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2011/03/08 Weezer playing Oxegen Festival, Ireland! | and Las Vegas 8/5!

...another exciting addition to the growing 2011 weezer calendar - as just announced on the official Oxegen site, weezer will be playing the Oxegen Festival this summer at the Punchestown Racecourse in Ireland! Tickets are on sale now via the Oxegen site.

...late breaking confirmation of another weezer show: Weezer is playing The Red Rock Casino's Sandbar in Las Vegas on August 5th! Tickets go on sale 3/12. More info on…

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Added by karl koch [karlophone] on March 8, 2011 at 5:00pm — 8 Comments

2011/03/07 4 More shows - Philly | Austin(x2) | Montreal

...here's some more additions to our 2011 concert calendar - Weezer is confirmed for the following dates!

Philadelphia, PA - May 20th - Penn's landing - Amex presale 3/9-3/10 - Public on sale Friday March 11

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Austin, TX - June 6th - Stubb's Waller Creek Outdoor Amphitheater - On sale Friday March 11 …

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Added by karl koch [karlophone] on March 7, 2011 at 4:30am — 17 Comments

2011/03/01 Weezer playing B.O.M.B.fest!

...here's another addition to our 2011 concert calendar -Weezer is confirmed on the lineup of this years "B.O.M.B.fest" in Danbury Connecticut, which is happening on May 28! Ticket info is on the B.O.M.B.Fest site.

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on March 1, 2011 at 4:14pm — 6 Comments

2011/02/28 Weezer Playing Canada Day Festival, July 1, Toronto!

Folks, here's another weezer concert announcement for our growing 2011 show schedule. Weezer will be a part of the Canada Day festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 1st alongside the Tragically Hip, Broken Social Scene, Hey Rosetta! and Buck 65. This concert will take place at Downsview Park, and the tickets go on sale Saturday, March 5th at 10 a.m. at all Ticketmaster outlets,… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on February 28, 2011 at 7:45am — 11 Comments

2011/02/25 Weezer Playing at Edgefest in Dallas!

Hello people - another show has been added to the slowly growing weezer concert schedule for 2011 - the Dallas Edgefest on April 30th, which is taking place at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, TX! Tickets go on sale on march 4th - more info on the 102.1 The Edge website here.

...also, we are finally able to confirm the date that Weezer is playing Scotland's T In The Park Festival - we will be onstage Sunday July 10.

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on February 25, 2011 at 4:04pm — 7 Comments

2011/02/22 New Video: Live "I Just threw Out the Love of My Dreams"

Folks, heres a special taste of the recent Memories Tour shows, the encore from the Las Vegas show in January, wherein Rachel Haden, the original lead singer on Pinkerton B-Side "I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams" came out and sang it with weezer for the first time since 1995!

Webisode #46: I Just Threw Out The Love Of My… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on February 22, 2011 at 12:45pm — 15 Comments

2011/02/22 Weezer Playing at T In The Park!

Another announcemant for the growing 2011 weezer concert calendar - Weezer will be playing at the T In The Park Festival, this coming July in The UK! The tickets go on sale Friday 25th February at 9 AM from www.tinthepark.com.

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on February 22, 2011 at 12:35pm — 7 Comments

2011/02/15 Weezer at Houston's Free Press Summer Fest in June!

Thats right, folks - another show has been added to the growing 2011 weezer concert line-up. Weezer will be playing at Houston's Free Press Summer Fest 2011, which takes place the weekend of June 4-5. (They will be releasing the schedule in April). Tickets will be available at www.pegstar.net. Its been a good while since weezer was down in Texas, and we're excited to get back… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on February 15, 2011 at 1:00pm — 7 Comments

2011/02/09 'Like a Good Neighbor' New Recording and Video! | NOW free mp3!

*** UPDATE ***

Hey folks – thanks to your interest and requests, there is now a FREE mp3 available of Weezer’s new cover of Barry Manilow’s “Like A Good Neighbor”, on the State Farm Nation facebook page. Check it out!

When we were setting up The Memories Tour, the good people at State Farm asked the band, “Would you sing our jingle for us?” Weezer then asked if the jingle was from a whole song, and if…

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Added by karl koch [karlophone] on February 9, 2011 at 10:00am — 32 Comments

2011/02/04 Show announcement: Atlantic City, NJ: Borgata May 27th!

Another show in a slowly gathering list of 2011 shows, folks: Weezer at the Borgata in Atlantic City on May 27th! This show goes on sale with an American Express presale next Wed - Thurs (2/9, 2/10) starting at 10 AM PST Wednesday. The regular onsale starts on Friday, 2/11.

