Weezer covers Monkees’ “I’m A Believer” for “Shrek” soundtrack
According to thewrap.com, the foursome will contribute a recording of the Monkees’ “I’m A Believer” to the “Shrek Forever After” soundtrack. This is after the band Smash Mouth recorded the tune for the original film in the series nearly a decade ago.
The movie, which is to be released May 21, will be preceded by the soundtrack, available at Walmart on May 18.
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“I’m Your Daddy” video premieres on Myspace
UPDATE: The video is currently available to view on Myspace.
Tomorrow, the music video for the second single off of Raditude, “I’m Your Daddy”, will premiere on Weezer’s Myspace page. The video will be exclusively available to view on Myspace for the following 3 days.
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Planned spring/summer festivals, “Special” record day release
Weezer will be playing the Verge Music Festival on June 5th in Milwaukee. Tickets can be purchased here. The band is also booking a string of shows from the spring into the summer. A majority of these will be North American festivals. As the shows are confirmed, they will be announced on the band’s website.
April 17th, National Record Store Day, Weezer will release a 5 track “special limited edition CD” compiled of recordings from recent performances. The tracks list is:
I’m Your Daddy (Featuring Kenny G)
(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To (Featuring Sara Bareilles)
Why Bother (Live in Tribeca at the PC Richard and Son Theater)
Brain Stew
Buddy Holly (Acoustic at the Hard Rock in New York City)
A majority of these recordings can already be found online.
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Yo Gabba Gabba! appearance streaming online
Weezer’s guest appearance on the Nick Jr. program, Yo Gabba Gabba! can now be watched online here. In the song, entitled “All My Friends Are Insects”, Rivers sings of various insect friends of his, and their importance to the world. The episode has an air date of March 9th at 10:30 am.
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Weezer to headline SunFest
On April 28 Weezer will headline the opening night of the SunFest music and art festival in downtown West Palm Beach, Florida. The opening night will also be the festival’s New Music Night, which consists of artists and bands who have not quite yet made it big. According to the SunFest webiste, “we want your suggestions to help us fill out the music lineup for SunFest’s Opening Night with Weezer and New Music”.
Suggestions for that night’s lineup can be made at the festival’s website here.
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“Pinkerton: DE” and “Odds and Ends” slightly delayed
According a post by Weezer webmaster Karl Koch to the AllThingsWeezer forum, fans will have to wait a bit longer for the release of both “Pinkerton: Deluxe Edition” and “Odds and Ends”. Both were originally reported to be out either before or by spring. Plans to release both simultaneously have also been scrapped. However, Koch claims that “there will be a VERY sweet item that comes out with PDE that will totally be worth the wait.”
Koch’s post on the message boards can be viewed here. He posts under the username “karlophone”.
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