Weezer Launching 'Blinkerton' Tour in November

Weezer have officially announced plans, promised earlier, to embark on a tour that focusing on the band's two most beloved albums. Here’s the a statement "This winter (November/December), Weezer will launch a multi-city U.S. tour, dubbed by fans as the 'Blinkerton Tour.' The band will play two shows in each market — on the first night Weezer will play the Blue Album in its entirety, and the second night they will play Pinkerton in its entirety." No specific dates have been set. The band will wrap their current Hurley tour September 30th in Atlanta.

Weezer have also penciled in November 2nd as the date for their Pinkerton reissue, which will be stocked with outtakes. One song, "Tragic Girl," is "better than a lot of the album. People will be overjoyed to hear it," Cuomo tells Rolling Stone in our Fall Music Preview, on stands now.

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Song Stories

“Satisfied”

Tom Waits | 2011

Only the genius of Tom Waits could combine the subject of mortality, a reoccurring theme in his work, with wordplay that name checks both Mick and Keith, whom he calls "Mr. Jagger" and "Mr. Richards," and the title of their magnum opus, "Satisfaction." And to show just how cool Waits really is, he even got Mr. Richards to play along, one of nine guest appearances the guitarist has made on three Waits albums. "This growling roadhouse stomp is a late-breaking response to the Stones' greatest hit," Rolling Stone said of the track.

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