on the "sweater song". New songs coming across great and fitting in really well with the rest. We will enjoy the album even more now. Come back soon! Don't wait 4 years again. Roque on!" ---Frenchweez and =w=olf

(see plenty more comments on the comment page, plus leave your own!)

06/07/05 what it means is, we may be goin' to Broad Way | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 10:34:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 27: Dublin, Ireland - Budrising Festival at Vicar Street
At last, weezer in Ireland! For reasons no one really can figure out, it took that long for weezer to visit here, despite many European tours over the years. But at last its a reality.

The Budrising Festival is sorta like the CMJ thing in New York, or SXSW in Austin. Rather than having a bunch of bands gather at a festival grounds at one time, they simply schedule a bunch of shows over a several day period in the city, at all the local venues, and collectively label it a festival. Because of this and the other festivals that weezer was signed up for on this tour, te scheduling was tricky. There was a ton of work done to try and get a bigger hall, but Vicar Street on June 7th ended up being the was the only available gig for weezer, whatsoever. Everything else in town was booked, both tonight and at every other time.

Fortunately, Vicar Street is simply a great venue - modern, clean, good sound, etc, and those in attendance were treated to a rather intimate experience. The only drawback was that there were many who couldnt get tickets, plus the fact that Vicar Street is an 18+ venue. So those that could make it were in for a treat, but there were a lot who couldnt get in.

Despite those factors, everything came together, from the crew doing some utterly herculean tasks with mostly rented gear and very little time to sleep, to the band dealing with the heavy travel schedule to give what looked and sounded like their best performance of the tour so far, to the fans who patiently endured a decade long wait and then a mad scramble for tickets when it became apparent that there werent very many to be had! The Irish people was SO stoked and SO nice to us. The overall experience in Dublin was just amazing!

Setlist:
Tired Of Sex
In The Garage
Pardon Me
Buddy Holly
Photograph
Hold Me
Getchoo
Say It Ain't So
We Are All On Drugs
Island In The Sun
My Name Is Jonas
Peace
Slob
Beverly Hills
The Good Life
Undone - The Sweater Song
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Haunt You Every Day
Hash Pipe

Tonight was the second night The Subways opened, and props to them for bringing their 'A' game and a healthy dose of the rock!

Tonight also saw the debut (and possibly only appearance) of the "projected W". As most of the gear had to go directly from Hamburg to Paris, as theres no way to truck all that stuff from Hamburg to Dublin to Paris in 3 days with 2 water crossings, etc, the crew had to rent most of the gear. The giant "=w=" light was absent, so a computer file of the W logo was given to Lightnin' Leif the new lighting guy, who projected it onto the backdrop. It looked pretty cool actually!

In attendance was Cait O'Riorden, the Pogues' bass player, who graciously praised the band's performance, post show. She's very cool to say the least.

An attendee chimes in:

"top class stuff, my man! weezer were on fire (so much for rivers bein a dry-i thought he came out of his shell a good bit!!) the set was excellent, scott was rockin the bass and pat was bashing those drums like something else!! i'd just like to thank you on behalf of all irish =w= fans, for the show! hey by the way thanks for the photo on your way to lunch (i'm glad you guys found leo burdocks cause i was thinkin i shoulda recomended it to you after you guys had left!!)" ---Cian

That about sums up our experience with the Irish fans - THANKS to all, who were so welcoming and friendly - and patient! (And we did manage 2 more visits to Leo Burdocks - one before, one after the show!)

...'Do you have to, do you have to, do you have to fly Aer Lingus?' Yes, you do, and its a wonderrrful airline.

06/06/05 i'm trying to commit to one side here, dear | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 11:16:00 GMT

***MORE UPDATES BELOW INCLUDING PRESALE INFO*** July Tour update: confirmed so far:

07/02/05 Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Convention Center - w/RHCP
07/05/05 Kansas City - Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre - 96.5 Buzz Beach Ball - PRESALE ON NOW: HERE!
07/07/05 Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater - Summerfest - w/ The Pixies - ON SALE NOW
07/09/05 Toronto, ONT - Molson Ampitheatre - w/ The Pixies - ON SALE NOW
07/10/05 - Montreal, QC - The Stade Uniprix - ON SALE 6/10
07/12/05 - Lewiston, ME - Central Maine Civic Center - ON SALE 6/11
NEW: 07/13/05 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - w/ Taking Back Sunday - ON SALE 6/11 at 9AM, 92 Free.Loader PRESALE 6/10 at 10AM! Log in here for presale link + password.
07/14/05 - Atlantic City, NJ - The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa Event Center
07/16/05 Atlanta, GA - Underground Atlanta - WNNX 99X event
JUST ADDED: 07/21/05 - Nashville, TN - Nashville Municipal Auditorium
07/23/05 Chicago, IL - Hutchinson Field at Grant Park - Lollapalooza

Please check back to weezer's Ticketmaster page for further ticket info, as I have not been given any other onsale nor presale info yet, and I dont want you to miss out. If I hear of any new presale info it will go up right away.

...MB '05 Tour: Day 26: travel to Dublin, Ireland
Today we flew from Hamburg, Germany to Ireland, where weezer set foot for the first time ever! The flight was mellow and cheerful and the moment we landed we knew it was gonna be cool, with what the locals were calling an unusually bright and sunny day goin' on, as well as a bank holiday so the mood on the streets was extra festive. Lots of walking around Dublin and sampling the food (such as the unbelievable fish n' chips at Leo Burdock's) and drink (such as: walk in any direction for 3 seconds and theres a pub), though shopping was light as most places were closing up early for the holiday. Dublin is as cool and beautiful as the hundreds of Irish fans over the years have insisted via letters and email, and everyone is breathing a collective sigh of relief that we finally made it here. Dinner (birthday dinner for Stuart the tour manager!) discussion turned to what other places have been too long neglected, and I was more than happy to rattle off "the list" to the guys! Brazil...Iceland...Central Canada...Australia...Indonesia...Mexico...Hong Kong...Malaysia...Czech Republic...Poland...New Zealand...Italy...etc!!

...insane "crackhead" parody version of "Beverly Hills" can be found on the Gorillaz website here. heh heh! (click the 'audio' tab once you are there and scroll down a bit to select it.)

06/05/05 wir werden Sie in dieses erleichtern | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 10:58:00 GMT

......MB '05 Tour: Day 26: Hamburg, Germany - Grosse Freiheit.
Finally, back in Hamburg! While pouring rain put a crimp in the walking around plans (but could never prevent repeated visits to the nearby hauptbanhof for snacks and presse internationale), everyone was excited to finally make it back to Hamburg for a long overdue club show that was cancelled in late 2001. Today weezer played at Grosse Freiheit ("general freedom"), which is really just the name of the street in the Reeperbahn that the club is on. But Grosse Freiheit has a cool secret (well, not really a secret): it is actually combined with the Kaiserkellar, one of the Hamburg Reeperbahn clubs where the Beatles started their career back in 1960! In fact(?), (so the legend goes), the tiny production office where Stuart the tour manager and Arthur the production manager were set up tonight was once the very dressing room that Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Best and Sutcliffe used before walking down the underground passage to rock out the basement Kaiserkellar club! The Kaiserkellar is also where John and Paul first spied Ringo in another band and started laying their plans to get him into the Beatles instead. The Kaiserkellar is but one of 4 historical Beatles locations within just a block or 2 in the Reeperbahn. See here, here, and here for plenty more info.

Weezer's stage was upstairs in the main Grosse Freiheit room, and the energy was insane! The crowd went bananas and the heat from the bodies and the giant "w" light combined with the smoke (its legal to smoke in clubs in Germany still) and sweat to make quite a potent (if overwhelming) rock stew. Kudos to Lightnin' Leif (taking over for Dan the lighting man who had prior engagements), who devastated the place with a light show that matched the raw energy in the room.

Setlist:
Tired Of Sex
In The Garage
No One Else
Pardon Me
Buddy Holly
Photograph
Hold Me
Getchoo
Say It Ain't So
We Are All On Drugs
Island In The Sun
My Name Is Jonas
Peace
Beverly Hills
The Good Life
Undone - The Sweater Song
---
Haunt You Every Day
Hash Pipe

an attendee writes: "I have been to the concert in Hamburg yesterday and I must say that was really fantastic - "monster stark"!!!!!!! I have been to a lot of different concerts and festivals, listen to famous bands like "Rage against the machine, red hot chili peppers, the prodigy..." but nobody makes that kind of music which really rocks. So, in my opinion weezer is the best band I ever listen to. The new kings of rock! And the new album "make believe" is sensational. We need more of this stuff. Viele liebe Grüße aus Kiel." ---Beimi

and another: "My first weezer show ever! (ok I also had a ticket for the show in Cologne in October 2001 but ... you know ... and I had to wait almost 4 years to get a second chance.) It was absolutely AWESOME and I am still excited. (And I will probably stay a while excited and annoy all the people around me with talking about it.) In the first 10 or 15 minutes I had to realize for myself that this all is really happen and I am really on weezer show and can see them live. Have you seen the italian fans with the banner? They probably win the "I-am-the-fan-with-the-longest-journey-to-destination"-contest. My 260 km (and 260 km back) are nothing against that. Respect!" ---Sylvia

...belated chart info additions!
Make Believe debuted at #32 in Germany!
And in Spain, where it was released 2 weeks later, it debuted at #86.

06/04/05 wie hoch eine Kante ich nicht sagen könnte | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 13:04:00 GMT

...MB '05 Tour: Day 25: Nurburg, Germany - Rock Im Park Festival
Today we awoke in Nurburg, where some heavy duty trials went down a long time ago, but where today all seems calm and trial-free. Except for at the Frankenstadion, where the Rock Im Park is going down. We rode over in the Shantymobile, which would end up being our last ride in it as our tour manager arranged for another bus to swap with after the show, so that the 6 hour drive to Hamburg didnt turn into a 12 hour drive in the Shantymobile.

So the Rock Im Park is located in a park (big suprise), with lots of woods and open areas, and what we think was the remnants of the auditorium where the propaganda film 'Triumph Of The Will' was filmed (???) Either that or it just had a lot of monumental old stone blocks and seating areas. Anyway, everywhere the festivalgoers' tents were set up and the people were settling into their open air vacations, and the empty beer containers were piling up! I saw an unusually high number of Iron Maiden t-shirts, and plenty of somewhat off-balance people exposing themselves to die welt to relieve themselves of a few litres of beer.

Because of the construction going on for next year's world cup, the festival stages had to be set up in a weird way which put the dressing rooms really far from the main stage, so it was a constant battle for a shuttle van to maneuver backstage. But the plus was getting to view the huge forest grounds everytime you had to go to the stage. Today the PA system, while identical to the Rock Am Ring's, sounded decidedly better. This festival's crew must have just had a better idea of how to set things up. In any event, crisp clear audio was the order of the day for the crowd, which is never a bad thing. Weezer shared the 3 stage bill with plenty of "heavy" bands, which tend to go over quite well at these European festivals: Mudvayne, Slipknot, Lamb Of God, and Mastodon all turned in crushing sets today. Headlining in the evening were Green Day and REM. Michael Stipe, surrounded by an impressive entourage, was spotted backstage.

The set was unchanged from yesterday, and went off without any real hitch save for a minor and humorous false start on 'Garage'. Somehow false starts are always funny in weezer, im not sure why. Again, the crowd was won over by the new Make Believe material, and was thrilled by "Island" and "Hash Pipe".

Setlist:
Say It Ain't So
Photograph
Undone - The Sweater Song
Peace
Pardon Me
In The Garage
Island In The Sun
We Are All On Drugs
Beverly Hills
Hash Pipe
Buddy Holly

Post show included sitting down for some catering food with Geffen boss Jordan who can pop up anywhere on the globe when you least expect it, and then waiting for the new bus, which turned out to be a sort of executive office on wheels. It was spacious and had plenty of places to set up a laptop, and we got to Hamburg in the middle of the night after 7 hours of cruising on the Autobahn in heavy rain.

...Weezer Jonas member Andyh has an announcement: after the 6/7 Dublin show, there will be an aftershow party, downstairs in Eamonn Dorans, Temple Bar. Tribute band 'The Pinkertons' will be playing, plus a DJ until 3am. "...We also organised a special drinks promo for the fans, 3 euro for ALL DRINKS. May sound about average for you guys, but Ireland tends to be alot more expensive."

...and check weezish.tk for info on the UK weezer tribute band, Weezish, which will be playing some shows in the days leading up to the UK weezer shows that are coming up.

06/03/05 Medizinmann nicht nahe "Tänzen mit stumpy" gehen | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 02:38:00 GMT

...July Tour update: confirmed so far including NEW DATES:

07/02/05 Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Convention Center - w/RHCP
JUST CONFIRMED: 07/05/05 Kansas City - Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre - 96.5 Buzz Beach Ball
07/07/05 Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater - Summerfest - w/ The Pixies
07/09/05 Toronto, ONT - Molson Ampitheatre - w/ The Pixies
JUST CONFIRMED: 07/10/05 - Montreal, QC - The Stade Uniprix
JUST CONFIRMED: 07/12/05 - Lewiston, ME - Central Maine Civic Center
JUST CONFIRMED: 07/14/05 - Atlantic City, NJ - The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa Event Center
07/16/05 Atlanta, GA - Underground Atlanta - WNNX 99X event - free
07/23/05 Chicago, IL - Hutchinson Field at Grant Park - Lollapalooza

...MB '05 Tour: Day 24: Nurburgring, Germany - Rock Am Ring Festival
Today we got on the bus (heretofore known as the Shantymobile, for various reasons including its broken air conditioning and very unfortunate top speed of 50 mph) and headed off to Nurburgring, which is the home of a very large and well known 'Ring', i.e. an automobile racetrack. It is in fact this very track where the festival takes place over 3 days. This is the 20th Anniversary of the Rock Am Ring / Rock Im Park festivals, but the first time Weezer has been a part of it. Todays show was quite well run, and things went pretty smoothly for weezer despite no possibility of soundcheck and a very small window of time for the weez crew to get things set up after the previous band left the stage. The only tech issue came up during "Photograph" when a guitar mix up led to some odd sounding chords till the band re-adjusted by ear mid-song. Despite that, the band was positively glowing on stage, clearly quite stoked to get back out after the break and happy to play for such a huge audience, who definitely recieved weezer well, especially the Euro-hit "Island In the Sun", as well as "Drugs" and "Hash Pipe".

Setlist:
Say It Ain't So
Photograph
Undone - The Sweater Song
Peace
Pardon Me
In The Garage
Island In The Sun
We Are All On Drugs
Beverly Hills
Hash Pipe
Buddy Holly

This show was taped for television, but I am awaiting any details i can get about what channel(s) will be carrying it and what songs will be shown. I believe it was for Mtv.

UPDATE: The show was taped for the regional program Rockpalast, which airs on WDR. They are planning to air 2 specials called "Rocknacht" (rock night) in June. #1: Saturday June 11, from midnight till 6:30 am, and #2: Sunday June 12th from 12:15 AM til 6.30 am. It is not clear if weezer will appear on both specials. (hat tip: Sylvia)

also, see the Rockpalast site here for more pix from the festival.

Post show the band split into teams like on Scooby-Doo and took care of a bunch of interviews for various German TV and radio. Then the storm clouds rolled in and dumped lightning and heavy bouts of rain all over the festival, but the show goes on! Thank goodness we missed the rain during our own showtime. Tomorrow we may not be so lucky.

...speaking of interviews, Pat spoke with Rolling Stone recently and was quoted in this new article.

06/02/05 Ich nenne sie das Lunts von Blaine | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:21:00 GMT

...back in Germany!

The day started 'yesterday', on 6/1, in Los Angeles (except for Rivers who flew in to Germany a few days early) (and Brian who is arriving on 6/3) (ok, i concede - tours are more complicated than they appear), with the gang (the ausgang) assembling at the Lufthansa terminal, where we ran into all of Velvet Revolver except for Scott Wieland, who are also going to Europe for their own tour and ended up being on the same flight as us. It was cool. Despite it being a packed to the gills 10 hour flight, Scott got to catch up with his old buddy Dave Kushner who plays guitar in VR, and it was fun hanging out with Slash n' co., if mostly just for a little while at baggage claim. 2 iffy meals, 2 even iffier movies, and a lot of extra-iffy fitful non-sleep-ish nap attempts later, we landed in Frankfurt, got on the waiting tourbus, and drove 2 hours to Koln, where we are staying till we trek over to the Rock Am Ring festival grounds about an hour away on 6/3. Confused yet? Me too.

Hey, they got German hip-hop now, or at least now they play it on the music video stations. Hmm. Ok, my impressions from past tours need to be modified. Its not all dance & techno music over here. But it does feel like rock n roll is fighting an uphill battle sometimes. (Then again, this feels true in the USA sometimes too!) Weezer hasn't always had the best luck in Germany, with experiences ranging from the excellent Visions100 gig in '01 to some unfortunate cancellations at other times. But we are back, to rock it out! We're hoping to find that the German peeps feel the same way...

...side note - to those missing the multi-picture karls corner of old (and believe me, that includes me), I am close to heshing it out work-around style. Once i get it sorted there will be more pix per post, and Ill be able to go back and add more pix (including the large size versions in all their detail) to the past stories that have been lacking. Thanks for your understanding.

06/01/05 yeauh noh cuhkieeng! yeh dude. | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:16:00 GMT

*updated* with 7/9 Toronto show info, below...

...currently in frantic preparations for todays flight to Frankfurt Germany, to start Leg #2 of the 2005 Make Believe Tour: Europe in June. (ahh, how romantic.) Not much sleeping happening right now, but thats what 10 hour flights are for, right?

...okay, by now I was expecting to receive the rest of the July tour dates, and pass them on to you. But they are not quite ready yet, it seems....HOWEVER we do have confirmation of a show on 7/9 in Toronto at the Molson Ampitheatre, with alt-godz The Pixies! The main ticket onsale will be on Monday, 6/6, starting at noon. However, there will be a 102.1 The Edge PRESALE this Friday, 6/3, at 10 AM! The info you need will be on their 'Inside Edge' section, so go there and sign up if you want in. Also, there was/is some sort of House Of Blues Canada presale going on today, but it was an HOB email only campaign, so it took some time for word to spread. As of noon Wednesday, it looks like its still going on, but theres no way to tell what type of tickets are being offered (pit or seats etc.)

NOTE that with 6/1 being a major travel day, I may be 'in the air' when new tour info comes to light, and thus unable to immediately update. Keep an eye on the Weezer Ticketmaster page for any possible suprises!

