Foozer
Foozer is the name given to the 2005 tour that featured Weezer and the Foo Fighters. During the tour, fans were invited on stage to play during Undone - The Sweater Song. This tour saw the band first begin to trade vocals on songs. At one show, a fan invited on stage started singing Blast Off! into the microphone.
On the last stop of the tour in Oakland, California, the Foo Fighters played several pranks on Weezer during their set. During Rivers' solo acoustic performance of "Island in the Sun", a heavy-set exotic dancer emerged from the crowd behind him, and gyrated throughout the song. During Weezer's "Undone (The Sweater Song)", where Rivers usually asks a member of the audience to come play acoustic guitar on stage, Dave Grohl instead appeared on stage and performed with Weezer with an acoustic guitar that he smashed at the end of the song. Also, during the set closer of "Buddy Holly", a half dozen men in security uniforms took the stage behind the band. They quickly started dancing and removing their clothes, revealing themselves to be male exotic dancers, each with a letter spelling out "Weezer" painted on their chest. During the Foo Fighters subsequent set, Dave Grohl took credit for the pranks, and expressed hope that Weezer would retaliate in kind.
It's also of interest that some time into the tour, Weezer began covering the Foo Fighters' "Big Me".
Tour dates
- 09/08/2005
Duluth, Georgia - Gwinnett Arena
- 09/10/2005
Sunrise, Florida - Office Depot Center
- 09/11/2005
Tampa, Florida - St. Pete Times Forum
- 09/13/2005
Spring, Texas - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
- 09/14/2005
Austin, Texas - Frank Erwin Center
- 09/15/2005
Dallas, Texas - Smirnoff Music Center
- 09/27/2005
San Diego, California - Cox Arena
- 09/28/2005
Phoenix, Arizona - US Airways Center
- 09/30/2005
Denver, Colorado - Pepsi Center
- 10/02/2005
St. Paul, Minnesota - Xcel Energy Center
- 10/03/2005
Rosemont, Illinois - Allstate Arena
- 10/04/2005
Champaign, Illinois - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 10/06/2005
Grand Rapids, Michigan - Van Andel Arena
- 10/07/2005
Detroit, Michigan - Joe Louis Arena
- 10/08/2005
Cleveland, Ohio - Wolstein Center
- 10/10/2005
Fairfax, Virginia - Patriot Center
- 10/11/2005
Bridgeport, Connecticut - Arena at Harbor Yard
- 10/13/2005
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Wachovia Center
- 10/14/2005
East Rutherford, New Jersey - Continental Airlines Arena
- 10/15/2005
Worcester, Massachusetts - DCU Center
- 10/22/2005
Long Beach, California - Long Beach Arena
- 10/23/2005
Long Beach, California - Long Beach Arena
- 10/25/2005
Portland, Oregon - Memorial Coliseum
- 10/26/2005
Seattle, Washington - KeyArena
- 10/28/2005
Oakland, California - Oakland Arena