Weezer Did A Historical Night in Jakarta

After years of waiting, many Weezer’s fans in Indonesia finally got their big moment last night (08/01)! The concert which was promoted by four big e.os (Asia Live Entertainment, Marygops Studios, Blackrock Entertainment, and Star D Pro) had promised that the show would go with bunch of meanest tracks of Weezer and will be a great kickstart in 2013. Weezer, The band which was formed in 1992, made their first ever show in Jakarta in a very legendary and unforgettably way. Before the band went on stage, the crowd was definitely amused with Rivers Cuomo did a bit air-guitar performance and juggling on stage, which later known as his warming up activities.

When the lights are dimmed, the fans started cheering “Weezer!”, then the band showed up their appeareance. Performing ‘I Want You To‘ as the first song, the crowd exploded in a big choir of this song. After the first song, Rivers Cuomo introduced about how the show would go along with an intro of “Pork and Beans”, when performed ‘Pork and Beans’ all of the personnel did a small solo of the chorus, started with Brian Bell and finished by Patrick. Rivers Cuomo was also so great in entertaining the crowd, he went to the camera-man and pointed at him while singing the bridge part of ‘Troublemaker’. The amazing set still continued, the crowd sang along to the easiest yet catchy part of “Perfect Situation” and proceeded by the drum roll of ‘Beverly Hills’, we were not surprised when this song was performed, because at the press conference, Rivers Cuomo told the media that the band would be performing Beverly Hills and Island in The Sun. The intermezzo yet surprising part was when the band about to play ‘Island in The Sun’, he did a cover of AKB48’s Heavy Rotation, that was a really one hell of amusement (No one ever thought they did a cover version of this song!) and when the infamous intro of Island in The Sun played, the crowd blasted into a jig republic. The concert was divided into two segments, the first one is “The Greatest Hits” segment which included on twelve songs and the last is their phenomenal “The Blue Album”.

When a break to the second part of the show, Karl Koch, the manager and long life buddy who have been with the band for about twenty one years put his slot of Weezer’s journey with a title “Karl’s Corner”. The segment was about a journey of the band in the earliest year of their career, the fun stuffs about the band, how the albums were created and definitely the things that might you had not seen or known about the band. It was pretty much like a story telling of Weezer in adventuring into this industry. The best supplement for Weezer’s avid fans of course.

The Blue Album’s part started!’My Name Is Jonas‘ placed as the opening song for the Blue Album’s part. Here came the part for the avid fan of Weezer’s debut album sparked. ‘No One Else‘ and ‘The World Has Turned and Left Me Here‘ were some of the songs that made the crowd become a huge karaoke session, and sure the best same thing happened when “Buddy Holly” was performed. Later, the crowd was got into the melancholy but not so melancholy of “Say It Ain’t So”.
When Rivers Cuomo said “this is our last song!“ to ‘Only in Dreams’, the crowd knew it would be the last song but kept hoping that it would not be last, furthermore Rivers Cuomo shouted “Adios amigos!” to the crowd. Unfortunately, when the crowd kept cheering for an encore, found out that it really was no encore part. But, still that night was a very memorable night.

We were not sure with the weather last night since it’s a rain or shine event, thankfully it only a bit of single drop. Eventhough it was muddy like at the venue, still, Weezer owned the night and brought back great memories of “The Blue Album”. The fans come home with a smile and some glassy-eyed (or even tears) after the show. A great long set and the surprises put the fans into their very best moment of their life. Plus, We give a huge credit to the four amazing promoters who have made it into the only Weezer’s show in Asia!. By seeing how the band got a great feedback from the Indonesian Fans last night, we totally are sure that the band has found the second home and hoping they would be back soon for another show. As Rivers Cuomo said before he left the stage “Sampai Jumpa!”. (Alcander Alonzo – Pics: Marygops Studios)