Weezer was in full effect Sunday night as the long-standing rock institution headlined New Jersey’s Bamboozle festival. The event [Bamboozle] marked the beginning of the east coast summer festival season and attracted over 60,000 concertgoers with over 100 bands.
You wouldn’t know it by the high energy, edge of your seat, romp the band put it on, but front-man, songwriter-savant Rivers Cuomo recently recovered from fractured ribs and an injured back sustained in a tour bus accident last December. Enjoying his new-found health, Cuomo was 100% and so was the band’s Mega-Set which featured a surprise medley of MGMT’s “Kids” and Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face.” In an ironic / surreal moment, Andrew and Ben (MGMT), watched from the crowd as the rock legends played their song to the captive audience.
The veteran rock outfit is now out touring in support of their seventh studio album “Raditude” which debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200. Listen to tunes from the new record (http://www.myspace.com/weezer) and peep our exclusive ChinaShop photo gallery of the bands performance [below].
