Want to hear Weezer cover Michael Jackson, Tears For Fears and TLC?  Yeah you do!

You have a new album to listen to leading up to the Weezer / Pixies concert at Van Andel Arena on March 20th.  Before you enjoy a handful of 80's and 90's covers Weezer's "The Teal Album" which drops on March 1st, here a little background.

This whole thing began when Weezer Trolled a fan on the internet.  Someone created the twitter handle @WeezerAfrica with the name "weezer cover africa by toto."  Then started begging the band to cover the song.  Weezer responded by covering a different song by Toto, "Rosanna."  Then a week later they recorded the song that would become their biggest hit ever, "Africa."

At Midnight 1/24/19 nine songs from the new Weezer album were uploaded to youtube with the following description:

The ultimate covers collection with songs from TOTO, Tears For Fears, Eurythmics, A-Ha, The Turtles, Black Sabbath, Electric Light Orchestra, TLC, Michael Jackson & Ben E. King played - played and sung by yours truly. The first place to buy the Teal CD (if that’s your thing) is at http://weezer.com. 500 ultra limited teal velcro wallets avail now for pre-order - first 100 orders come with real signed dollar bills! More fun to come between now and Black Friday (3/1).

Enjoy!

 

 

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