Weezer

We have been sitting on this story for a while due to all the holiday rush but finally had some time to sneak it in. As we had mentioned before Weezer front-man Rivers Cuomo is recovering after a freak accident that involved his bus skidding off the road. Unfortunately, the bad news is that now the recently announced January dates on the Ratitude Tour have been canceled due to doctor's orders.

According to the band's website, Cuomo is in Los Angeles re-cooperating after a 48 hour bus drive from the Albany Medical Center. The rocker had to go by tour bus due to concerns surrounding cabin pressure on airplanes damaging his punctured lung.

You can see the whole thing documented in the newest Weezer webisode, "The Road To Recovery",where you'll see the front-man testing out lung power on a breathing apparatus.

Not all hope is lost, the Weezer clan will officially begging touring again on May 2010 when they headline The Bamboozle Festival in East Ruthford, New Jersey.

Here's the video of Rivers Cuomo on the road! We'd like to wish our Nimrods happy holidays!!!

Weezer frontman, Rivers Cuomo has finally been released from the hospital after being in an accident that involved his tour bus earlier last week just outside of Amsterdam, New York. The bus on lost control on an icy road before slamming into guardrails and finally landing in a ditch. The rocker's assistant, Sarah Kim, suffered minor injuries while his wife, daughter and a fifth passenger were all unharmed.

Webmaster, Karl Koch, recently blogged about the frontman's fortunate recovery.

"...The time has come for freedom! After walking with and without a cane and getting some hematocrit blood test results on Thursday, Rivers was given the go ahead to be released from the hospital! He elected to take an additional night to rest there, while we prepare a bus for the cross country trip to L . A ., to begin today, Friday. "Wait a second, " you say - "a bus? Why of all things would he get on a bus now?" Well, one of the strict doctors orders is that Rivers cannot get on an airplane for a month, as the air pressure changes would be bad for his healing punctured lung. So there's only one other quick way to get him home to L. A., and that's a tour bus. I'll be riding with him, making sure he's ok, and we'll have 2 drivers trading off driving and sleeping, so we don't have to stop! We're taking a warmer southerly route to avoid bad weather, and rivers will be using a cozy lower bunk for sleeping- none of that back lounge bedroom stuff for him! It will be cool - we've got seasons 1 and 2 of "Mad Men" to watch, some books to read, a freezer full of organic entrees, and the bus is wired for internet, so work can continue uninterrupted. The only thing we're missing is Burt Reynolds in a 1978 Pontiac Trans-Am to run point for us!"

We're super glad that Rivers pulled through and on his way to a speedy recovery, we wish him the best!

Weezer fans will have something to celebrate next  year since the band is doing a short North American appearance starting in January. They'll be hitting the road with Jack's Mannequin for their second leg of the "Raditude" tour.

Dates are listed below.

• January 9th, 2010--Bill Graham Civic Auditorium San Fransisco, California
• January 11th, 2010--Bren Event Center Irvine, California
• January 13th, 2010--Rimac La Jolla, California
• January 15th, 2010--Dodge Theater Phoenix, Arizona
• January 19th, 2010--Filmore Denver, Colorado

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Weezer has announced that October 27th is the official release date for their seventh studio album. The still untitled record is set to hit stores just 15 months after their third LP, "The Red Album". The album's release date is shared with a particularly special event for us Nimrods since, as some of you may know Nimrod Street celebrates its second birthday the same day!

Whether or not the release is a birthday present to us, the band promises to spill the beans about title and tracklist sooner than you think! They recently performed three songs on July 27th at the Jisan Valley Rock Festival, "The Girl Got Hot", "I'm Your Daddy", and "Can't Stop Partying". The rockers posted on their website that they were in the last stages of mixing for the disc last week. 

You'll probably hear some of their new stuff when they go on tour with Blink 182 beginning August 25 at the Molson Amphitheater in Toronto, Canada.

Along with all this, it is rumoured that Weezer plans on reissuing a deluxe version of their "Pinkerton" album. There are however no confirmed plans or a set date as of yet. You can read about the awesome news here!

