Weezer concert: 01/13/1997

Weezer concert: 01/13/1997
Tour	Pinkerton Tour
Venue	Flood Zone
Location	Richmond, VA
Date	January 13, 1997
Associated album	Pinkerton
Supporting acts	Nerf Herder
Attendance	750 (sold out)
Weezer live show chronology
01/11/1997 - Pittsburgh, PA 01/13/1997 - Richmond, VA 01/14/1997 - Norfolk, VA

Weezer performed at the Flood Zone in Richmond, Virginia on January 13, 1997 as part of the Pinkerton Tour. The opening act was Nerf Herder. The show is infamous for the Rhino-Lad incident, where a fan rushed the stage and destroyed their equipment during "Surf Wax America".

Setlist

No.	Song
1	"Tired of Sex"
2	"Getchoo"
3	"My Name Is Jonas"
4	"Pink Triangle"
5	"No One Else"
6	"No Other One"
7	"Why Bother?"
8	"In the Garage"
9	"You Gave Your Love to Me Softly"
10	"Falling for You"
11	"Say It Ain't So"
12	"The Good Life"
13	"Undone - The Sweater Song"
	Encore
14	"Butterfly"
15	"Across the Sea"
16	"El Scorcho"
17	"Buddy Holly"
18	"Surf Wax America"
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Historic event

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A giant sized kid rushed the stage as the band were playing "Surf Wax America" in the encore. He looked young - but he was nearly 6' tall and built like a football player, clearly both "big boned", strong, AND rather overweight. He just sort of went mad, I guess the weezer music drove him to go crazy. So anyway I try to grab him to push him back off stage, but he was like a dump truck, I could not steer him at all - I grabbed on to him and he literally dragged me across the entire stage like I weighed nothing! He then proceeded to crash into matt's and Rivers' (huge heavy and tall) amps, totally knocking them over like they were made of paper, and of course stopping the show. He was all flailing about and howling, still pushing stuff over even as I lay on top of him trying to stop him! We had security drag him off to a back room as we were PISSED. Matt's rare and valuable Orange amp was totally broken, not to mention the disruption and other damage. So we get things functioning and the band finishes the set as best they can on busted equipment, cutting out the last song or two. SO it turns out, this kid is all of 12 years old!!! He's back in the room all blubbering and crying with a squeaky little kids voice, saying he was sorry over and over again, just wailing! What the hell? We didn’t have the heart to file a charge or anything, we just sent him home. Bizarre? Yes. We named him Rhino-Lad.

- Karl Koch

See also

• Pinkerton Tour