Weezer Rallies The 'Ensemble'
Weezer has christened its sixth album "Tout Ensemble," and will release it April 22 via Geffen.
"I have never been so excited about a project in my life," bassist Scott Shriner says. "Weezer fans truly have something to look forward to. The entire band has accomplished some of its most challenging goals as a group and as individuals. It's all coming together on this album."
No other details have been made available about the project, which is the follow-up to 2005's "Make Believe." But there is new music from Rivers Cuomo coming before the end of the year, in the form of the Geffen album "Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo."
Due Dec. 18, the set includes "my favorite home demos from '92 to '07 featuring a lot of never heard before songs, a few covers, a few songs from my unfinished rock musical 'Songs From The Black Hole' and my original demo for 'Buddy Holly,'" Cuomo says.
Springsteen bandmate on hiatus for health reasons
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Keyboardist Danny Federici, an original member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, is taking a leave of absence from the group while underground treatment for melanoma.
Beginning Sunday (November 24) in Madrid, Federici will be replaced by Charles Giordano, who previously played in Springsteen's Sessions band.
On Monday in Boston, the E Street Band's set list was tilted toward material with which Federici is closely associated, including "Kitty's Back," "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" and "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)."
"Danny is one of the pillars of our sound and has played beside me as a great friend for more than 40 years," Springsteen said in a statement. "We all eagerly await his healthy and speedy return."
Besides Springsteen, the other original E Street members are saxophonist Clarence Clemons and bassist Garry Tallent.