Want more Weezer? Singer, Rivers Cuomo will take part in the Athletes For Africa Soccer Tournament in Toronto August 22nd. He'll be joined on the "Mystery Team" by Ted Leo and a few members from "Great Big Sea". Brendan Canning from "Broken Social Scene" will face off against Cuomo on the opposing side.

Find out more details about this and how you could win passes to an post-game concert from Modest Mouse at the Athletes For Africa website.You can also check out the video below to see the Weezer frontman in action!

Hello peeps, how are you doing today?

Happy Memorial Day everyone, hope you're all having a good day!

Sales for concerts is booming despite the recession according to mysanantonio.com.

As with movies, tickets for tours are going strong, and concert promotion business are using what they call value ticketing. That means, that multi ticket sales are split into two groups, "four pack" or "family pack."

Editor-in-chief at Pollstar, Gary Bongiovanni says that spending some hard earned cash at shows isn't as bad as it may seem, "things are holding steady. That's a good thing. With the economic worries, splurging on concert tickets doesn't seem so bad."

Above all the other venues in the nation, the AT&T Center is the best place to indulge in some live music. Mostly because it has replaced the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. John Sparks from the Center offers his two cents, "it's been good across a wide spectrum of shows. You have to have a wide variety because people don't want to go to the same old thing all the time. They need that time out on the town."

Earlier in the month, country singer Kenny Chesney has attracted over 12,000 fans. Metallica is entirely sold out, and Disney boy band, the Jonas Brothers will soon follow suit. These two upcoming shows will attract at the very least, 16,000 music lovers.

Creed, Coldplay and Green Day are expected to have significant numbers as well. Who else will perform at the AT&T Center? The Vans Warped Tour will appear mid-summer, Tool is coming in July, and George Lopez will film a live comedy stint for HBO August 7th.

That's not all! A young female pop star is returning to the San Antonio AT&T Center this coming fall, and will attract 17,000 followers. Jamie Foxx is also said to perform!

For those of you who love ethnic music, Splashtown is launching their Grammy-studded Tejano music series in the summer. You can expect to see acts like Ram Herrera, Chente Barrera and Ruben Ramos all on the same night. The show is free with park admission which totals up to $15.99 for individuals that bring a Big Red soda bottle!

Concert promoter, Glenn Smith adds that package shows and festivals will offer the biggest bang for your buck, "what is in right now, and I'm seeing it across the country, 'value' is in."

Speaking of summer tours, in another article from ca.sys-con.com, Blink 182 have the top ticket of the week from TicketLiquidators.com. They are the the top provider for hard to find, low priced tickets.

It was announced today that it offers admission entry to the North American tour for the SoCal punk rockers. The article also states that the guys may also perform new songs from their upcoming sixth album expected to drop in 2010, let's not forget their fan favorite hits like, "Dammit".

Blink will hit the road on a 47 date tour with supporting acts such as: Weezer, Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, Chester French and Taking Back Sunday on select dates. 

Managing Editor for TicketLiquidator, Alexandra Owens says this is going to be the tour of the year, "Blink 182 fans are ecstatic in anticipation of the reunion of this popular group after a few rocky episodes involving the bands members. We encourage the band's followers to comparison shop online and discover that TicketLiquidator.com offers low-priced Blink 182 tickets to the tour starting at thirty-three dollars a piece as well as affordable tickets to the other popular concert tour sin 2009."

According to comScore, TicketLiquidator is the second most used ticketing website. Not only do they sell passes for concerts, they also do theatrical and sporting events. Adding on to this, their inventory includes over 4 million tickets for more than 83,000 events. 

That's right everyone! We're not going to let a little recession get in our way of experiencing awesome live shows, see on the road. Be there or be square!

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Howdy Nimrods, how are you doing today? Hope it's all going great!

Rolling Stone just rolled out 20 of the year's biggest tours for a summer tour preview. Everyone from Green Day, Blink 182, U2, and Metallica will be hitting the road this year!

These and several other artists are stepping it up to bring fans top notch shows, all proving that a little recession isn't going to stop anyone from rocking out this year!

You'll find out what VIP packages are worth your hard earned cash, which opening acts you shouldn't miss, and how to get the most bang for your buck!