Meanwhile, tickets for the 7/7 show (with many bands incl. the Pixies!) at Milwaukee Summerfest look to still be on sale and available here.

*****WEEZER = MSN ARTIST OF THE MONTH! Thanks to YOUR votes and a huge effort from the Weezer Jonas Street Team!

...another clever Pat interview, this time with FHM mag, here. (Its also in the June newsstand issue of FHM, for those lovers of paper ephemera.)

...theres lots of interesting radio and chart action going on these past few days, with no less than 4 Make Believe songs getting noticable playlist-level play on a good amount of stations and the ol' juggernaut 'Beverly Hills' continuing to kick some ass in the big weird world of pop radio. I'll keep updating as the info piles in. For now, a catnap before the travel insanity begins...

05/27/05 You're talking about making a bigger one | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 27 May 2005 14:17:00 GMT

...hey folks! click here to see the transcript from Mondays MSN Chat with weezer.

update: Ok, there are some chat transcript errors you should know about if you dont want to get confused. Pat and Scott's quotes are switched up several times. For the record, The Scott comments that refer to Shakespeare are actually Pat talking, as are the reference to the Green Strat guitar. Then it appears that Pat is talking about his "fiance", when in fact Pat has of course been married for 11 years, and thats actually Scott talking.

...and click here to see a new Artist Direct interview with Pat.

...I Met with the JONAS people at their HQ today, we talked about how its going with the JONAS army, how the tour went and what we can do in the coming weeks and months to keep the ball rolling. Thanks to all the members who have come up and introduced themselves at shows! Im hoping to meet some Euoprean JONAS members on the upcoming tour as well...(looking forward to seeing everyone of course!)

05/24/05 summer breeze | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 25 May 2005 00:31:00 GMT

...July tour update: at this point, the following 4 shows are confirmed - more to come!

07/02/05 Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Convention Center - w/RHCP
07/07/05 Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater - Summerfest (*tickets onsale Saturday May 28th at 10AM*)
07/16/05 Atlanta, GA - Underground Atlanta - WNNX 99X event - free
07/23/05 Chicago, IL - Hutchinson Field at Grant Park - Lollapalooza

...UK Make Believe debut was #11 after all, not #9. Sorry about that.
...Iceland: debuts at #14!

...heard tonight on KROQ Los Angeles: "Perfect Situation".

...important cultural side note: Chappelle's Show Season 2 DVD out today!

05/22/05 Aye Naujawan Hai Sab Kuchh Yahan | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 22 May 2005 11:24:00 GMT

...REMINDER: check it out! Weezer is going to be doing an MSN Live Chat TOMORROW - Monday, 5/23 at 4pm (PST)!

...reminder #2 - VOTE for WEEZER! MSN's artist of the month June Poll!

...even more international Make Believe chart debuts:

UK: correction: debuted at #9, not #11. Highest debut from weezer ever there!
Finland: debuts at #13, second highest debut of the week!
Japan: debuts at #4 on their domestic chart, #1 on their International chart!
France: debuts at #45.
Switzerland: debuted at #58.
Indonesia: I'll leave this up to out Jakartan correspondant, Hasief: "It's a bit hard to describe the chart system in Indonesia - in fact, I'd say practically non-existant pretty much sums it up....However, at Aquarius, one of Jakarta, Indonesia's main music stores,and one of the only stores that actually bothers to set up some sort of weekly chart, Make Believe has entered at No. 16 on both the CD and cassette charts - making it last week's highest debut for an album from a foreign act. Apart from that, it was also the second highest-placed foreign album on both charts, only losing out to Rob Thomas on cassette and Kenny G (!) on CD....It should be noted that local acts dominate overall sales, naturally, and that the Kenny G album includes a duet by one of Indonesia's top pop singers which undoubtably gave it a boost. Rob Thomas' success shouldn't be much of a surprise, considering his worldwide marketing campaign's been going in overdrive. So all in all, it's a pretty nifty thing for Make Believe to chart as high as it did, under the circumstances..."

...'Beverly Hills' has been out in the public eye for nearly 2 months, and instead of flaggin', it looks like its been gaining newfound strength on the radio. Its holding steady near the top of the Modern Rock heap, while gaining (regaining?) ground in the pop radio world.
Modern Rock Tracks: Holds steady at #3!
Hot 100: up to #21 from #47, 'greatest gainer sales' (from paid download sales)
Pop 100: up to #27 from #44
Hot Digital Tracks: up to #6 from #14

...these charts are reflecting real activity on 'the street', including reports like "Beverly Hills is #1 on the Top 9 at 9 on our local alternative station 99.9 the Buzz, in Vermont"; "Beverly Hills played on 105.7 the X (a York, PA station) during their "Out of Order"
countdown, and it was #1. This station plays a lot of harder stuff like Metallica and Ozzy, but I think they've been getting better lately."; and "[Beverly Hills] reached number one on the Ontario, Canada top 100 of the month according to K106.3 fm".

Meanwhile, other Make Believe songs have been getting some exposure as well. On L.A.'s influential Indie 103, "We Are All On Drugs" has been getting some prime time daytime play. And the "harder rocking alt/rock station" 101X in Austin has been playing "Perfect Situation" in their "Other Tracks" show, where they play songs that aren't yet singles.

...and finally, Dave Grohl says something interesting here.

05/19/05 aaj ki raat | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 19 May 2005 10:30:00 GMT

...Hey, check it out! Weezer is going to be doing an MSN Live Chat this coming Monday, 5/23 at 4pm (PST)!

...regarding the Orlando tour date thats been confirmed for 7/19 at the Hard Rock Live: My sincere apologies that you guys were not the first to know about this show. Before it was even cleared for take off, tickets were put on sale, and the show sold out almost immediately before I even knew it was confirmed. We try very hard to get you the info first, but in this case, someone severely jumped the gun and theres no way to go back in time and do it properly once its sold out... However, the good news is that this particular show is being filmed for re-broadcast on Mtv. This is the only tour date thats getting this treatment, so make your calendars - the broadcast premieres on August 3rd on Mtv! The rest of the North American dates for July are 90% sorted out and will all be announced here the moment they are confirmed. This July tour starts in Vegas with the big crazy show on 7/2 with the Chili Peppers, and ends on 7/23 when weezer plays day 1 of this years 2 day Lollapalooza festival in Chicago.

...some more charts for Make Believe:

...Sweden: debuts at #15
...Netherlands: debuts at #82
...New Zealand: debuts at #20
...Austria: debuts at #17

...and some specific store charts are pretty cool too - the first week store rankings for indie giant Amoeba Records in California were: Berkeley location #1, San Francisco location #3, and the mighty Hollywood location, #2. And over in Australia, where it debuted at #19 nationally, it actually was #12 on the HMV music store chart, reflecting some serious power in the nation's largest cd retailer chain...

...thats all for now. The band members are just doing their own things this week, catching up on biz and resting up for the June Euro Tour thats on the way. Anyone see Ringside on the Late Late Show tonight?

05/17/05 Make Believe, Treacle People | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 17 May 2005 11:23:00 GMT

...Make Believe hits the charts!

USA: debuts at #2 on the Billboard Top 200! Weezer's best ever album placing on the top 200. (#1, as widely predicted: Dave Matthews.) This also marks Weezer's second best album sales week ever, just behind the opening week of The Green Album.

Canada: debuts at #1! First #1 for weezer in Canada!

UK: debuted at #11, the second highest debut of the week, and (possibly?) the best album position ever for weezer in the UK!

Ireland: debuted at #7, the highest debut of the week and the highest (i think) debut for weezer in Ireland!

Australia: debuted at #19 on the ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) album charts!

Norway: debuted at #7! Highest debut of the week there.

Spain: not out till 5/23.

No info yet for other countries, such as New Zealand, Japan, France, Germany, Indonesia, and others. Not that it will necessarily have stellar first weeks in those places, but you never know...

...meanwhile, in radio land,
Australia: Beverly Hills at #19 on the Triple J Net 50 Saturday Chart show, (vote for it here!) and is still on the Triple j "Hitlist".
UK: Beverly Hills down to #9 from #19 on the UK Singles Chart, up to #10 from #29 on the UK Download Chart.
Iceland: I think this chart means its at #5, down from #4?
And back in the USA, we're hearing some reports that 'Beverly Hills' has recently been 'popping' up on some "top 40" stations...
And on 96wave (Charleston, SC) "Perfect Situation" got a spin, out of the blue.

...French review of Make Believe by Nick Kent here. Norwegian review here.

...some weezery things cropping up on Live 105's Miles the intern page...

...crazy Beverly Hills Mashup from Q101 Chicago available here.

..."Make Believe" listening parties went global, witness this (excerpted) report from Indonesia: "Jakarta, Indonesia, May 13, 2005: By your standards it might be a little late for a listening party, since the album already hit the stands, but me and a few friends decided to throw one anyway...so we did our best to get a place, gather round materials, and of course, funds. i still can't quite get it how, but we miraculously managed to secure all necessary resources by a week...the appropriate plan would be gathering no more than 50 weezer fans, listen along to the album, give thoughts, throw some giveaways and watch some acoustic performances...words got spread out via the mighty friendster and ever-reliable chain text messages. a day before the event we caught wind that our little party has even become city-wide radio talk! we contacted Universal, who seemed real supportive to us (of course, free promotion)...we gathered on Aksara Bookstore, who's kind enough to give us space and sound system for free (much thanks). got prepped up, so far everything's looking good. biggest surprise of the night came when the Universal reps came over and brrrought two boxes of promo cds! most are the beverly hills promo cds, but they also got "weezer - prime cuts", which is a mini-greatest hits, consisting of 7 songs! By 8.30 pm around 30 people has gathered so we started the show, playing the BvH video for starters, and then playing track by track interspersed by giveaways and comments from the crowd. we got some local musicians and journalists in the crowd too so we gather comments from them too. the general response is the album is quite catchy, but maybe a few more spins would give them more impression." ---Yoga N.

...and yet another weezer tribute band here: Wepeel.

05/16/05 Once Upon A Time In The West | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 17 May 2005 07:20:00 GMT

...Back in L.A., fighting off the lingering "bus lung" ailment! The dry air is good. Good n' dusty. Hey, June European Tour opening acts announced! It took some time but this info is confirmed at last. These are the opening acts for weezer's June Euro dates:

June 5th - Hamburg - The Subways
June 7th - Dublin - The Subways
June 8th - Paris - opener UNCONFIRMED
June 13th - Birmingham - The Subways
June 14th - London #1 - Tegan And Sara
June 15th - London #2 - Tegan And Sara
June 17th - Glasgow - The Subways

(The rest of the June Euro Tour are multi-band festival dates.)

...To those wondering about a "Make Believe" music songbook - this is not in production yet, at least in the USA. However, there is a Japanese edition that has been approved and is going into production.

...reminder - VOTE for WEEZER! MSN's artist of the month June Poll!

...tomorrow, "Make Believe" will have been out a week and we will know how our first week scored on the charts soon thereafter. We do know that The Dave Matthews Band's new album came out the same day, and that they very likely got the #1 spot on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. But wherefore Weezer? We will know soon! And overseas, we are very curious to know how we did in the UK, Ireland (can anyone confirm a rumor that it debuted at #1 there?), Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand... everywhere! Well, we do know one thing - its #2 on the iTunes top 100 album chart - right behind...you guessed it, Dave Matthews Band.

...meanwhile 'Beverly Hills', the first 'Make Believe' single (but not the last!) has been enjoying a remarkable run, doing better than any previous weezer single. Its currently at #47 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, up from #56 last week, after hitting #13 several weeks ago. Thats one hyper-competitive chart, where all the big boys and girls play, so that aint bad. Its still holding on over on the Top Digital Songs chart as well, at #18 up from #21 last week, with an all time peak of #1. On the Modern Rock Chart, its doing great at #3, up from #4 for its best slot yet. And its still on the iTunes top 10 at #7! Its also #34 on the Irish charts. And lets not forget what "Loveline's" Adam Carrola had to say about BvH after it was used as the musical 'bump'. "Wow. That's a funkified groove. That's a stone gas!"

...Speaking of singles, while its not one yet, "We Are All On Drugs" is showing signs of life already. It was played on SLC's X96's "Todd's Ipod" new music show, and its being heard with some regularity on the airwaves in 'gotta have it first' L.A...

...Rivers was named #43 on Elle Girl's 50 Hottest Guys list. "He's the enigmatic singer of Weezer. Even though he looks cute and harmless, we suspect there's a lot of weird stuff going on in that little genius head of his...which is -oddly enough- hot. Most of all, we're happy Weezer put out a new albbum,,, Make Believe."

...A French review (in French) of Make Believe can be read here.

...heres a weird chart that tracks media player playlists, and ranks both single and non-singles by the amount theyve been played. Weezer's been flirting with their upper ranks for a while now.

...Seen in the 5/05 Brazillian edition of Playboy, a mention of the "Beverly Hills" video shoot, done at the Playboy Mansion. The video is still chugging along, getting played on Mtv, Mtv2, Vh1 and Fuse. Looks like the video's flirtation with TRL isnt exactly blowing up (big suprise), but hey, vote for it anyway if youre feeling good.

...just in time for the current weez tour break: "Say it aint so: Another Weezer Tribute" is having their own mini tour:
5/16 the bottleneck, Lawrence KA
5/17 gearbox in lil nikkis, St Louis Mo.
5/18 the reverb, Cedar Falls, IA
5/19 club khameleon, Kent Oh
5/20 Minglewood, Rockford IL
5/21 rox bar, St Cloud Mn
5/26 mario kellers, Minneapolis, Mn

...and here's yet another weezer tribute band: say hello to Rupert Peasley.

05/15/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 21: Fly home | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 15 May 2005 11:19:00 GMT

...well, the first leg of the Make Believe '05 tour is complete and has been an excellent start to what looks to be many many months of touring. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the band on this leg, fighting for their tickets and enduring long line-ups to get in the clubs. And a huge thanks to everyone who came out and picked up "Make Believe", and a thanks-in-advance to those who are planning on picking it up soon! And also a big thanks to all the JONAS street team members who have done their part in spreading the word about the new album. Its all deeply appreciated.

Today everyone flew either to L.A. or to various other points to visit friends and family. The band will next gather for rehearsals (I think) and then the June dates in Europe! But for now, a short break.

...a special note from the guys in Ringside:
"Hey, we just wanted to drop a note here to thank all you Weezer fans that came out, with an open mind, and checked out our show. We know how long you've been waiting to see Weezer live, and the extra half hour we played was still another half hour you had to wait. We loved playing for you. We will not forget your lighters, your clapping hands, your glowing phones, and most importantly, those moments when the lights fell upon you and we could see all of your faces. Thank you!
Yours,
Ringside"

...there ya have it. more info, etc, tomorrow...

05/14/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 20: Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 14 May 2005 22:02:00 GMT

...last show of the first leg! Todays show was in the venerable Tabernacle, once a huge respected Baptist(?) church, now a really cool venue with the old school curved balconies and a terrific staff. Its amazing the difference a few days make. Where we were battling vicious freezing winds and cold rain just last week up in Boston, we're now basking in the muggy Atlanta sunshine. (And you wonder why everyone got sick!) But it felt good today indeed. It also felt good to see some ticket scaplers get pinched by the Atlanta police, right out in the middle of the line up before the doors opened! 99X had several trucks set up near the front doors and were running all sorts of promotions and such, giving stuff away to the fans in line and making lots of rock noise with their mobile truck. Pat gave a short interview to 99x pre-show, which I'm assuming aired on the station later that evening. Meanwhile Brian did a video interview with a crew from WBIR TV that came down from Brian's hometown of Knoxville. Brian later said it went great, and focused on Brian's growing up in Knoxville. After Brian's interview they filmed the line and randomly interviewed fans and myself, who of course showed up doing the same thing. Video chaos!

The Tabernacle is really quite intimate, no one is ever very far from the stage at all, and there was wall to wall arms up in the air after each song, with deafening singlalongs again. The loudest seemed to be for Say It Aint So tonight. We later learned that during the show, 3 different people were ejected for throwing punches at the uniformed Atlanta police officers who were on duty! The only other detail I heard about was the officers assessment that in all 3 cases, the violence stemmed from the activities/attitudes of "inexperienced drinkers". Hmmm...

Shout outs to specialagentdalecooper and slimmackerel. There were 2 more Weezer moms at tonights show, Brian's and Scott's! There were also some uninvited guests discovered in weezers dressing room, after the show - get this: Scott comes off the stage, goes into the dressing room to pick out some 'post show' clothes, but before he even picks out a shirt he realizes there are 2 girls hiding behind the wardrobe case! They beg him for a picture with them, which he was nice enough to oblige before calling a security guard in there and getting them out! No one can figure out how they got there, but it must have happened during the show. Sneaky...

Setlist:
Tired Of Sex
In The Garage
No One Else
Pardon Me
Buddy Holly
Photograph
Hold Me
Getchoo
Say It Ain't So
We Are All On Drugs
Island In The Sun
My Name Is Jonas
Peace
Beverly Hills
The Good Life
Undone - The Sweater Song
---
Haunt You Every Day
Hash Pipe

...a fan's account (this is the first one I recieved - please post your stories in the comments section for all to share)... "last night was incredible.. i was in the very front row. i am fifteen years old and have been a hardcore weez fan for a little over a year.. but i feel like ive known them all my life. ive read everything about them (and you) and heard almost all the songs.. and finally last night, i was 10 feet away from them. after learning so much about the history of weezer, i just couldn't believe they were standing right in front of me. the tabernacle is a great venue, especially when you're close, and the most amazing part was that EVERYONE knew all the words to every song! where i go to school, its hard to find people who like weezer as much as i do, but this concert was weezer fan heaven. i felt a common bond with everyone in the building, and it was the most incredible feeling of my life. my favorite part wass the feedback outtro, and the Good Liffe.. when Riverss said, "Alright, it's time we take it back... back to the good life." wow. Everything was everything that i expected and more. Although everybody wanted El Scorcho, and we thought maaybe since it was the last show on the tour, maybe a few surprises might come along.. oh well.. i loved it. thank you so much for everything...anyway good luck in europe. long live =w=" ---Rich M., Marietta, GA

05/13/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 16: travel day/day off | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 13 May 2005 20:04:00 GMT

...flying down to, and resting in Atlanta today.

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...Atlanta folks: Weezer tribute band 'El Scorcho' will be playing at the official Weezer After-Party, directly after the Weezer concert tomorrow. They will be giving away prizes all night including the new Weezer album, Make Believe!
Doors open at 10pm
Must be 21+ years old
$3 cover charge
Rocky mountain Pizza Co
1005 Hemphill Ave Atlanta Ga 30318
for more info, call 404-876-8600
Presented by Millerlite, brought to you by Rocky Mountain pizza, 99x, and the Fluxxx. (Note that the after party is not part of the bands schedule - but it sounds like fun regardless!)

