Christmas with Weezer is an EP of WeezerChristmas carol covers and also an application for the iPhone and iPod touch created by Tapulous, the makers of Tap Tap Revenge. The Tapulous application is a game similar to Rock Band or Guitar Hero, and features Weezer covering six Christmas carols. The songs are described in the press release as "funky but authentic." Two bonus tracks are available in the game ("Pork and Beans" and "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)") along with unspecified extra Weezer tracks, likely to be downloaded from an in-game system.
The idea to record songs for the iPhone application Tap Tap Revenge came from Weezer drummer Pat Wilson, an iPhone owner himself. The recordings are unique for Weezer because all of the guitars and drums are performed by Wilson. It is assumed that Weezer's bassist, Scott Shriner, played bass. A photo posted in November 2008 on weezer.com of Wilson and Shriner at Starbucks when the recordings would have been made seems to confirm this. Later, frontman Rivers Cuomo recorded lead vocals separately. After the application was released, additional enhancements were made to the songs and they were re-released online as a digital EP. The new versions were remixed and now contained vocal harmonies from guitarist Brian Bell, altered lead vocals from Cuomo (removing some of the extensive vocal doubling) and added tambourine on "Silent Night".
"We Are All on Drugs" is the sixth track and second single from Make Believe. First pressings of Make Believe contained an incorrect mix of this song, featuring different lyrics in the pre-solo bridge section. Upon discovering the mistake, the band had the correct version place on later pressings of the album, and released it as a single. There is also a censored version entitled "We Are All In Love", which is mainly used for airings of the video on stations that object to the drug reference. This censored version has also turned up on a promo cd in very limited numbers.
In a May 9, 2005 interview with Y100, Weezer lead singer Rivers Cuomo talked about the song: "Don't take it literally...I'm singing more about the fact [of] how addicted we all are to stimulating ourselves, and over-stimulating ourselves with music, or whatever it is in our lives. [It's] not necessarily about drugs."
When the song was serviced to radio, the band was not free to immediately film a video. In order to get a quick video made to promote the song, a hastenly-edited video was constructed using footage from a 1985 video for the song "Fear No Evil" by heavy metal band Grim Reaper. Eventually, a proper video - employing heavy use of green-screen effects - was shot and distributed.
Today, Weezer released Represent, as an unofficial theme for the US Soccer team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The single is currently available for download on iTunes at no charge for the next seven days. The link to download this song can be found here
Weezer to return to Europe
After an absence of 5 years, Weezer will return to Europe this summer to play at the Leeds and Reading Festival. As of now it is unknown if further European tour dates will be added.
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UPDATE: Weezer has announced a whole bunch of new tour dates, which can be viewed by going to our Upcoming Events page. Those dates are also viewable a few inches below what you're reading right now! Scroll down!
Weezer announced today that they plan to commemorate "National Record Store Day" by releasing a limited edition CD of live recordings from recent performances. The planned track list is:
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Upcoming events
On June 12 , Weezer will be headlining the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tennessee. See the line up here and ticket prices here.
On July 11, Weezer will play a show in Canandaigua, NY, at CMAC. Tickets, which are not on sale yet, can be found here.
On July 15, Weezer will be playing in Mashantucket, CT at Foxwoods. Tickets, which are not on sale yet, can be found here.
On July 22, Weezer will be playing in St. John’s, NL, Canada, at Mile One Centre. Tickets, which are not on sale yet, can be found here or here. Both sites are in French.
On August 1, Weezer will be headlining the Osheaga festival in Montreal, Quebec. See ticket information here.
Weezer will play in San Diego, CA at the Del Mar Raceway on August 21. See here for info.
Weezer will perform in Europe for the first time since 2005 at the Leeds (August 28) and Reading Festival (August 29) in the United Kingdom. Tickets for both Festivals can be purchased here.
On September 1, Weezer will play in Allentown, PA. Tickets will go on sale June 5.
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