We'll start out with AC/DC and their Black Ice Tour, tickets are between $65 and $93.50! After the classic rockers hit Europe, they'll come back to the states for a slew of July gigs, which include five stadium shows. Singer, Brian Johnson compares guitarist, Angus Young to superman, "he's like Clark fucking Kent! He goes into a phone booth and comes out as the 14-year-old imp, ready to rock!"

Up next, Aerosmith with openers ZZ Top, tickets are $24-$198. After dealing with pneumonia, Steven Tyler is ready to get back out on the road. Because of his illness, the band weren't able to make a new record in time for the tour. Don't worry, because long time Aerosmith fans will be able to enjoy their favorite hits that much more, including rarities.

Guitarist Joe Perry speaks on this matter, "the set lists have been getting stale, we've talked about doing an album front-to-back - probably one of the first three records. That's my next battle, to see if we can pull it off."

Also, he talks about ZZ Top being their supporting act, "that's just amazing to be able to play with them because it's going to be a kickass show."

Blink 182, as said by Mark Hoppus, "being as ambitious as possible" for their upcoming tour. Tickets will range from as low as $20 for lawn seats, all the way to $60. Openers on select dates will be: Weezer, Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, All-American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday, Asher Roth and Chester French.

Fans are in for a real treat this time around, they've hooked up with a set designer for Kanye West, Daft Punk and Nine Inch Nails to give fans a laser light spectacular. Hoppus goes into more details about this, "this time we want to be more artistic. We want to use the entire arena as a lighting rig and a stage."

Next up, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood heading out on a North American 14-date arena tour. These two have been cooking up some new material as well, "I'd like to try my song 'Help Me Angel.' And last year, I was having trouble singing harmony while playing guitar on Eric's 'Pretending.' I'd like to have another go at that," Winwood says. Passes for this show will be $45-$175!

Raising the tour bar with dazzling spectacle, new songs and even a free album are British band, Coldplay. Supporting acts on certain dates are: Snow Patrol, Elbow, Amadou and Mariam, and Pete Yorn, and tickets will be $35-$110.

Guy Berryman, the band's bass player, wants to make everyone at the gig feel welcomed no matter where they sit, "we're going to make the set a little longer, throw in extra songs and figure out ways to reach the last row."

The tour will be three months long and will consist of mostly outdoor venues. Those free albums we mentioned before? It's a new live album called, "LeftRightLeftRIghtLeft", and Coldplay will be giving them away at every show.

Dave Matthews Band will go on their first excursion since the death of their saxophonist, LeRoi Moore. On select dates openers for the band will be: Jazon Mraz, the Hold Steady, Old Crow, Medicine Show, Willie Nelson & Family, Emi Kuti & the Positive Force, and the Avett Brothers.

The band will debut new songs from their new record, "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King" out on June 2nd, 2009. DMB will endure a six-month tour that also includes two shows at Boston's Fenway Park. You can expect to pay $32-$75 for your tickets!

Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick promise a bigger and better summer tour, "we sing better, we sound better, we look and feel better, our progression is perfect," says Phil Collen from Def Leppard. That's not all these rockers are promising, they swear it's all about the big guitar riffs, "it was sorely lacking in the '90s, no pyro, we've done that before, but a big lighting rig, and the ego ramp to go down there and shake your stuff," Collen also adds.

Def Leppard will head out with two other '80's bands for what according to Collen will be, "three to four hours of hits and great music." Tickets are $20-$130 for this 80's spectacle!

Are you ready to have a "21st Century Breakdown"? The Green Day trio are back on the stage for an ambitious tour this summer. Openers on certain dates will be the Bravery, Kaiser Chiefs and Franz Ferdinand. Tickets for this event will range from $29.50 to $149.50! You can expect to get the entire "Breakdown" record on some dates, and "maybe 'Kerplunk' as an encore," jokes Billie Joe.

You can also expect quite lengthy shows as well, "we want to get Springsteen a run for his money. I think his longest show is maybe five hours. Green Day's got six," says Armstrong.

Metallica spice up their "World Metallic Tour" with rarities, covers and lots of fan love! The recently inducted hall of famers will charge $50-$76, and according to drummer Lars Ulrich, "on this tour, for some reason, we've got this wild hair up our ass."

These guys return in September and are enjoying the positivity in the air, "there's just this giant circle of love, as we call it. Energy into the fans and energy back form the fans, and it just keeps going."

Big stage, big engery for U2's 360 tour! Openers include: Snow Patrol, Muse and Black Eyed Peas. Tickets will be $30-$253! 

The Irish rockers return for their first tour since 1997's PopMart to take over U.S. stadiums. These guys will rock out on the largest stage set ever built for a rock show, it's even got its own nickname, the Claw. While taking a break from tour planning, the Edge comments, "the crowd will be all around us. That energy will just make the performances fly."

U2 will also be playing older songs they haven't even thought of doing in years, "we're talking about resurrecting songs we haven't played in a long time," says Edge. "I have a list of every U2 song-some I can't even remember anymore-even some of the B sides that we've never played live. We were thinking how much fun it would be to play something like 'Luminous Times.' Certain songs from the last couple of tours, we may not play again. We want to find songs that feel fresh and valid."

There ya have it folks! Awesome summer tours that'll make you want to party like a rockstar!

Have a great day everyone!

Howdy homeslices how are you doing today? We're doing super!

Blink 182 played their first gig in four years at a T-Mobile party at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California Thursday night. The Southern California trio are back and better than ever, what are their thoughts on this reunion?

"Awkward, weird...a little standoffish. Me and Travis are on one side of the studio, behind a brick wall, and Tom is outside the wall knocking. You ever seen that episode of 'The Odd Couple' where they drew the line down the middle of the room? Yeah, it's kinda like that," Mark Hoppus tells MTV News.

Tom Delonge chimes in his thoughts, "and there's a couple holes where we stick various parts of our bodies through. It's really super strange and weird. But it rocks."

There's more on the big reunion tour happening this summer, the trio will hit the road with Fall Out Boy and Weezer. Also, they'll have another set of opening acts such as, Taking Back Sunday, Panic at the Disco, Asher Roth, Chester French, and according to the MTV article, All-American Rejects. I guess that takes care of that buzzing rumor!

Along with the slew of great supporting bands, what else is there to look forward to? LASERS! Lots and lots of shiny, colorful lasers!

Delonge shares what to expect from this huge tour, "I think it's gonna be amazing. There are amazing bands, they're all big. When we started talking about doing the tour again...we had all these options start popping up. It was really amazing to be able to end up on the bands we had. Usually when you go out on tour, there's a lot of negotiations as far as time and who can do what and when they can do it, or whatever...I'm gonna be honest right now. The tour is gonna be good. Mark, after fucking 17 years, might let me have some lasers!"

"It's true, Lasers broke up our band at one point, and now it's lasers that are bringing us back together," Hoppus jokes. 

Billboard.com posted an article about summer tour plans for the reunited punk rock trio. The guys will rock out on a 50-date North American tour playing in amphitheaters. It kicks off July 24 at the Joint in Vegas, and ends October 3rd at Borgota Events Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Martin Phillips has been hired to work on designing the set,  he's worked with Kanye West, Daft Punk and Nine Inch Nails. The band's bass player describes his awesome stage set as, "the most ridiculous display of lights and images we can imagine."

Blink's manager, Rick Devoe, lets Billboard in on some rumors, "the word on the street is that this tour is about the hits. As the rehearsals go by, we're hoping to have at least one new song in the repertoire."

If you're scrapped for cash for tours this summer, you'll be happy to know that amphitheater lawn passes will be accessible to anyone, "if you have $20, you get in. No fees or anything," Devoe shares.

Tickets for this tour go on sale nationwide May 30th at livenation.com, tour sponsors include: T-Mobile Sidekick LX, State Farm Insurance and Myspace.

When October comes around, Blink has agreed to play a gig at Australia's Big Day Out and other music festivals around Europe in 2010. "That's what I'm hoping is going to happen. And in between these tours is when they're going to be working on an album," Devoe says.

