Watch Weezer cowl Gap and play set of uncommon songs in California forward of ‘Blue Album’ tour
Weezer performed a set of rarities at a one-off present in Santa Ana, California final week, in addition to a canopy of Gap’s ‘Movie star Pores and skin’. Take a look at footage under.
The present got here forward of their upcoming ‘Voyage To The Blue Planet’ North American tour, which takes place in September and October, and celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of their self-titled 1994 debut album, generally often called ‘The Blue Album’.
The band will play the report in full on the exhibits and have additionally promised rarities and “very particular visitors”. They are going to be supported by The Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr. Discover any remaining tickets here.
A few of these rarities appeared to get an early airing on the present on the Constellation Room in Santa Ana on April 29, the place they performed six songs from their again catalogue for the primary time in entrance of an viewers.
‘Sheila Can Do It’ from 2021’s ‘Van Weezer’, ‘Every thing Occurs For a Motive’, ‘Right here Comes the Rain’, ‘Hen With a Damaged Wing’ and ‘Mirror Picture’ from 2021’s ‘OK Human’, and ‘Any Buddy of Diane’s’ from 2017’s ‘Pacific Daydream’ all graced a Weezer setlist for the primary time.
Additionally they performed Gap’s 1998 basic ‘Movie star Pores and skin’ as an encore. Take a look at footage under:
A lot of the remainder of the set comprised songs the band haven’t performed for a number of years, together with ‘Cleopatra’ for the primary time since 2016, ‘The Angel and The One’ for the primary time since 2013 and ‘Eulogy For a Rock Band’ for the primary time since 2015.
The ‘Voyage to the Blue Planet’ tour dates are:
SEPTEMBER
4 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Vitality Heart
6 – Rosemont, IL – Allstate Area
7 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Area
8 – Toronto, ON, Canada – Scotiabank Area
10 – Boston, MA – TD Backyard
11 – New York, NY – Madison Sq. Backyard
13 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Heart
14 – Washington, DC – The Anthem*
17 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Area
18 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Area
20 – Orlando, FL – Kia Heart
21 – Hollywood, FL – Laborious Rock Stay at Seminole Laborious Rock Resort & On line casino Hollywood*
27 – Austin, TX – Moody Heart
28 – Houston, TX – Toyota Heart
29 – Dallas, TX – American Airways Heart
OCTOBER
1 – Loveland, CO – Blue FCU Area
4 – Seattle, WA – Local weather Pledge Area
5 – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Rogers Area
6 – Portland, OR – Moda Heart
8 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Heart
9 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Heart
11 – Inglewood, CA- Intuit Dome
Weezer are additionally set to affix The Smashing Pumpkins on tour this 12 months in June – take a look at dates under and get your tickets here.
The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer’s 2024 UK and Eire tour:
JUNE
Friday 7 – Birmingham Utilita Area
Saturday 8 – London The O2
Monday 10 – Dublin 3Arena
Wednesday 12 – Glasgow OVO Hydro
Thursday 13 – Manchester Co-op Stay
Friday 14 – Cardiff Fortress
In one other warm-up present in March at Los Angeles’ Lodge Room, Weezer had been joined by Dominic Fike for a efficiency of the basic hit ‘Say It Ain’t So’. Keanu Reeves’ band Dogstar had been the opening act.
NME spoke to Rivers Cuomo final 12 months about constructing his new Discord group for his followers, saying that whereas his followers might predate the platform, they appear to have shared the identical musical values over time: “Our musical tastes are very constant even from the ’90s, actually,” Cuomo mentioned.
“All of us nonetheless like tremendous emotional songs with nice melodies which are catchy and but considerably progressive and difficult and complicated musically. We like massive guitars and bizarre lyrics. It’s nonetheless true.”