Weezer Announces Fall Tour Dates

Weezer has announced its first North American tour in three years, which will start Sept. 23 at the Tsongas Arena in Boston and wrap up Oct. 25 at the Gwinnett Arena in Atlanta, with 19 gigs in between at such big-time venues as New York’s Madison Square Garden (Sept. 24), Chicago’s Allstate Arena (Oct. 2), and Los Angeles’ Forum (Oct. 14)

Weezer has announced its first North American tour in three years, which will start Sept. 23 at the Tsongas Arena in Boston and wrap up Oct. 25 at the Gwinnett Arena in Atlanta, with 19 gigs in between at such big-time venues as New York’s Madison Square Garden (Sept. 24), Chicago’s Allstate Arena (Oct. 2), and Los Angeles’ Forum (Oct. 14) After a brief early-September stint in Japan, the quartet will be hitting the States in support of their third self-titled album (this one

is referred to as The Red Album) which, due largely to the success of its first single “Pork and Beans” a song that held the top spot on Billboard’s Modern Rock chart for 11 weeks-which sold 283,000 copies in the U.S. since its June debut at No. 4 on the charts. The tour will feature San Diego-based alt-rockers Angels and Airways and indie Toronto four-peicer Tokyo Police Club as opening acts. Prices and on-sale information have not been released yet, but Drummer Pat Wilson did announce that, “If you want to rock, you know where to find us!”

For those interested in rocking, the following are the dates for Weezer’s tour:

Sep 23 Boston, MA Tsongas Arena
Sep 24 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Sep 26 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Casino
Sep 27 Philadelphia, PA Susquehanna Center
Sep 29 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
Sep 30 Toronto, ON Air Canada Center
Oct 2 Chicago, IL All State Arena
Oct 3 St. Paul, MN Xcel Arena
Oct 5 Denver, CO Broomfield
Oct 7 Salt Lake City, UT E Center
Oct 9 Portland OR Memorial Coliseum
Oct 10 Vancouver, BC GM Place
Oct 11 Seattle, WA Key Arena
Oct 13 San Jose, CA Events Center
Oct 14 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
Oct 17 San Diego, CA Cox Arena
Oct 18 Phoenix, AZ Arizona State Fair
Oct 20 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
Oct 21 Dallas, TX Nokia Theater
Oct 23 Houston, TX Reliant Arena
Oct 25 Atlanta, GA Gwinnett Arena