2008
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Contents
January
- January 8 - Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo is released on vinyl.
- January 11 - The music video for "Blast Off!" premieres on Yahoo.com.
- January 26 - Rivers Cuomo plays in the Mia Hamm & Nomar Garciaparra Celebrity Soccer Challenge, scoring the first goal.
February
March
- March 19 - Rivers Cuomo posts the first YouTube video for the "Let's Write a Sawng" project.
- March 25 - Patrick Wilson joins the website Twitter.
- March 28 - The video for the song "Lover in the Snow" is released.
April
- April 15 - KROQ premieres "Pork and Beans". The song is played back to back.
- April 22 - Fake release date created by Albumsix.com of Tout Ensemble, the made up name for the then-unnamed 6th Weezer album.
May
- May 7 - The first eight tracks from The Red Album leak online.
- May 21 - The first webisode called Webisode 0: Jump Into The Fire is released.
- May 22 - Webisode 1: In The Studio (part 1) is released.
- May 24 - Weezer holds their first Hootenanny in Los Angeles, California.
- May 26 - The final two tracks from The Red Album leak online, along with the cover of "The Weight".
- May 29 - Webisode 2: In The Studio (part 2) is released.
- May 31 - The four bonus tracks from The Red Album leak online.
June
- June 3 - The Red Album is released.
- June 5 - Webisode 3: Arbor Vitae is released.
- June 11 - Webisode 4: The M Button is released.
- June 16 - "Pork and Beans" is released as a single.
- June 17 - Weezer holds their second Hootenanny in Phoenix, Arizona.
- June 19 - Weezer holds their third Hootenanny in Portland, Oregon.
- June 20 - Weezer holds their fourth Hootenanny in San Francisco, California.
- June 20 - Webisode 5: The Plots of Scott is released.
- June 21 - Weezer holds their fifth Hootenanny in Seattle, Washington.
- June 23 - Weezer holds their sixth Hootenanny in Los Angeles, California. It is shot for Yahoo!
- June 24 - The originally planned release date of The Red Album.
July
- July 1
- Webisode 6: Devastating Dog Days is released.
- BlogCritics publishes its review of the deluxe reissue of Weezer (The Blue Album).
- July 14 - Teenage Victory Songs, a Weezer songblog, is created by Albumsix boardie Soymilkrev.
- July 24 - The release of Alone II is announced via RiversCuomo.com with the release of The 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo.
- July 26 - "Troublemaker" is released as a single.
August
- August 1 - Webisode 7: 21 is released.
- August 4 - Webisode 8: The Sound of Music is released.
- August 21 - Weezer holds their seventh Hootenanny in Los Angeles, CA as well as shoot the music video for "Troublemaker."
September
- September 8 - Webisode 9: Cupcake Boy is released.
- September 9 - Weezer kicks off their Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album in Nagoya, Japan at the Aichi Kinro Kaikan Theater.
- September 10 - Weezer performs in Fukuoka, Japan at Club Zepp on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- September 12 - Weezer performs in Tokyo, Japan at Club Zepp on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- September 13 - Weezer performs in Osaka, Japan at the Intex Hall on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- September 13 - Webisode 10: Onigaishimas is released.
- September 14 - BlogCritics publishes a retrospective review of Weezer (The Blue Album).
- September 15 - Weezer performs in Tokyo, Japan at the Yoyogi Arena on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- September 23 - Weezer performs in Lowell, MA at the Tsongas Arena on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- September 24 - Weezer performs in New York, NY at the Madison Square Garden on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- September 26 - Weezer performs in Atlantic City, NJ at the Borgata Casino on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- September 27 - Weezerpedia is launched.
- September 27 - Weezer performs in Camden, NJ at the Susquehanna Center on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- September 29 - Weezer performs in Detroit, MI at the The Palace of Auburn Hills on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- September 30 - Weezer performs in Toronto, ON CAN at the Air Canada Center on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
October
- October 2 - Weezer performs in Chicago, IL at the All State Arena on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- October 2 - Webisode 11: The Flame Of Desire is released.
- October 3 - Weezer performs in St. Paul, MN at the Xcel Arena on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- October 5 - Weezer performs in Denver, CO at Broomfield on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- October 6 - The music video for "Troublemaker" is released.
- October 7 - Weezer performs in Salt Lake City, UT at the E Center on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- October 9 - Weezer performs in Portland, OR at the Memorial Coliseum on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- October 10 - Weezer performs in Vancouver, BC CAN at the GM Place on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- October 11 - Weezer performs in Seattle, WA at the Key Arena on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- October 13 - Weezer performs in San Jose, CA at the Events Center on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album. The Relationship is the opening act.
- October 14 - Weezer performs in Los Angeles, CA at The Forum on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album. The Relationship is the opening act.
- October 16 - Webisode 12: Pat n' Charlie Go Guitar Shopping is released.
- October 17 - Weezer performs in San Diego, CA at the Cox Arena on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album. The Relationship is the opening act.
- October 18 - Weezer performs in Phoenix, AZ at the Arizona State Fair on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- October 20 - Weezer performs in Austin, TX at the Frank Erwin Center on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- October 21 - Weezer performs in Dallas, TX at the Nokia Theater on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- October 23 - Weezer performs in Houston, TX at the Reliant Arena on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
- October 25 - Weezer performs in Atlanta, GA at the Gwinnett Arena on the Troublemaker Tour in support of The Red Album.
November
- November 2 - Weezer is referenced during an episode of King of The Hill titled "Lost in Myspace."
- November 11 - "My Brain is Workin' Overtime" leaks online.
- November 14 - The music video for "My Brain is Workin' Overtime" is released.
- November 18 - Alone II is leaked on college radio station WISN by Albumsix boardies.
- November 20 - A "Pop-Up" version of the "Troublemaker" music video is released.
- November 25 - Alone II is released.
- November 25 - The Alone II hootenanny happens, a "jam session" of sorts with Rivers Cuomo and fans as an album release party for Alone II.
- November 27 - Six Hits is released via Best Buy.
December
- December 4 - iPhone application Christmas with Weezer is announced.
- December 16 - The Christmas with Weezer EP is released digitally on iTunes and Amazon.com.
- December 22 - Rivers Cuomo performs "I Was Scared," "I Can't Stop Partying" and a cover of "Don't Worry Baby" on Stereogum.