Weezer Taking it Back to the Road this Summer

Posted by RiffYou On May 28, 2015 0 Comment

When Weezer released Everything Will be Alright in the End in 2014, many hailed it as a return to form for a band that’s frequent shifts in direction has been overly scrutinized for years.

Regardless, it’s a killer album and Weezer will take it back on the road this summer for a series of gigs across North America. The 16-date tour is rather spread out, but will see the band primarily take part in festivals.

In December, the band partook in a Facebook fan Q&A in which frontman Rivers Cuomo was asked which Weezer song is his favourite.

“It has to be ‘The Futurescope Trilogy,’ from Everything Will be Alright in the End…if I can sneak that in as a single song,” responded Cuomo. “It’s seven and a half minutes of pure guitar-gasm.

“We’ve been playing the whole album from beginning to end on this recent tour, and I have never felt as high as I do at the end of the set as when we’re playing ‘The Futurescope Trilogy,’” he continued. “I know there’s not a lot of singing, but so much emotion comes out of me through the guitar, and I feel like I’ve completely left my body and I’m out of my mind. That is like the feeling I aspire to in music and maybe the feeling that all art aspires to.”

Tour Dates:

06-06 Thackerville, OK – Winstar World Casino
06-07 Houston, TX – Free Press Summer Festival
06-13 Burlington, Ontario – Burlington’s Sound of Music Festival
06-26 Grand Junction, CO – Loudwire Music Festival
06-27 El Paso, TX – KLAQ Street Fest
07-08 Chicago, IL – Taste of Chicago
07-10 Minneapolis, MN – Basilica Block Party
07-11 Des Moines, IA – 80/35 Festival
07-19 Portland, OR – Project Pabst
07-22 Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena (APMA’s)
07-23 Cincinnati, OH – The Shoe at Horseshoe Casino
07-31 Portland, ME – The Maine State Pier
08-02 Bridgeport, CT – Gathering of the Vibes
09-25 Las Vegas, NV – Life is Beautiful Festival
09-26 Franklin, TN – Pilgrimage Music Festival
09-27 Franklin, TN – Pilgrimage Music Festival