Foozer
Foozer is the name given to the 2005 tour that featured Weezer and the Foo Fighters. During the tour, fans were invited on stage to play during Undone - The Sweater Song. This tour saw the band first begin to trade vocals on songs. At one show, a fan invited on stage started singing Blast Off! into the microphone.
On the last stop of the tour in Oakland, California, the Foo Fighters played several pranks on Weezer during their set. During Rivers' solo acoustic performance of "Island in the Sun", a heavy-set exotic dancer emerged from the crowd behind him, and gyrated throughout the song. During Weezer's "Undone (The Sweater Song)", where Rivers usually asks a member of the audience to come play acoustic guitar on stage, Dave Grohl instead appeared on stage and performed with Weezer with an acoustic guitar that he smashed at the end of the song. Also, during the set closer of "Buddy Holly", a half dozen men in security uniforms took the stage behind the band. They quickly started dancing and removing their clothes, revealing themselves to be male exotic dancers, each with a letter spelling out "Weezer" painted on their chest. During the Foo Fighters subsequent set, Dave Grohl took credit for the pranks, and expressed hope that Weezer would retaliate in kind.
It's also of interest that some time into the tour, Weezer began covering the Foo Fighters' "Big Me".
Tour dates
- 09/08/2005
Duluth, Georgia - Gwinnett Arena - 09/10/2005 Sunrise, Florida - Office Depot Center
- 09/11/2005 Tampa, Florida - St. Pete Times Forum
- 09/13/2005 Spring, Texas - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
- 09/14/2005 Austin, Texas - Frank Erwin Center
- 09/15/2005 Dallas, Texas - Smirnoff Music Center
- 09/27/2005 San Diego, California - Cox Arena
- 09/28/2005 Phoenix, Arizona - US Airways Center
- 09/30/2005 Denver, Colorado - Pepsi Center
- 10/02/2005 St. Paul, Minnesota - Xcel Energy Center
- 10/03/2005 Rosemont, Illinois - Allstate Arena
- 10/04/2005 Champaign, Illinois - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 10/06/2005 Grand Rapids, Michigan - Van Andel Arena
- 10/07/2005 Detroit, Michigan - Joe Louis Arena
- 10/08/2005 Cleveland, Ohio - Wolstein Center
- 10/10/2005 Fairfax, Virginia - Patriot Center
- 10/11/2005 Bridgeport, Connecticut - Arena at Harbor Yard
- 10/13/2005 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Wachovia Center
- 10/14/2005 East Rutherford, New Jersey - Continental Airlines Arena
- 10/15/2005 Worcester, Massachusetts - DCU Center
- 10/22/2005 Long Beach, California - Long Beach Arena
- 10/23/2005 Long Beach, California - Long Beach Arena
- 10/25/2005 Portland, Oregon - Memorial Coliseum
- 10/26/2005 Seattle, Washington - KeyArena
- 10/28/2005 Oakland, California - Oakland Arena