05/12/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 18: NYC - Roseland, #2 | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 12 May 2005 21:44:00 GMT

Second night of the big NYC doubleheader. We left the hotel in a cloud of celebrity action, seeing both James Brown (uhnh!) and Trey Anastasio from Phish in the lobby at one point or another during our stay. Off to Roseland again. The line went completely around the block by the time they started letting the people in today, and included many fans who had tickets to both nights. (supposed to shout out here, but once again too much info in brain! was it... Nick and ... A...?) They wanted some big suprises tonight, but I had to warn them that there would probably be only a few changes to the set list, which ended up being true. Also, I learned that at last nights show, contrary to my observations, there was indeed a fight, during "We Are All On Drugs" - but fortunately it didnt come to fisticuffs. Gotta be careful about those fisticuffs. And there were more fainting episodes than originally thought yesterday as well. Its a big room, cant be everywhere at once I guess!

Anyway, the rock was delivered with what seemed like a greater intensity today. There was something about the sound out in the audience that was crisper to me as well. It really sounded pretty amazing actually. This may have been the better night overall. However, it was also more intense for the audience, with lots of shoving and squashing. This time I did see the EMT guys assisting numerous 'mosh pit' people who were overcome and needed a break to get their breath and senses back. The audience was a good deal more aggro and louder than yesterday, and indeed, were rivalling the most raucous crowds of the tour with their raw raunchy raucousness and singalongs.

Tonight the special guests included Ric Ocasek and Paulina P., Adrian Tomine (Optic Nerve), Pete C. (Weezerisland), DaFlavah, and Wherewas, who unfortunately had a scare when his friend was hurt by an overzealous worker dude who shoved the barracade out a wee bit prematurely and whacked her foot. Things were made right in the end, but thats just lame. Hopefully there will be a lesson learned to cool out a bit and not treat the fans like cattle once the lights go up.

Putting a crimp in many fans travel back home after the show was the sudden collapse of a huge retaining wall on the West Side Highway near the GW Bridge! Traffic in both directions was hopelessly snarled as people had to re route around one of the busiest highways in the country. yikes.

Setlist:
Tired Of Sex
In The Garage
No One Else
This Is Such A Pity
Buddy Holly
Photograph
Hold Me
Getchoo
Say It Ain't So
We Are All On Drugs
Island In The Sun
My Name Is Jonas
Peace
Beverly Hills
The Good Life
Undone - The Sweater Song
---
Haunt You Every Day
Hash Pipe

...fan account (this is the first one I recieved - please post your stories in the comments section for all to share)... "I went to both shows at Roseland and I have to say that the second night beat the first. Rivers' apology for not playing El Scorcho seemed very sincere, and the crowd seemed to understand. Rivers talked more than usual tonight too. Kind of like he did during the enlightment tour. He felt comfortable for the New York people I guess. I like how the band was a lot more comfortable on stage this time around. Also, Ringside got a great response tonight, and performed wonderfully. The small setlist changes were excellent for people who went both nights, switching Pardon Me with This Is Such A Pity and switching the encore to Haunt You Everyday and Hashpipe. They brought back the 10 minute feedback improv!!! I loved it. The intro to "Buddy Holly" reminded me of the enlightment Tour. It was great to see them improv-ing and stuff like they did back in 2002...Highlights were Brian singing "Getchoo", the crowd responses to "My Name Is Jonas" and "We Are All On Drugs", those awesome guitar solos from all 3 players, Pat's 3 second "Tom Sawyer" by Rush outbreakkkk (that was priceless), and Scott throwing that pick I got." ---Mike C.

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05/11/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 17: NYC - Roseland, #1 | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 11 May 2005 12:04:00 GMT

...gotta say, its good to be back in the big apple! Over the years, Weezer has played everything from CBGB's to Madison Square Garden, and every visit is cool in its own way. This time brings the band back to what might be the all time coolest venue in the city, for its overall combo of history, medium-small size, good sound, and neat character - The Roseland Ballroom. The Roseland has seen it all over the years, from its origins as a real ballroom back in the old big band days to its present rock legacy, and has shrugged off numerous threats to its existance from an ever changing city. It may be 'small' for a band like weezer, but it feels like a perfect fit.

no reports of roughnecks stirring up trouble tonight, and a slightly less raucous crowd than at recent shows (its the 'NYC cool' factor at work, i think), but they were still plenty loud with the singalongs and some crowdsurfing to boot. A big whassup to 'dorkamania', and various friends and family who came out to see the guys rock, including a band member's mom! Always a special night when there's a weez mom in the house.

Setlist:
Tired Of Sex
In The Garage
No One Else
Pardon Me
Buddy Holly
Photograph
Hold Me
Getchoo
Say It Ain't So
We Are All On Drugs
Island In The Sun
My Name Is Jonas
Peace
Beverly Hills
Hash Pipe
Haunt You Every Day
---
Undone - The Sweater Song
The Good Life

...fan accounts (these are the first two I recieved (simultaneously) - please post your stories in the comments section for all to share)... "I just got back from being front row of weezer NYC, and what an awesome show! The guys sounded great, and each song was an incredible recapitulation of their best. Congratulations, weezer, on a great new album and shows equally as rocking. One reason why they put on such good shows is because you can tell those guys are into it, and believe in the music they're playing. I'm prouder than ever to be a weezer fan." ---Emy P. ....."The show was great. My friends and I fought our way up to the front. We got jostled around a lot and there was a guy who kept trying to rest his elbow on my head, but it was worth it to see Rivers up close during the solo of Hold Me and Haunt You Every Day, and Scott pullin' all his rock god poses. I'm going to be there for the 5/12 show too. I'm hoping maybe the guys will switch it up a little bit for the second night in town.." ---Will

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05/10/05 MAKE BELIEVE RELEASED! MB '05 Tour: Day 16: Philly | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 10 May 2005 11:07:00 GMT

...so, Philadelphia. Ahh. Warm! SO nice after that wicked Boston Nor'Easter activity. The line up around the Electric Factory (and I do mean all the way around) was chock full of cool sights, from all sorts of homemade weezer t-shirts to several stoked youngsters waiting to get into their very first concert, to active JONAS members flying their colors. With all the good cheer and fun in the line-up it was suprising to see pockets of rough activity in the floor crowd tonight. The floor was packed to the gills so there wasnt any elbow room, and several people had to be carried out after fainting. Fan Mary Kate reports: "...there was people intentionally trying to push people down and slam into other people. [My friend] started screaming for this girl pressing down on her ribcage to stop, but the girl refused and Amber passed out. I had to carry her through the huge crowd and despite screaming for help, no one even tried to make way for me."
Unfortunately, the reports of pushing and shoving during this show were more than usual, and there was even a fight that broke out during 'The Good Life' (ironically). Apparently some young lads were a little too hopped up on goofballs and one had to be dragged out of the crowd by security after throwing some punches. Easy, there, guy! This isnt a Slayer show!
And remember, if you see someone having trouble in a packed crowd, lend a hand, help them out of a jam!
But all in all, this show was another stone jam, with a LOUD sing-along going on for many songs - I think "Jonas" gets the prize - every night it seems like every single person in the place is shouting along!

Setlist:
Tired Of Sex
In The Garage
No One Else
Pardon Me
Buddy Holly
Photograph
Hold Me
Getchoo
Say It Ain't So
We Are All On Drugs
Island In The Sun
My Name Is Jonas
Peace
Beverly Hills
Hash Pipe
Haunt You Every Day
---
Undone - The Sweater Song
The Good Life

...the "Beverly Hills" video stream has just had a QuickTime7 version added. Future video clips on weezer.com will include a QT7 version as well.

...The first exclusive online clips, accessable only with the Make Believe enhanced CD, are now up.

...VOTE for WEEZER! MSN's artist of the month June Poll!

...The day we've been waiting for for a long time is here! weezer's 5th album, "Make Believe", is out TODAY! That's right, "Make Believe" is reality at last. To the fans, thanks for being so patient and not losing faith! Check out "Make Believe" and I think youll find that the wait was worth it!

"Make Believe" (North American Edition) includes an enhanced cd-rom media player that includes "Weezer talks about Make Believe", a 10 minute interview/studio footage segment. The player also unlocks exclusive online media that is accessable ONLY with the "Make Believe" cd, that will be periodically updated.

The International editions of the album contain exclusive bonus tracks. The UK edition includes "Butterfly (live)" and "Island In The Sun (live)", while the Japan edition includes those 2 songs plus "Burndt jamb (live)".

The song "Butterfly (Live)" is now available as a Digital Exclusive single at Wal-Mart.com. Click Here to get the song!

...as revealed in yesterdays 'weezer radio network' interview with Jim McGuinn, the version of "We Are All On Drugs" on the initial CD pressing of "Make Believe" is actually an incorrect version, containing different (earlier) lyrics in the bridge. Somehow the wrong version went to mastering. Its sonically identical to the correct one in every detail except for those 2 lines of vocals. The booklet has the correct lyrics. Later pressings will have thhe correcccted version on the CD.

...review round-up - Rolling Stone mag gives it a glowing 4 star review, saying "Make Believe is a breakthrough for Weezer" and "Cuomo's songs are his most plaintive and brilliant since Pinkerton". Q magazine agrees with a 4/5. IGN gives it a 9.3. More reviews here, here and in the "are you kidding me?" dept., give me a break!

...more reviews: Canoe.ca sez "4/5. "Don't get us wrong. We like Weezer as much as the next guy. Sometimes, though, we wonder what all the fuss is about...Now we get what all the fuss is about." MSNBC chimes in here. Norway's VG newspaper sez 4/6, while Daglbadet sez 5/6, and the big national radio station P4 sez 6/6!

...Beverly Hills international radio action: #9 on the UK singles chart, which I believe is Weezer's highest ever single ranking there. This may hint at a higher debut charting for the album in the UK. Its also at number 7 on UK iTunes. Meanwhile in Austria, its #2 on the leading alternative radio station FM4, As well as being #3 here and number 1 here.

05/09/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 15: Day Off (Radio Event), Philly | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 09 May 2005 10:23:00 GMT

...post show report: Today went pretty smoothly. The band was shuttled over to Indre Studios, where they were set up in a semicircle of old chairs and couches with Jim McGuinn. The interview and the fan call-ins were recorded, including breaks for the commercials and the songs to be played from Make Believe. They only had to re-do one or two moments where there was a tech error, for the most part everything was fine the first time around. It was a really comfortable experience, a testimony to the bands long time relationship with Jim and the other guys involved in putting on the show, and to the bands general level of confidence around the imminent release of Make Believe.

TODAY: "WEEZER: Live From Philadelphia" - One Time & One Night Only

This 60-minute, non-exclusive national radio event is being fed via satellite on the Weezer Radio Network.

Don't miss this exclusive radio event as Weezer's Brian Bell, Rivers Cuomo, Scott Shriner and Patrick Wilson will be on hand for their *only* radio interview discussing the new release, Make Believe, while fielding phone calls from a national audience.

Hosted by Jim McGuinn (of the recently embattled Y-100 Philadelphia), this live radio special airs TODAY, Monday, May 9 at 8pm EST with a replay for West Coast stations at 8pm Pacific.

This is a list of stations that are confirmed to be airing the show TODAY May 9th: (check local listings for time)

KITS San Francisco
WWDC Wash DC
WFNX Boston
WNNX Atlanta
XTRA San Diego
KTCL Denver
WXDX Pittsburgh
KRBZ Kansas City
KXRK Salt Lake City
WBRU Providence
WRZX Indianapolis
KROX Austin
WBBB Raleigh
WMFS Memphis
WPLA Jacksonville
KHBZ Oklahoma City
WRXL Richmond
WXEG Dayton
KFMA Tucson
WEQX Albany, NY *technical difficulties resulted in WEQX missing about 3/4 of the show.
KMYZ Tulsa
WRWK Toledo
WXNR Greenville, NC
KRAB Bakersfield
WXTW Fort Wayne
KRZQ Reno
KROG Medford, OR
KRZN Billings, MT
KURQ San Luis Obispo
WFXH Savannah, GA
WKZQ Myrtle Beach, S.C.
WOBX Elizabeth City - Nags Head, NC
WRRV Poughkeepsie
WRXS Salisbury/Ocean City, MD
WEQX Manchester VT *added at the last minute!

The following stations have confirmed they will air it, but will be delaying their broadcasts to later dates and times. (check local listings for times)

WYSP Philadelphia
KPNT St. Louis
WXTM Cleveland
WLUM Milwaukee *no longer confirmed
WPBZ West Palm
KJEE Santa Barbara
KBAZ Missoula, MT
KQRX Midland, TX
WBSD Burlington, WI

05/08/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 14: Boston - The Avalon | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 09 May 2005 03:17:00 GMT

...the rough weather continued today up in Boston, putting a damper on things but not stopping the rock. Weezer has been at the Avalon at least 5 times in the past, and its always been an epic time. Its always fun to share narrow little Lansdowne Street with the Red Sox crowd and their hot dog vendors and the strange street people. One dude was offering his rendition of John Lennon's "Woman" alternating with his memorized renditions of various gangsta rap songs. Needless to say, the videocamera was on for that guy.

The line up started about 12 noon according to the first people in line, which is later than some of the recent shows, but still at least as heroic when you consider the cold rain and howling wind they had to endure all afternoon. No new illness to report, Scotts just about cleared up and no one else is showing symptoms. (I, however, feel like a wet napkin.)

Pat rolled in from the airport after his Upstat NY family day off and was immediately recruited for a pair of interviews, with local stations WBCN and WFNX.

This crowd was so hyped, they sang along during all the songs including the brand new ones, and was chanting 'wee-zer!' and shouting out 'we love you!' between nearly every song. The sing along during "My Name Is Jonas"! was unbelievable, one of the loudest Ive ever heard. Then, post show, what they call a "disco load out", as the crowd was cleared and the crew packed up under techno music and a disco ball for the Avalons second show of the night, Gay Night.

Setlist:
Tired Of Sex
In The Garage
No One Else
This Is Such A Pity
Buddy Holly
Photograph
Hold Me
Getchoo
Say It Ain't So
We Are All On Drugs
Island In The Sun
My Name Is Jonas
Peace
Beverly Hills
Hash Pipe
Haunt You Every Day
---
Undone - The Sweater Song
The Good Life

'Sup to the peeps in line, i was supposed to give some individual shout outs but i forgot your names! Sorry, im not all there today, the headcold took hold big time!

In attendance: Ivan the not terrible, and Mark K. aka DJ Carbo. Plus a lot of family/friend type post show peeps.

...a fan's account (this is the first one I recieved - please post your stories in the comments section for all to share)... "First off, let me say--fantastic show. Me and my friends met you outside, where we tried to give you cough drop so that you would let us in to the concert early. We also discussed what was going on AFTER the show at the Avalon (I regret not being able to stick around). But, I digress--Back to the Show. Ah, it was great. Tired of Sex proved to be a great opener. Every song was near perfect and everything sounded great. BvH and WAAOD sounded a lot better live and HYED was ridiculous. It seemed like there was no place where you couldn't get a good view of Weezer seeing as it was such a small venue, although I must say my friends and I found an excellent spot. Rivers seemed to be into it alot more than I would have thought, although he still could have used more energy. It was a very special and intimate concert of which I'm happy to be apart of." ---Sean D.

And hey, what is up with dissing Ringside (the opening act?) Im sorry, but thats just not cool! Flipping a band off or booing because you either dont like their music or are impatient for the headline act is shameful behavior - I dont care if you are hyped beyond recognition, over-toxicated or just a rude person in general - get a grip, yo! Its a concert, open your ears and check out whats on stage. Ringside works hard and a lot of people dig them. If you cant deal, at least be polite about it. An Avalon attendee says: "My group of buddies thought [Ringside] were really great. We enjoyed their performance, thought they had a great "new sound" and were upset at how atrocious the crowd was to them. We wanteeed them to know they they got through to some kids... we were really grooving."

...Hey, just 2 DAYS TILL MAKE BELIEVE! (except several countries where its already out!) (though, i got this little note today from a fan: "i bought make believe yesterday at target in fresno." Jigga wha?)

...re-reminders: check out the 'Star Map' Player - hear tracks from "Make Believe" plus hear "Bake Melieve"! Spread the love! AND check out Weezer's MySpace page, for streaming audio of the WHOLE Make Believe album!

05/07/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 13: day off, Boston | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 07 May 2005 10:15:00 GMT

...holy cats, its cold, wet and windy in Boston! We rolled in mid morning after an all night drive from Toronto. The border guys were extra nice to us and we made it over the bridge without delay. There was a plan to catch the Red Sox game today, compliments of the Red Sox organization, but the game was of course cancelled with the wicked and decidedly un-springlike weather. Venturing out did occur in spite of this, at least by Brian and Scott plus myself and various crew, all seen entering and exiting the lobby of the hotel at least once today. Pat actually stayed behind in Upstate New York to visit family on the day off, but we will see him again tomorrow.

...Make Believe is busting out all over. Today reports from both Ireland and Australia, the latest 'early' release locations on the international front. These early releases are apparently done to protect the local markets from being flooded by import editions of the album, which are costlier to the fan, and costly to the local domestic record label. With the album on the street sooner, it discourages retailers from ordering too much of the import version. Or so the theory goes.

Also, some reviews of the album are starting to turn up. The new Rolling Stone mag (Orlando Bloom on the cover?) has a 4 star review, while the UK's Q gave it a 4 out of 5 and The NME was dismissive with a 5/10. And now allmusic.com has chimed in.

...'Beverly Hills' muscled its way back into the iTunes top 10 this week at #9 (#3 Alternative.)

...review and photos of the San Francisco show on 4/29 are at Mish Mash Magazine.

...many have been asking 'whats on the horizon for weezer, beyond the June dates in Europe?'. The answer is "July dates in North America", including several key cities not visited in the current go-round. The currently confirmed dates are near the beginning and end of the run - Vegas on 7/2, and Chicago (Lollapalooza) on 7/23. Everything else is coming together and will be announced asap. And Beyond July? Well, we do have the Japan shows in August, and beyond that is still being sorted out, but we do know that most of the rest of 2005 will include weezer shows.

...a link to weezers MySpace site with the "Make Believe" album streams was seen on Thursday's "Hip Clicks" column on USAToday.com. Word is this link came about after a fan tipped off Hip Click's own Whitney Matheson, so dont think your pro-weez efforts are going unnoticed!

