Weezer concert: 12/05/2009

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Weezer concert: 12/05/2009
Tour Raditude Tour
Venue Air Canada Centre
Location Toronto, ON, Canada
Date December 5, 2009
Associated album Raditude
Supporting acts Motion City Soundtrack
Jack's Mannequin
Debuts "Woolly Mammoth"
Bootleg Internet Archive mirror Official bootleg
Weezer live show chronology
12/03/2009 - Milwaukee, WI 12/05/2009 - Toronto, ON, Canada 01/20/2010 - Tallahassee, FL
Live in Toronto, Canada
Live in Toronto, Canada cover
Live album by Weezer
Recorded December 5, 2009
Weezer chronology
Live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Live in Toronto, Canada
Live in Tallahassee, Florida

Weezer performed at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, ON on December 5, 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 Toronto, Canada. This would be the last Weezer concert of 2009, as the following seven shows would be cancelled due to the tour bus crash.

Set list

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


Karl's Corner

See Karl's Corner - 12/05/2009
Rivers and the band, when asked "what does Raditude mean?" have said that its the state one gets into when they are in the zone, capable of seemingly superhuman feats - things you could not normally do. Well, all that is well and good to talk about, but the time comes when one must demonstrate the concept. And I can tell you tonight that I've seen supersize leaps. One armed pushups. Beachball crashes. Balcony leaps! Raditude is real, people, and its in these shows! The Toronto show was in the Air Canada Centre, a much larger venue than the last 2 shows which were in really big ballrooms, but still not nearly the size of a hockey arena. So it was unknown how this would affect the show, which had started on an excellent note in Chicago, and got even better for everyone in Milwaukee. There were some adjustments to be made and there are still a few little kinks to be worked out in the show overall, but the scaling up to the arena went just fine and pretty much everyone agreed this was the best and most fun show of the year so far.

A particularly rad moment came when it was time for "(If you're wondering if I want you to), I want you to", which has featured a duet with a radio station contest winner so far. Scott announced the duet, but in fact 102.1 The Edge Toronto didn't actually run the contest, so there was no winner waiting in the wings! The band appealed to the audience - who here really knew the song and could really sing it? Usually everyone raises their hands and insists they know how to play or sing something, and when they get to the stage... it turns out they really just wanted to get on the stage with the band! But not this girl! She was from a town most in the audience didn't seem to approve of(??) but she could sing like crazy! It was just an awesome duet, on par with the recent Sara Bareilles ones, and a terrific surprise! Thanks girl!


- Karl Koch


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