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The Memories Tour was a concert tour by Weezer wherein the band played their first two records - Weezer (The Blue Album) and Pinkerton in their entirety. Initially scheduled from November 2010 to January 2011, the tour has been intermittently "revived," with Blue- or Pinkerton-only shows performed as late as September 2015. The tour was named for the lead single from 2010's Hurley.
Most Memories Tour venues were booked for two consecutive nights, with the first being devoted to Blue and the second to Pinkerton. The band opened each show with a setlist of hits and b-sides. The inclusion of "You Gave Your Love To Me Softly," "Susanne," and "Jamie" - all b-sides from the band's 90's output - was notable, as those songs have been performed infrequently by the band both before and after the tour. Karl Koch would host an intermission between this first set and the album-specific set, sharing images and stories from the band's early history.
Soundboard recordings from multiple Memories Tour dates were released as official bootlegs dates.
full article | edit | previous featured articlesFeatured song: "Thank God for Girls"
"Thank God for Girls" is the lead single and third track from The White Album. The song was released as a single on October 26, 2015, before the existence of the White Album had yet been announced.
Rivers Cuomo first tweeted the words "Thank God for girls" on January 6, 2010, and was the original title for Cuomo's song "Fun in the Sun" by Scott & Rivers."Thank God for Girls" was co-written by songwriter/producer Alex Goose. Cuomo wrote the songs lyrics and melody around an instrumental demo recorded by Goose. Goose also received an additional production credit on the final song, as the organ from his demo was used for the final version.
The existence of "Thank God for Girls" first became known to fans when the title appeared on the 'Future Releases' section on allaccess.com with a release date of October 27. An e-mail newsletter was sent to Weezer Fan Club members on September 27, wherein Karl Koch confirmed that while new music was indeed being worked on, the aforementioned release date "was totally a guess by that site." Weezer debuted "Thank God for Girls" live in concert on October 20 at iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank, CA. The first music video, wherein actor Galen Howard messily consumes a stack of cannolis, was released on October 25, with the single itself releasing on October 26.
full article | edit | previous featured songsOn this day... October 22
- 1969 -
Spike Jonze, a director of several Weezer music videos, is born. - 1994 - Weezer opens for Live at the Numbers in Houston, TX as part of the .
- 1996 - Weezer performs at the Liquidroom in Tokyo, Japan as part of the Pinkerton Tour.
- 2001 - The CD and 7" singles of "Island in the Sun" are released in the UK. The song "My Best Friends Are Gone" was renamed "Brightening Day" for this release.
- 2005 - Weezer performs at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, CA on the Foozer tour in support of Make Believe.
- 2009 - Weezer records 5 songs for Sessions@AOL with several celebrity guest performers.
- 2010 - The music video for (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To is released on YouTube. It was directed by Marc Webb.
- 2017 - Weezer performs at Maida Vale Studios in London, United Kingdom for Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter on BBC Radio 1. Songs performed are "Buddy Holly", "Happy Hour", "Island in the Sun" and "Feels Like Summer".
- 2022 - Weezer performs at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA for Audacy's We Can Survive event.
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Featured quote: Rivers Cuomo interviewed on metal, alternative music, and songwriting; July 1994.
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Grainfuf, the Flairg and Sir Galahad, characters from the Southern Fried Swing song "Sir Galahad"
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Pat Wilson, Mikey Welsh, and Karl Koch interviewed for the Swedish TV channel ZTV, June 16, 2001
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