A couple of weeks ago, alt-rock institution Weezer released the Gold Album, which they recorded with producers Kenneth Blume and Klas Åhlund. Every new Weezer album seems like it's partly an excuse to kick off another big tour, and another big tour is now underway. For the next month and a half, Weezer will hit arenas across America on their Gathering tour, which also includes openers the Shins and Silversun Pickups. (They'll bring another version to Europe with Taking Back Sunday next year.) The tour started on Tuesday night at Sacramento's Golden 1 Center, and Weezer's set included a bunch of songs that they haven't played live in a long time.
Weezer played all the hits that you'd expect as part of last night's 26-song set. They also brought back songs like the Maladroit tracks "Keep Fishin'" and "Slob," the Pinkerton deep cut "No Other One," and Everything Will Be Alright In The End's "Lonely Girl," all of which have been absent from their shows for many years. Their stage set was made to look like a suburban house, and they switched instruments for a few tracks in the middle of the set. Silversun Pickups' Nikki Monninger joined them for three songs, including the recent Wednesday collab "We Might As Well Be Strangers." Below, check out some fan footage from last night, as well as the setlist, via Setlist.fm.
SETLIST:
01 "Shine Again"
02 "Surf Wax America"
03 "Keep Fishin'" (first performance since 2018)
04 "Hash Pipe"
05 "The Good Life"
06 "No Other One" (first full band performance since 2019)
07 "Lonely Girl" (first performance since 2014)
08 "Slob" (first performance since 2005)
09 "C.E.O."
10 "Beverly Hills"
11 Falling For You"
12 "Longtime Sunshine" (Rivers Cuomo song, with Pat on acoustic guitar, Brian on flute, & Rivers on keys)
12 "In The Garage" (acoustic)
13 "Pork And Beans" (with Pat on guitar. & Rivers on drums)
14 "My Name Is Jonas"
15 "Aloo Gobi" (first full band performance)
16 "Pink Triangle"
17 "We Might As Well Be Strangers" (with Nikki Monninger)
18 "Go Away" (with Nikki Monninger)
19 "I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams" (with Nikki Monninger)
20 "Undone - The Sweater Song"
21 "El Scorcho" (lyric changed to “I asked you to go to the Deftones concert”)
22 "Tired Of Sex"
23 "Say It Ain't So"
24 "Buddy Holly"
25 "Island In The Sun"