...finally, spotted in the 5/6 edition of the Boston Phoenix's show listings section, the listing for tomorrows Avalon gig: "AVALON, Boston. At 7 PM, Weezer, Ringside. At 10 PM, "Gay Night" house with DJ Darrin Friedman." So... it looks like theres something for everyone tomorrow at the Avalon.

...re-reminders: check out the 'Star Map' Player - hear tracks from "Make Believe" plus hear "Bake Melieve"! Spread the love! AND check out Weezer's MySpace page, for streaming audio of the WHOLE Make Believe album!

05/06/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 12: Toronto, ONT - Kool Haus | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 06 May 2005 16:13:00 GMT

...4th show in a 4 in a row run, and while the weez machine is running strong, the still chilly Northeast has taken a bit of a toll. Scott reported a headcold a few days back and initially almost lost his voice. He fought back hard with tea, vitamin c, and plenty of rest and is on the rebound. However tour manager Stuart reported feeling a little lousy today, and even I can feel that things arent quite right in the head department. But the guys completed the Toronto show in fine form, delivering another crushing set, and we now roll onto the relief of a day off for rest and recovery.

Today's show was almost the same set as the last 2 nights, but included the most excellently rendered "This Is Such A Pity" and brought the reintroduction of the 'long' Buddy Holly intro last seen in '02, and a Beverly Hills extended beginning that was much more effective than the previous night's first attempt. The Kool Haus is essentially a big metal cube, which is notoriously the worst possible architecture for listening to loud amplified music, so its tricky to get a good sound. I wandered the audience for much of the set today and was pleasantly suprised at the thick combination of sheer volume and sonic clarity I was getting. Weezer is really in top form these days. No, they dont jump around like David Lee Roth, but you tend to miss notes and make mistakes when you jump around too much.

Setlist:
Tired Of Sex
In The Garage
No One Else
This Is Such A Pity
Buddy Holly
Photograph
Hold Me
Getchoo
Say It Ain't So
We Are All On Drugs
Island In The Sun
My Name Is Jonas
Peace
Beverly Hills
Hash Pipe
Haunt You Every Day
---
Undone - The Sweater Song
The Good Life

...a fan's account (this is the first one I recieved - please post your stories in the comments section for all to share)... "Saw the guys tonight in Toronto, As soon as we get in line I see Karl! Doing the videotaping and we called his name and flashed him the =w= on the camera. I witnessed one of the craziest things ever - we were waiting in line to get into kool haus and our friend had an extra ticket he was going to sell but he went to get food so we were waiting and a guy heard we had an extra ticket...so we said when our friend got back and hadnt sold it yet he could buy it, 1 minute before our friend gets back the guy finds a ticket just laying on the street on the curb. whoa score. scalpers selling tickets for $125-$150. More crazyness as soon as we get into kool haus, we see none other then THE MATT BONNER, The Red Rocket! I love that guy. The opening band Ringside played, they were not bad, very mellowy...cool band but they would be a band i'd listen to their cd, not go see in concert. Then the weez came out, the crowd was absolutely DEAD. It was kinda disappointing, seemed like a lot more casual fans there who weren't really into it that much. [really? I saw some pretty darn stoked people out there myself... -karl] Definate favourite of the night - El Scorcho tease at the start of Sweater Song. Opened with Tired of Sex, amazing! The only better opener i think could have been Dope Nose which wasn't played along with anything from Maladroit again for some reason...Getchoo with Brian doing the vocals...No One Else which i thought was the best song of the night...Good show by the guys, hope to see them back in town soon." ---Ryan C.

Universal Music Canada has posted their selection of photos from the show here.

Just want to say whassap to Mark Y., Hallie G. and Kim F. and their assorted peeps! T'was a real pleasure to share some quality time post show.

post show there was a 'release party' at the 'Republik' club, anyone from the Kool Haus could get in if they showed their ticket stub. We had to jet so we dont know how it went at this point.

bus #2 (Brian, Scott + others) movie action - "Once Upon A Time In The West", "La Dolce Vida", and.... "Scream, Blacula, Scream!". Also the usual burnt fare on vh1 Classic!

...looks like "Make Believe" saw early release today in Finland, as well as yesterdays release in Mexico. Enjoy your early access folks!

...Fans who are seeking trades, exchanges and non-overpriced sales with other fans for Weezer tickets, check out the ticket exchange page that was set up on the weezer fansite albumfive.com.

...fresh radio love: Choir Radio X Quebec City, Canada - 'Beverly Hills' = number 7 on weekly countdown. Sweden: 'Beverly Hills is on the P3 B-listplus a Weezer special and a "Three from one" on Pop non-stop. On 96.5 "The Buzz" KRBZ Kansas City: played "We Are All on Drugs"! And heard at the SF dance club "Popscene" during an 80s/pop night : "This Is Such A Pity"! Word is, the people danced!

...re-reminders: check out the 'Star Map' Player - hear tracks from "Make Believe" plus hear "Bake Melieve"! Spread the love! AND check out Weezer's MySpace page, for streaming audio of the WHOLE Make Believe album!

05/05/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 11: Detroit - State Theater | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 05 May 2005 09:48:00 GMT

...re-reminder: check out the 'Star Map' Player - hear tracks from "Make Believe" plus hear "Bake Melieve"! Spread the love!

...Yo! Check out Weezer's MySpace page, for streaming audio of the WHOLE Make Believe album!

Detroit! The triple 5 - 5/5/05! Happy Cinco de Mayo! When asked what the significance of Cinco de Mayo is, one who is in the know explained: "A long time ago the French tried to get up in that mess and they got their butts kicked", so... therefore, thats why Mexicans celebrate this day in history. (?) (hey, thats actually pretty accurate!) Anyway, we arrived at the State Theater right when 2 things were going on in downtown Detroit: the Tigers baseball game was just letting out, causing huge crowds of baseball fans to flood the streets around the theater (across the street from The Tigers' Comercia Stadium), and an old building was demolished, literally as we approached the neighbrohood, kicking up huge clouds of dust and smoke all throughout downtown! The gridlocked traffic, crowds of people and dense smoke made us wonder if there was a major emergency going on for a second there, but all was well, and it was a good day.

Same setlist as last night, Brian lead vocals on Getchoo again, and an interesting twist to the beginning of Beverly Hills, with a hint of some sort of intro creeping in. This was later proclaimed to need some... further tweaking, so we'll see about that.

Setlist:
Tired Of Sex
In The Garage
No One Else
Pardon Me
Buddy Holly
Photograph
Hold Me
Getchoo
Say It Ain't So
We Are All On Drugs
Island In The Sun
My Name Is Jonas
Peace
Beverly Hills
Hash Pipe
Haunt You Every Day
---
Undone - The Sweater Song
The Good Life

In attendance tonight: Scott's dad! Right on!! Also, "kylevh2" and "GumbyTom" as they are known on the intronecht, and my cousin Abe, in town with his wife for vacation time, and all too happy to catch the Weez. And of course, 2,798 other people who looked like they were having a blast. Tonight saw a healthy amount of crowdsurfing going on, which hasnt really cropped up on this tour till now. People gotta have their rock in Detroit!

...a fan's account (this is the first one I recieved - please post your stories in the comments section for all to share)... "this was by far the best cinco de mayo ever. i just got back from the detroit show. my brother and i drove up from cleveland, and it was well worth it! this marks the 5th time i've seen =w= and every time there is something new to enjoy. and this time was no different...i was in the pink jacket, talking to you outside before the show about weezer's longevity and how they stay so young. holograms were the final answer i believe?...great show. even the 50 year old drunk women in front of me that offered to flash the security guard to get into the vip section by the sound board were singing along to every song! needless to say, access was denied..." ---maryclaire cleveland, ohio sassyirishlassie

...The "Island In The Sun" (live) and "Butterfly" (live) b-sides/bonus tracks have been identified, as coming from the 7/12/02 show in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Which, actually, was the last time Weezer was in the Detroit area till today.

...add'l radio love for Beverly Hills: 4 stations in the PHILIPPINES (JAM 88.3, 99.5 RT, 103.5 KLITE and NU 107.5); WRZX 103.3 Indianapolis IN.

...new love from KROQ in L.A., with DJ Jed the Fish playing various tracks from Make Believe as his "Catch of the Day" for the last few days.

...On 5/9/05, you can tune in to WVRU 89.9 Radford University in Raaadddford, Virginia, from 9pm-10pm - "Make Believe" will be played in its entirety the day before it is released. Listen in or stream here.

05/04/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 10: Chicago - Aragon Ballroom | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 05 May 2005 01:47:00 GMT

...reminder: check out the 'Star Map' Player - hear tracks from "Make Believe" plus hear "Bake Melieve"! Spread the love!

...The Aragon is a total holdover from the olden days of boomtown Chicago, a real survivor. The coolest thing is how the original decor has survived intact, though quite a bit dusty in places. Everything has a sort of Morrocan flavor, and if you squint you can sort of still see the couples dancing en masse to the jazz orchestras of the 20's, 30's and 40's. Its a great room to see a show in. The neighbrohood around the club has been far from elegant for many years, but for the first time in my memory, it seems to be looking up! The 2 harbingers: A Starbucks and a Borders Books! However, its still a bit edgy around there, as attested to by the police cruisers racing to a shooting down the street as we first rolled up to the ballroom.

Ringside delivered another tight performance tonight. Consistency is their middle name. Balthazar Consistency Getty? Weezer didnt change much of the script tonight, a few switches in the set, Brian lead vocals on Getchoo again, and more thick meaty weez rock for an audience that was happily losing its mind as far as i could tell.

In attendance tonight were Anuj, one of the original Webmasters of the RWA back in the day (RWA AKA weezer.net AKA the origins of weezer.com), and Dave, master of the WIDF boards. Suprisingly, neither of them have heard anything from Make Believe yet aside from the single. Now thats willpower!

And to the dude in line who handed me that sweet 3 disc Zeppelin boot to pass along to Scott... thanks man!

Setlist:
Tired Of Sex
In The Garage
No One Else
Pardon Me
Buddy Holly
Photograph
Hold Me
Getchoo
Say It Ain't So
We Are All On Drugs
Island In The Sun
My Name Is Jonas
Peace
Beverly Hills
Hash Pipe
Haunt You Every Day
---
Undone - The Sweater Song
The Good Life

...The UK retail edition of the "Beverly Hills" single (on cd and picturedisc 7") was released today. the cd single's b-sides are live versions of "Island In The Sun" and "Butterfly", while the 7"'s b-side is the live "Butterfly".

...looks like residents of Mexico will have their "Make Believe" a little early probably to avoid import editions flooding their market.

...interesting radio love: on 89x's "Catch of the Day", the new weezer track "Hold Me" was played!

...UK reviews: Q Magazine says "4/5" (right on!), while the notoriously difficult to please (read: out for blood) NME says 5/10. Whatever!

05/03/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 9: Minneapolis - First Avenue | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 04 May 2005 01:50:00 GMT

...Hey, folks, check out the new 'STAR MAP' Player, and click on the "stars" to find secret weezer clips from "Make Believe". The Player includes a map that tells you where to go to get exclusive streaming clips of songs from "Make Believe" before its release next Tuesday! The player also includes a special medley we like to call "Bake Melieve", crafted from bits of all the songs on the album, mashed into a hearty stew. Check it out! And be sure to send it to your friends!

...Minneapolis: Weezer has played First Avenue many times since they first visited in '94, and their shows there are always a blast. The guys tried something new in tonights set, with Brian singing the lead vocals on 'Getchoo'. Brian did a great job! The whole set was thick n meaty, and inspired many very loud sing alongs from the audience. Tonights show ended with an extended feedback jamb, the first like it this tour.

Setlist:
Tired Of Sex
In The Garage
Hash Pipe
No One Else
This Is Such A Pity
Buddy Holly
Photograph
Hold Me
Getchoo
Say It Ain't So
We Are All On Drugs
Island In The Sun
My Name Is Jonas
Peace
Beverly Hills
Haunt You Every Day
---
Undone - The Sweater Song
The Good Life

After having quizzed the first person in line waiting to get in to the show for the last 4 shows, I can report that the average time spent waiting in line by the people who are first in line is 7 hours. Whoah. Spotted not too far from the front of the line was an original 1994 weezer 'Bokkus' t-shirt (yellow with black printing, AKA the 'Charlie Brown' edition), in really nice shape! If I were that guy I'd treat that shirt well, they dont make 'em like that anymore!

Tonights show was visited by our previous production manager Graham ('the grim reaper'), who stopped by to bellow some Shakespearian rantings for old times sake. Also in attendance was Steve C., one of the 3 original 'RWA' webmasters back in '95! Also, the "Make Believe Mobile' (AKA the blinged out weez SUV from out of nowhere) surfaced again outside the club tonight. That thing gets around!

...'Beverly Hills' has made it onto the Radio 1 playlist in the UK, on the "B-List", ensuring it a healthy amount of plays in the various Radio 1 daytime shows. Sweet!

05/02/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 8: day off (to Minneapolis) | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 02 May 2005 11:46:00 GMT

...travel day, flying from L.A. to Minneapolis.

...Meet the crew!

Stuart - Tour Manager. Has worked with weezer before, from 2001-2002. A very good man to have on your side, and always ready with a copy of 'Waiting For Guffman' for those critical moments!

Arthur - Production Manager. First time with weezer, an exceptionally organized fellow who keeps the stage and crew running smoothly. And owns tigers.

Craig - Front Of House sound - Returning to the weez again, Craig runs the mixing board out front to ensure good sound for the audience. Owns small cute dogs instead of tigers.

Dan (the lighting man) - Back again for another set of shows, the gifted-est lighting guy around.

Kevin - Monitor engineer. In charge of the sound for the band on stage, what they get in their in-ear monitors. New to weezer, rocking it right.

Dwayne - Sound system. Dwayne sets up all the speakers and monitors and such, and works with Craig and Kevin to ensure everythings working, and working right.

Bobby - Guitar Tech. We thought we'd lost him to Green Day, but he's back, and helping the band out with some second guitar duties during the show on top of his guitar tuning duties.

Aron - Bass and Drums tech. Another standby from '02, Aron is the glue of the bottom end! He and Bobby also team up to keep Brians keyboard rigs in order.

Hal - Merchandise (Captian Computation) - Hal's all about getting he shirts in, set up, sold, and packed away, and keeping track of everything while running quite possibly the oldest laptop still in use on a tour in America today.

Jim - Band bus driver. Steady n' sure!

Charlie - Band bus driver. Sure n' steady!

Mike - crew bus driver. Steady, not sweaty.

Kevin J.- truck driver. Big Rig Captain of the night.

05/01/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 7: day off | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 01 May 2005 11:36:00 GMT

...total day o' rest for all, save the drivers who are well into a 2000 mile run from L.A. to Minneapolis by now. Heres a roundup of some recent tidbits...

...Small contest here to win a promo Beverly Hills CD single. Only 3 winners, this wont last!

...Small interview with me (in German) about Make Believe and such here.

...Weezer is currently featured in the 'Our Music' section of this website.

...visit bellbrothers.net for a Weezer "dance revolution" type game that some fans have been enjoying.

...Still no word on what the UK version of Make Believe will have for its 2 bonus tracks. The Japanese version is currently listed as having the 12 songs of the USA edition followed by Butterfly (live), Island In The Sun (Live), and TBA(unknown) (Live).

...some fresh 'Beverly Hills' love:
JAPAN: used in Japanese TV programs "Pu*Sma" and "SmapXSmap"; video mentioned on ESPN's "Cold Pizza."; Video airing on IMF's "World's Greatest Videos", Sirius 21 (Alt Nation) + Underground Garage, Faction, the Spectrum, Maxim Radio 145 and now Sirius 1 - Sirius Hits!; X96.3 Salt Lake City KXRK ("ten songs that don't suck" #3); WBZX, 99.7 The Blitz Columbus; IRAQ (heard on US base radio); WMFS 93X Memphis; 105.7 Alfa Rock San Juan, Puerto Rico; 97 Rock (97.1) Tri-Cities Washington; 106.5 Charlotte NC; 99.9 thebuzz (#1 on the top 9 at 9 in its first week, 4/1); UK Kerrang radio, NORWAY NRK P3 (on their B-list), BELGIUM 107.7 Rock FM (#2!); 91X KXUL Monroe Louisiana, 92KQRS Minnesota classic rock - featured on "Homegrown" show.

04/30/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 6: Indio, CA - Coachella Festival | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 13:17:00 GMT

...Having attended last years Coachella, I can say the crowd that gathered for the Weezer set was comparable to the monster crowds that assembled for the Pixies and Radiohead sets last year. An amazing SEA of humanity, soaking in the weez. Some familiar weezer fan faces right in the front row too, waiting all day thru all the earlier bands to ensure their front row experience! As weezer took the stage I jostled into the 100+ strong pit of photographers down front looking for fresh angles on what was clearly emerging as an epic night, before escaping to the stage where another crowd was gathered, this time of VIPs geting a close view from the side of the stage, (as VIPs will do), digging the show and providing challenges to a too-polite photographer! Rick Rubin was there, loving every minute of the set, which was actually his first ever weezer show, despite having been working with the band for over 2 years. He was particularly stoked on "Hold Me." Standing nearby and taking it in were Anthony Keidis of RHCP, Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion/Epitaph Records, and Chris Katan of SNL fame (?!). From the soundboard area came the report that Cameron Diaz was watching the set, and reporting to her friends that "Weezer is a heavy metal band!" (?!?)

Earlier in the day Perry Farrel stopped by weezers dressing room and said hello and that he was looking forward to the set. Spotted when we first drove into the Coachella grounds was Jason Lee, just chilling out with some budrows. And back at the hotel checking in when we were checking out was Peter Hook of New Order. ("Hook. Aytch Dubble-oh Kay.")

Circling overhead for most of the day was a small plane trailing the letters "WEEZER MAKE BELIEVE NEW ALBUM MAY 10" (see pic). Sweet!

Setlist:
Say It Ain't So
Photograph
Undone
Peace
Pity
Garage
Hold Me
Island
Drugs
Beverly Hills
Hash Pipe
Buddy Holly

...Listening Party Fan Report!
Saturday April 30th - Rock-A-Billy's, Utica, MI.
"Well, we went to the to the Listening Party in Utica, MI. WHAT A BLAST!!! Steve won 2 tickets to the Detroit show (that he couldn't go to due to money issues but now is going!) by playing a weezer trivia game (which everyone was impressed that both we knew all the
answers) and Steve also won the Weezer Lunchbox in the a balloon raffle. We got a couple of the Make Believe shirts which are pretty rad." ---Bigweez16 (owner of the old Shriner Central) and Foiler from the message boards/JONAS street team.

