Weezer didn’t let a latest headline-making incident cease them from delivering a stellar efficiency on the Coachella competition on Saturday (April twelfth). The Los Angeles band, who have been a last-minute addition to the fest, performed a 12-song set of fan favorites and a canopy of a Metallica basic.
It was just a few days in the past when bassist Scott Shriner’s spouse, Jillian Lauren, was shot by police and subsequently arrested for tried homicide in a weird case that concerned a manhunt for 3 people concerned in a excessive pace chase that ended up with one of many suspects on the couple’s property.
Regardless of the high-profile incident, Shriner and Weezer cast forward with their Coachella look on the Mojave stage, and followers have been handled to a set that spotlighted the band’s multiplatinum self-titled debut, also called “The Blue Album.” The truth is, Weezer performed 5 songs from the 1994 LP, together with the set-opener “My Identify Is Jonas,” together with “Undone – The Sweater Music,” “Surf Wax America,” “Say It Ain’t So,” and the set-closer, “Buddy Holly.”
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The band had a bit of enjoyable through the dialogue intro of “Undone – The Sweater Music,” with guitarist Brian Bell making all of it about Coachella, together with point out of an after-party in Inexperienced Day’s dressing room. In addition they switched up the lyrics to “Beverly Hills,” shouting, “Residing in Coachella, California.”
It’s no secret that frontman Rivers Cuomo was a metalhead rising up, and he confirmed his love for Metallica when Weezer lined “Enter Sandman” 10 songs into the set, eliciting a large sing-along from the gang. Cuomo performed a blistering solo through the Metallica cowl, even working in a bit of style of “Buddy Holly.”
Weezer will play a handful of US festivals in Could, adopted by a couple of extra within the fall (with tickets obtainable right here). They’ll additionally hit the UK and Europe for various festivals and headlining exhibits starting in June.
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Setlist:
My Identify Is Jonas
Hash Pipe
Pork and Beans
Undone – The Sweater Music
Island within the Solar
The Good Life
Good State of affairs
Surf Wax America
Beverly Hills
Enter Sandman (Metallica cowl with “Buddy Holly” tease)
Say It Ain’t So
Buddy Holly
