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Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Given Go-Ahead to Perform Again

Sara Harowitz — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:09:15 +0000

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Just over a month after a tour bus accident forced alternative band Weezer to cancel their remaining tour dates in support of their latest album Raditude, lead singer Rivers Cuomo has been given the go-ahead to return to the stage, reports rollingstone.com.

“Doctor says my lung is all healed – cleared to fly to Florida for the show. Turns out I broke 5 ribs!!!” Cuomo wrote on the band’s Twitter account.

After staying a week in an Albany, New York hospital, Cuomo was forced to bus back to Los Angeles because doctors were concerned that the change in air pressure when flying could affect his recovery.

Now that Cuomo is healed and ready to rock, the band is jumping back into business. Weezer is set to perform tomorrow (Jan. 20) at Florida State University; the school gets the show because they won a T-Mobile contest. The band’s website says that this will be their only 2010 show until they headline the first night of the Bamboozle in east Rutherford, New Jersey on May 1.

Their Raditude tour was cancelled after Cuomo’s bus skidded on ice and off the road back in December. That tour was originally scheduled to wrap up on Friday, Jan. 15 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Weezer’s Snuggie

Stephen Baldwin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:43:53 +0000

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Weezer singer Rivers Cuomo and bassist Scott Shriner are promoting a warm surprise available for purchase with a copy of their new album.

Fans can own a customized “Weezer Snuggie” with their new Raditude album, available in stores today.

The group has even made a hilarious infomercial that includes footage from the original Snuggie infomercial.

If you haven’t seen it yet, the Snuggie is a warm, robe-like blanket that is reminiscent of some sort of cult uniform.

Raditude is Weezer’s seventh studio album, and includes the hit single “I Want You To.”

Weezer Announces Tour Dates

Joelle Tomlinson — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:19:23 +0000

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Weezer have announced their first few dates in support of their upcoming seventh studio album, Raditude.

According to chartattack.com, the dates will see the band playing smaller venues in the United States and include a stop in Toronto for the Edge’s Jingle Bell Rock at the Air Canada Centre on Dec. 5. That show will feature IllScarlett and other performers.

Tickets go on sale Oct. 24 at 11 a.m. through Ticketmaster, but members of the Edge’s Inside Edge can get tickets in a presale which is on now. Tickets run $19.50, $39.50 and $59.50.

Weezer just released the video for “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To,” Raditude‘s first single.
Raditude is out Nov. 3.

Here are Weezer’s upcoming dates:

Oct. 24 Los Angeles, CA @ Palladium w/ Wax
Oct. 31 New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
Dec. 1 Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
Dec. 3 Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
Dec. 5 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre (Edge Jingle Bell Rock)
Dec. 7 Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena
Dec. 9 Baltimore, MD @ UMBC Fieldhouse
Dec. 10 Philadelphia, PA @ Susquehanna Bank Center

Weezer-Weezy Collaboration

Stephen Baldwin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:19:22 +0000

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Weezer will include a track featuring hip-hop star Lil Wayne on their new album, MTV News reports.

Raditude, scheduled to debut on November 3rd, is the seventh studio album by the rock group, and front man Rivers Cuomo said it was a chance, “to do something totally different.”

If you’re familiar with Weezer’s edgy, upbeat rock sound, urban music is far from characteristic of their style. Cuomo told MTV News that he wrote the song, titled “Can’t Stop Partying,” with music industry dynamo Jermaine Dupri. “It was a real challenge for me, taking his ideas, which are very slick, R&B party [ideas], and giving it some kind of edge, some darkness, making it work with rock, making it work with Weezer,” said Cuomo.

But Lil Wayne is no stranger to Rock. He appeared on Fallout Boy’s last album, and is continuing to pursue his own solo rock-inspired project named Rebirth. Experience, though, doesn’t necessarily imply success. His rock endeavours have been praised for their daring ingenuity, but not necessarily their sound. Ingenuity is one thing that the music pair share though, so it will be interesting to hear the final product of their collaboration.

It wasn’t stated whether Weezer got the idea from the A Millie-Say it Ain’t So mash-up put together by American sampling and mash-up artist Girl Talk. The mix of arguably the two most popular songs by both artists is actually a pretty good blend, but it wasn’t necessarily received as well by fans of either camp as it was by Girl Talk fans.
The same can be said of Mash-up artist Mole Star with their 10-song Weezer/Weezy album he cleverly named Weezyer. The horrible blend of the two names is comparable to the album itself; it just doesn’t sound right. While he does make a strong attempt at blending oil and water, the mix lacks the natural flow that a rock/hip-hop mash-up requires (See a few tracks from Jaydiohead, a Radiohead/Jay-Z mash-up album by Minty Fresh productions, or Jay-zeezer, or even emineezer – ok, I made that last one up)

What’s worse about the Weezyer album is that Weezer fans who visit the official Weezer website absolutely hated the mash-up. Among the comments are a “Fu** that sh**,” followed later by a, “Why bother?” But it’s too early to get cynical, especially in this musical age of samples, mixes and mash-ups – you can never predict which sounds will work together.

Thinking about a room full of Weezer fans joined by a group of Lil Wayne fans is almost cataclysmic: the two groups are bound to fundamentally different music and lifestyle philosophies. But in this era of musical innovation, this combination shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. Hardcore fans in each group will need to bite their lips and adapt to a changing music schema. If the song is a complete failure though, they’ll have plenty to bitch about for the next little while.