On Saturday night, Weezer performed before Foo Fighters headlining set at Brazil’s Rock in Rio festival. At the tail end of the set, the band surprised fans with a cover of beloved Nirvana track ‘Lithium’.
“We’re gonna cover a song from Dave Grohl’s old band to tide you over until the main course in a few minutes,” shared Rivers Cuomo before launching into a zestful performance of the Nevermind track. You can check out fan-shot footage below.
Watch: Weezer cover Nirvana’s ‘Lithium’ at Rock in Rio Brasil 2019
During Foo Fighters headlining set, later on, Grohl revealed that Weezer’s cover of the song stirred up intense emotions, before dedicating the track ‘Big Me’ to the band.
. “Tonight I’m gonna dedicate this one to Weezer,” he said. “I was backstage and I heard Weezer play the ‘Lithium’ song. I gotta be honest, I cried a little bit. I did! I miss playing that song. I miss it, so I’m happy to hear Weezer play it again. So this one goes out to the sweet Weezer.”
Grohl also revealed that the band are gearing up to record their next record after they return home from tour next week.
“I don’t know when we’ll be back down here again, but we will,” he said. “We go home next week and we start making a new Foo Fighters record. It’s good, it’s good.”
To tide fans over until their next record, Fooeys recently dropped a surprise five track EP full of rarities and covers. 01070725 features live covers of Arcade Fire’s ‘Keep The Car Running’, and Dead Kennedys ‘Holiday In Cambodia’.
Tomorrow, Weezer and Foo Fighters are set to continue their series of shows together at Bogota, Colombia’s El Campin Stadium on October 1st and Estadio Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica on Friday, October 4th.
