Panic! At The Disco: Crazy = Genius (Audio)
Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo performs with the band at the Arizona State Fair October 16, 2014 in Phoenix. (Photo: Dominic Valente/The Republic)
Weezers co-headlining tour with Panic! At the Disco is headed to Phoenix with Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness opening. The show is Tuesday, Aug. 2 at Ak-Chin Pavilion.
Tickets are $25-$75, on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 22, at ticketmaster.com.
The tour is in support of Weezers fourth yes, fourth! self-titled album and Panic! At The Disco Death Of A Bachelor.
Weezer"s self-titled debut, aka The Blue Album, became the unlikeliest modern-rock radio staple of the early "90s, fueled by Rivers Cuomo"s cult of nerdy personality, sing-along hooks and a blanket of fuzz. The first of four self-titled Weezer albums, it sold more than 3 million copies, largely on the strength of three great videos: "Undone The Sweater Song," the "Happy Days"-themed "Buddy Holly" and "Say It Ain"t So."
"Pinkerton," a second album based in part on "Madame Butterfly," may have killed the momentum, but it"s now remembered in some circles as the greatest Weezer album ever.
Were coming down fast on the 20th anniversary of Pinkerton and theyre still going strong as a live act, having added such crowd-pleasing radio staples as Hash Pipe, Beverly Hills, Perfect Situation, Pork and Beans, Troublemaker, (If Youre Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To and Back to the Shack to the set list.
Preceded by their latest alternative-radio hit Thank G*d for Girls, their fourth self-titled album hits the streets on April Fools Day. The cover is white, so prepare to refer to this one as The White Album.
Panic! At the Disco exploded on impact with 2005s A Fever You Cant Sweat Out, a debut that sent their breakthrough single, I Write Sins Not Tragedies, to No. 7 on the Hot 100. Theyve gone Top 20 five times on BillboardsAlternative Songs chart, most recently with this years Hallelujah from the just-released Death of a Bachelor.
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