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''Weezer (The Red Album)'' was released on June 3rd in South America and Canada where two versions were made available: standard and deluxe. The standard edition of Red contains 10 tracks, a throwback to the roots of Weezer. The deluxe edition contained four bonus tracks that were completely recorded, but omitted from the final track list for reasons relating to preference of the band and Geffen. The standard edition was a jewelcase; the deluxe edition was a digipak which also contained a lyric booklet with band commentary. Reviews of Red were mixed, but primarily positive. A Japanese special edition was later made available with a bonus DVD featuring footage of the band's 2005 Japan tour, behind-the-scenes footage, commentary and more. | ''Weezer (The Red Album)'' was released on June 3rd in South America and Canada where two versions were made available: standard and deluxe. The standard edition of Red contains 10 tracks, a throwback to the roots of Weezer. The deluxe edition contained four bonus tracks that were completely recorded, but omitted from the final track list for reasons relating to preference of the band and Geffen. The standard edition was a jewelcase; the deluxe edition was a digipak which also contained a lyric booklet with band commentary. Reviews of Red were mixed, but primarily positive. A Japanese special edition was later made available with a bonus DVD featuring footage of the band's 2005 Japan tour, behind-the-scenes footage, commentary and more. | ||
The second single, "Troublemaker" did fairly well, released on July 26th, peaking at #2 on the 'Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks' chart, another hit for the band. A European release was planned for late November, promo CD's were sent to radio stations but for unknown reasons the release was aborted. As of December 2008, a larger scale release of a third single is in the works, [[The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations On A Shaker Hymn)]]". [[Spike Jonze]] is attached to direct the video and 20 b-sides are contending for the release (including the fan-contributed "Lets Write A Sawng". It is possible that the release many turn into an EP. | The second single, "Troublemaker" did fairly well, released on July 26th, peaking at #2 on the 'Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks' chart, another hit for the band. A European release was planned for late November, promo CD's were sent to radio stations but for unknown reasons the release was aborted. As of December 2008, a larger scale release of a third single is in the works, "[[The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations On A Shaker Hymn)]]". [[Spike Jonze]] is attached to direct the video and 20 b-sides are contending for the release (including the fan-contributed "Lets Write A Sawng". It is possible that the release many turn into an EP. | ||
[[Image:Rivers live.jpg|thumb|right|300px|thumb|Rivers Cuomo on the [[Troublemaker Tour]].]] | [[Image:Rivers live.jpg|thumb|right|300px|thumb|Rivers Cuomo on the [[Troublemaker Tour]].]] | ||
The band performed their first dates for three years in Japan at the beginning of September and then embarked on what was dubbed the 'Troublemaker' tour - 21 dates around the US, including one in Canada. "Angels and Airwaves" and "Tokyo Police Club" joined them as support at each show and Brian Bell's side project band [[The Relationship]] also performed at a handful of dates. Shortly before the encore at each show, the band would bring on fans with various instruments and perform [[Island in the Sun]] and [[Beverly Hills]] with them. At a show in Austin, after Tokyo Police Club had played their set, Rivers was wheeled out in a box and mimed to a recording of rare Weezer demo, 'My Brain', donned in pajamas with puppets on his hands, before being wheeled off again. This bizarre event later surfaced as the lead song for Rivers' second demo album, [[Alone 2]]. | The band performed their first dates for three years in Japan at the beginning of September and then embarked on what was dubbed the 'Troublemaker' tour - 21 dates around the US, including one in Canada. "Angels and Airwaves" and "Tokyo Police Club" joined them as support at each show and Brian Bell's side project band [[The Relationship]] also performed at a handful of dates. Shortly before the encore at each show, the band would bring on fans with various instruments and perform [[Island in the Sun]] and [[Beverly Hills]] with them. At a show in Austin, after Tokyo Police Club had played their set, Rivers was wheeled out in a box and mimed to a recording of rare Weezer demo, 'My Brain', donned in pajamas with puppets on his hands, before being wheeled off again. This bizarre event later surfaced as the lead song for Rivers' second demo album, [[Alone 2]]. | ||