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Karl's Corner - 03/12/2001

Outloud Tour Day 21: Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS
...today's show was in an odd little mini-arena, with balconies and everything, but it still felt like a high school gym somehow. Pretty cool place to have a show. All the bands commented on how wild and crazy the crowd was, and appreciated the great responses. The Get Up Kids played to their hometown crowd, who were extra stoked to see their boys again. Ozma has really started to get their chops down tight, after several good weeks on the road, and audiences seem to be picking up on it.
...also today there were some more interviews with the Japanese press before showtime. Apparently these were freelance writers who weren't affiliated with any particular mag. odd...
...Tonight's video clip: Either go to the "wfo" page or just click here to check it out!
 
 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2001
Karl's Corner - 03/12/2002

"...Weezer é do caralho!..." ---(what a Portugese speaking fan told me to put on the site!)
...March 2002 Europe Tour Show #2: Oporto Coliseum; Oporto, Portugal. I wish I could have seen a bit more of Oporto, but it was raining cats and dogs most of the day! What i did see was very impressive. Another Coliseum today, big and again not as full as we like weezer shows to get. But again, this is "uncharted territory", and the fans that did make it down were great, loud and supportive. Lets do it again sometime, Portugal! 
For lots more pictures from both Portugal shows (and a fine fansite to boot), be sure to visit weezerportugal! (Thanks Marco!)
...more Maladroit Action!
*DC101 Washington, D.C.: 'dope nose' debuted at # 1!
*99.1 whfs in Baltimore/Washington: 'Dope Nose' is #1 on the Nine at Nine! also: played "Slave"!
*105.7 Salt Lake City: playing 'dope nose'.
*92.1 and 101.3 KFMA in Tucson, AZ have both played Dope Nose.
*Y100 Philly: Dope Nose again #2 on y100's top 7 at 8.
*89X in detroit playing both "keep fishin" and "dope nose"
*88.7 Cleveland: has been playing Keep Fishin'.
*WXRK 92.3 FM New York - Dope Nose is listed on their playlist this week at number 36.
*CKDU 97.5 FM Halifax, Nova Scotia: all Maladroit tracks are going to be played late Wednesday night onto thursday morning.
*91.9 Manhattan, KS: now playing Dope Nose!
*KXRQ X96 in Salt Lake City UT: now playing Dope Nose!
*93.7 (93X) KXXR Minneapolis: playing "Dope Nose"!
*COOL 98.5 Montreal: playing "Dope Nose"!
*Q1043, 104.3 FM NYC: This coming Sunday night (3/17) at 10 PM, sometime during the "Out Of The Box" program, 4 songs from Maladroit will be featured. Webcast here. 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2002
Karl's Corner - 03/13/2001

Outloud Tour Day 22: Day Off, Denver, CO
...today we are chilling out in Denver. Everyone went shopping and stuff. In light of the lack of news today, I can pass along a pretty cool announcement....
NEW ALBUM RELEASE DATE: MAY 15
FIRST SINGLE: HASH PIPE
...hopefully you will start hearing the single on the radio in early to mid April...and that's all we know for now!
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2001
Karl's Corner - 03/13/2002

...March 2002 Europe Tour Show #3: Palacio Vistalegre; Madrid, Spain
Todays show was the first of 3 here in Spain with Lombardi, Dover, and The Cranberries, sort of an indoor festival series. The Palacio Vistalegre is actually an indoor bullfighting ring, which would seem like an odd place for the rock...but it did the job. Kinda boomy acoustics of course, but the glow in the dark headband wearing crowd of 12,000 werent minding one bit! The weez was feeling the crowd's love for both old songs and new, and particularly for "Island" which apparently has been part of a big advertising campaign over here. Not sure who Lombardi are, but we learned that the Spanish group Dover are (understandably) huge over here! And of course the Cranberries are nothing to sneeze at either. 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2002
Karl's Corner - 03/13/2004