04/29/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 5: San Francisco, The Warfield | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT

...The Warfield is just a great place to see a show, and a fun place to host one. Kudos to the very helpful staff making it all happen with a smile. Also kudos to the experienced security staff keeping things safe around the backstage doors when all kinds of wild characters (not the fans, but troublemakers and roughnecks) seem to zero in on the block the Warfield is situated on!

Tonight was a hometown show of sorts for Ringside as several members are from the Bay Area, and their response from the crowd was appropriately kicked up a notch. They do seem to be winning many people over so far this tour, which is cool because they are doing a great job.

Weezer is working harder than ever this tour, doing all they can to dial in the songs as tight as possible. The spirit of cooperation and professionalism is alive and kicking, and each show so far has sounded better to me than the one before, and it wasnt too shabby to start with. we'll see how the sudden shift to a massive outdoor show setting (Coachella) is handled tomorrow.

setlist:

Hash Pipe
Tired Of Sex
Slob
Buddy Holly
This Is Such A Pity
The Good Life
Say It Ain't So
My Name Is Jonas
Island In The Sun
In The Garage
Beverly Hills
No One Else
We Are All On Drugs
Getchoo
Hold Me
Haunt You Every Day
---
Pardon Me
Undone - The Sweater Song

the after show scene downstairs was packed with guests and VIPs, including weezer's 2000 tour manager/soundman Neil Young (the other Neil Young!) and AM Radio/Food leadman Kevin Ridel.

Bus DVDs (Bus #2 - Brian, Scott + others) so far: 'Waiting For Guffman' (required), SCTV box set (big thumbs up), 'Million Dollar Hotel' (thumbs mostly down), 'White Chicks' (ejected before the halfway mark.) Coming up: Rolling Stones Rock N Roll Circus!

04/28/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 4: day off, San Francisco | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:56:00 GMT

...long overnight drive from Seattle, rolled into SF early afternoon, for some chill time (read: catch up on work!)

...Weezer's Lollapalooza appearance is on day 1: July 23. (not July 24.)

...'Beverly Hills': #1 on modernrock.com!

...'Make Believe' MySpace listening party update:

*TODAY* Friday April 29th - Sonar in Baltimore, MD.
9 - 10 pm at the club's weekly indie dance party 'Taxlo'.
More info can be found here

*TODAY* Friday April 29th - 1pm - Virgin Megastore
360 Newbury Street - Boston MA 02115 - 617-896-0950

Saturday April 30th - 3:00pm - Down In the Valley
8020 Olson Memorial Hwy - Minneapolis, MN. 55427 - 763-544-0033

Saturday April 30th - 1 PM - Rock-A-Billy's
8411 Hall Road - Utica, MI 48317 - 586-731-0188

Wednesday May 4 - 7 PM - Vintage Vinyl
51 Lafayette Rd. - Fords, NJ 08863 - 732-225-7717

***NEW:
Friday May 6th - 4pm
Dimple Records
2433 Arden Way
Sacramento, CA 95825 - 916.925.2600
Free refreshments!

Saturday May 7th - 7pm - Spaceboy Music
407 South St. - Philly, PA 19147 - 215-925-3032

There are one pair of weezer tickets given away at each of the indie store events and the winner must be present to win.

The CD never made it to the Chicago listening party in time, so they are doing this: Fans that went to Rolling Stones (the store) got free refreshments and could enter to win one of two pairs of tickets to the Chicago date, a WEEZER lunch box or one of 2 sets of catalog CDs. The rescheduled actual album listening will be on 5/7, same place:
Saturday May 7th - 6:00 pm
free refreshments & Weezer prizes to be given away at:
Rolling Stones
7300 W. Irving Park Rd.
Chicago, IL.
708-456-0861

...myspace contest ticket winners! Yes, there really were winners, and here are their names.

Vancouver- 4/26 - "Triando" (Triando G.)
Seattle - 4/27 - "Alex" (Alex E.)
San Francisco - 4/29 - "Krystal" Krystal W.
Minneapolis - 5/3 - "Casey" (Casey T.)
Chicago - 5/4 - "Jennie" - (Jennifer B.)
Detrioit - 5/5 - "Jim" - (Jim S.)
Toronto - 5/6 - "Am I Trendy enough for this" - (Lauren M.)
Boston - 5/8 - "Rob" - (Rob S.)
Philadelphia - 5/10 - "Tara" (Tara M.)
New York - 5/11 - "Dawn" - (Dawn B.)
New York - 5/12 - "Hear me know me hate me" - (Kevin K.)
Atlanta - 5/14 - "Michael" - (Michael R.)

...Cingular ringtones here, for Beverly Hills, Holiday, El Scorcho, The Good Life, and Surf Wax America.

...UPDATE: WEEZER: Live From Philadelphia - One Time & One Night Only

This 60-minute, non-exclusive national radio event is being fed via satellite on the Weezer Radio Network.

Don't miss this exclusive radio event as Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, Brian Bell, Scott Shriner and Patrick Wilson will be on hand for their *only* radio interview discussing the new release, Make Believe, while fielding phone calls from a national audience.

Hosted by Jim McGuinn (of the recently embattled Y-100 Philadelphia), this live radio special will air Monday, May 9 at 8pm EST with a replay for West Coast stations at 8pm Pacific.

This is a list of stations that are confirmed to be airing the show May 9th: (check local listings for time)

KITS San Francisco
WWDC Wash DC
WFNX Boston
WNNX Atlanta
XTRA San Diego
KTCL Denver
WXDX Pittsburgh
KKRBZ Kansas City
KXRK Salt Lake City
WBRU Providence
WRZX Indianapolis
KROX Austin
WBBB Raleigh
WMFS Memphis
WPLA Jacksonville
KHBZ Oklahoma City
WRXL Richmond
WXEG Dayton
KFMA Tucson
WEQX Albany, NY
KMYZ Tulsa
WRWK Toledo
WXNR Greenville, NC
KRAB Bakersfield
WXTW Fort Wayne
KRZQ Reno
KROG Medford, OR
KRZN Billings, MT
KURQ San Luis Obispo
WFXH Savannah, GA
WKZQ Myrtle Beach, S.C.
WOBX Elizabeth City - Nags Head, NC
WRRV Poughkeepsie
WRXS Salisbury/Ocean City, MD

The following stations have confirmed they will air it, but will be delaying their broadcasts to later dates and times. (check local listings for times)

WYSP Philadelphia
KPNT St. Louis
WXTM Cleveland
WLUM Milwaukee
WPBZ West Palm
KJEE Santa Barbara
KBAZ Missoula, MT
KQRX Midland, TX
WBSD Burlington, WI

...Reviews of 'Beverly Hills' from Ireland's
Add your comment on the show if you were there! (or even if you weren't!)

04/26/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 2: Vancouver - Commodore Ballroom | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:10:00 GMT

...the crowd is going bananas as I write this backstage. more later!

...its later now. whew!!!

Setlist:

Tired of Sex
In the Garage
Beverly Hills
No One Else
This is Such a Pity
Buddy Holly
Photograph
Getchoo
Hold Me
Say It Ain't So
We Are All On Drugs
Island In the Sun
My Name is Jonas
Peace
Hash Pipe
Haunt You Every Day
----
Undone - The Sweater Song
The Good Life

"Slob" was originally slated to be in the set (after 'Jonas') but was dropped at the last minute for unknown reasons.

(important note - until the new weezer.com is fully sorted out, Im limited as to how many pix I can put up in a story. Im working out a technique to be able to add more, and will add them later.)

Guitar tech Bobby (sporting short hair now) joined the band onstage playing guitar parts when Brian switched over to keyboards. Brian has 2 keyboard setups flanking his microphone and pedal boards now (yes, 'boardS' as in 2 - hes got even more pedals going on than before!), a Kurzweil piano type sampling keyboard, and a Moog Voyager, the awesome new analog synth by the master himself, Bob Moog. Listeners are now hearing synth+piano parts from all eras played on keys instead of substituted on guitar (the sound in 'Buddy Holly', the lines in 'Tired of Sex' etc), and getting the fuller flavor and textures of the new Make Believe stuff delivered. It makes for a somewhat more complicated stage set up, but its worth it in the sonic range now available to the band in a live setting.

Robert Patrick of T2 fame, apparently in Vancouver shooting a film with Harrison Ford, was spotted backstage praising weezer and expressing his love of the show!

I had the pleasure of finally meeting (in person) Ridd, longtime online weez supporter and message board moderator. Word!

The band was stoked and relieved to have gotten to this point. Post show, there were a lot of smiles backstage. While they tend to focus on little mistakes and what to improve next time, they definitely had a good time on stage and are pleased to be rocking out again.

Opening act Ringside was polished, tight, and quite good. Their sound is an interesting blend of softer textures (including a classic Wurlitzer) and more modern sounding styles. They had a lot to offer and everyone is happy they are on board. The Vancouver crowd was very supportive. Check 'em out!

...please note that we encourage fans who attend the shows to write their reviews and reactions on the comment pages, as every news story has a link to its associated commment thread. While you are welcome to also email a story in to me, please understand that most likely these stories will not be posted on the news page. Please ensure your reactions are shared with everyone by posting them on the comment pages. Thats where im looking for them anyway! thanks! As this was the very first "reaction" email I recieved for the whole tour, I thought it appropriate to share it here:

"What else to say but...well there is nothing to say, it was just too amazing ! An excellent way to start off of the first tour in 3 years. It was soo intense! They were right on for not playing for that many years.
Highlights of the night, definetely have to be the new songs. Peace was just soo pure, there is nothing better then to hear it live before the album even comes out. The intensity of the band was so good, just watching brian played the keyboard in 'Haunt You Everyday' ..killed me. Everyone was just so....ON! Old hits such as 'Getchoo' just set the night off. Nothin better with mixing the new with the old. 'The Good Life' was such a good way to come back out. Funny how me along with a hundred other people stood their waiting for a second encore, I guess we were juuust being spoiled to ask for more!! Once again, excellenttttt show, and I cant wait til you all come back." =W=EBB

...The June issue of the (recently inaugural) Rolling Stone Indonesia will be running the weezer cover story (with the "Immortals" cover however), translated into Indonesian. Cool!! (hat tip: Hasief)

...The MySpace ticket contest has indeed been concluded and there have been winners! I am awaiting a list of the winners for each city and will share it here asap. (the current MySpace promotion, the listening parties, is still going on and people are winning stuff at those parties as well. The Seattle party had people winning Weezer tickets, CDs and Weezer lunchboxes!)

...tour merch photos coming shortly as well.

04/25/05 MB '05 Tour: Day 1: to Vancouver | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:35:00 GMT

...Weezer met up at LAX airport this morning, to catch an Air Canada flight up to beautiful Vancouver. The tour crew had flown up the night before, and were getting everything set up. This is known as production rehearsal, where the sound, light, and stage guys make sure everything works right and streamline the system and organization of everything so that its ready for the whole tour. By the time the band showed up this afternoon, things were just about reay to roll, and an extended soundcheck was had, as well as a tasty catered dinner in a side room. The band rolled thru most of their current setlist and everyone made the tweaks and alterations to their settings and gear to make sure it was sounding right. Pat and Scott were the first to take the stage and immediately launched into some "were on tour again!" jamming including some Police and ZZ Top jambs.

...Last Wednesday after that day's band rehearsal had ended, Brian reported a very strange earache, that felt like something was scraping the inside of his ear canal. He was unable to find any relief by the next morning, in fact the pain was more severe and even stranger feeling. So he went to a doctor and had it checked out. Turns out that a small piece of Brians custom molded in-ear monitor actually broke off when he was wearing it during the rehearsal, and was stuck deep inside his ear. "They told me there was a bit of molded plastic in there, and i immediately thought of my in-ears. How in the world a bit broke off like that I'll never know, but the doctor sayd i was lucky it hadnt lodged itself even deeper." Sure enough, when Brian checked it, the little monitor in question was indeed missing a piece, and the doctor had to carefully go into Brians ear with a delicate instument and pull the offending morsel out. We are happy to report that there was no perminant damage and no danger of hearing loss.

...there is a Vancouver-based mini-interview with Pat online here on terminalcity.co.

...fan Neil wrote in reporting that the current Weezer cover o' the Rolling Stone was shown on NBC Nightly News during a story about ticket scalping. If you havent seen the issue yet, besides the Weezer cover story (Online excerpt here) theres an informative article on the current scalping situation, many of the problems of which were recently experienced by weezer fans teying to get tickets to the current tour.

...T-Mobile has added "Beverly Hills" to their offerings of Hi-Fi Ringtones. Check out their "T-Zones" area, it comes up when you search the latest new ringtones.

...chart update: its kinda like the stock market, up one day down the next, and when you hit #1, theres nowhere to go but down! But "Beverly Hills" is in the midst of an excellent run overall, flirting with the Hot 100 like no weezer song ever has before, and making serious noise on the modern rock and digital song charts, with solid video play on Mtv, Mtv2, Vh1, Fuse and MuchMusic.
Billboard's modern rock chart: up to #4 from #6; Hot 100: #29 from #13, Hot Digital Tracks #3 from #1, Hot Digital Songs #4 from #1.

...tribute show: Tribute band "The Good Old Days" playing many weezer songs: Dallas, April 28th At the Syndicate (bottom floor of the UNT Union building), $1, 9:30 PM.

04/23/05 I tried my best, I gave my all | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 24 Apr 2005 00:41:00 GMT

...streaming clips of 2 songs from Make Believe, "We Are All On Drugs" and "The Damage In Your Heart", are available on BestBuy.com here.

04/21/05 One more time I have crossed the line | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:52:00 GMT

...The new issue of Rolling Stone magazine with the Weezer cover story is on the newsstands now! (#973, 5/5/05 cover date.) This is Weezer's FIRST time ever "on the cover of th' Rollin' Stone!"

...checked out rehearsals today, and the band were very hard at work, refreshing themselves on some old songs and sorting out how to present numerous new ones from "Make Believe". To put it plainly, they were killing it. It sounded awesome! There are some cool things going on. We have re-recruited several key '02 crew members, including Stuart (tour manager), Aron (drums + bass tech), Craig (house sound), Dan (the lighting man), and Bobby (guitar tech), who we thought we had lost out on! Bobby will be wearing several hats in the upcoming tour, as the band have asked him to come up and help out here and there with some additional guitar playing for some of the new songs that are more complicated. Also spied on the rehearsal stage is a sweet looking analogue keyboard stationed in Brian's area. The cases are being packed, the songs are getting jammed, the details are being pored over...hot damn, weezer's going on tour!

04/18/05 what’s the deal with my brain? | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:50:00 GMT

...today starts a week of band rehearsals, in preparation for the first leg of the Make Believe 2005 tour, which kicks off in just 8 days in Vancouver BC!

...Mtv (regular Mtv) added the 'Beverly Hills' video to their playlist today. Entertainment Weekly has it at #9 on their weekly Must List. And the song is now #1 on the modernrock.com chart.

...people are getting impatient to hear Make Believe, but heres a way to do just that before its released on May 10th. Listening parties! These events have been set up in conjunction with MySpace, and attendees will be able to hear "Make Believe" from start to finish, as well as have a chance to win a pair of tickets to their local upcoming weezer show. There may be other goodies as well depending on the location. Heres the scoop:

Friday April 22nd - 3pm - Rasputin Music - Berkeley
2401 Telegraph Ave - Berkeley CA - 800-350-8700

Tuesday April 26th - 6pm-8pm - Sonic Boom
2209 NW Market St. - Seattle, WA 98107 - 206-297-BOOM

Wednesday April 27th - 7:00pm - Rolling Stones
7300 W. Irving Park Rd. - Norridge, IL. 60706 - 708-456-0861

Friday April 29th - 1pm - Virgin Megastore
360 Newbury Street - Boston MA 02115 - 617-896-0950

Saturday April 30th - 3:00pm - Down In the Valley
8020 Olson Memorial Hwy - Minneapolis, MN. 55427 - 763-544-0033

Saturday April 30th - 1 PM - Rock-A-Billy's
8411 Hall Road - Utica, MI 48317 - 586-731-0188

Wednesday May 4 - 7 PM - Vintage Vinyl
51 Lafayette Rd. - Fords, NJ 08863 - 732-225-7717

Saturday May 7th - 7pm - Spaceboy Music
407 South St. - Philly, PA 19147 - 215-925-3032

04/15/05 I want to help you | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 12:20:00 GMT

...tour update! Weezer will be playing the Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago! This years Lollapalooza is a one city event, taking place on July 23-24 at Chicago's Grant Park. We dont yet have word on which day weezer is playing yet. Details will be revealed sometime in the coming week or 2, both here and on lollapalooza.com.

...On May 9th, the day before 'Make Believe' is released (well, the day of release for Australia/Japan/Europe), There will be a very special radio event, check it out!

WEEZER: Live From Philadelphia - One Time & One Night Only

This 60-minute, non-exclusive national radio event is being fed via satellite on the Weezer Radio Network.

Don't miss this exclusive radio event as Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, Brian Bell, Scott Shriner and Patrick Wilson will be on hand for their *only* radio interview discussing the new release, Make Believe, while fielding phone calls from a national audience.

Hosted by Jim McGuinn (of the recently embattled Y-100 Philadelphia), this live radio special will air Monday, May 9 at 8pm EST with a replay for West Coast stations at 8pm Pacific.

NOTE that at this point, stations and satellite networks are in the process of signing up to broadcast the show - so we dont currently have a list of what stations are going to be hosting it (this seems to be the sort of thing that a Westwood One show would do - but again, we got no info at this point.) If we learn of any confirmed stations or satellite networks, or webcasts that will be carrying the program, they will be listed here on weezer.com.

04/14/05 city streets at night | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:25:00 GMT

...the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone mag with the Weezer cover story will hit the stands earlier than we orignally thought. Look for it by Friday, 4/22!

...The UK retail Beverly Hills single will be available on 5/2 in 2 formats, CD and 7" picture disc vinyl. This is weezer's first ever picture disc, and features a photo of the weezer men with Hugh hefner and some bunnies, from the infamous video shoot at the Playboy Mansion. The CD contains Beverly Hills, Island in the Sun (Live), Butterfly (Live) and the Beverly Hills Video in cd-rom. The 7" has Beverly Hills on side A and Butterfly (Live) on side B.

