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submitted by Nick Jul 27th 2018 10:00 pm (stereogum.com)
One of the great successful grassroots campaigns in recent music history involved a teenage girl from Ohio lobbying to get Weezer to cover Toto's 1983 mega-hit "Africa," a song that's been experiencing a renaissance among younger generations in recent years. Not only did Rivers Cuomo and company oblige that request -- earning themselves their biggest…
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"I hope we can find a way to resurrect our vision," said frontman Rivers CuomoThe post Weezer cancel 2022 Broadway residency due to “low ticket sales” appeared first on NME.
In June, Weezer announced a mini-residency on Broadway, taking over the Broadway Theatre for five nights between 9/13 and 9/18. The residency was meant to coincide with the band’s four-part EP project called SZNZ, with the first four nights divided amongst the EPs. However, the Broadway shows are now apparently canceled, with Rivers Cu...
Right now, Weezer are in the midst of yet another goofy-ass project in a career full of them. This year, the band intends to release four EPs, each one of them tied to one of the year’s seasons. They dropped SZNZ: Spring in March, and they followed it last year with SZNZ: Summer. (They also announced a forthcoming Broadway residency.) ...
It’s the second of four EPs in the saga, following ‘Spring’ in MarchThe post Weezer drop ‘Summer’ instalment of ‘SZNZ’ series, announce Broadway residency appeared first on NME.


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