...this disc needs a laser!...
...look out for articles and reviews on the dvd + blue album deluxe, in Spin, Rolling Stone, etc... hitting late March/early April...
...also later this month, look out for an Mtv2 half hour DVD special showing exclusive DVD footage ... (air date unknown yet)
a wee reminder - the 2x7" Petra Haden benefit EP featuring an exclusive live track from weezer plus exclusive tracks from 3 other bands is not sold out, and can still be ordered from vegasrecords.com and interpunk.com.
3/15 - more stuff:
...Its that time again, on many radio stations around the country - Modern Rock Madness, a listener voted 64 band head to head matchup, where one band is crowned the winner, NCAA college basketball style. Possibly the biggest battle is on Y100 WPLY-FM in Philadelphia, where weezer has won 2 of the last 3 annual competitions, thanks to the heavy voting of local and nationwide weezer fans! 2 Years ago Green Day took the crown, but last year weezer took it back! With your help they can go for a repeat... See Y100.com for schedule and voting details, the brackets will soon be posted...
...Wisconsin Weezer cover band Weerez had a weezer tribute night on 2/28, and reports are that weezer fans packed the place, sang along and had a blast. They are playing again on 3/26 at The House of Rock in Eau Claire, WI...
...jigga wha?
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2004
Karl's Corner - 03/13/2005

...another euro tour date confirmed (US tour info pending)
06/15/05 - London, UK - Brixton Academy (additional show added) - on sale 3/15
...No big news yet. Looks like the Beverly Hills video is finished and ready to go. Some Los Angeles area fans have reported hearing short preview clips of "Beverly Hills" on KROQ-FM. The new album "Make Believe" is still in the mixing process, and still on track for a May release. The website is under construction, though you aren't seeing any changes yet. Tours are being planned. Plans are being discussed. Discussions are being planned. Etc!
...oh, and maybe take this li'l survey if ya got time...
...Knoxville fans, in case ya didn't know: During the 7-10 PM segment on The University of Tennessee's WUTK 90.3, there is an 8:30 "rock block" of Weezer featuring rare and live tracks. The rest of the world can stream it live here every Sunday from 7-10 PM.
...even more weezer tribute band action:
Sicky Gnar Gnars
4/15/05 at the Nautical Bean in San Luis Obispo, CA, 8:00pm. Free!
Untitled Blue + Pinkerton tribute band
Thursday, April 28th, 2005 at The Syndicate, University of North Texas Union Bldg, 1st floor, at 9:30pm - One Dollar!
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2005
Karl's Corner - 03/14/2001

Outloud Tour Day 23: Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO
...tonight's show was at the Fillmore, which until recently was the decrepit Mammoth Events Center. Apparently the same company that runs the San Francisco Fillmore took over, because its a whole lot nicer now, and even has the same decor and chandeliers as the famous S.F. one. All in all a great place to hold the rock show, and a pretty great rock show was held!
...While various upcoming shows and tours have been announced, and some have even gone on sale (for example the July 4 U.K. show) , I am going to wait on officially announcing stuff till after this tour is over, when I can get the full and complete story from the bands management. As I understand it, a lot of things are on the verge of being finalized, but until they are "for sure" I'm going to hold off, except for confirming the April 29th Coachella festival show, which I know is for sure. Thanks for your patience.
...by the way, thanks to everyone who has been responding to the poll . If you havent filled it out yet, take a minute to do it before the end of the tour (the 19th) Thanks!!!
...Tonight's video clip: Either go to the "wfo" page or just click here to check it out!
 
 
 
 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2001
Karl's Corner - 03/14/2011

...thats right folks, another addition to the 2011 Weezer concert calendar - this time its the Schaeffer Eye Center Crawfish Boil, in Birmingham Alabama! The show takes place on April 29, with Cee-Lo Green, Sublime With Rome, Drivin N Cryin and DJ Logic. This is an outdoor festival type show in the parking lot at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex. The tickets go on sale this Friday March 18th! More info on the Crawfish Boil website. 
...Update to the previously announced announcement for Irelands Oxegen Festival: Weezer's slot is Friday July 8th.
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2011
Karl's Corner - 03/15/2001

Outloud Tour Day 24: Day Off (travel day), Denver, CO to L.A., CA
...its really amazing how fast a tour gets you across the country. Just last week we were in Albany, fretting over the snowstorms, and it seems like suddenly I'm on a bus somewhere in the desert of Arizona, bound for L.A. Apparently a pass on Interstate 15 was closed due to blizzard conditions, so we were forced to add 300 miles to an already 1000 mile drive and take the southerly route on Interstate 40. On the upside, this gave me plenty of time to organize my stuff. (...Wheee!) 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2001
Karl's Corner - 03/15/2002

...March 2002 Europe Tour Show #4: Palau Saint Jordi; Barcelona, Spain
#2 of 3 festival style shows here in Spain with Lombardi, Dover, and The Cranberries. The Palau Saint Jordi is the BIG arena here that was built for the 1992 Olympics, and it was just utterly packed with more glow in the dark headband wearing fans today. It was a rare day for weezer today, as during soundcheck the guys actually learned a cover song, playing it through about 5 times until it really started coming together nicely. Also today, the guys did an interview and photo shoot for U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine.
...happy birthday to Mrs. G!...
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2002
Karl's Corner - 03/15/2010 (a)

...Folks, we got another summer show confirmed, Weezer will be playing at the Verge Music Festival in Milwaukee, on June 5th! Here's the link to get tickets.
We are currently putting together sweet hot runs of shows throughout late spring and well into the summer. As the shows are confirmed we will announce them here and add them to the official tour calendar. Many (but not all) of the shows we are currently working on are part of North American summer festivals. Stay tuned.
...This coming April 17th is National Record Store Day, where the remaining 'real' record shops in the country are given special exclusive releases from all kinds of artists and labels, in both cd and vinyl. For the 2010 Record Store Day, Weezer will be offering a special limited edition CD that will contain 5 exclusive live tracks from recent performances, and will be limited to a few thousand copies, available only at your friendly neighborhood (and sadly endangered) "brick and mortar" record shops. the Special Record Store Day CD will include:
I'm Your Daddy (Featuring Kenny G)
(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To (Featuring Sara Bareilles)
Why Bother (Live in Tribeca at the PC Richard and Son Theater)
Brain Stew
Buddy Holly (Acoustic at the Hard Rock in New York City)
...Check out all the cool 'Love is the Answer' remixes and vote for you fave here with the Indaba Voterator!
...If you havent watched this interview, you need to see it, it's pretty amazing!
...Legendary photographer O has a bunch of killer exclusive weezer pix and videos on his website "What O Saw", not to mention neat stuff of many other bands. If you havent seen his site ever or in a while, do yourself a favor and check it out.
..."In The Garage" gets a nod at CNN, here.
...REMINDER: Weezer has donated a new version of the classic Pinkerton track “Butterfly” featuring harpist Allison Allport to support Music for Relief’s Haiti relief efforts. Now it is your turn to DOWNLOAD and DONATE. The direct iTunes link is here, or visit http://musicforrelief.org to Listen, Download, and Donate.
...REMINDER: New Weezer Track "The Rat Race" avail via donation to TargetCancer! Previously unreleased Weezer song "the Rat Race" (and many other great songs by other artists including Ween and The Donnas) available at www.righttracktunes.org for a minimum .99 cent donation each! Donations go to help fund research and treatment of rare forms of cancer.
...today's Gordon Lightfoot autograph courtesy Spencer.
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2010
Karl's Corner - 03/15/2010 (b)

...Another show confirmation is in, and the tix are onsale tomorrow (Saturday) morning at 10 AM! Weezer is coming to the Borgata Event Center in Atlantic City on Saturday, May 1st! Tickets go onsale tomorrow, Saturday at 10am. Ticket link here.
...Pat Wilson has created his own special ringtone to stand out in a crowd. Now Weezer fans can enjoy the "Waa Waa" ringtone on their phones as well by texting Weez1 to 26000 - cost is $2.99 + standard messaging rates. Here's a link to listen to this very special tone.
Details you should know: Ringtones are $2.99 and wallpapers are $1.99. Charges will appear on wireless bill or be deducted from prepaid minutes. Msg & Data rates may apply. Offer available for AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon Wireless subscribers with compatible phones. Must be at least 18 years old or have parent¹s permission to participate. All purchases must be authorized by the account holder. Opt-out: Text STOP to 26000 to cancel anytime. Help: Text HELP to 26000 or call 866.272.9292 To view our Privacy Policy visit: http://iz.9squared.com/PrivacyPages/Privacy1.aspx.
$2.99 per tone | Not a Subscription | Opt Out: text STOP to 26000
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2010
Karl's Corner - 03/16/2001

Outloud Tour Day 24: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
...The Hollywood Palladium has a long history of seriously rocking shows, dating back to the 70's punk scene when bands like Black Flag would inspire crowd riots and all sorts of craziness went down. It seems the Palladium's owners have never forgotten those times, and employ a virtual army of security guards, as well as patting down everyone who walks in, and vigorously enforcing strict no smoking, no chewing gum, no stickers rules. Despite the rather totalitarian scene, the L.A. kids prove time and again that they come to rock! I witnessed some serious moshing and crowd surfing going on, and nary a frown in the audience!
...this was a nice homecoming gig for both Ozma and Weezer, and there were friends, girlfriends and family in abundance, so most band members were tied up with family functions after the show. I had the pleasure of hanging out with a bunch of good friends, including some "long lost" ones. All in all a fun night, and a solid rock show.
...Tonight's video clip: Either go to the "wfo" page or just click here to check it out!
 
 
 
 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2001
Karl's Corner - 03/17/2001

...The Bill Graham Civic is BIG. Wow is it big. Nearly 9,000 fans piled in and created a fantastic atmosphere of fun and rock. This was the same amazing reaction the band witnessed last summer at the SF Warped tour gig. San Franciscans just have their own brand of freaking out, and it's fun to watch! One funny thing was the many huge glow in the dark beach ball things which were being bounced around over the crowd all night. One of these finally made it up on stage right next to Brian, and promptly just exploded right when he noticed it! Brian looked temporarily frightened but was soon laughing along with everyone.
...on a side note, many of you have been asking about the Napster thing, as in who caused the weezer songs to be de-listed. I did some asking around and discovered that Weezer happened to be one of the first bands named by the R.I.A.A. in their major request to Napster to block songs. The band was unaware of this happening until fans started to ask about it. We have no idea if the weezer tracks will be allowed back on Napster or not at this point.
...Tonight's video clip: Either go to the "wfo" page or just click here to check it out!
 
 
 
 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2001
Karl's Corner - 03/17/2002

...today was primarily spent on the highways. Starting last night, we drove all the way from San Sebastian, Spain to Manchester, England, a 22 hour drive total. The Chunnel rocks it out, although Scott didnt like the idea of being in a bus thats inside a train, 100 meters under the English Channel. So we blasted Humble Pie and watched 'Kentucky Fried Movie' and went stir crazy! In the end we got to Manchester in one piece, and happily re-entered the nice immobile world of sit-down meals, hot showers and dental hygene.
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2002
Karl's Corner - 03/18/2001

Outloud Tour Day 26: LAST DAY: RIMAC Hall, San Diego, CA
...The Outloud Tour is over! Man, it went by fast. It seems like there was barely any time to just hang out and get to know everyone on the tour, and now its over. I also must say that even though it would be hard to call the tour anything but a success, there were still bugs in the system that I for one would not wish on anyone else's tour, and certainly don't want to happen on any future weezer tour. Many folks have written in noting that they never got the special ticket nor even the promised consolation prize, and others have reported horror stories of being mugged for their tickets by greedy scalpers or having had their hard won auction prize of band access evaporate in mysterious cases of corporate bad planning. This tour was a lot of fun and I think everyone agrees that the low ticket prices were fantastic. But for these kind of things to run smoothly in the future (whatever band is participating) these incidents of fans being mistreated just have to stop!
...today weezer was photographed and interviewed for the very big German music mag "Visions", and I finally got everyone in the same room long enough to get your much requested "3 band photo". Enjoy, it's below.
...Tonight's video clip: Either go to the "wfo" page or just click here to check it out!
 
 
 
 
 
 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2001
Karl's Corner - 03/18/2004

coming next Monday, 3/22: The Weezer - MTV2 Half Hour DVD Special
This will consist of a special selection of rare and previously unseen stuff, all taken from the DVD.
Premiers on MTV2 Monday, Mar 22 at 9:30pm (staggered so its on at 9:30PM everywhere)
coming next Monday 3/22: LIVE Weezer chat on MSNlive - with weezer drummer Patrick Wilson and yours truly (Karl).
The chat page is up now, and the live chat will start at 7pm ET/4pm PT, Monday, March 22.
coming next Tuesday 3/23: release of The Blue Album: Deluxe Edition and "Video Capture Device", the Weezer DVD!
These will be available wherever cds and music dvds are sold! 
...above center: the VCD banner! New episodes each week, 2 more to come! Thanks for putting it up on your sites!
To add this player to your website, just copy and paste the following HTML code into your website's HTML:
<script src="http://data.gffn.com/team/weezer/banner.asp"></script>
...also, see this page on mtv.com for 2 more exclusive =w= DVD preview clips!
international readers take note:
The DVD release date in the UK is April 19
The DVD release date in rest of world is April 12
The Blue Album Deluxe release date *everywhere* is 3/23 (or the week of).
confirmed countries that are releasing their own domestic issues of the DVD are:
UK, New Zealand, Sweden, Germany, and France. We havent heard confirmation from Australia, Japan, or other countries. Some countries will end up just ordering imports from the USA.
...early praise:
"Music DVDs are so lame these days with no thought put into them whatsoever, they always just seem like a way to cash in on an artist, but the WEEZER DVD has a sense of purpose to it, it tells a story, and shows the history of such a great band. Thanks for the treasures...it's a wonderful piece!" --Miles "the intern" from Live105 radio, San Francisco.
...April SPIN mag (with Kurt Cobain on the cover) has a small DVD article with comments from yours truly, and a lead review on the Blue Deluxe edition CD.
...The next Rolling Stone mag (not the Ben Affleck one, but the one coming up next) should have reviews of both the DVD and Blue Deluxe.
...The new Entertainment Weekly magazine (Chris Rock cover) (subscription copies only!) has an article on the recent reconciliation and collaboration between Rivers and ex-weez bass player Matt Sharp.
...up in Seattle, this weekend is looking good! "107.7 The End is doing a Weezer Weekend complete with tons of tracks from the re-issued Blue CD as well as many of the associated b-sides, demos, garage recordings and more that were released around that time. Plus we'll be randomly giving away copies of the Blue CD and DVD re-issue on-air before it hits stores on Tuesday."
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2004
Karl's Corner - 03/18/2024

Posted on Weezer's official Facebook page as part of Karl's Corner on March 18, 2024.
On March 19, 1992 at Raji’s on Hollywood Blvd, weezer played our first show, “opening” for a another new band called Dogstar - Keanu Reeves’ band. It was also Dogstar’s first show! We say “opening” because we begged Raji’s for a slot - any slot - at any time, and got offered this, the “closing” spot, after Dogstar’s set. Dying to get on stage, we took the slot! Of course it was packed for Dogstar, because Keanu’s star was already burning bright in 1992 and people were naturally curious. For weezer...? Not so much. All but about 15-20 of our friends ghosted as soon as Dogstar left the room, so only a few got to watch the nearly amorphous still-forming weez, including Rivers, eyes perpetually closed, falling off the stage mid-guitar solo more than once!
Nearly 30 years to the date later, weezer has now had the pleasure of playing with Dogstar again, this time at the Lodge Room in Highland Park. Of course, just like last time, weezer played last - but this time, more people stuck around to check it out! A lucky few hundred peeps got a taste of our Voyage To The Blue Planet Tour, coming this fall. Thank you so much @dogstarband! Its SO cool you and we are both still rocking, and got to rock together!
📸 Thanks to weezer Fan Club members Yvonne (wfc 6494), Bill G. (wfc 2474), Sam R. (wfc 7910), Daisy R (wfc 5495), Christal G (wfc 5376), Briana c.(wfc 6141), @cvackerman (wfc 5876), mywhitenoise, Ian H., and Shelley N. for the photos seen here! #karlscorner #weezerfanclub #WFC #VTTBP #Dogstar
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2024
Karl's Corner - 03/19/2001

...Today I went home, in a semi-delerious post-tour state of just about no sleep. The next few weeks are technically "time off" for everyone, but there's a bunch of behind the scenes work going on, in preparation of the upcoming album, single and video, as well as preparation and planning for the next few tours. As announced earlier, the first of these tours kicks off in Japan next month, and the fun will be just getting started at that point! I should be finding out a lot of details as the days progress, and I will post whatever I learn during this 'break' as it becomes available...which should hopefully be everyday...
...psychic...powerless...unfortunately it ended up being a full flight, no room to sleep!
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2001
Karl's Corner - 03/19/2002

...March 2002 Europe Tour Show #6: The Apollo; Manchester, England
...wild rock explosions! After the truncated Spanish shows, it was time for a return to the full size weez at the Manchester Apollo. This is the first of 5 shows with Remy Zero, but unfortunately Remy Zero's singer was suffering from laryngitis, so they were forced to do a drastically shortened set. Then the weez busted out with a fresh setlist and met an extremely stoked crowd. Earlier during the day phone interviews and photography were done for Pulse Magazine.
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2002