...Beverly Hills blowing up: #1 in download sales this past week (from sites like iTunes, etc), up from #5 on the Billboard Digital Songs chart, still flirting on and off with #1 on iTunes, #2 on the Digital Tracks chart, #13 up from #25 on the Hot 100 Singles chart, and holding at #6 on the Modern Rock chart. While on Mtv, the video has been spotted at #14 on their voter driven countdown, and the video is now listed in their online voting ballot.

04/12/05 more and more | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:21:00 GMT

...we can confirm that Weezer is playing in Las Vegas on July 2, opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers in a huge, free show! 50,000 tickets will be given away free for this, and as of Monday the 18th at 12 noon PST, you can get yours on vegasrocks100.com!

Note that this show is the first confirmation of a new wave of North American dates that are in the works for July. More to come.

...in other news, the opening act on the April/May North American leg of the tour will be a band thats just breaking onto the scene, Ringside.

04/11/05 Make Believe | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 23:06:00 GMT

...the tracklisting of 'Make Believe', arriving 5/10/05:

1. Beverly Hills
2. Perfect Situation
3. This Is Such A Pity
4. Hold Me
5. Peace
6. We Are All On Drugs
7. The Damage In Your Heart
8. Pardon Me
9. My Best Friend
10. The Other Way
11. Freak Me Out
12. Haunt You Every Day

04/09/05 and let the stars play | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 13:31:00 GMT

...Weezer will be appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, issue #973! This issue should hit the stands in May, right around the time that "Make Believe" hits the stores. This will be Weezer's first ever RS cover!

...The May/June issue of Law Of Inertia magazine features a Weezer cover story.

...Australian fans got to check out the Beverly Hills video on TV for the first time last night on the Rage video show.

...updated 'Radio Love List': "Beverly Hills" now playing on KROQ-FM L.A., 103.1 Indie LA/OC (with a wee dis in the Punk Rock Minute to boot), 94.7 Portland OR, Live 105 SF, 99X Atlanta, WEQX in VT/Upstate NY (#1 request 3/23!), WRRV Poughkeepsie, and XM radio channel 47 'ETHEL', 101.7 wfnx Boston, 95.5 wbru Providence ("screamer of the week"), 102.3 KBXR in Columbia, MO (on "What's New for Dinner"), 89X in Detroit, 107.7 The End Seattle (#2 on "People's Choice Countdown"), 102.1 Milwaukee, 94.9 San Diego, 91.1 (91x) San Diego ("Weezer Wednesday" 3/23), 102.1 THE EDGE Dallas ("9 o'clock Cock Fight"), New Rock 97.3 Cincinnati, 101X Austin TX, The Edge Radio 103.9 Phoenix (3/21 "Double Edge Weezer Day")...
...96.5 the Buzz Kansas City (#1 on "the 7 @ 7 that don't suck"!), 103.9 The X Dayton, Ohio, drive105 Minneapolis MN, 94.7 The Buzz Oklahoma City, X102.3 Fort Wayne TX, 106.7 The End New Orleans, X96.3 KXRK Salt Lake City, Q101 Chicago (ranked on "Top 9 at 9"), O-Rock 105.9 Orlando (#4 on Furious 8 at 8), Real Rock 101.1 Orlando, Knoxville's 94.3 the X, 103.3 The Edge Buffalo (whoo!), 102.1 The Edge Toronto CANADA (chosen over NIN by the "Nooner" audience!), BBC Radio One UK (Zane Lowe show 3/23 debut!)...
...97x Tampa/St. Petersburg (Won five nights in a row on "Repeat it or Delete it"), 91.5 The Wawl Chattanooga, TN (on 5/10 will play only weezer from 7-9PM! listen online!), Radio Arbeidet (workers radio) NORWAY, XFM LONDON UK, 88.7 KTRM Kirksville MO, 105.7 WHFS B'more/DC, FM 96 London, Ontario CANADA, Sirius Radio (Channel 21 Alt Nation, in rotation about every 2 hours as of 4/1!), 92.3 WXRK-Rock NYC, Q104.3 (Classic Rock! right on!) NYC, Rock96.7 Modesto, CA "The Rock Station", STAR 101.9 Honolulu, HI, KWOD 106.5 Sacramento, KHWD (Howard) 93.7 Sacramento, WWHI/WCRD Ball State U. Muncie Indiana, 89.7 "The River" Omaha NE, New Rock 97.9 WGRD Grand Rapids MI, 102.9 the Buzz Nashville TN (#5 in Top 9 at 9:09).
...94.1 WYSP Philadelphia (hard rock!), 103.9 The X Salinas/Monterey/Santa Cruz, Kerrang Radio UK (#1 on the Download chart!), NCOIC Freedom Radio AFN Iraq (!!), X103.3 Indianapolis, Rock 102.1 Milwaukee (#1 requested song!)

...mysterious Brazilian action: 24/06/05 - Porto Alegre, Brazil. (no, not a weezer show, but we've been told to keep an eye on that site!)

04/08/05 I might as well enjoy my life | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 14:13:00 GMT

***DUBLIN IRELAND fans*** The details of the Weezer show on June 7th have been announced. The show is taking place at the Vicar Street venue, and tickets go on sale next Wednesday, April 13th!

...Philadelphia area fans! The 5/10 show at the Electric Factory goes on sale TODAY at 10AM EST! This show will sell out very quickly, so dont sleep! Tickets here.

***update/explanation for Philadelphia area fans, those frustrated at not getting tickets: This show did NOT have a "50 ticket limit", nor has ANY weezer show on this tour. The show officially sold out in 15minutes, not 10 seconds as it appeared online. Heres the basic facts as to how this works. This show had a 6 ticket limit. most shows have had a 4 or 6 ticket limit, and thats the way it will remian for weezer shows. (though Toronto and Atlanta somehow had 8 or 10 through mistake or oversight.) "Why does it say 50 on the amount thing then? And why couldnt i get tickets despite logging on exactly at 10AM?" you ask? Read on..

Ticketmaster has HUGE servers, they can literally process hundreds of simultaneous requests per second. Unlike a standard physical line, which takes time to dole out the tickets till there are none left, the online ticketing can instantaneously account for thousands of requests, even though it then takes several more minutes per request to actually process the orders. So to the user who logged in and didnt get tickets, it looks like the show immediately sold out. (which by practical standards it did). Those that happened to be fortunate enough to get through and claim tickets to buy did so by 'locking out' those who logged in a split second later.

Now, Ticketmaster's server automatically resets the 'choose-able' (drop down menu, etc) settings on all ticket sale webpages to 'default' as soon as there are no more tickets available. 'DEFAULT' ON TICKETMASTER IS 50. It does NOT mean you or anyone can or could order 50 tickets, it means there are no more. As all 2,500 (approx) tickets for The Electric Factory show were immediately accounted for (though it took 15 minutes to process the orders), the webpage almost immediately 'defaulted' to SOLD OUT status - showing a "limit" of 50 tickets. I hope this clears up some of what is clearly a stressful situation. To those who couldnt get tickets and refuse to pay the (clearly outrageous but unfortunately NOT illegal) 'eBay scalpers' prices, rest assured that more weezer shows (and bigger ones) are coming.**********************************

..."Beverly Hills" is up to #6 from last week's debut at #13 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart. And now its also on Billboard's "Hot 100" singles chart at #25, which is the highest ANY weezer song has ever gotten on the Hot 100! In the old days you had to have a physically released single to hit the Hot 100 chart, so the last time weezer had a US retail single that made it was with Undone. 'Buddy Holly' would have done well on thiat chart if it had been released on US 45 and cd single, for example, but it wasnt. The Bilboard rules changed in the last few years with the whole digital revolution, and 'Beverly Hills', with its crazy success so far at iTunes and on the radio, has made the chart in a big way. Meanwhile, those with FUSE on their cable TVs saw "Beverly Hills" hit #1 on the 'Daily Download' countdown show...

...please pardon the appearance of the Weezer MySpace page. It was until very recently run by a fan who was just having fun, so there are some wacky sonngg titles listed and some rather odd old news posts. We are now in the process of tidying it up. But the ticket contest is definitely happening! Sign in for your chance to win!

...As for the recent scuttlebutt about 'Make Believe', the album will indeed be released in the Digipak format (though an (also attractive) jewel case edition will be sold in certain stores that require it), and will feature a thick and colorful lyric booklet with cool artwork, and the disc will have an 'enhanced' section that plays on the computer, showing a special video piece edited especially for the disc. Plus the disc will serve as a 'key' to unlock future exclusive clips online. The album contains 12 tracks and weighs in at 47 minutes long, and will be released on both CD and good ol' vinyl! And Here's a new Mtv.com article about the album, written by someone who was played several tracks from it recently.

...Meanwhile the band has been doing its interviews for its next cover story (its a biggie), and is getting ready to rehearse for the first leg of the Make Believe 2005 Tour.

04/07/05 MySpace Ticket Givea(and I will always be that)way | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 22:53:00 GMT

...Weezer has partnered with MySpace to give away a pair of tickets to each of Weezer's sold out North American tour dates! To win, all you have to do is register with MySpace, add Weezer as a friend, and post a comment on Weezer's comment page with your full name and the city you want tickets for. Winners will be chosen at random from all entrants, and must be able to provide their own transportation.

Head on over now to the Weezer MySpace page at Myspace.com

(this MySpace page is indeed now Weezer's for real. The goofy song titles will be corrected soon. Sorry for the confusion!)

» www.myspace.com

04/06/05 I'm just a no class beat down fool | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 11:53:00 GMT

...announcing the first ever official Weezer Street Team, 'J.O.N.A.S.'! J.O.N.A.S. is currently open to accept members. If you are a Weezer fan and are interested in promoting the new album “Make Believe” both offline and online, go to weezerjonas.com and fill out the application to be considered for the offline team and receive promo materials in the mail in support of the release. J.O.N.A.S. (standing for "Jonas's Online (Weezer) Networked Action Squad" - or whatever clever acronym floats your boat!) is looking for 1000 'offline' members first - people willing to hit the streets in the 'real world' and do stuff like distribute stickers and the like. After the initial 1000 'offline' teamers are selected then the membership will be open just for 'online' members, whose activities will involve the web only. There is an excellent group of people in place running the Team, and I (karl) will be involved, supplying exclusive content, tools and such for the Team to use. So if you want to help and be an essential part of the weezer community, sign up now!

...Thanks to your requests and demand, "Beverly Hills" is making quite an impact! After debuting at #13 in its first week on The Billboard Modern Rock Chart (one of the highest debuts for any weezer single), it rocketed from #85 to #3 on the modernrock.com chart, is #3 on MTV2's "Rock Countdown", and looks poised to break into the VH1 top 20 countdown, having been made a "Flava" clip recently and officially added to VH1's rotation yesterday! Meanwhile on MTV's TRL, the video has been glimpsed, and fans are voting... Not to mention the song has been the #1 download on iTunes for nearly a week!

...Meanwhile, viewers of Canada's MuchMusic can vote for the Beverly Hills video here to try and get it on the "Powershift" countdown. Poweshift airs Tuesdays at 8pm ET.

...today the band is having a photo shoot at a top secret location for what looks to be a cover story for a major music mag. (Meanwhile their cover story for Alternative Press has hit some newsstands already, a few days earlier than its Thursday 4/7 street date. Check it out...

...The tracklist for "Make Believe" has been finalized, and clocks in at a little over 47 minutes long. But no, you can't have the list yet, sorry!

...Though the station has been forced to broadcast online only and is fighting for a return to the regular airwaves, Y-100 still hosted it annual Modern Rock Tournament this year. Yesterday, Weezer *won*, the only band to take the top honors 3 times - in 2001, 2003, and now 2005! Somehow their traditional rivals Green Day didnt make it to the final round, and weezer went up against Nirvana to take the crown... Thanks for your votes! (Remember, The Philadelphia Electric Factory show goes on sale THIS FRIDAY at 10:00 AM!) Meanwhile on Boston's WBCN March Mania Tournament, Weezer got to the final 4 before being picked off! ('Awww..' goes the crowd...)

...speaking of shows, there WILL be opening acts for all tourdates. The openers will be announced soon, as the process of confirming them is still going on. And also, once again, there WILL be more tourdates beyond what is listed on the tour page!

...fan tribute action: The tribute band Say Itt Ain't Weezer will be playing at Liquid Joe's in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 19th at 10:00 PM. $3 at the door or contact the band for free tickets!

04/04/05 no I don't | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 22:56:00 GMT

...a flurry of activity over the weekend and 'Make Believe' is *just* about done. The album artwork has been finalized including the photos, art, layout, liner notes, lyrics, etc. The mixes have been selected (though 1 or 2 might yet be in question as of Monday morning...), and therefore the final tracklisting is 99 percent for sure. With a few final desicions soon to be out of the way, the album will be entering the mass-production phase.

...to our suprise, "Beverly Hills" (or at least an excerpt from it) was spotted on the Friday 4/1 episode of Mtv's "TRL" show. What this means (we think) is that it can now be 'voted for', doing battle with all manner of uber-popular fare. Back in '01, the last weezer video to feature some 'skin' (Hash Pipe) found its way onto TRL as well... we think we see a pattern here... heh heh... Did some poking around, here is the TRL voting page... youll have to "write in" Beverly hills near the bottom of you want to vote for it...!

...Speaking of the Beverly Hills video, its now on our Media page in multi-formats and for all connection speeds. Enjoy!

04/01/05 and I just don't belong | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 14:00:00 GMT

...some follow up notes today:

"Beverly Hills" debuts at #13 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart! And as of noon on 3/31 it was #1 overall most downloaded on iTunes, and it has stayed there - still #1 as of 8AM EST on 4/1!

...Canadian fans: The "Beverly Hills" video debuts on MuchMusic TODAY on "The Wedge", airing at 11 p.m. EST and again at 3 a.m. EST.

...updated 'Radio Love List': "Beverly Hills" now playing on KROQ-FM L.A., 103.1 Indie LA/OC (with a wee dis in the Punk Rock Minute to boot), 94.7 Portland OR, Live 105 SF, 99X Atlanta, WEQX in VT/Upstate NY (#1 request 3/23!), WRRV Poughkeepsie, and XM radio channel 47 'ETHEL', 101.7 wfnx Boston, 95.5 wbru Providence ("screamer of the week"), 102.3 KBXR in Columbia, MO (on "What's New for Dinner"), 89X in Detroit, 107.7 The End Seattle (#2 on "People's Choice Countdown"), 102.1 Milwaukee, 94.9 San Diego, 91.1 (91x) San Diego ("Weezer Wednesday" 3/23), 102.1 THE EDGE Dallas ("9 o'clock Cock Fight"), New Rock 97.3 Cincinnati, 101X Austin TX, The Edge Radio 103.9 Phoenix (3/21 "Double Edge Weezer Day")...
...96.5 the Buzz Kansas City (#1 on "the 7 @ 7 that don't suck"!), 103.9 The X Dayton, Ohio, drive105 Minneapolis MN, 94.7 The Buzz Oklahoma City, X102.3 Fort Wayne TX, 106.7 The End New Orleans, X96.3 KXRK Salt Lake City, Q101 Chicago (ranked on "Top 9 at 9"), O-Rock 105.9 Orlando (#4 on Furious 8 at 8), Real Rock 101.1 Orlando, Knoxville's 94.3 the X, 103.3 The Edge Buffalo (whoo!), 102.1 The Edge Toronto CANADA (chosen over NIN by the "Nooner" audience!), BBC Radio One UK (Zane Lowe show 3/23 debut!)...
...97x Tampa/St. Petersburg (Won five nights in a row on "Repeat it or Delete it"), 91.5 The Wawl Chattanooga, TN (on 5/10 will play only weezer from 7-9PM! listen online!), Radio Arbeidet (workers radio) NORWAY, XFM LONDON UK, 88.7 KTRM Kirksville MO, 105.7 WHFS B'more/DC, FM 96 London, Ontario CANADA, Sirius Radio (Channel 21 Alt Nation, in rotation about every 2 hours as of 4/1!), 92.3 WXRK-Rock NYC, Q104.3 (Classic Rock! right on!) NYC, Rock96.7 Modesto, CA "The Rock Station", STAR 101.9 Honolulu, HI, KWOD 106.5 Sacramento, KHWD (Howard) 93.7 Sacramento, WWHI/WCRD Ball State U. Muncie Indiana, 89.7 "The River" Omaha NE, New Rock 97.9 WGRD Grand Rapids MI, 102.9 the Buzz Nashville TN (#5 in Top 9 at 9:09).

...weezer is now in the final four of the Y100 Modern Rock Madness tournament. Help weezer become the first band to take the top honors for the 3rd time! And help bring back Y100 Philly!

...and up in Boston on WBCN, they are also doing a tournament, the WBCN March Mania 2005 - and weezer has made the 'sweet 16' round! Check it out and vote!

...weezer cover band alert: UK! - "Weezish" are playing Thurs 6/9 on PLANET BEET night @ The Priors Inn, 1 Priors Avenue, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk - £4 on the door. Doors open 8pm.

03/31/05 it's something that you're born into | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:12:00 GMT

...Welcome to the new weezer.com, v3.0! I hope you have survived the 'rewriting' of the site onto the new server...kinda like in the Matrix. Between now and the release of 'Make Believe' on May 10 we will be continuing work on the site, so you may see some funny business on occasion. Some fans have expressed concern that the site looks very 'Make Believe-centric', and yes, for now, it is. But unlike the very dearly departed weezer.com v2.0, however, its a LOT easier to change colors, themes, etc, as its set up in a modular fashion that doesnt require heavy 'coding' to work on. So if you dont like todays fashions, dont worry, they will be always be changing as time goes on. (note the old 'RWA' site (1995-2001) is what I'm calling 'weezer.com v1.0', although its URL was 'weezer.net' in those days.)

Also note that most if not all of the content you came to expect at V2.0 has found a new home here (see the 'info' page for a good example, also on the 'media' page link at the bottom goes to a mirror of the v2.0 audio-video page, etc) We will be reintegrating all the content to closer match the structure of the new site, but rest assured, were keeping it all. (some stuff just needs drastic housecleaning, like the links page etc, but now that were set up here we can start tackling this stuff.)

As for the message boards, 3 things - 1. we are listening carefully to your concerns and are aware that the new boards may come as quite a shock 2. they arent finished yet either, and certain fundamental concerns + issues are being tackled. 3. Im absolutely aware of the online fanbase that weezer enjoys, and dont want to alienate anyone. However We literally had no choice but to go to this system, and are doing our best to tweak it to make it more confortable. Thanks.

..."Beverly Hills" on iTunes: wow... #2 download overall, and #1 in the "Rock" store!

