Weezer announce ‘The Blue Album’ 30th anniversary concert film
Weezer have announced a new concert film to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut record, ‘The Blue Album’.
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In 1994, Weezer made a splash with their self-titled debut album, dubbed ‘The Blue Album’. The band have recently been touring in support of the anniversary, and have recorded a concert film at one of their recent concerts.
Rivers Cuomo and co. announced the film – titled Weezer’s Voyage to the Blue Planet: The Concert Film – via social media yesterday (September 26), confirming that it will be livestreamed at Moment.co on October 13 and 14.
Early bird tickets are on sale now.
One small step for man, one giant leap for Weezerkind
On October 13th + 14th, we’re bringing you a very special concert film of The Voyage to the Blue Planet Tour (shot at the Boston show). For all of you that couldn’t make it out to the tour, now’s your chance to come… pic.twitter.com/fDYyCzfba3
— weezer (@Weezer) September 26, 2024
Early bird tickets are being priced at USD$13 from now through 12pm Pacific Time on September 27 before prices are raised to $16. Tickets purchased on the day of the streams will cost $18. All tickets include a replay of the concert film that will be available for 24 hours.
The concert film’s announcement comes after Weezer earlier this month announced the 30th anniversary reissue of ‘The Blue Album’, which includes 36 unreleased tracks. The Super Deluxe Edition of the record will be “the most comprehensive vision of ‘The Blue Album’ ever created, and will consist of four 12-inch LPs, one 10-inch and a 7-inch.
It is also set to contain 36 previously unreleased tracks, with a number of “early practises”, live recordings, “Kitchen Tape Demos” and BBC radio recordings. Pre-orders are now available.
Earlier this month, Weezer commenced their 30th anniversary tour, ‘Voyage to the Blue Planet’. Along with playing the record in full, Weezer will be supported by The Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr. Get any remaining tickets here and see all dates below:
The ‘Voyage to the Blue Planet’ tour dates are:
SEPTEMBER
27 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
28 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
29 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
OCTOBER
1 – Loveland, CO – Blue FCU Arena
4 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
5 – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Rogers Arena
6 – Portland, OR – Moda Center
8 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
9 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center
11 – Inglewood, CA- Intuit Dome
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