Olivia Rodrigo shocked the Lollapalooza crowd throughout her headlining set by inviting rock and roll giants Weezer on stage to carry out a number of traditional tracks.
Towards the tip of her efficiency, she invited the band to hitch her on-stage, noting that Weezer was the primary band she ever noticed reside.
“You always remember your first concert. It’s a very, very special moment,” Rodrigo stated. “I remember my first concert. It was a very memorable night. I watched this incredible band and I am so over the moon, because that incredible band is actually here tonight to play a few songs. Will you please say hello to Weezer?”
Weezer then strolled on stage and joined Rodrigo for variations of their huge singles “Buddy Holly” and “Say It Ain’t So,” each from the band’s 1994 self-titled album. She performed guitar and sang alongside Rivers Cuomo in the course of the efficiency.
Rodrigo mirrored on the occasion on social media, even sharing a photograph of herself as a baby at stated live performance, sporting outsized ear safety and sporting a Weezer shirt. Rodrigo wrote within the put up, “my first concert and my last weekend of the GUTS tour. thank u to everyone who came out and thank u @weezer for still making me this excited all these years later!!! cannot believe how lucky I am to be able to play these shows with yall!!!! [three heart emojis].” Weezer added within the feedback: “Full circle moment and an absolute honor, thank you [rock fingers emoji, lightning bolt emoji].”
Rodrigo has made a behavior of inviting artists to carry out their songs throughout her competition headlining units. At this 12 months’s Glastonbury Competition within the UK on the finish of June, Rodrigo was additionally one of many headlining acts, and invited The Remedy’s Robert Smith onstage for a rendition of the band’s “Just Like Heaven.” At Governors Ball in New York earlier that month, she carried out Speaking Heads’ “Burning Down the House” alongside the band’s David Byrne.
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