List of hootenannies
In promotion of The Red Album and prior to the Troublemaker Tour, Weezer held a short hootenanny tour, where fans would bring their own instruments and play along with the band.
Hootenanny Tour dates
Our manager said, "All right, Weezer, it's time to do another run of these radio-station promo events where you gotta play for the radio winners." It just felt like more fun to do Hootenanny, where the radio winners actually bring instruments, and we all jam together. I don't find that there is less responsibility on me, because now I have this army of 300 crazed musicians who I have to corral and help make music with. It's actually a lot of responsibility, but it's fun stuff. I think if I wasn't a musician, I would be a high-school band director or orchestra director. I like working with large groups of musicians and bringing out the dynamics and accomplishing something as a team.
- —Rivers Cuomo, January 2009, in an interview with the A.V. Club
- —Rivers Cuomo, January 2009, in an interview with the A.V. Club
- 2008 Hootenanny Tour redirects here.
Setlist for promotional hootenannies: "Pork and Beans", "Island in the Sun", "Creep (Radiohead)", "Say It Ain't So", "El Scorcho" and "Beverly Hills"
- 05/24/2008
Los Angeles, CA (MTV shoot) - 06/17/2008 Phoenix, AZ
- 06/19/2008 Portland, OR
- 06/20/2008 San Francisco, CA
- 06/21/2008 Seattle, WA
- 06/23/2008 Los Angeles, CA (Yahoo! shoot)
- 08/21/2008 Los Angeles, CA (Troublemaker video shoot)
Arena hootenannies
Fans were also invited on stage during Weezer's Troublemaker Tour to perform two songs during the band's first encore.
Setlist for arena encore hootenannies: "Island in the Sun", "Beverly Hills"
- 09/13/2008
Osaka, Japan - Intex Hall - 09/15/2008 Tokyo, Japan - Yoyogi Arena
- 09/23/2008 Boston, MA - Tsongas Arena
- 09/24/2008 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
- 09/26/2008 Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Casino
- 09/27/2008 Philadelphia, PA - Susquehanna Center
- 09/29/2008 Detroit, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills
- 09/30/2008
Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Center - 10/02/2008 Chicago, IL - All State Arena
- 10/03/2008 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Arena
- 10/05/2008 Denver, CO - Broomfield
- 10/07/2008 Salt Lake City, UT - E Center
- 10/09/2008 Portland OR - Memorial Coliseum
- 10/10/2008 Vancouver, British Columbia - GM Place
- 10/11/2008 Seattle, WA - Key Arena
- 10/13/2008 San Jose, CA - Events Center
- 10/14/2008 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum
- 10/17/2008 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena
- 10/18/2008 Phoenix, AZ - Arizona State Fair
- 10/20/2008 Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
- 10/21/2008 Dallas, TX - Nokia Theater
- 10/23/2008 Houston, TX - Reliant Arena
- 10/25/2008 Atlanta, GA - Gwinnett Arena
Rivers Cuomo solo Alone II hootenanny
Rivers Cuomo hosted a solo hootenanny in promotion of Alone II, where performers suggested songs for the setlist. Roughly 150 were in attendance.
- 11/25/2008 Long Beach, CA - Fingerprints