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{{Interview headline subtitle|Weezer Take Off|Steve Knopper|Rolling Stone|[[August 8]], [[2002]]|Band hits the road with (another!) new CD done|AS IF REHEARSING FOR their summer tour wasn't enough to keep [[Weezer]] busy, the band also found time to [[Album 5 demos|record a new album]]. After releasing ''[[Maladroit]]'' in May, the group cut forty new songs in two and a half weeks: Weezer's third CD in less than two years is due next February. | {{Interview headline subtitle|Weezer Take Off|Steve Knopper|Rolling Stone|[[August 8]], [[2002]]|Band hits the road with (another!) new CD done|AS IF REHEARSING FOR their [[Enlightenment Tour|summer tour]] wasn't enough to keep [[Weezer]] busy, the band also found time to [[Album 5 demos|record a new album]]. After releasing ''[[Maladroit]]'' in May, the group cut forty new songs in two and a half weeks: Weezer's third CD in less than two years is due next February. | ||
Don't expect to hear new songs on the band's summer tour, though. "We've been playing those forty songs every day, so I'm happy to go back and play material from our released albums," says singer [[Rivers Cuomo]]. | Don't expect to hear new songs on the band's summer tour, though. "We've been playing those forty songs every day, so I'm happy to go back and play material from our released albums," says singer [[Rivers Cuomo]]. | ||
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On Weezer's second tour stop, [[July 7]]th at [[Weezer concert: 07/07/2002|Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado]], the band stuck with its time-tested formula: booming electric guitars, [[The Beach Boys|Beach Boys]] melodies and lyrics about depression and isolation. Cuomo narrated the show from behind a Gibson Explorer guitar that looked bigger than he did. "That was a badass riff! Soon to be followed by another!" he declared before opening the show with "[[Photograph]]," "[[Say It Ain't So]]" and "[[Dope Nose]]." | On Weezer's second tour stop, [[July 7]]th at [[Weezer concert: 07/07/2002|Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado]], the band stuck with its time-tested formula: booming electric guitars, [[The Beach Boys|Beach Boys]] melodies and lyrics about depression and isolation. Cuomo narrated the show from behind a Gibson Explorer guitar that looked bigger than he did. "That was a badass riff! Soon to be followed by another!" he declared before opening the show with "[[Photograph]]," "[[Say It Ain't So]]" and "[[Dope Nose]]." | ||
The only new material at Red Rocks was Cuomo's outfit: a snazzy charcoal suit and blue tie that made him look like a millennial-rock up-date of Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen. Cuomo bought the suits in Korea after the band's recent Japanese tour. "I was really cold in an air-conditioned restaurant, so I went across the street to the department store to get a jacket," he says. "Before I knew it, ten salesladies were throwing all these clothes on me. I walked out a half-hour later with a suit on, and I've been wearing suits ever since." | The only new material at Red Rocks was Cuomo's outfit: a snazzy charcoal suit and blue tie that made him look like a millennial-rock up-date of Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen. Cuomo bought the suits in Korea after the band's [[Japan World Cup Tour|recent Japanese tour]]. "I was really cold in an air-conditioned restaurant, so I went across the street to the department store to get a jacket," he says. "Before I knew it, ten salesladies were throwing all these clothes on me. I walked out a half-hour later with a suit on, and I've been wearing suits ever since." | ||
In a little over an hour, the band played eighteen songs. Its only overindulgences in a set of short, tight anthems (and the rare sensitive ballad such as "[[O Girlfriend]]") were two prolonged, ear-splitting bursts of guitar feedback. Naturally, the 6,500 fans at the not-quite-sold-out show dutifully raised cigarette lighters and flashed the [[Flying =W=|''W'']] gesture. | In a little over an hour, the band played eighteen songs. Its only overindulgences in a set of short, tight anthems (and the rare sensitive ballad such as "[[O Girlfriend]]") were two prolonged, ear-splitting bursts of guitar feedback. Naturally, the 6,500 fans at the not-quite-sold-out show dutifully raised cigarette lighters and flashed the [[Flying =W=|''W'']] gesture. | ||