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Weezer are returning to Fortnite to celebrate 30 years of their iconic debut ‘The Blue Album’.
Weezer were one of the first bands to embrace Fortnite with their 2019 Weezer World experience and now the band are set to return in open-world crime simulator game Sweat(er) City.
Created using Fortnite’s dedicated engine editor, Sweat(er) City is a 24-player open-world experience, where you have to plan and pull off elaborate heists while avoiding rival gangs.
The limited-time Weezer Sweat(er) City event goes live today (October 11). According to a press release, the experience will “bring the band’s music to live in a series of new and sometimes surprise #weezered in-game moments.” These include a weaponised guitar that plays the iconic ‘Buddy Holly’ riff while developers have also recreated Arnold’s Drive-In, which features in the ‘Buddy Holly’ music video. Players can also snap selfies in front of a blue wall to recreate the album cover and “battle a Rivers Cuomo NPC boss wielding a sweater yarn stun gun”.
“Sweat(er) City is all about rocking out with your friends as you pull off the sweetest heists for the best gear,” said Alex Seropian, founder and CEO of developers Look North World. “There’s no band better to provide the soundtrack to the action than Weezer. This partnership embodies the future of interactive entertainment, where music and gaming converge to create immersive, fan-driven experiences. We’re honoured to partner with Weezer and bring them into Sweat(er) City and back to Fortnite!”
“Weezer and Fortnite go together like rock n roll and a diner,” added Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo “So go ahead, drop in to Arnold’s Drive-In. But watch out…you might get weezered.”
Sweat(er) City is available from October 11 to November 11, and players can access the game by entering the Fortnite Creative Island Code 8484-8812-9198.
Weezer have also been celebrating the 30th anniversary of ‘The Blue Album’ with their elaborate ‘Voyage To The Blue Planet’ tour, which finishes tonight in California. The tour will also be available to stream this weekend, while a 30th anniversary reissue of ‘The Blue Album’ is due November 1.
In other news, iconic PlayStation 1-era Star Wars game Jedi Power Battles is set to launch on modern consoles from early next year.
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Du Blonde has released a new single, ‘Next Big Thing’, which features a collaboration with Skunk Anansie singer Skin. Watch its music video below.
The track, issued on Tuesday (October 8), is the latest glimpse into the singer-songwriter’s upcoming fourth album ‘Sniff More Gritty’, set for release on November 15 via Daemon TV, after a series of single releases following August’s ‘TV Star’. In the song, backed by fuzzy alt-rock fury, Du Blonde sings lyrics pulled from a laundry list of unrequested “words of advice” they’ve received through their career.
Skin joins Du Blonde in its catchy chorus, where they sing: “Where you going? / What about the rest of us? / Hey, where you going? / What about the rest of us?“, as if conjuring the voices that once accosted them. The music video, directed by Ericka Clevenger, sees Du Blonde possessing several onscreen personas – a violent abducter, a nun, and a demon.
“‘Next Big Thing’ is the result of my first 15 years in the music industry, from audience members shouting ‘Take your top off!’ during my first shows at 15, to label executives telling me to be less ‘sensitive’ about being sexually harassed,” Du Blonde reveals in a press statement.
“Every line in the song is something that has been personally said to me by folks in the industry, but speak to almost any woman or femme-presenting musician and they will have stories to match.”
They also share how Skin had been an influence not just on them, but on “kids like me in the 90s” for being “outspoken about her experiences as a frontwoman of a rock band in a male-dominated field.
“It’s pioneers like her who paved the way for a lot of young girls and queer kids who didn’t necessarily see themselves on TV or global stages, and I’m so grateful to have her join me on this track.”
Other guest artists on ‘Sniff More Gritty’ include Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace, Maximo Park’s Paul Smith and The Futureheads’ Ross Millard.
Check out the tracklist and album cover below.
1 – ‘Perfect’
2 – ‘Dollar Coffee’
3 – ‘Solitary Individual’ (feat. Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace)
4 – ‘TV Star’
5 – ‘Out of a Million’
6 – ‘ICU’
7 – ‘Blame’
8 – ‘Lucky’
9 – ‘Yesterday’
10 – ‘Next Big Thing’ (feat. Skunk Anansie’s Skin)
11 – ‘Radio Jesus’ (feat. Maximo Park’s Paul Smith & The Futureheads’ Ross Millard)
12 – ‘Metal Detector’
Alongside the album announcement, they also shared details of a UK tour commencing early next year. Du Blonde will kick off the shows on January 22 in Edinburgh, before heading to Glasgow (23), Newcastle (24), Manchester (26) and Leeds (28). They’ll then perform in Bristol, Birmingham and Brighton in early February, before wrapping up the live dates in London on February 6. You can find all tour dates below and buy your tickets here.
JANUARY 2025
22 – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh
23 – Broadcast, Glasgow
24 – The Cluny, Newcastle
26 – YES (Basement), Manchester
28 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
29 – Yellow Arch, Sheffield
31 – Bodega, Nottingham
FEBRUARY
1 – The Flapper, Birmingham
2 – Thekla, Bristol
4 – DUST, Brighton
6 – Moth Club, London
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