Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

RARE PHOTOS: Rivers cuomo | Vintage Vibes

Weezer promise 'happy medium' of Blue Album and Pinkerton for 'violent' new LP

Weezer are going back to their roots for the Gold Album.

BANG Premier

"Let’s not be grunge. Let’s be more like the Beach Boys. But loud." How Weezer's Rivers Cuomo wrote the perfect power-pop song but almost shelved it

Producer Ric Ocasek convinced the Weezer frontman to include the song Buddy Holly on the band's debut album

Louder

“I just love them and they inspire me to be weirder and more myself”: Olivia Rodrigo names her current favourite band and says that their divisive 1996 record is “the only album I listen to these days”

“I was so lucky to get to perform with them at Lollapalooza last year,” she adds

MusicRadar

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

“Who’s gonna tell Rivers it’s not private?”: Weezer frontman uploads a whole heap of acoustic covers onto YouTube

But did he mean to do it?

MusicRadar

If you always wanted to hear Weezer's Rivers Cuomo covering anthems by Dolly Parton, Radiohead, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Metallica, the internet gods are smiling upon you

Check out Rivers Cuomo's 'randum cuverz'

Louder

“His creative contributions were immense”: Greg Brown, co-founder and guitarist of Cake and songwriter of the hit The Distance, dies at 56

Brown also collaborated with Weezer's Rivers Cuomo and Matt Rivers on two separate projects

Guitar World

"Everyone was talking about the effect that YouTube has had on their life. They were all really fascinated with each other." How a song born out of frustration helped Weezer create a GRAMMY-winning portrait of a pivotal moment in Internet history

Louder

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

“I remember my first concert, and that incredible band is actually here tonight to play a few songs”: Olivia Rodrigo’s first-ever gig was Weezer – now she’s played with them at Lollapalooza

The guitar-wielding pop queen invited the ’90s rock icons on stage for a sterling two-song spot as she continues to champion her alt-rock influences

Guitar World

Glastonbury - Saturday review: a day of political controversy (and some music)

4/5 A day in which Charli xcx and Doechii attracted the crowds, it was controversial moments by Kneecap and Bob Vylan that made the headlines

Evening Standard

"Rivers Cuomo even looks like he might smile at one point. Truly a momentous occasion." Weezer smash out the hits for a flawless debut at Download Festival

Weezer roll back the years and roll out the bangers at Donington

Louder

Despite what you might have heard, Jack Black is not in the Weezer film but here’s everything else we know about it

Rivers Cuomo might have seemed to confirm the School Of Rock star’s involvement but a Weezer spokesperson has nipped that rumour in the bud

Louder

“Nope, it’s real”: Jack Black and Keanu Reeves both confirmed for upcoming Weezer movie

Rivers Cuomo announces it at their Coachella appearance

MusicRadar

Weezer’s first show was opening for Keanu Reeves’ band Dogstar. Now the John Wick star is set to play a villain in the Buddy Holly hitmakers’ forthcoming mockumentary

The Matrix actor and whimsical alt-rock band have a storied history together, and now it's set for a blockbuster retelling

Guitar World

Weezer are making a movie

Weezer confirmed at Coachella that they are making a movie.

BANG Premier

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Euronews

Feast your eyes on the best of Coachella 2025 – Weekend 1 in pictures

From Travis Scott to Post Malone via Lady Gaga, The Go-Go's, Green Day and Sen. Bernie Sanders introducing Clairo, the first weekend of Coachella 2025 has impressed. Here are some of the highlights:

Guitar World

“He’d lay down 17 tracks and edit them down to one. I was like, ‘Just give me a guitar – I could do it in one take. Come on!’” Devo’s Josh Hager on the most frustrating album sessions of his life – and his wild custom Fender model

The Hendrix devotee recalls buying back his first guitar which was immediately stolen, adjusting his guitar’s action to prevent him playing solos, and filling the late Bob Casale’s shoes by using just one sound, but using it well

Louder

“I think he did it to take the p*** out of it and it blew up in his face": Toto guitarist Steve Lukather isn't so keen on Weezer's cover of their hit Africa

Toto guitarist Steve Lukather shares what he thinks of Weezer's take on their 1982 classic Africa, says that he tried to reach out to Rivers Cuomo but "it just got weird"

BANG Premier

Toto guitarist insists things 'got weird' with Weezer after Africa over

Toto guitarist Steve Lukather has claimed the band have a "weird" relationship with Weezer after Rivers Cuomo's reaction to their 'Africa' cover becoming a hit.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

MusicRadar

“We got into the early Cars thing and began to notice a musical similarity between us and them": The story of Weezer's Buddy Holly

The melody was in time to my steps: ‘ooo-we-ooo I look just like Buddy Holly’

Louder

"If Taylor Swift ever wants to make a rock album, I’d love to help out. I have a feeling I'd get a call from Miley Cyrus first though!" Weezer's Rivers Cuomo has previously written with Charli XCX, and he's well up for more pop superstar collaborations

Hey Taylor Swift, if you've ever wanted to make a rock record, Rivers Cuomo is just a phone call away

Metal Hammer

"For 90s alt rock fans, this is the holy grail": Weezer and The Smashing Pumpkins kick off their UK tour with setlists that are a Gen-X wet dream

Live debuts, surprise covers and all the alt rock hits you could ever possibly want - Weezer and Smashing Pumpkins kick off their UK tour in Birmingham

The Guardian - UK

Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer review – mismatched 90s rockers bore and charm

Billy Corgan’s band are bloated with self-importance, but Rivers Cuomo and company continue to dole out witty power-pop with elan

Louder

“I know some people think I'm a weirdo. I'm working on it.” How Weezer's Rivers Cuomo learned how to embrace life following a near-death experience

15 years ago, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo feared he was going to die when his band's tour bus plunged off a New York freeway. In reality, the horror of that day gave the 'King Of The Geeks' a new lust for life

Louder

“Am I overwhelming you with my energy?” Watch Kelly Clarkson become the happiest human who's ever lived while interviewing and singing alongside Weezer

Kelly Clarkson is a national treasure, and her performance of Say It Ain't So with Weezer is joy unconfined

Metal Hammer

“I thought we were going to be taken seriously as the next Nirvana. I was shocked to find that the press story was Revenge Of The Nerds.” Rivers Cuomo always dreamt of becoming a rock star, but the success of Weezer's 'Blue' album freaked him out

As Weezer's 'Blue' album turns 30 we revisit the story of a true cult classic with Rivers Cuomo

1 2

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Smashing Pumpkins

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.