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on February 4, 2011 at 3:00pm — 45 Comments

2011/01/31 Show announcement: Sonisphere Festival, UK! | Pinkerton Diaries

This coming July, Weezer will be playing the Sonisphere Festival which takes place between July 8-10 at Knebworth Park. The Sonisphere Festival is known for its hard rock and metal, so weezer will be playing with the likes of Biffy Clyro, Metallica and Slipknot, Airbourne,Architects and Diamond Head! Fortunately, the metal doth flow mightily in weezer's veins. Weezer plays on Saturday July 9th.

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Added by karl koch [karlophone] on January 31, 2011 at 5:30pm — 15 Comments

2011/01/26 Weezer Wishes! [Updated with the Videos]

State Farm helped us make the the Memories Tour possible. Both Weezer and State Farm wanted it to be more than just a sponsorship thing - we wanted to make something unique happen, to use State Farm's help to give something back to Weezer fans. And thus was born the "Grantin’ Wishes with Weezer" contest. Fans sent in wishes that only Weezer could grant, and 4 of those wishes were chosen, and then granted at the show in Chicago. Tim and Scott from Magic Hugs were on hand to help film and…

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Added by Weezer on January 26, 2011 at 4:30pm — 10 Comments

2011/01/25 Weezer on Guitar Center Sessions

...Coming February 12th, Watch weezer's performance at the Hollywood Guitar Center (shot in November) on a new episode of Guitar Center Sessions! This episode premieres Saturday, February 12th on DIRECTV in 3D and 2D hi-def (channels 101 and n|3D). There is also a new interview with Rivers in the mix. More info available on the Guitar Center blog and the… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on January 25, 2011 at 8:36pm — 1 Comment

2011/01/21 Las Vegas, NV: Hard Rock Hotel: The Joint: Memories Combo Show

Today is the day people. The Hard Rock lobby is pumping the Aerosmith, the Carlos Santana and Ramones displays are polished up, the one armed bandits are parting the gamblers from their gold nuggets, and into this dusty western town rolls Weezer. The stage coach doors open and the antique weapons of rock n roll are drawn at high noon. Well, not high noon actually, more like 9:15 pm, after the opening set by…

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Added by karl koch [karlophone] on January 21, 2011 at 1:00pm — 35 Comments

2011/01/17 Monday Evening Geekbeatradio "Sawng" Roundtable

Folks, tonight - Monday night - tune into the geekbeatradio online radio show at 11pm EST! They will be having many of Rivers's "lets write a sawng" project contributors guesting on the show via Skype. They will discuss the whole process and how each of them was involved with general discussion about the whole experience. So far Taylor2d2, Pgrizzlie, Danthawelch, PKgannon, Capn'Crunchitize, BleedOrange, Cameron Maris and the… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on January 16, 2011 at 10:22pm — 4 Comments

2011/01/08 Chicago: Aragon Ballroom: Memories Tour - Pinkerton

Wow, night 1 was pretty darn spectacular, and the Aragon was utterly packed to the gills with ravenous weez army members. The School Of Rock kids did a great job with their intermission mini-set of weezer covers, and we're expecting another such set tonight, with different songs. The Limousines rocked hard and warmed us up (literally!) as the interior Aragon temperature climbed from near freezing in places to hotter than hell. Tonight should be more,… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on January 8, 2011 at 2:00pm — 28 Comments

2011/01/07 Chicago: Aragon Ballroom: Memories Tour - Blue Album

We hope everyone has had a terrific holiday season and a happy new year so far. Team Weezer has reassembled for the Chicago shows, and today is the first one here at the Aragon. Chicago is bitterly cold right now, not even cracking 15 degrees, and so far its not much warmer inside the Aragon! But thats what happens when you tour in January. The rock will warm us.

Lots going on…

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Added by karl koch [karlophone] on January 7, 2011 at 2:00pm — 11 Comments

2010/12/26 Vote Weezer in the Google Demo Slam!

...VOTE WEEZ! DEFEAT CHEESE! We're in Google's fun new demo slam competition, here. Vote for weezer if you think we beat that caroling kid to our left!

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on December 26, 2010 at 10:39pm — 6 Comments

2010/12/25 Happy Holidays! | Webisode #45: Weezer Fans Are The Best Fans

...Todays (final) December Daily Weezer Webisode is now up! Weezer Webisode #45 "Weezer Fans Are The Best Fans". We hope you have enjoyed this unprecidented run of 25 daily weezer webisodes! Look for more webisodes in the new year. For now, let's have some peace on Earth and goodwill to our fellow humans, not to mention some… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on December 25, 2010 at 9:58am — 5 Comments

2010/12/24 Webisode #44: Unlike A G6

...Todays December Daily Weezer Webisode is now up! Weezer Webisode #44 "Unlike A G6". Enjoy! And remember, we're adding a new webisode to yfrog every day from now till xmas! They are all automatically gathered on our yfrog Bloggie player page here.

...here's a… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on December 24, 2010 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment