US rockers Weezer are heading to West Yorkshire for their only UK headline show next summer.
The multi-platinum, GRAMMY Award-winning, alternative rock pioneers will headline TK Maxx presents Live at The Piece Hall on Monday June 30 when they will be supported on the night by punk group Bad Nerves and garage punk band Teen Mortgage.
Tickets go on sale at 11am Friday from thepiecehall.co.uk and ticketmaster.co.uk
Formed in Los Angeles in 1992 Weezer, currently consisting of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, lead guitar), Patrick Wilson (drums), Brian Bell (rhythm guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), and Scott Shriner (bass, backing vocals), have sold 10 million albums in the US, more than 35 million records worldwide and their music has been streamed billions of times.
Their catalogue includes such megahits as Buddy Holly, Undone (The Sweater Song), Say It Ain’t So, El Scorcho, Hash Pipe, Island In The Sun, Beverly Hills, and Pork and Beans.
This summer they paired up with fellow US rockers The Smashing Pumpkins to tour the UK and Ireland to rave reviews. And earlier in the year the band released a 30th anniversary edition of their self-titled debut album Weezer – also known as The Blue Album – which they have been celebrating across North America with their recent Voyage to the Blue Planet Tour.
The announcement they are heading to The Piece Hall’s iconic courtyard comes as the band also reveal they will be guesting at rock festival Download as well as special guests to Deftones at Crystal Palace next summer.
Self-styled powerpop rock and roll band Bad Nerves will support Weezer.
Combining garage rock, powerpop, and rock ‘n roll Bad Nerves play ferociously fast distorted pop songs. Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has described them as “the best new band in England right now” and they have supported the likes of The Struts, Royal Blood, Nothing But Thieves, The Darkness and Guns N’ Roses.
Opening the night will be Washington DC-based duo Teen Mortgage
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