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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

2010/09/29 Memories Tour: CHICAGO!

...Folks, I'll let the press release speak for itself on this one!

LOS ANGELES, CA (September 29, 2010) - Following their announcement of four very special residencies in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and New York—during which they will play two classic albums in their entirety—Grammy® Award-winning band Weezer has now added Chicago to “The Memories Tour” Driven by State Farm®. The group’s two Chicago performances will be held at the Aragon Entertainment Center on… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on September 29, 2010 at 4:00pm — 33 Comments

2010/09/29 Webisode 19 | Pinkerton Deluxe | Memories Tour

We got a mixed bag of announcements and info today. And stay tuned for an important Memories Tour announcement later on today!

...Weezer Webisode 19: Rawhide Rodeo Roundup Redux is up now! This video was shot during the band's day to and at the Cali Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles on 7/29, accompanied by 'Hurley' cover star Jose Garcia. To watch, see below, or access through the "Videos" navbar dropdown menu, or go to our Youtube Page (link to the right in 'Social'… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on September 29, 2010 at 3:27am — 4 Comments

2010/09/27 ザ熊本キドズ　もうすぐ来ますよ！

ザ熊本キドズ　もうすぐ来ますよ！

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on September 27, 2010 at 5:30pm — 10 Comments

2010/09/25 Peoria, IL: Bradley University: The Unnamed New Arena

***Special Notice: Here's a sneak preview of the footage AXE will be posting of Weezer & friends at the 9/21 AXE One Night Only show.***

We rolled into Peoria around 6:30 AM after driving overnight from Columbus, and those who were sleeping on the bus either continued to, or woke up in order to go back to sleep in a hotel room. Then, depending on which sleep option was taken, we either woke up in the bus outside… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on September 25, 2010 at 2:00pm — 21 Comments

2010/09/24 Columbus, OH: Ohio State U.: South Oval

Well, here we are back in Columbus again! The OSU students decided they had no choice but to demand more weezer, so they set up this show to welcome the OSU folks back to school for the 2010-2011 year as part of their Welcome Week - re-dubbed "Weezer Week". Its a free show outdoors in the South Oval - though as I write this, the rain is pouring down out there! However, all reports say it should be cleared up soon, well before showtime tonight. Opening the show are two local… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on September 24, 2010 at 2:30pm — 12 Comments

2010/09/24 Memories Tour Announcement!

People, the Memories Tour info is coming together rapidly now, here is the latest. First of all the American Express pre-sale begins today at 1pm PT and runs through Monday 9/27 6pm PT. VIP packages available here.

Yes, I know, Them thar VIP packages are a pretty penny, but look at what they include! Weezer has never put together anything like this before. Also, know this: Evvery show will also have plenty of normally priced tickets… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on September 24, 2010 at 12:30pm — 60 Comments

2010/09/22 Memories Tour Dates Announcement!

Folks, here are the first official dates of the Memories Tour, in which each city on the tour gets 2 nights of shows: a complete Blue Album set + greatest hits set, and a complete Pinkerton set + Greatest Hits set! Ticket info coming tomorrow! More dates to be announced!

note the I Love All Access VIP Package Early On Sale: Fri Sept 24 at 1:00pm - links on Friday!

November 26 & 27

Los Angeles, CA

Gibson Amphitheatre

I Love All Access VIP Package Early On Sale:… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on September 22, 2010 at 3:00pm — 119 Comments

2010/09/21 Los Angeles: Dunes Inn: Axe Secret Show!

Folks, today is the day of the secret show. Soon the people who won tickets and such will be instructed where to go and when. Tonights show will have plenty of cool surprises in store, so many that its guaranteed to live up to the AXE "One Night Only" promise! Winners, I will see you there later today!

(later...)

Days like today are all about extremes. AXE came in and dressed up what is normally a pretty beaten down motel into a really nicely done glitzy party zone, with world… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on September 21, 2010 at 5:30am — 5 Comments

2010/09/18 Tempe AZ: Tempe Beach Park: X103.9 Fall Frenzy

....Folks, we're about to take a fast plane over to Phoenix to do the X103.9 Fall Frenzy show. Looks like its gonna be a fun day! More later - if youare going /went, comment here and/or start a thread on our message boards and/or blog on your weezer.com main page about it - tell your story!

(later...)

Well, the jet was indeed fast and small, and it got us over to Phoenix without any trouble. Nothing wrong with rolling in style, so long as the cost is covered! When we hit the… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on September 18, 2010 at 2:00pm — 10 Comments

New Location to Get Tickets to 9/21 Weezer AXE Music One Night Only Show

Weezer fans -
AXE announced another location to find tickets to our AXE Music One Night Only show in LA on 9/21. We have 1 more secret: KINKY, one of LA's hottest bands will be joining us on stage.
Follow AXE on Facebook: http://bit.ly/axefb917
and Twitter http://bit.ly/axet917 for more info.

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on September 17, 2010 at 4:22pm — No Comments

Buzznet Contest : Fly, See Weez in Atlanta

Another contest! Win a pair of VIP tickets, and a trip to Atlanta on October 30th to see WEEZER!

enter to win here: http://www.buzznet.com/cp/weezerflyawaysweeps/

good luck!…

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Added by karl koch [karlophone] on September 17, 2010 at 4:10pm — No Comments

2010/09/17 More, More, More. How Do You Like It?

...If you didn't see Weezer playing "Memories" on last night's Tonight Show, watch it here.

...New Annoying Orange episode, featuring Weezer as the cheeses (and Bonsai!). This is part of our YouTube Invasion, see the playlist and watch all the videos here.

...The new Kerrang mag has a weezer… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on September 17, 2010 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

2010/09/15 Burbank, CA: NBC Studio 11: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno

We arrived at the NBC Studios about 10:30 AM, and the band was soon on the stage area of the Tonight Show set, running through "Memories" many times as the sound techs and lighting techs got everything squared away. Then it was time for lunch at the fabulous NBC Commissary, where terrific treats and tiny tater tots were toted to our tables and tasted. After that it was time for "Camera Rehearsal", where the band went back to the stage and played the song more times while the… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on September 15, 2010 at 8:30pm — 5 Comments

2010/09/14 Hollywood Tower Rooftop Patio: 98.7 FM Breakfast With Weezer

The band and contest winners arrived around 8:30 AM at 98.7's HQ, high atop the Hollywood Tower on Franklin Ave in LA. The Hollywood Tower is one of the beautiful 20s-30's era "castle like" old school high rises scattered throughout Hollywood, and the 98.7 offices up top are super stylish and cool. Cooler still is the outdoor rooftop penthouse deck, where the "Breakfast With Weezer" on-air interview and Q+A with the fans took place, hosted by DJ's Darren and Kennedy, who of course goes way back… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on September 14, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments