Overview
- Weezer played a five-song acoustic set on the roof of Hinano Cafe in Venice Beach on Friday, performing staples like Undone – The Sweater Song, Buddy Holly, Island in the Sun and Say It Ain’t So, with Bethany Cosentino joining for Go Away.
- The rooftop show is part of the band’s Los Angeles “Initiation Week,” which started with a Weezer trivia night at Barney’s Beanery and now leads into a fan pickleball tournament with the band.
- The Gathering tour covers 32 dates across the United States and Canada and begins September 8 in Sacramento with support from The Shins and Silversun Pickups.
- Ticket presales are set to open soon, and a new single titled Shine Again introduces the next album cycle on Reprise/Warner Records.
- Weezer will also release 1192 for Record Store Day, a limited vinyl drawn from early 1992 sessions with 3,000 copies planned.