Weezer News

Weezer enlist Lil' Wayne for guest rap on new album

Sep 29, 2009 4:00 pm PDT

Courtesy of NME.com -- Rapper makes an appearance on 'Raditude' Weezer's Rivers Cuomo has revealed that Lil Wayne has recorded a guest rap on a song on the band's forthcoming new album, 'Raditude'. The singer/guitarist told MTV News that...

Blink-182, Weezer to headline free Virgin fest

Jun 24, 2009 6:00 pm PDT

After months of speculation about the fate of the 2009 Virgin Mobile Festival, organizers have made an announcement that should please music fans who've felt the economic pinch of the recession: this year's event is free. With hea...

Weezer to release own Snuggie blanket

May 26, 2009 12:00 pm PDT

Weezer have teamed up with a leading U.S. blanket company to produce their own branded blanket, according to reports. The band are set to get their own "Snuggie," which is a blanket with sleeves, and instead will call the item a "Wuggie."...

Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo releases solo disc

Dec 5, 2008 4:00 pm PST

A Jermaine Dupri song about partying excessively seems a far cry from a Brian Wilson song about sweetly loving a girl. The tie that binds these polar opposites of pop music is the Rivers Cuomo. The eclectic frontman for modern-rock mainst...

Weezer raids its vaults for "Odds and Ends"

Dec 1, 2008 1:00 am PST

On the heels of the release of the second volume of Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo's home recordings, the alternative rock group is now taking a look back into its own vaults. Cuomo told Billboard he has "no idea" when the tentatively t...