Weezer?

[FuzzyDunlop]

Setlist for anyone interested...

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/weezer/2016/manchester-academy-manchester-england-7bf0520c.html

[home to you]

Would love Weezer to play! Their Reading set a few years back was ace 

Edited April 3, 2016 by TomViolence

[Boss84]

I randomly looked at their tour dates last week to see if there was a slot free, live in hope I guess. Would love to see them again.

Edited April 4, 2016 by Boss84

[jparx]

Weezer are one of my favourite bands of all time but I'm still royally fucked off with how they handled this tour. They have continually shafted the UK fans when there is clearly huge demand for them over here. 

That being said, Weezer to headline Other stage 2017!

[The60ftOctopus]

2 minutes ago, jparx said:

Weezer are one of my favourite bands of all time but I'm still royally fucked off with how they handled this tour. They have continually shafted the UK fans when there is clearly huge demand for them over here. 

That being said, Weezer to headline Other stage 2017!

Every single time. They just end up playing one date in Manchester and one in London. It's ridiculous.

That all being said, I think they deserve to be headliner status one day.

[dentalplan]

8 minutes ago, jparx said:

Weezer are one of my favourite bands of all time but I'm still royally fucked off with how they handled this tour. They have continually shafted the UK fans when there is clearly huge demand for them over here. 

That being said, Weezer to headline Other stage 2017!

Well I mean, they're doing three European shows and two are in the UK, and there are some big countries they haven't played even a festival in for ten to twenty years, so we're actually the fortunate ones.

Edited April 4, 2016 by dentalplan

[Hugh Jass]

Most likely explanation is that they're booked for festival shows by their management but Rivers doesn't know the exact details so he's rattled off the ones he knows.

[DTichborne]

Loved it last night. He did say that, but I got the drift... earlier he acknowledged that they don't play in the UK enough, and at the end he was basically just saying "see you at all the things". 

So yeah, I'd love it if they return but it won't be this year. 

[maarrkk]

do you think they'll end up at reading/leeds then? see they are playing japan the week before so definitely still touring around those dates

i have tickets for weezer at brixton but might sell them on and get day tickets if they are playing one of the days at reading. wish it was properly confirmed before tomorrow so i could make up my mind!

[FloorFiller]

4 minutes ago, maarrkk said:

do you think they'll end up at reading/leeds then? see they are playing japan the week before so definitely still touring around those dates

i have tickets for weezer at brixton but might sell them on and get day tickets if they are playing one of the days at reading. wish it was properly confirmed before tomorrow so i could make up my mind!

tbh there really doesn't seem to be much room for them on the R/L lineup, and i don't see why they would've been held back for the second announcement. i think his 'see you at Reading, Leeds, Glastonbury' comment was meaning more 'in the next few years' as an acknowledgement that they'll make an effort to do more UK stuff rather than be there this year

[maarrkk]

yep i might go with that reasoning and just bin the reading idea - especially since each day is pretty weak overall anyway and i already have brixton tickets!

i guess i was thinking they might have been held back to add on to a day that isn't selling so well but yeah no guarantees and maybe rivers just thought it would get some online buzz for their album this week and said it even if they aren't booked this year

[thewayiam]

19 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

tbh there really doesn't seem to be much room for them on the R/L lineup, and i don't see why they would've been held back for the second announcement. i think his 'see you at Reading, Leeds, Glastonbury' comment was meaning more 'in the next few years' as an acknowledgement that they'll make an effort to do more UK stuff rather than be there this year

Below Biffy and FOB wouod fit just fine :).

[yaniv297]

Their touring is a mess, but at least they're making decent music again... new album is probably the first good one since Pinkerton. That's about 20 years of awful music from them, after making 2 masterpieces. Wonder what went wrong.

[mrtuzz7]

Off to see them tomorrow at Brixton. Saw them last time at Brixton in 2010 and played a blue/pinkerton heavy set. They would be a great party band at Glastonbury but doubt they will get booked.

1. Pinkerton

2. Blue

3. White

4. Red

5. Everything Will Be Ok In The End

6.  Green

7. Hurley

8 . Raditude

9. Make Believe 

[DTichborne]

22 hours ago, mrtuzz7 said:

Off to see them tomorrow at Brixton. Saw them last time at Brixton in 2010 and played a blue/pinkerton heavy set. They would be a great party band at Glastonbury but doubt they will get booked.

1. Pinkerton

2. Blue

3. White

4. Red

5. Everything Will Be Ok In The End

6.  Green

7. Hurley

8 . Raditude

9. Make Believe 

Blue/Pinkerton/White/Everything/Green/Hurley/Red/Make Believe/Raditude (for me). It's really only the last of those that I can hardly listen to.

[captainmuscles]

On 04/04/2016 at 1:23 PM, yaniv297 said:

Their touring is a mess, but at least they're making decent music again... new album is probably the first good one since Pinkerton. That's about 20 years of awful music from them, after making 2 masterpieces. Wonder what went wrong.

 Consistency is their only problem. Some of Weezer's best songs come from albums that aren't Blue or Pinkerton, those albums just aren't great from start to finish like the first two.

Imagine an album with Hash Pipe / Island In The Sun / Dope Nose / Keep Fishin' / Beverly Hills / Greatest Man That Ever Lived / Pork & Beans / Angel & The One / If You're Wondering If I Want You To / Memories / Back To The Shack. It would blow The Blue Album out of the water.

[thewayiam]

11 minutes ago, captainmuscles said:

 Consistency is their only problem. Some of Weezer's best songs come from albums that aren't Blue or Pinkerton, those albums just aren't great from start to finish like the first two.

Imagine an album with Hash Pipe / Island In The Sun / Dope Nose / Keep Fishin' / Beverly Hills / Greatest Man That Ever Lived / Pork & Beans / Angel & The One / If You're Wondering If I Want You To / Memories / Back To The Shack. It would blow The Blue Album out of the water.

I would blow most albums out of the water to be honest. Love Island In The Sun.

[yaniv297]

Some of these are good tunes but there are only a few that actually stand with Blue & Pinkerton tunes. Actually, some of the b-sides from that early era are amazing, as good as the album tracks. 'Devotion' would have been perfect on Pinkerton, it's an amazing song. I also really like 'Tragic Girl'.

[jonodillieono]

An album with Beverly Hills on would not be better than Pinkerton

[captainmuscles]

7 minutes ago, jonodillieono said:

An album with Beverly Hills on would not be better than Pinkerton

I said better than Blue, not Pinkerton. And Beverly Hills is fun live.

[Dr Green Thumb]

On 3 April 2016 at 11:47 PM, MattDavies__ said:

There's probably a village fete, flower show, vegetable competition. I dunno. 

 

On 3 April 2016 at 11:24 PM, MattDavies__ said:

Did he specify music festivals? 

There's another music festival near in glastonbury called godney gathering. But I doubt very much weezer would play there.

[brettredmayne]

Said it again tonight according to twitter

[FloorFiller]

apparently Rivers seemed to have said a similar 'see you at Glastonbury' thing at their London show tonight

[FloorFiller]

Just now, brettredmayne said:

Said it again tonight according to twitter

beat me to it!

[brettredmayne]

1 minute ago, FloorFiller said:

beat me to it!

He is obviously just on a wind up, just seems strange to keep doing it