Coachella 2025: Weezer rocked the festival, but didn’t mention bassist Scott Shriner’s wife
Coachella 2025: Weezer rocked the festival, but didn’t mention bassist Scott Shriner’s wife
Weezer wasn’t supposed to play Coachella this year.
When they were announced a week ago as surprise guest, fans of the Los Angeles band were elated. Then on Tuesday, April 8, everything turned upside down. Author Jillian Lauren, wife of longtime Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, was shot by LAPD officers after she allegedly fired a gun at them as they searched her Eagle Rock neighborhood for suspects in an unrelated car chase.
As questions swirled around the allegations that resulted in attempted murder charges for Lauren, a second, much less important topic also surfaced: Would Weezer still play Coachella?
SEE ALSO: Author, wife of Weezer bassist arrested after being shot by police who say she pointed a gun at them
The answer came at 3 p.m. Saturday when Weezer walked onto the Mojave Stage with Shriner, accompanied by singer-guitarist Rivers Cuomo, guitarist Brian Bell, and drummer Patrick Wilson. For 55 minutes, the “Buddy Holly” hitmakers rocked out with the overflow crowd, almost all of whom sang along to nearly every song, including one unexpected cover.
Nothing was said about the real-world events outside the festival grounds, though once or twice Cuomo stepped over to Shriner to pat his back in what may have been a quiet sign of support.
What definitely wasn’t quiet was the set that opened with “My Name is Jonas,” the first track on “The Blue Album,” which the band had toured behind last year to celebrate the record’s 30th anniversary. “Hash Pipe” and “Pork and Beans” followed before the band drew the biggest response so far with “Undone (The Sweater Song).”
“Island in the Sun” and “The Good Life” were other fan favorites before the big fat riff that starts “Beverly Hills” kicked up the fun and the singalong volume even more.
A cover of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” revealed that Weezer fans apparently know Metallica’s words just as well. Oh, and Rivers also dropped the guitar kick from Weezer’s “Buddy Holly” into the end of the “Sandman” solo. “Say It Ain’t So” and “Buddy Holly” wrapped things up with massive singalongs from the crowd.
Then, as Weezer took their bows, fans chanted the band’s name and held their hands aloft in the W-for-Weezer symbol until the four Weezers left the stage.
With Beyoncé's Grammy Wins, Black Women in Country Are Finally Getting Their Due
February 17, 2025
Bad Bunny's "Debí Tirar Más Fotos" Tells Puerto Rico's History
February 17, 2025
Comments 0