Weezer.com is reporting that an album of classical Weezer covers will be released by Take-Out records. Here's the story: "This coming Tuesday, May 28th, Take-Out records is releasing their licensed Weezer covers album, all done in an orchestrated classical style! The CD is called "Only In Dreams; Classical Music Inspired By Weezer", and contains unique versions of Mykel & Carli, In The Garage, Only In Dreams, Across The Sea, Pink Triangle, Photograph, Island In The Sun, and Smile. The website has been fixed and revamped, and has the full story and ordering info."
The band's webpage has also confirmed their "Enlightenment Tour" for this summer. Opening acts for the whole tour are Sparta and Dashboard Confessional, and opening on parts of the tour are the Strokes. The tentative dates are posted below.
July 6th: Salt lake City; The E Center
July 7th: Denver; Red Rocks
July 9th: Minneapolis; Xcel Arena
July 11th: Chicago; Tweeter Center
July 12th: Detroit; DTE Energy Center
July 14th: Toronto; Molson Ampitheater
July 15th: Cleveland; Blossom Music Center
July 17th: Indianapolis: Verizon Ampitheater
July 18th: Columbus: Polaris Ampitheater
July 20th: Hartford, CT: CTnow.com Meadows Music Centre
July 21st: Boston: Tweeter center
July 22nd: Wantaugh(NYC): Jones Beach Ampitheater
July 23rd: Holmdel, NJ: Garden State Ampitheater
July 26th: Philadelphia: Tweeter Center
July 27th: Washington, DC: Merriweather Post
July 29th: Atlanta: Hifi Buys Ampitheater
July 30th: Nashville: TBA
Aug 1st: Houston: Woods Ampitheater
Aug 2nd: Dallas: Smirnoff Ampitheater
Aug 4th: San Antonio: Verizon Ampitheater
Aug 7th: Phoenix: TBA
Aug 9th: Irvine (LA): Verizon Ampitheater
Aug 10th: San Diego: Coors Ampitheater