Best Coast was opening for them, I did not go, but when checking the twitterworld to see how much Weezer fans were appreciating her, I was not really surprised to see a mix bag, a little more on the negative side:
‘Best Coast not bad’
‘Gal from Best Coast sound about as good as I do when I play Rock Band’
‘At Gibson Amph. for Weezer … If Best Coast is one of NME’s 50 best new bands, I wanna hear the 50 worst’
‘Most boring support band of all time award goes to Best Coast. Zzzzzz…..
‘Made really good time, Best Coast is still on. Never heard them before but they sound great’
‘best coast opening for @weezer at the gibson… not bad but all the songs sound the same’
‘On second thought.best coast.annoying..#atwmemories’
‘Best Coast are opening for Weezer and they are boring zzzzzzzzzzz.’
‘the twitosphere isnt giving Best Coast much love as they open for Weezer. will make sure to arrive late tomorrow night #pinkerton’
‘Best Coast was great, glad I saw them (and will tomorrow). People around me complaining about them though :(‘
And what about Weezer who was supposed to perform the Blue album? According to other tweets it was not exactly what was announced:
‘@PartTimeSongs no, 7 songs so far, still no blue album/Pinkerton it’s torture. how could a band once so good become this bad? #weezer’
‘i would like my ticket’s price to be donate towards that fund to make weezer break up. this is criminally bad music’
‘weezer arranged their setlist so it goes from newest to oldest material. wish they’d have done the set backwards so i could have left early.’
‘As I watch weezer play their 10th song of their set (“hash pipe” still no blue album) I srsly feel lied to. I actually hate them now. hate.’
‘after watching an hour of new material, weezer has finally worked their way to the old stuff. but it feels like a cover band at this point’
But what matters is that Bethany reached nirvana just before she tweeted this: ‘bestycoastyy I just sang “island in the sun” onstage with weezer!!! #lifeiscomplete’
A tweet that was retweeted about a thousand times…
Someone on Twitter even gave the link of ustream.tv giving access to a webcam connected to Rivers Cuomo’s room backstage, and I couldn’t believe the orgy going on over there, no seriously, it was voyeurism at its best and a little bit too much intimacy: before going back on stage to play the Blue album, Rivers, all wide-eyed, spent a few minutes in front of his computer, then laid down on the couch and appeared to sleep like a baby for about 20 minutes.