There are no plans for another US tour until their next album is released. Due to to Blink's families, some of which live in different cities, "everyone has got full lives. It's a different Blink, in the sense that you have to pick up your kids up after school, and one of your kids has dance class and the other kid has this," shares their manager.

Blink's tour in 2004 drew in 421,000 fans and racked up a nice $14.4 million from a total of 42 gigs as stated in Billboard Boxscore. Their self-titled album from 2003 sold 2.2. million copies in the states according to Nielsen SoundScan.

See the full tour schedule here.

Here's a video of Blink's Thursday night gig, enjoy it guys!

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Howdy folks, how's everything going? Great we hope!

MTV.com posted an article about All-American Rejects possibly touring with Blink 182. Also, no one is entirely sure if the Blink boys will still be going out on the road with Weezer. Rumors are flying all over Internet, but nothing is really for sure yet. Let's hope it is because that would be one incredibly killer show don't you think?

The guys in AAR were dropping hints when MTV spoke to them at Wango Tango festival in Irvine, California. Singer Tyson Ritter says with a smile, "we will be going out with a nondescript band that is rumored to be reuniting...that's about all we can say about that. But it's going to be a big deal, and everybody's going to be there, so, 'Hey,' in advance."

Writer for the article, James Montgomery, adds that when MTV asked for more details who the band was, Ritter did give a major hint, "there's at least three...I think its' a ska band, so it might be 20. I don't know, it's not Sum-41. They're on hiatus." A spokesperson for Universal Music Group could not be reached at the time, but what's funny is all three of these acts are signed to the same label.

Touring with Blink would fill the slot for the AAR crew, especially since the headlining act for the Honda Civic Tour backed out. Ritter and his gang were overjoyed to fill us in on it, "it was supposed to be the Honda Civic Tour. We were actually supposed to get a Honda Civic car...but Old Man Civic calls me up and goes, 'Hey, I can't foot the bill.' I go, 'Click'-hung up on him. So, whatever, we're not doing that tour anymore. Gimme some Ford. Gimme some Chrysler. Maybe we can do a tour with Coffee-Mate, because everybody uses creamer."

Hmm....the suspense is killing me! Good news is, MTV provided a video along with the article. The All-American Rejects tell it like it is! Enjoy it!

Hey there amigos, how is everyone? Good to have you with us!

So what happens when you put No Doubt, Green Day, Blink 182, Sugar Ray and the Wallflowers in a blender and hit frappe? You get the '90's all over again! That's right kids, help yourself to a serving of the decade's best bands!

Sugar Ray will release their album, "Music for Cougars" on July 21st, 2009. This will be their first album in a whopping six years! They're best known for their radio friendly hits such as, "Fly", "Everyday" and "Falls Apart". 

Not only are Sugar Ray making headlines, but a little known band called The Wallflowers are returning! Their greatest singles are, "One Headlight", "6th Ave. Heartache", and "The Difference". This band is coming together again for a summer tour kicking off June 16 in Anaheim, California at the House of Blues.

An idea for another album came after Josh Abrahams from Pulse Records, suggested the guys go back in the studio and record for his label. Their shacking up with Weezer's very own, Rivers Cuomo, Josh Freese and Donovan Frankenreiter.

The band's first single, "Boardwalk" debuts in mid-May! 

Back to Sugar Ray, singer Mark McGrath has taken up several side projects including hosting gossip television show, "Extra".

He tells Billboard, "I know people aren't sitting on the edge of their seats waiting for a Sugar Ray record. But that wasn't the point. It was purely because we love to make music. We're not going anywhere. All of us have tried to sabotage the band one way or another. But some divine intervention has kept this band together and I think we all appreciate that. I think the biggest success of Sugar Ray is that after 21 years and all the booze, drugs, women, money, having no money - all those things have come into play and we're still together. That, to me, is the biggest reward."

The album will be supported by a tour that starts July 24th at the Dakota Magic Casino.

Likewise, Wallflowers will tour to support their greatest hits album. This disc will include unreleased tracks!

Groovy! I get to live my childhood all over again, I'm ready to party like it's 1999! Check out this article from Hitfix.com!