Weezer's Rivers Cuomo says 2021 Hella Mega Tour is currently still going ahead

With 2021 gigs and events being postponed or cancelled already – including this summer's massive Glastonbury Festival – the status of live music this year is very much up in the air (despite UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock stating that shows could probably return after Easter). But Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo says that, as far as he is aware, the Hella Mega Tour is still on right now.

The huge run – which kicks off in Vienna on June 9 – will (hopefully) see Weezer hit the road with Green Day and Fall Out Boy across the UK, Europe and America throughout the summer, having previously been rescheduled from last year. And, promisingly, Rivers tells NME that, “My manager just told me yesterday that the U.S. promoter is still saying it’s gonna happen. That could change, but I’m not making any other plans for the summer.”

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In April last year before the 2020 Hella Mega Tour was pushed back, Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz stated, “Two weeks before quarantine began, we got together and rehearsed our set with our staging, our video and our lights because it’s a stadium, so you can’t just do it the week before. Now it’s like we’re circling, waiting to land. Nobody knows anything and it’s hard because we really want to do this tour. It was a hard thing to orchestrate because there are three bands, you have to figure out who’s doing what and everyone had to really want to do it. I know as much as you do about what’s going to happen with it.”

In much more concrete news, Weezer will be releasing their new record OK Human this Friday, and another new album, Van Weezer, in May. So we've got that to hold on to, at least…

The 2021 Hella Mega Tour dates are as follows:

June

9 Vienna, Austria – Ernst-Happel Stadion
20 Paris, France – La Defense Arena
21 Antwerp, Belgium – Sportpaleis
23 Groningen, The Netherlands – Stadspark
25 London, UK – Stadium
26 Huddersfield, UK – John Smith’s Stadium
28 Glasgow, UK – Bellahouston Park
30 Dublin, Ireland – venue TBA

July

14 Seattle, WA @ T‑Mobile Park
17 Los Angeles, CA @ Dodger Stadium
18 San Diego, CA @ Petco Park
20 San Francisco, CA @ Oracle Park
24 Dallas, TX @ Globe Life Field
27 Atlanta, GA @ Truist Park
29 Houston, TX @ Minute Maid Park
31 Jacksonville, FL @ TIAA Bank Field

August

1 Miami, FL @ Hard Rock Stadium
4 New York, NY @ Citi Field
5 Boston, MA @ Fenway Park
8 Washington, DC @ Nationals Park
10 Detroit, MI @ Comerica Park
13 Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
15 Chicago IL @ Wrigley Field
17 Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre
19 Pittsburgh, PA @ PNC Park
20 Philadelphia, PA @ Citizens Bank Park
23 Minneapolis, MN @ Target Field
25 Commerce City, CO @ Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

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