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Weezer Rewrite Beverly Hills for Quebec and Turn Place Bell Into a Sing-Along
The Gathering tour, The Shins and Silversun Pickups opening, twenty-six songs, Rivers Cuomo on drums for one of them, and “Living in Montréal, Québec”.
By Axel CalderonSeptember 26, 2026Photos and video: Axel Calderon / TNR
A bill for alternative kids
Weezer’s Gathering tour came to Place Bell with The Shins and Silversun Pickups opening, which already made it one of the best alternative bills of the year in Quebec. Then Weezer played twenty-six songs.
The set was a party of their whole history, from the Blue Album to the newer records, and it never slowed down long enough for the arena to sit.
My view of it
Two moments that made it ours
First, “Beverly Hills” rewritten on the spot as “Living in Montréal, Québec”. Second, Rivers Cuomo moving to the drums for “Pork and Beans”, a band that has been doing this for over thirty years still looking for ways to surprise itself.
“Weezer are still the best band in the world at making nerd rock feel like a stadium event.”
The run to the end
The last stretch was all sing-alongs: “Buddy Holly” and “Island in the Sun”, the songs that lived on every burned CD of my youth.
Setlist highlights · Place Bell · September 26, 2026
- Beverly Hills (as “Living in Montréal, Québec”)
- Pork and Beans (Rivers Cuomo on drums)
- Buddy Holly
- Island in the Sun
Highlights only. The full 26-song setlist is on setlist.fm.
Twenty-six songs and not a dull minute. Weezer still know exactly how to make an arena feel like a basement party.
Sources: setlist.fm, Vice, tour announcement.
