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'''''Van Weezer''''' is Weezer's fourteenth album. The title is a reference to the band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Halen Van Halen]. It was originally scheduled | '''''Van Weezer''''' is Weezer's fourteenth album. The title is a reference to the band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Halen Van Halen]. It was originally scheduled for release on [[May 15]], [[2020]], but has been postponed due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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On [[March 26]], a promotional browser game was released titled ''[[The_End_of_the_Game#.22The_End_of_the_Game.22_Game|"The End of the Game" Game]] [http://theendofthegamegame.com/] | On [[March 26]], a promotional browser game was released titled ''[[The_End_of_the_Game#.22The_End_of_the_Game.22_Game|"The End of the Game" Game]] [http://theendofthegamegame.com/] | ||
On [[April 9]], it was revealed in a Zoom | On [[April 9]], it was revealed in [[List_of_Rivers_Cuomo_video_streams#Zoom|a Zoom chat with fans]] that a single for the album was originally scheduled to be released either that day, or the next, but had been delayed (likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic). [[Karl Koch]] posted on the [[Weezer Fan Club]] Facebook group asking for footage of people involved in the outbreak, and that a deadline would be on [[April 15]], leading fans to speculate that the footage would be used for an upcoming video. | ||
The next day, on [[April 10]], Rivers revealed that there would be a [[Homie]] song on Van Weezer, including an unreleased 1992 song for a bonus track. It was also revealed that all the album's tracks were fully mastered, with the only task now being to finish the tracklist. | The next day, on [[April 10]], Rivers revealed that there would be a [[Homie]] song on Van Weezer, including an unreleased 1992 song for a bonus track, revealed on the [[April 14|14th]] to have been written with former Weezer guitarist [[Jason Cropper]]. It was also revealed that all the album's tracks were fully mastered, with the only task now being to finish the tracklist. On [[April 14]], a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSQgMJulqPs snippet of an album track] was played during Rivers' Zoom call. It's been suggested that the snippet played was from the 1992 bonus track. | ||
On [[April | On [[April 17]], during [[List_of_Rivers_Cuomo_video_streams#Zoom|a Zoom chat with fans]], Rivers confirmed that the release of ''Van Weezer'' had been postponed indefinitely. | ||
==Track list== | ==Track list== | ||