Weezer is the subject of an online campaign to stop the band from releasing another album. James Burns, a music lover from The Emerald City of Seattle, is organizing a viral fundraiser to bribe Weezer to retire for $10 million. He has $9,999,840 to go. Burns claims the “Buddy Holly” rockers have failed to live [...]
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Weezer Retirement Campaign — Music Fan Launches $10 Million Fundraiser To Disband Weezer
October 7th, 2010 |
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Weezer Invades YouTube
September 14th, 2010 |
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AUTOTUNE THE NEWS
For their Red Album in 2008, Weezer invited YouTube stars to be in their video for “Pork and Beans.” This ultimately
led to Weezer
winning a Grammy for “Best Shortform Music Video.” Two years later, the band has decided to turn the tables by
making themselves available to leading YouTubers for inclusion on their channels. Today, on the release date of
Weezer’s new album Hurley (Epitaph, Sept. 14), a de-facto Weezer-ization of YouTube is in
effect, as all the participating videos are being featured, in rotation, on the site’s homepage all day. Check out the
YouTube clip of “AutoTune The News” below.
Talent/channels that took Weezer up on their offer include:
AutoTune The News: http://www.youtube.com/schmoyoho
Cyr1216: http://www.youtube.com/cyr1216
DaveDays: http://www.youtube.com/davedays
Fred: http://www.youtube.com/fred
Hot For Words: http://www.youtube.com/hotforwords
MagicHugs: http://www.youtube.com/user/magichugs
Mystery Guitar Man: http://www.youtube.com/user/mysteryguitarman
Onision: http://www.youtube.com/onision
Ray William Johnson: http://www.youtube.com/user/RayWilliamJohnson
Real Annoying Orange: http://www.youtube.com/user/realannoyingorange
StSanders aka Kiss Shreds: http://www.youtube.com/StSanders
Tay Zonday: http://www.youtube.com/user/TayZonday
The Key of Awesome: http://www.youtube.com/barelypolitical
UsofAnderson: http://www.youtube.com/usofanderson
KeepTheHeat (Snuggie cameo) http://youtube.com/keeptheheat
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Weezer: Hurley Album Stream
September 8th, 2010 |
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PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM NOW; HURLEY OUT EVERYWHERE SEPTEMBER 14
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Weezer are now streaming
their forthcoming new album, Hurley, in its entirety online at www.myspace.com/weezer. The album is currently available for pre-
order at Epitaphstore.com, Amazon.com and iTunes.com and will be released everywhere on Sept. 14.
The latest addition to Weezer’s catalog features a much talked about and delightfully kind photo of actor Jorge
Garcia, who plays the character named Hurley on ABC’s hit show Lost. “We struggled super hard
trying to come up with an album title,’” Rivers Cuomo said recently. “I just loved this photo of Jorge Garcia
– it just had
this amazing vibe. We didn’t want to do a fourth self-titled record and we knew people would refer to it as ‘the
Hurley record’ even if we left it without that title, so we just called it ‘Hurley.’ No words are on the cover because all
we wanted was his amazing face.”
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Weezer Album Cover Features Hurley Of “Lost†Fame
August 9th, 2010 |
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Weezer is just as prolific at raising eyebrows on the blogosphere as it is at recording rock singles.Just look at the cover for their LP Hurley, dropping Sept. 14. The album cover is a close-up photo of Jorge Garcia– the actor who played on the now-defunct series Lost. Rivers Cuomo explained the choice to New [...]
Bumbershoot 2010 Lineup Dylan, Weezer, Decemberists
June 2nd, 2010 |
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ANOTHER CRAZY COOL MIX OF MUSIC IN SEATTLE
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Bumbershoot 2010 is set to take place September 4-6 at the Seattle Center in Seattle, WA. The multi-stage festival will be headlined by Bob Dylan, Mary J. Blige, Weezer, Hole, Rise Against, Neko Case, The Decemberists, J. Cole and one more special guest to be announced soon. In addition, there’s this donkey choking array of talent hitting the stage this year:
LMFAO / Billy Bragg / Ozomatli / Angelique Kidjo / Solomon Burke / The Dandy Warhols / Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros / Jenny and Johnny (featuring Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice) / Jamie Lidell / The Raveonettes / Balkan Beat Box / Motion City Soundtrack / The Thermals / Ra Ra Riot / The English Beat / Justin Townes Earle / Booker T. / Surfer Blood / The Bouncing Souls / Japandroids / Bob Schneider / Anvil / Bomba Estereo / Jay Electronica / Aterciopelados / Baroness / James Cotton “Superharp” Blues Band / David Bazan / Meat Puppets / Crash Kings / This Providence / Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express / The Moondoggies / The Whigs / Greg Laswell / Civil Twilight / Trampled By Turtles / The Clientele / Atlas Sound / Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames / The Budos Band / Bobby Bare Jr. / Horse Feathers / Vienna Teng Trio / HEALTH / Plants and Animals / Georgia Anne Muldrow & Declaime / Wheedle’s Groove / Hey Marseilles / Kings Go Forth / Sweet Water / Delorean / JEFF the Brotherhood / Chris Pureka / Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra / Garotas Suecas / The Maldives / The Constellations / Coryell, Auger, Sample Trio / Grynch / Visqueen / Victor Shade / Star Anna & The Laughing Dogs / Fresh Espresso / Pete Molinari / Sista Monica’s “Singin in the Spirit” / Lay Low / Unnatural Helpers / Idiot Pilot / The Round / Wild Orchid Children / The Cute Lepers / Feral Children / Fences / Caspar Babypants / The Tripwires / Fatal Lucciauno / Loch Lomond / The Physics / THEESatisfaction / School of Rock All Stars / See Me River / Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers / People Eating People / Eldridge Gravy & The Court Supreme / Brent Amaker & The Rodeo / Born Anchors / Slender Means / BOAT / McTuff Trio / Parlour Steps / The Redwood Plan / Helladope / Lisa Dank / Greta Matassa Quartet / The Lonely H / Matt Jorgensen Quintet / Becki Sue & Her Big Rockin’ Daddies! / Great Waves / Brian Vogan / Johnny Bregar with more to come, including comedy, performing arts, film, literary and visual arts.
