Weezer played a series of rarities at a one-off concert in Santa Ana, California last week, as well as a cover of Hole’s “Celebrity Skin.” Check out the images below.
The show comes ahead of their upcoming North American tour ‘Voyage To The Blue Planet’, which takes place in September and October, and celebrates the 30th anniversary of their 1994 self-titled debut album, commonly known as ‘The Blue Album’.
The band will play the record in full at the shows and have also promised rarities and “very special guests”. They will be supported by The Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr. Find remaining tickets here.
Some of these rarities appeared to be released in advance during the show at the Constellation Room in Santa Ana on April 29, where they played six songs from their back catalog in front of an audience for the first time.
“Sheila Can Do It” from 2021’s “Van Weezer,” “Everything Happens For a Reason,” “Here Comes the Rain,” “Bird With a Broken Wing” and “Mirror Image” from 2021’s “OK Human” and “ Any Friend of Diane’s ‘Pacific Daydream’ from 2017 were all featured on a Weezer setlist for the first time.
They also played Hole’s 1998 classic “Celebrity Skin” as an encore. Check out the images below:
Much of the rest of the set included songs the band hadn’t played in several years, including “Cleopatra” for the first time since 2016, “The Angel and The One” for the first time since 2013 and ” Eulogy For a Rock Band. for the first time since 2015.
The dates of the “Journey to the Blue Planet” tour are:
SEPTEMBER
4 – Saint Paul, Minnesota – Xcel Energy Center
6 – Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena
7 – Columbus, Ohio – Nationwide Arena
8 – Toronto, ON, Canada – Scotiabank Arena
10 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
11 – New York, New York – Madison Square Garden
13 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Wells Fargo Center
14 – Washington, DC – The Anthem*
17 – Nashville, Tennessee – Bridgestone Arena
18 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena
20 – Orlando, Florida – Kia Center
21 – Hollywood, Florida – Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood*
27 – Austin, Texas – Moody Center
28 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
29 – Dallas, Texas – American Airlines Center
OCTOBER
1 – Loveland, Colorado – Blue FCU Arena
4 – Seattle, Washington – Climate Pledge Arena
5 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Rogers Arena
6 – Portland, Oregon – Moda Center
8 – Sacramento, California – Golden 1 Center
9 – San Francisco, California – Chase Center
11 – Inglewood, California – Intuit Dome
Weezer is also set to join the Smashing Pumpkins on tour this year in June – check out the dates below and buy your tickets here.
Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer 2024 UK & Ireland Tour:
JUNE
Friday 7 – Birmingham Utilita Arena
Saturday 8 – London The O2
Monday 10 – Dublin 3Arena
Wednesday 12 – Glasgow OVO Hydro
Thursday 13th – Manchester Co-op Live
Friday the 14th – Cardiff Castle
At another warm-up show in March at the Lodge Room in Los Angeles, Weezer was joined by Dominic Fike for a rendition of the classic hit “Say It Ain’t So.” Keanu Reeves’ band Dogstar was the opening act.
ZikNation spoke to Rivers Cuomo last year about creating his new Discord community for his fans, saying that while his fans may predate the platform, they seem to have shared the same musical values over time: ” Our music tastes are very consistent, even going back to the ’90s, really,” Cuomo said.
“We all always love very emotional songs with great, catchy and yet somewhat progressive, challenging and musically complex melodies. We like big guitars and weird lyrics. It’s still true.
