Karl koch [karlophone]'s Blog – October 2010 Archive (10)

2010/10/30 Atlanta: Chastain Park Amphitheatre Live Nation

After a long overnight drive from New Orleans, we rolled into the ATL at about 7 AM. Some opted to scurry into the warmth and quiet of the hotel, others kept napping in their bus bunks, to wake up later already at the rather longish named Chastain Park Amphitheatre Live Nation. Soon we shall all reunite for the rock show. Opening up the show tonight is the raucous J. Roddy Walston and The Business!… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on October 30, 2010 at 3:00pm — 14 Comments

2010/10/29 New Orleans: Voodoo Experience Festival

The gang has reformulated in Louisiana in New Orleans' French Quarter and now we are rolling over to the VooDoo Experience Festival in style. There are a ton of cool bands playing this festival over the 3 days in the weekend, but were not sure how many were going to be able to see till we get there.

(later...)

The VooDoo Experience was quite an experience - perhaps inspired by the looming Halloween, or simply because of the wild energy of New Orleans, there were… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on October 29, 2010 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments

2010/10/27 Rehearsals, Video, Pre-Orders, clams, fortran

Today was weezer's 2nd day of rehearsals, getting sharp for this weekend's Voodoo fest in New Orleans and the Atlanta show at Chastain Park Amphitheater Live Nation (tix still available!) the next day. Also the guys are getting into the old songs, starting to get their Memories Tour setlists up to speed. That work will continue through… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on October 27, 2010 at 6:19pm — 6 Comments

2010/10/23 opening Acts Revealed; Vail show; more

...Check out this thread on our message boards, where Rivers reveals the opening acts for the LA, NYC, and Boston Memories Tour shows!

...We have just added a show in Vail, Colorado, at the Snow Daze Festival on Sunday Dec 12! (note: this is a regular weezer show) (...as if such a thing existed! "regular" ...pfft!)

...Pre-order "Death To False… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on October 22, 2010 at 10:07pm — 1 Comment

2010/10/19 Text To Win Tix to the 10/26 private show!

People, there will be a special private weezer show in L.A. on Oct 26th, and 4 tickets to it are now up for grabs! Go to our facebook page and click on the "Win Weezer Tickets" tab!

Official contest rules:… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on October 19, 2010 at 3:47pm — 2 Comments

2010/10/19 Exclusive new DTFM and pinkerton dlx preview songs

**UPDATE 2PM** Rivers has just now also shared the previously unreleased Pinkerton Deluxe track "Getting Up And Leaving", check out this thread on our forum to hear it!

...Folks, over on our message boards, Rivers has taken the liberty of sharing the track "Blowin' My Stack", from the upcoming release "Death To False Metal"! It's free and ripe for the digital plucking,… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on October 19, 2010 at 12:00am — 9 Comments

2010/10/14 Jackass 3-D! | Pinkerton: Deluxe + Death To False Metal!

Yesterday, weezer attended the mighty premiere of "Jackass 3-D" at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. followed by a raucous afterparty across the street at the poolside lounge of the Roosevelt Hotel. Mucho mas fun was had by all. In attendance were all the Jackass regulars and pretty much anyone who had anything to do with them, a menagerie of famous and infamous types including Spike Jonze, Tony Hawk, Handsome Jack, and Ron Jeremy(!?!).

Weezer was invited not… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on October 15, 2010 at 3:30am — 7 Comments

2010/10/12 Death To False Metal!

Hello people. "Death To False Metal", due out on November 2! Same release day as Pinkerton Deluxe Edition!

Pre-order Death To False Metal and Pinkerton Deluxe here: http://shop.weezer.com/

Death To False Metal is a special album of weezer songs that were prepared for albums in the past but never quite fit in. They have been gathered and rehabilitated into an album all their own now. Death To False Metal is sort of like… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on October 12, 2010 at 4:30am — 44 Comments

2010/10/05 NYC Memories Announcment! | Nupital Weez | Various

Folks, here's the highly anticipated New York City Memories Tour info!

NEW YORK CITY

Roseland Ballroom

December 17th & 18th, 2010

* I Love all Access VIP packages will be available for Amex cardmembers with special passcode from Friday 10/8 1pm local ET, until Monday 10/11 6pm ET.

* Regular ticket Amex pre-sale will run from Oct 9th 10am – Oct 15th

* Regular ticket Public on-sale starts… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on October 5, 2010 at 4:25am — 12 Comments

2010/10/01 Las Vegas: The Mirage: Rolling Stone Mag Rock Star Weekend

...Today the Weez folk are gathering in Las Vegas to play an unusual show at the Mirage casino/hotel, as part of the Rolling Stone Mag's Rock Star Weekend package. This show was announced in RS mag several weeks back (the one with Mad Men on the cover), in a special article that caught up with the band as they prepared to release "Hurley". Tonight's show is apparently a fairly exclusive poolside affair, rather intimate in size… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on October 1, 2010 at 12:30pm — 12 Comments