Verge Music Festival Weezer, She & Him, AFI, Cold War
March 18th, 2010 |
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COLD WAR KIDS, WEEZER, AFI, ROGUE WAVE, EAGLES OF DEATH METAL
TOP BILL OF NEW MIDWEST FEST
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The inaugural Verge Music Festival will take place Friday, June 4 (5 p.m.-midnight), and Saturday, June 5 (2 p.m.-midnight), on the Summerfest Grounds in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The preliminary lineup is as follows:
Friday, June 4
Three Days Grace
Eagles of Death Metal
Crash Kings
She & Him
Nico Vega
Reni Lane
1956
Red Knife Lottery
The Championship
The Wildbirds
Saturday, June 5
Weezer
AFI
Cold War Kids
The Raveonettes
Rogue Wave
Jaill
Figureheads
Jeri X
Pezzettino
Invade Rome
Juniper Tar
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Tickets are limited. Purchase advance tickets now through June 3rd. Advance single day passes are $25. Advance two-day passes are $40. Every advance ticket purchased includes a FREE weekday Summerfest admission ticket. Admission at the gate is $35 per day. Buy now and with NO FEES here or through Ticketmaster starting Friday, March 12 at 10 a.m.
Weezer Tour Dates Cancelled As Rivers Cuomo Recovers From Bus Crash
December 7th, 2009 |
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Rockers Weezer have cancelled the rest of their December tour dates after the band’s frontman, Rivers Cuomo, nearly escaped death when his tourbus hit a patch of ice and skidded off the New York State Thurway early Sunday.
The singer suffered three cracked ribs after the vehicle crashed into a ravine on the way to [...]
Weezer Singer Rivers Cuomo Bus Accident
December 7th, 2009 |
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Weezer singer Rivers Cuomo has been hospitalized after suffering injuries in a bus accident in New York State on Sunday, CNN.com is reporting.
The bespectacled rocker was en route to a performance in Boston, Massachusetts, when his bus hit a patch of ice on the New York State Thruway and crashed. Rivers and a second injured [...]
Holiday Charity Album Feat Weezer, CCRevisited, Beach Boys
December 4th, 2009 |
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WEEZER, CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVISITED, YES, BEACH BOYS MEMBERS
AND MANY MORE TEAM UP FOR HOLIDAY CHARITY ALBUM
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This year a slew of artists lent tracks for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s charity fund-raising compilation CD Hope For The Holidays – Rockin’ Christmas for a Cure, with proceeds going to the JDRF. Hope For The Holidays includes previously unreleased material from Weezer, Collective Soul, The Beach Boys‘ Mike Love, David Coverdale of Whitesnake, and John Anderson of Yes.
To purchase Hope For The Holidays, and support the JDRF, go here.
Hope For the Holidays – Rockin’ Christmas For a Cure Track List
1. Closing of the Year – Various Artists featuring Mike Love and Christian Love, Fabrice Morvan and the Type 1 Children’s Choir
2. JDRF.org – Bryan Singer, David Coverdale, Stu Cook, Fabrice Morvan and Mike Love
3. O Come All Ye Faithful – Weezer
4. Blue Christmas – Collective Soul
5. Run Rudolph Run – Creedence Clearwater Revisited
6. Santa’s Goin’ To Kokomo – Mike Love of The Beach Boys
7. O Holy Night – Jon Anderson of Yes
8. ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas – David Coverdale of Whitesnake
9. First Noel – Eric Andersen and Kostia Efimov
10. Joy To the World – Axton
11. Wishing You a Very Merry Christmas – Joey Curatolo of Rain, The Beatles Experience
12. Mele Kalikimaka – Egress
13. Mr. Grinch – Haggis Rising featuring Bryan Singer
14. Let It Snow – Smooth Choppy
15. Silent Night – Kate Cotter and Grace Hutchinson
16. Wassailing Rose – Shanti Shanti
17. Peace and Love – Lawrence Davis featuring Mike and Christian Love
18. All That Christmas Means – David Newman
19. Bryan Singer – PSA
20. Mike Love – PSA
21. Fabrice Morvan – PSA
22. Stu Cook – PSA
23. Christmas Love – Randell Kirsch of The Beach Boys
24. Santa Don’t Come – Erika Carlson
25. Christmastime – The Cowsills with John Cowsill of The Beach Boys
26. Mary Did You Know – Gena Ruschmeyer
27. Carol of the Bells (Ukranian Bell Carol) – Kostia Efimov
Weezer Snuggie
November 3rd, 2009 |
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Get your Weezer Snuggie! Just in time for the holidays, alternative rock band Weezer has unveiled a slick Snuggie blanket, bearing the band’s trademark Weezer logo.
The Snuggie sale launched today at weezer.com.
The idea is to allow fans “to stay warm while keeping their hands free to rock out,” says the band. Each the special [...]