...viewers of the "Make A Video" on mTv2 got a sneak preview listen of some new weezer tracks from Make Believe, bits of which were played in the background as the interviews went on and the bunnies posed. Snatches of "We Are All On Drugs", "This Is Such A Pity" and "Peace" were used along with a healthy dose of weezer stuff from the past 4 albums. Catch this special if you can, its pretty funny and theres nothing like suprise previews! Note that what was used were almost certainly non-final mixes of the tracks, as this special was put together several weeks ago.

...Speaking of mixes, new information on the mixing of Make Believe: We now understand that no less than 4 different mixers were used, though its unclear if all four will have their work on the final album, as there are still a few last minute desicions to be made in that regard, which may affect exactly what songs and what mixes of what songs make it on. Besides Josh Abraham, (doing about 6-8 songs) and Rich Costey (3 or 4), we also now know that Neil Averon mixed several songs, of which 1-2 (but possibly as many as 4) could be making the album, and Alan Mulder mixed several tracks as well, but there is only one track he did that has a chance of getting on the record (not due to the work he did, which like the other 3 guys is excellent, but rather if the song actually ends up in the tracklisting). We should have a final tracklist very soon, and it will likely be 12 songs and somewhere around 45 minutes long.

...VH1 viewers might wanna tune into this week's Top 20 Video Countdown, where the "Beverly Hills" video should be on as a "Flava" clip. "Flavas" tend to get into the countdown in the weeks following their "Flava"-ness, so keep an eye out!

...Phiiiiladelphia Electric Factory update: Ticketmaster says the truth: the show is on sale Fri, 04/08/05 at 10:00 AM. It looks like theres *no* pre-sale, but if any new info comes to light it will go in the =w= news immediately.

...coming soon... J.O.N.A.S....

03/29/05 psyche! ....I don't stand a chance | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:47:00 GMT

..."Beverly Hills" digital single on sale today! see 'latest release', bottom left corner.

...reminder! The Beverly Hills video premiers today, Tuesday 3/29 on MTV2, with an "All Day Premier! See it NOW at 6am, 7am, 8am, 9am, 11am, 12noon, 3pm, 6pm, 7pm, 10pm, 1am, 4am, and 5am!

Then on Wednesday 3/30, also on MTV2, see the "Make A Video" episode on the making of "Beverly Hills" at 10:30 AM! (playing again Thursday 03/31 at 7:30pm, Friday 04/01 at 8:30am, and Saturday 04/02 at 1:30am (late Friday night).

(however, those on campuses with MTVU may have already caught the vid, as it apparently was played Monday night without explanation! sweet.)

...Make Believe news - we now have info about the mixing process, which is essentially over at this point. The mixing duties were split up between 2 mixers, with Josh Abraham doing the majority of the tracks and Rich Costey doing the rest. The process was rather organic, devised to get the right mix for the right song. It involved letting both mixers work on all the songs and then pairing up the mixer with the songs that seemed to be working best with him. Both of these guys are astonishingly skilled and their individual styles and strengths came out on 'their' tracks. The songs went from mixing into mastering over the weekend, and now the mastering is essentially done, but a few songs are now back getting some mix tweaks done, which will effectively send them back for re-mastering in the coming days. But overall, we're almost there at last!

I gotta say - I just heard the final mixes of "Peace", "The Damage In Your Heart", "Freak Me Out", and "This Is Such a Pity", and I must say I am so proud of the weezer men at this moment. These are great songs and great recordings! Lovers of 'old school Weez' will be stoked, and yet, theres nothing 'retro' about these - theyre fresh, and simply excellent.

...Weezer's Make Believe Tour 2005: Leg 1: North America (the quickie version) - news: Philadelphia fans - so far I've been unable to get a definite word on the ticket sale for the Electric Factory show. The latest info is that there is *no pre-sale*, and the on sale date is most likely 4/8 instead of 4/1. Ticketmaster is showing 4/8 which backs this info. As soon as we have definite word it will be here on the news.

...speaking of philly....Vote for Weezer! Even without a 'brick and mortar' station, Y-100 Philly is continuing its annual 64 band head to head battle this year. Weezer won in 2001 and 2003, and once again face heavy competition from all sorts of great bands - which you must help weezer defeat! Show no mercy! There will be no victory for Green Day this time! (Say with a Darth Vader voice for best effect.)

...a special note re: the recent ticket sales for the upcoming North American tour leg. I did some asking around after recieving a ton of emails from upset fans who couldnt get tickets. while this wont help someone who didnt get a ticket to get one (though were looking into what can be done there too), heres some facts you should know:

* This is weezer's 1st tour in 2.5 years and their first with their new management company. Somewhere between then and now the knowledge of weezer.com's usual (attempted) good treatment of its online fanbase wasnt well communicated to whoever should have known. The common practice is for internet presales to be set up for bands who have subscription (paid) online fanclubs (which weezer chose not to do some years ago in favor of continuing to give away its online content for free), so it was assumed by the people dealing with the tickets that going to the radio stations for the ticket promotions was normal, as it often is. In the future, regardless of how exactly ticket presales and promotions are being handled (which may certainly innnvolve the stations again of course), you, the loyal weezer.com visitor will be privvy to whatever info is available, in time to use it.

* The ticket limit per order is normally 4, and will remain so for all weezer shows. However, the Toronto show apparently slipped thru with a 8 ticket limit instead. "We keep an eye on eBay up here in Canada and they have actually been great in helping us out. Sellers cannot sell above face value and if they do, the auction is cancelled." -representative from House Of Blues Canada (promoter/tickets). (Unfortunately, its apparently not illegal to resell tickets at higher than face value in the USA, so long as certain state rules are followed (no within state sales at a profit are allowed in New York and Massechusetts, for example.) With ebay, sellers and buyers can be all over the country, and thus the weaker rules are easily circumvented, to the frustration of fans not able or willing to shell out crazy prices to re-sellers.)

* Contrary to the claims of fans who experienced the 'instant sell outs' of the last couple of dates, presales only sell "a couple hundred" of the total tickets, "or if it's a big venue show, a minority percentage in the realm of 10-25 percent" (quoting someone deep in the know.) Again, the 'instant sell outs' were due to a flood of requests hitting the ticket booths, phone lines and online sales all at the same time. Ticketmaster has massive networks designed to handle hundreds of requests per second, so in just a few minutes (seconds even), the tickets were all accounted for. Also again - there WILL be more shows later in the year - we can't be positive exactly where, but most fans will have another chance (or more!) to catch the band's "Make Believe Tour 2005".

03/29/05 additional info for 3/29 post | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:55:00 GMT

...WEBSITE SWITCH - should be switching over during TUESDAY 3/29 and WEDNESDAY 3/30, so if you are getting weird results when you log on to weezer.com, try refreshing the page, and if you arent getting anything, just check back in a few minutes. They tell me it may be strange till all the local servers start pointing to the new pages.

......updated 'Radio Love List': "Beverly Hills" now playing on KROQ-FM L.A., 103.1 Indie LA/OC (with a wee dis in the Punk Rock Minute to boot), 94.7 Portland OR, Live 105 SF, 99X Atlanta, WEQX in VT/Upstate NY (#1 request 3/23!), WRRV Poughkeepsie, and XM radio channel 47 'ETHEL', 101.7 wfnx Boston, 95.5 wbru Providence ("screamer of the week"), 102.3 KBXR in Columbia, MO (on "What's New for Dinner"), 89X in Detroit, 102.9 the Buzz Nashville TN, 107.7 The End Seattle (#2 on "People's Choice Countdown"), 102.1 Milwaukee, 94.9 San Diego, 91.1 (91x) San Diego ("Weezer Wednesday" 3/23), 102.1 THE EDGE Dallas ("9 o'clock Cock Fight"), New Rock 97.3 Cincinnati, 101X Austin TX, The Edge Radio 103.9 Phoenix (3/21 "Double Edge Weezer Day"), 96.5 the Buzz Kansas City (#1 on "the 7 @ 7 that don't suck"!), 103.9 The X Dayton, Ohio, drive105 Minneapolis MN, 94.7 The Buzz Oklahoma City, X102.3 Fort Wayne TX, 106.7 The End New Orleans, X96.3 KXRK Salt Lake City, Q101 Chicago (ranked on "Top 9 at 9"), O-Rock 105.9 Orlando (#4 on Furious 8 at 8), Real Rock 101.1 Orlando, Knoxville's 94.3 the X, 103.3 The Edge Buffalo (whoo!), 102.1 The Edge Toronto (chosen over NIN by the "Nooner" audience!), BBC Radio One BRITIAN (Zane Lowe show 3/23 debut!), Z ROCK 99.3 Bristol, TN, 92.3 Xtreme Cleveland, OH, 96x Virginia Beach VA, 96.1 Wave Charleston, SC, and heavy play on Sirius Radio (Channel 21 Alt Nation)!

03/27/05 everybody wanna know how close me and Snoop is | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:56:00 GMT

...early views of the new Alternative Press (May, Weezer cover story) are reporting back that its an excellent read that reveals much about the recent history of the band, and describes several new songs that were played for the reporter, including 'Pardon Me', 'We Are All On Drugs', 'The Damage In Your Heart', 'This Is Such A Pity' and Freak Me oUt" Also mentioned is a cover song "Unbreak My Heart", which did indeed get recorded but is unlikely to make the album. In fact, as we have not gotten a final tracklist yet (though the mixing process just about finished, with mastering due to start by Monday), its not guaranteed that all of the above songs will be on the album - however, it is very likely that they will. If you are wondering where you can find this extra special issue of Alternative Press, check here for a list of retailers that carry it. The issue can also be advance-ordered direct from AP for 5 bucks - click here to order.

...in between working on prepping the new weezer.com for launch (launching shortly - we were expecting this last week but now its really coming any day now), I've been editing some video goodies that are expected to appear as extras on the "Make Believe" CD. Behind the scenes of Make Believe and all that jazz! More info to come as we get a final tracklist and such.

...Philadelphia area fans concerned about the ticket situation for the Electric Factory show in May: The onsale date for tickets has apparently been moved back from 4/8 to 4/1 (next Friday). I have been trying to confirm that there is NO pre-sale for this date, but so far Im still awaiting word on that.

...updated 'Radio Love List': "Beverly Hills" now playing on KROQ-FM L.A., 103.1 Indie LA/OC (with a wee dis in the Punk Rock Minute to boot), 94.7 Portland OR, Live 105 SF, 99X Atlanta, WEQX in VT/Upstate NY (#1 request 3/23!), WRRV Poughkeepsie, and XM radio channel 47 'ETHEL', 101.7 wfnx Boston, 95.5 wbru Providence ("screamer of the week"), 102.3 KBXR in Columbia, MO (on "What's New for Dinner"), 89X in Detroit, 102.9 the Buzz Nashville TN, 107.7 The End Seattle (#2 on "People's Choice Countdown"), Sirius Radio (Channel 21 Alt Nation), 102.1 Milwaukee, 94.9 San Diego, 91.1 (91x) San Diego ("Weezer Wednesday" 3/23), 102.1 THE EDGE Dallas ("9 o'clock Cock Fight"), New Rock 97.3 Cincinnati, 101X Austin TX, The Edge Radio 103.9 Phoenix (3/21 "Double Edge Weezer Day"), 96.5 the Buzz Kansas City (#1 on "the 7 @ 7 that don't suck"!), 103.9 The X Dayton, Ohio, drive105 Minneapolis MN, 94.7 The Buzz Oklahoma City, X102.3 Fort Wayne TX, 106.7 The End New Orleans, X96.3 KXRK Salt Lake City, Q101 Chicago (ranked on "Top 9 at 9"), O-Rock 105.9 Orlando (#4 on Furious 8 at 8), Real Rock 101.1 Orlando, Knoxville's 94.3 the X, 103.3 The Edge Buffalo (whoo!), 102.1 The Edge Toronto (chosen over NIN by the "Nooner" audience!), BBC Radio One BRITIAN (Zane Lowe show 3/23 debut!).

03/26/05 the truth is | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:44:00 GMT

the 'Beverly Hills' banner above can be on your site too! Just cut and paste the following code into your webpage's HTML!

</script>

(if you still have the old 'Video Capture Device' banner on your site, you dont need to do anything - this banner has 'overwritten' that banner) Best of all, the banner's content will change over time as we get closer to the release of "Make Believe", so you never know what will pop in there...(tech note - yes, the banner is indeed silent in its current form.)

...a reminder that the Alternative Press issue with the Weezer cover story will be on the stands 4/7. (subscribers may get it a bit earlier I imagine?) Large scale version of the cover online here.

...a note on the pre-sale situation re: the upcoming leg of North American shows - It is true that many of the shows that have been going on sale these days had a pre-sale. Normally in the past we would post the info to the weezer fanbase here on weezer.com and send out a mass email to everyone with what they needed to know, because the whole idea is to give the most hardcore fans who check the site out frequently the best chance at scoring tickets.

However, this time something went wrong. The presale info somehow went from Ticketmaster right to local radio station promotions, bypassing weezer.com's involvement. In fact we were under the impression that there were no presales, and only figured the situation out after fans started drawing attention to their local area radio station's promotions. By this time it was too late, the radio stations were running their promotions and it couldnt be altered. While its totally cool to have the radio stations involved, and they did do an excellent job, We are not happy about having been effectively cut out of the process, and it wont happen again. Regardless of exactly how future presales are done, and regardless of what radio stations or other organizations are involved, weezer.com and the Weezer mailing list will have the info you need, available when you need it.

An important side note: the pre-sales do NOT sell every ticket - they NEVER do this. Pre-sales only sell a set allocation of tickets, leaving most of the tickets for the main sale. However, these venues on this upcoming North American tour are admittedly fairly small for weezer (though no one could have known this before the tickets were on sale, after a 2.5 year break off the road), and this means that the Ticketmaster website and phone offices usually get flooded with fans' ticket requests the moment the tickets become available. For yesterday's New York City Roseland sales, this resulted in immediate sellout status, as all the remaining tickets were accounted for right away. As most fans go for the 4 ticket limit in attempts to get them for their groups of friends, it only takes 100 requests to account for 400 tickets, and so on. as most of these venues fall into the 2000-3000 seat range, you can see how they can apparently sell out 'instantly'.

For those who try to get tickets and miss out as these on sales start up again today - more tours are definitely being plotted out, both in North America and elsewhere, and you should have more opportunities to see the band. Good luck getting the tickets you want, and thanks for your patience and understanding!

03/25/04 'cause I'm the next big thing | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:56:00 GMT

...a new Mtv.com weezer article is here.

...known ticket on sale dates+times for the upcoming North American tour:
Roseland - both shows on-sale 3/25 at noon
Detroit - on-sale 3/26 at 10am
San Francisco - on-sale 3/27 at 10am
Seattle - on-sale 3/26 at 9am
Toronto - on-sale 3/26 at 10am
Atlanta - on-sale 3/25 at 10am
Chicago - on-sale 3/26 at 10am
Minneapolis - on-sale 3/26 at 10am
Vancouver - on-sale 3/26 at 9:30am
Boston - on-sale 3/26 at 10am
Philadelphia - on-sale 4/8 at 10am

...The "Beverly Hills" video is getting an "All Day Premier" on Mtv2, next Tuesday, March 29. See the video 13 times in one day, cuz its getting played at: 6am, 7am, 8am, 9am, 11am, 12noon, 3pm, 6pm, 7pm, 10pm, 1am, 4am, and 5am! (assuming these are staggered times - same for everyone - but not 100 percent sure about that.)

..."Make Believe" is getting a worldwide release based on the US release on 5/10. But what that means in reality is that for Europe and UK, the release date is 5/9, while the Japan release date is on 5/11.

...updated 'Radio Love List': "Beverly Hills" now playing on KROQ-FM L.A., 103.1 Indie LA/OC (with a wee dis in the Punk Rock Minute to boot), 94.7 Portland OR, Live 105 SF, 99X Atlanta, WEQX in VT/Upstate NY (#1 request 3/23!), WRRV Poughkeepsie, and XM radio channel 47 'ETHEL', 101.7 wfnx Boston, 95.5 wbru Providence ("screamer of the week"), 102.3 KBXR in Columbia, MO (on "What's New for Dinner"), 89X in Detroit, 102.9 the Buzz Nashville TN, 107.7 The End Seattle (#2 on "People's Choice Countdown"), Sirius Radio (Channel 21 Alt Nation), 102.1 Milwaukee, 94.9 San Diego, 91.1 (91x) San Diego ("Weezer Wednesday" 3/23), 102.1 THE EDGE Dallas ("9 o'clock Cock Fight"), New Rock 97.3 Cincinnati, 101X Austin TX, The Edge Radio 103.9 Phoenix (3/21 "Double Edge Weezer Day"), 96.5 the Buzz Kansas City (#1 on "the 7 @ 7 that don't suck"!), 103.9 The X Dayton, Ohio, drive105 Minneapolis MN, 94.7 The Buzz Oklahoma City, X102.3 Fort Wayne TX, 106.7 The End New Orleans, X96.3 KXRK Salt Lake City, Q101 Chicago (ranked on "Top 9 at 9").

03/24/05 take my picture by the pool | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:14:00 GMT

...look for the May issue of Alternative Press featuring a Weezer cover story, on the stands soon! cover preview here.

...new Rolling Stone article here.

As revealed in that Rolling Stone article and in a recent press release from Geffen Records, 4 song titles from 'Make Believe' have now been made public: "Beverly Hills", "We Are All On Drugs", "This Is Such A Pity", and "Peace". The albums tracklist has not been finalized yet, as there are still several songs in the mixing phase, and the final tracklist depends on how the mixes turn out. (Because more songs went to mixing than will end up on the album, those that turn out best after getting mixed will make it in.) We hope to have the final track list in 2 weeks or less.

...The streaming 'Beverly Hills' files (below, in 3/23) have been pointed out to sound a bit different from whats getting played on the radio. As I understand it, the radio version (with the female vocals on 'gimmie gimme') is the same as the album version, and there isn't supposed to be another 'final' version. Therefore I conclude that the streams are of an incorrect earlier mix of the song. I am now trying to get them swapped out with the proper files. Sorry for the confusion.

...updated 'Radio Love List': "Beverly Hills" now playing on KROQ-FM L.A., 103.1 Indie LA/OC (with a wee dis in the Punk Rock Minute to boot), 94.7 Portland OR, Live 105 SF, 99X Atlanta, WEQX in VT, WRRV Poughkeepsie, and XM radio channel 47 'ETHEL', 101.7 wfnx Boston, 95.5 wbru Providence ("screamer of the week"), 102.3 KBXR in Columbia, MO (on "What's New for Dinner"), 89X in Detroit, 102.9 the Buzz Nashville TN, (???) Utah, 107.7 The End Seattle (#2 on "People's Choice Countdown"), Sirius Radio (Channel 21 Alt Nation), 102.1 Milwaukee, weqx 102.7 Upstate NY (#1 request 3/23!), 94.9 San Diego, 91.1 (91x) San Diego ("Weezer Wednesday" 3/23).

03/23/05 I wanna be just like a king | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:32:00 GMT

"Beverly Hills" in streaming media, click and listen!
Windows Media Player here, RealPlayer here

"Beverly Hills" is already getting love at KROQ-FM L.A. (though the new System Of A Down song beat it out in the top 5 at 9 on 3/22...can we hit the top tomorrow?), 94.7 Portland OR, Live 105 SF, 99X Atlanta, WEQX in VT, WRRV Poughkeepsie, and XM radio channel 47 'ETHEL'!

...getting many many questions about possible other tour dates not seen in the current confirmed tours. The basic answer for both North America and the rest of the world is "YES", more tour dates are currently being planned, and they will be announced when known. But there is no solid info as to where specifically the shows will be at this point, so your questions about your city or country cannot be answered at this point.

03/21/05 I wanna live a life like that | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:27:00 GMT

"Beverly Hills" (officially) world premieres TODAY at 5pm PST on KROQ-FM in Los Angeles! Be there! Today the promo cd single was shipped out to radio stations all over, so your local station should have the song as early as Tuesday 3/22. However the single is officially "added" the following Tuesday, 3/29, so stations that choose to play the song have the option of waiting till then to start, if they wish. Thanks in advance to fans requesting the song!

Meanwhile the "Beverly Hills" video is debuting on Mtv2 with an "All Day Premier" on Tuesday March 29th! Also on MTV2, the Beverly Hills "Make A Video" premieres on Wed, March 30th.

...NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES! Ticket info here. (sorry we dont have any presale passwords, etc. The presale info is apparently being regulated by certain radio stations in the cities where the shows are happening. WHat normally happens, however, is that the presales do NOT sell all the tickets, they are allocated some of the the tickets, with the rest going on sale on the normal day. So there are 2 'chances' to get tickets, at least, thats how its always worked in the past)

April 26 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
April 27 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theater
April 29 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield
April 30 - Indio, CA - Coachella Festival
May 3 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
May 4 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
May 5 - Detroit, MI - State Theater
May 6 - Toronto, ONT - Kool Haus
May 8 - Boston, MA - Avalon Ballroom
May 10 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
May 11 - New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
May 12 - New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
May 14 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle

...The website will be switching over to the new style sometime THIS WEEK, so there are 3 important points to stress:

1. The new site is NOT complete, and it will take several more months for all the content that is currently on weezer.com to be moved over. So when you see the new site, dont panic - there is plenty more to come. Everything thats currently on weezer.com will be on the new weezer.com - just not right away! Thanks for your patience and understanding.

2. The new site is in a state of flux - we are still working on finalizing things, so you may see features change and move around as stuff is tweaked. Also, there may just be times where certain pages are broken or messy. Again, your patience and understanding are appreciated!

3. As stated before, the new message board will NOT include the archived threads, as its a totally different system. Save what you need to save now! Also, many of your screenname accounts have been succesfully migrated over, but not all due to tech issues.

03/17/05 they get the spaces in between | Weezer | News

Geffen — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:58:00 GMT

...As you may have seen on the front page, "Make Believe" will be released on May 10th. Its been a long haul since the last album, thanks so much for waiting - its going to be worth the wait. Meanwhile, the first single "Beverly Hills" will be officialy 'at radio' on March 29th, though many stations will have the song 'in hand' several days before that point. (if you are thinking of requesting the song on your local station, (which weezer greatly appreciates!) keep in mind that until 3/29 they really arent supposed to be playing the song.) Several stations have already been playing short clips of the song ranging anywhere from 10 to 90 seconds long, including KROQ Los Angeles, Live 105 San Fransisco, and WRRV 96.9 in New York. Apparently one station even played a bizarre mix they made where just the chorus was strung together repeatedly. The version played by Live 105 is in fact an earlier mix or demo version of the song, which is easy to spot due to the (early) male rather than (correct) female 'gimmie gimme' back-up vocals, as wel as overall sound differences. Clever fans have been recording the clips and now mp3s are flowing back and forth amongst the Weezgnoscenti. Also, a rumor apparently sparked by a recent news report on 102.1 CFNY is untrue - While the album is in fact still being mixed, the band is NOT going into the studio to re-do 'Beverly Hills' or anything else at this point. The recording process is complete.

...all the dates of the short but sweet European Tour in June have now been posted, with the most welcome addition of a Dublin, Ireland date on 6/7! This will be Weezer's FIRST ever visit to Ireland, and everyone is stoked! (The irony is not lost on us that this announcement comes on St. Patrick's Day...) The details Of this date have not yet been released but will be as soon as tickets are made available.

Also announced today is Weezer's presence on the 2 day Summersonic Festival in Japan in August! Weezer has had great shows at Summersonic before and is looking forward to returning to those humongous stages.

Meanwhile, rumors of teaming up with the Pixies later this summer for touring have been disproven due to scheduling conflicts, which is too bad because both bands were into the idea. Maybe someday. However, there are indeed many more weezer shows being planned in '05 beyond the Euro dates in June. Stay tuned for that and for the North American dates in April/May - info coming very soon!

...registered weezer boardies will be happy to know that, contrary to earlier reports, they will remain registered with their current screen name accounts in the forthcoming 'new' weezer.com, for both e-mail updates and on the message board. (DISCLAIMER - not every single account will make it through, for a variety of weird technical reasons. So you might be amongst the small percentage of registered fans who will have to re-register and start fresh. We have no way of knowing who exactly will be affected until its already happened.) Note that it is indeed true that all the old message threads will be destroyed in our collective breaking on thru to the other side, so please archive and save what you cant bear to lose now! The day of board reckoning is coming!

03/13/05 when the housemaids scrub the floors | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 13 Mar 2005 11:21:00 GMT

...another euro tour date confirmed (US tour info pending)

06/15/05 - London, UK - Brixton Academy (additional show added) - on sale 3/15

...No big news yet. Looks like the Beverly Hills video is finished and ready to go. Some Los Angeles area fans have reported hearing short preview clips of "Beverly Hills" on KROQ-FM. The new album "Make Believe" is still in the mixing process, and still on track for a May release. The website is under construction, though you aren't seeing any changes yet. Tours are being planned. Plans are being discussed. Discussions are being planned. Etc!

...oh, and maybe take this li'l survey if ya got time...

...Knoxville fans, in case ya didn't know: During the 7-10 PM segment on The University of Tennessee's WUTK 90.3, there is an 8:30 "rock block" of Weezer featuring rare and live tracks. The rest of the world can stream it live here every Sunday from 7-10 PM.

...even more weezer tribute band action:

Sicky Gnar Gnars
4/15/05 at the Nautical Bean in San Luis Obispo, CA, 8:00pm. Free!

Untitled Blue + Pinkerton tribute band
Thursday, April 28th, 2005 at The Syndicate, University of North Texas Union Bldg, 1st floor, at 9:30pm - One Dollar!

03/11/05 they're all so beautiful and clean | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:40:00 GMT

...'Make Believe', by Weezer...5/10/05...

03/09/05 look at all those movie stars | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 11:56:00 GMT

...more euro tour dates confirmed:

06/08/05 - Paris, France - The Olympia

We are expecting more Euro and a set of US dates soon. Meanwhile, The new album "Make Believe" is still in the mixing process. The "Beverly Hills" video is very close to being done, if not already done. We are deep into work on the website, you should see some changes starting around the time of the release of 'Beverly Hills', which is coming up in the next 2 weeks. Remember to save any of your favorite info and threads that are currently on the message boards - they will be "lost in translation"!

...more fan photos taken at the 'Beverly Hills' video shoot here.

...on March 22 at 10PM - midnight, on Ithaca, NY's WICB 92 FM: all weezer for 2 solid hours!

...more tribute band action:

Tweezer! - at The Big Hunt, Washington, DC - Thursday, March 10th, 8pm - Free, no cover.

Say it Ain't So: Another Weezer Tribute - at The Fine Line in Minneapolis - April 25th.

...grassroots rumblings already stirring for "Make Believe" album release parties. See here and here for planning info for an Indiana release party.

...and don't forget to support Y-100!

03/05/05 got nothing in my pocket | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 03:00:00 GMT

...Weezer's 5th album has been officially titled "Make Believe". Its release date is still pending but should be in May for sure. At the moment it is being mixed in NYC. The cover art, which features a photo of the band, has been finalized and the rest of the album's artwork is in the pipeline.

Meanwhile Marcos Siega is in the process of editing the Beverly Hills video. As of Friday night it was still in a fairly rough state but by the end of the weekend it should start shaping up.

Some pix have been added the the previous news story (below) from the video shoot.

02/28/05 why should they I ain't nobody | Weezer | News

Geffen — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:35:00 GMT

...even more euro tour dates confirmed (US tour info pending)

06/13/05 - Birmingham, UK - Birmingham Academy
06/14/05 - London, UK - Brixton Academy
3/1 new:06/17/05 - Glasgow, Scotland - Carling Academy

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...Today was a long day of work on the "Beverly Hills" video over at the Playboy Mansion (yes, you heard correctly), where the very odd mixture of real weezer fans, weezer, and Playboy playmates resulted in a fun, weird, hilarious, and oddly unified experience. Fans from all over LA and SoCal, and from as far away as Utah (!) converged at a 'base camp' parking lot in (where else) Beverly Hills, following the instructions given by the production staff. They were then shuttled up to the mansion, having no idea where they were going. The first batch of fans looked positively befuddled when they stepped out of the vans and were greeted by the Playboy bunnies. They still didnt even know where they were, and the reactions were priceless, and captured on film. More vanloads of fans arrived over the course of the day, and Marcos has cameras going everywhere, catching the wide range of 'oil and water' mixtures as they unfolded, on the rolling lawns, the miniature zoo filled with huge birds and monkeys, by the pool, around the hot tub 'grotto' cave, in the video arcade/pool table/blackjack table equipped 'game room', and even playing a rather jaw-dropping round of soccer.

The idea of juxtaposing real weezer fans with such an unlikely fantasy environment came from "Beverly Hills" basically being about the sense of alienation that many people get when they dont feel like they belong. The song speculates about living the life of movers and shakers, but concludes that theres no way to cross over from the 'real world' to the 'fantasy world' (even if one who is 'normal' has indeed become 'famous'.) But for a few minutes the idea is tossed about, taken to the level of longing for a life of extreme celebrity.

The fans did an AWESOME job, and huge thanks goes out to them for their willingness to be kept in the dark and accept the surreal circumstances that greeted them once they stepped onto the grounds. They get the 'good sportsmanship' award, big-time. Director Marcos Siega and the whole production crew kicked major ass as well, as did the playmates and a certain swinging patriarch who lent a hand in the proceedings! Oh, and weezer rocked out in style, as they are known to do.

"Beverly Hills" is a pretty catchy track and was practically begging to be a single, but its important to know that its but one piece of a fairly complex album pie, and to any concerned that Album 5 is just a collection of 'fun' songs, fear not - theres many flavors to come.

02/26/05 preppie girls never looked at me | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 26 Feb 2005 10:37:00 GMT

...more euro tour dates confirmed (patience, USA fans!)

June 5 - Hamburg, Germany - Grossefreheit
June 10 - Nickelsdorf, Austria - Nova Rock Festival

...In a series of recording sessions over the last 2 weeks with Rick Rubin, Rivers has finished all the necessary vocals that were still needed on several Album 5 songs. Also, he oversaw the recording of some special additional instrumentation and arranging on a few songs. Now the album is finished, save for the mixing process and any possible minor changes that come up between now and the deadline.

15 (or 16) (reports are conflicting) tracks are going to mixing, and from that most likely 12 will end up on the album, with the leftovers presumably saved for b-sides. At this point who is actually doing the mixing has not quite been confirmed, but it is almost certainly someone who hasn't mixed a weezer album before, and whoever is chosen will be starting very soon.

The makeup of the album is roughly as follows - about half of the tracks are from the summer/fall '04 sessions at Grandmaster. These are what remain of the 12 songs originally intended to be the album, chosen from Rivers spring '04 demo sessions. The other half of the album is a mix of songs from the original 12/03 recording sessions at Cello (that have now been finished up with Rivers recent vocal sessions, etc), and several songs from fall '04 that were worked on by the rest of the band after Rivers went to school for the fall semester (which have also now been finished up with the recent addition of Rivers vocals.) Some may recall that the 12/03 sessions were reported to be dropped from consideration for the album, but several of the songs jumped back into consideration when checked out over a year after their recording, and were suddenly rivalling (and indeed, replacing) some of the summer/fall '04 recordings.

An important clarification needs to be made at this point - back in summer/fall of last year, it was announced on this site that Rick Rubin was no longer formally producing the album, but was still in place as a guiding hand and mentor for the band and the album. This annnouncement generated immediate speculation amongst fans and press that Rick had been fired from the project. However, nothing could be further from the truth. While it is true that Rick stayed clear of the studio over the course of the summer/fall '04 sessions (as opposed to being at the helm for the 12/03 sessions), this was due to a mutual agreement between him and the band that the band needed to try and work without Rick's direct influence for the time being. Rick was still listening to the daily efforts (via cd's) and still frequently discussing the project with the band and management. While Rick was not physically present for the fall '04 sessions, he was in effect still producing as it was his support and inspiring presence that catalyzed the band back into the studio in the first place, and his thoughtful guidance that kept the band energized throughout the whole process. And with the recent album finishing vocal sessions of Rivers being directly helmed by Rick, the Album 5 project has come full circle. Weezer.com's Karl apologizes for any confusion generated by his inaccurate interpretations of these events that appeared in past news stories.

...A possible album title has been chosen, but has not been confirmed at this time. The cover art is currently being finalized.

...The 'Beverly Hills' single release date (to radio) is still pending, possibly 3/23, possibly a bit later.

...Album 5 should still be in stores in May. No exact date set yet.

...In the last week, the band did a lengthy interview and major photo shoot, for a US music mag.

...'Beverly Hills' video shoot tomorrow! 150 weezer fans are now signed up and will be a part of the video!

...a reminder: sign this petition to bring back Y-100 Philadelphia!

02/23/05 i didn't go to boarding schools | Weezer | News

Geffen — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:49:00 GMT

THANK YOU! We got hundreds of responses in just a few hours, thanks so much for jumping in to help out so fast! At this point, we must ask you to stop sending application emails, as theres already more applicants than can participate. Those who wrote in, you will be contacted upon approval, soon! But if you are not contacted, then thanks so much for writing in, but you were too late. We REALLY appreciate your enthusiasm, and the "Beverly Hills" video will rule with your help!

...in a different, disturbing note, we've learned that Philadelphia's Y-100 radio station, a HUGE weezer supporter over the years, has unexpectedly been forced off the air! You can help try and get it back on, go to this website and sign the web petition! Y-100 played weezer more than virtually any other radio station and has had the band on twice for its famous 'Sonic Sessions'. Please help save it (and good music on the radio in general!)

02/18/05 and my friends are just as screwy as me | Weezer | News

Geffen — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 11:01:00 GMT

...a few new tour dates have filtered in. More to come!

June 3 - Rock am Ring - Nurburgring, Germany
June 4 - Rock im Park - Nurnberg, Germany

...so hey, thanks to all who wrote in with their congrats on weezer turning 13 (on 2/14/05)! The pix of 'weezer days' with the cookies, shirts and artwork were swell. Here's some "Weezer Day" pictures from 'leen (katfox14) at William Patterson college. And via albinoblacksheep.com, an 'Island In The Sun' Valentine's Day flash video.

...coming up on Feb 21 (fan announcements)...

1. "The Lolz Show" with The Moog Magician and MadonnaSurprise. Lame Name, Good Music.
When: Monday, 2/21/05 8:00-10:00 PM Eastern (5-7 Pacific)
Where: Northern AZ University's KJACK Radio, kjack.org
What: Weezer Tribute Show. Songs from their entire career, including demos, b-sides, related bands, etc... We'll also be taking calls.

2. The Weezer cover band "El Scorcho" will performing at Georgia Tech's 'Under The Couch' ton the 21st at 8pm. The cover charge is free for students and tickets will be available at the door for others.

02/01/05 my fashion sense is a little wack | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 11:13:00 GMT

...Okay, first things first! Happy Birthday To Pat Wilson! Wish the big drummin' baby's daddy good things here on the message board.

(rest of this post still needs to be added from old site)

01/15/05 my automobile is a piece of crap | Weezer | News

Geffen — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:09:00 GMT

...Theres a fun new weezer flash game online at newgrounds.com, (also available at flashplayer.com.) Thanks to the many fans who have been sending in their recommendations for this one. Get your thumbs and space bar ready, your percussive keyboard skills will be needed to emulate Pat Wilson and win huge prizes! (just kidding about the prizes. but it is fun!)

...recent site updates: the recording history has seen a number of additions (see page 14 in particular) with more on the way. And check the Stoke Factor page for fresh insights into whats doing it for the band and its associates these days.

more website updates and improvements to come as we get closer to the new album this spring.

01/11/05 where I come from isn't all that great | Weezer | News

Geffen — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:20:00 GMT

...a happy new year to all. A few days ago some intrepid =w= fans braved the wilds of the internet to find this info, which, if one looks carefully, lists March 21st as the date the first single from the new weezer album goes to radio. The title listed, "Beverly Hills", is indeed correct! And yes, the 'radio date' of 3/21 is indeed confirmed at this point, though as its so far away, its not impossible that it could still change.

So what does this date mean? It means that until 3/21, theres really no point in requesting the song, as radio stations are being 'serviced' with the song on that date - in other words, they dont have it yet, and arent supposed to play it yet even if they did.

(But does the song rock? HELL YES!)

As for what this means in the bigger picture, the most recent predictions of a spring release for weezers album 5 are proving accurate so far. By the time the 'Beverly Hills' is at radio, way way more details and info will become available. But for now, the album isnt entirely even finished yet, as Rivers will be completing his work on several songs after his semester is over in late January. Then the album (including 'Beverly Hills') gets mixed and the artwork gets done. What is for sure is that "Beverly Hills" will be at radio well in advance of the albums release, by a good 6 weeks or more, which is normal for a 1st single from a new album.

At this time, no album title is known and no release date is set. Touring is being talked about and definite plans are on the table, but again, no details are ready for the public yet. Patience, young jedi!