Weezer concert: 12/03/2009

Weezer concert: 12/03/2009
Venue	Eagles Ballroom
Location	Milwaukee, WI
Date	December 3, 2009
Associated album	Raditude
Supporting acts	Motion City Soundtrack Jack's Mannequin
Bootleg	Official bootleg
Weezer live show chronology
12/01/2009 - Chicago, IL 12/03/2009 - Milwaukee, WI 12/05/2009 - Toronto, ON, Canada

Live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Live album by Weezer
Recorded	December 3, 2009
Weezer chronology
'Live in Chicago, Illinois' Live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 'Live in Toronto, Canada'

Weezer performed at the Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee, WI on December 3, 2009 as part of the Raditude Tour. The opening acts were Motion City Soundtrack and Jack's Mannequin. The show was recorded and released officially on Weezer's now-defunct Cinderblock.com storefront as Live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Set list

No.	Song
1	"Epic Intro"
2	"Hash Pipe"
3	"Troublemaker"
4	"Undone - The Sweater Song"
5	"Surf Wax America"
6	"Let It All Hang Out"
7	"Perfect Situation"
8	"Why Bother?"
9	"Say It Ain't So"
10	"(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" (Shared lead vocals with contest winner)
11	"Can't Stop Partying"
12	"Photograph" / "Song 2" (Blur cover; lead vocals: Pat)
13	"I'm Your Daddy"
14	"The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)"
15	"My Name is Jonas"
16	"Beverly Hills"
	Encore
17	"Hot For Teacher" (Van Halen cover; intro only)
18	"Pork and Beans"
19	"Kids/Poker Face" (MGMT/Lady Gaga cover)
	Encore 2
20	"Island In The Sun"
21	"Buddy Holly"

Karl's Corner

See Karl's Corner - 12/03/2009

...Today weezer marked its return to the Eagles Ballroom, now apparently re-named the Rave at Eagles Ballroom, a gigantic complex built many many years ago by a fraternal brotherhood men's club, the likes of which wore special hats and didnt talk about what they did inside their giant headquarters. A headquarters which was built by them in a monumental and imposing fashion, showing sheer power and influence over the Milwaukee social and business scene of the early part of the 1900's. Over the years, enough of those old guys died off so that the brotherhood of the Eagle started running out of money and members, and eventually their massive complex went up on the auction block, only to re-emerge as a giant interconnected set of music halls and nightclubs under one roof, as well as a labrynth of unused, dusty, and some say haunted hallways, meeting rooms, empty olympic sized pools, decaying spas, and sub-basements.

A lot of rock has happened in this building, including weezer shows back in the 90's and more recently in 2001. Curiously, it always seems to be winter when we are here. And it was decidedly winter today, with the first snow we've seen on the tour so far, as well as bitterly cold temperatures outside and in the cavernous concrete back hallways of the Eagles Hall. Today's show was one for the books, buidling on the good vibes and power of the Chicago show and kicking it into the realm of magic. Just about everyone from the band to the crew to the crowd felt that something special was going on tonight, an intangible buzz that defies pinning down - things just clicked, and clicked strong. In the possible words of the ghosts of Eagle Hall members of old - Excelsior!

Today's "I want you to" duet singing radio contest prize was won by, in Scott's words, "a dude", so the duet was kind of funny looking. But the heavily bearded dude could sing and it all went down well - a dude-et.

- Karl Koch

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See also

• Raditude Tour
• List of Official Bootlegs