Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has shared he’s planning an “epic tour” to have fun the thirtieth anniversary of ‘The Blue Album’
‘The Blue Album’, which is the choice title of Weezer’s self-titled debut album, was launched on Could 10, 1994. The album spawned a string of hits corresponding to ‘Buddy Holly’, ‘Say It Ain’t So’ and ‘Undone – The Sweater Track’.
The band didn’t have fun the album’s twentieth anniversary however Cuomo informed Collider that he was eager to have fun its upcoming birthday.
“We’re going to give it its due respect and are available out with a very wonderful deluxe bundle with a bunch of further materials, and naturally, we’ve gotta do some sort of epic tour,” he mentioned.
Cuomo additionally teased a “very suspicious black area in our calendar” after their UK/Eire 2024 tour with Smashing Pumpkins, which ends in June. “I’d maintain your eye on that,” he joked.
The band are as a result of play at a number of arenas subsequent yr together with stops at London’s O2, Dublin’s 3Arena, Glasgow’s OVO Hydro and Cardiff Fort. See under for a full listing of dates and get any remaining tickets right here:
The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer will play:
JUNE 2024
Friday 7 – Birmingham Utilita Enviornment
Saturday 8 – London The O2
Monday 10 – Dublin 3Arena
Wednesday 12 – Glasgow OVO Hydro
Thursday 13 – Manchester Co-op Stay
Friday 14 – Cardiff Fort
NME spoke to Rivers Cuomo final yr on constructing his new Discord group for his followers, saying that his followers could predate the platform, however see to have shared the identical musical values over time: “Our musical tastes are very constant even from the ’90s, actually,” Cuomo mentioned.
“All of us nonetheless like tremendous emotional songs with nice melodies which are catchy and but considerably progressive and difficult and sophisticated musically. We like large guitars and peculiar lyrics. It’s nonetheless true.”
In different Weezer information, the band have made a cameo in Netflix’s new Christmas present, Household Swap, the place they play a storage rock band referred to as Dad or Alive.
