Weezer holds it down as one of the best rock bands touring for the current generation. After seeing them a few times in the last few years, one can’t help but wonder if they rest. Assuming they don’t, fans are thankful. Weezer seems to be a live act that genuinely plays for their fans. Two hour sets, high energy, crowd participation and a set list that sounds like The Best Of inevitably leave the masses content.

Raditude has taken some slack for being a gimmicky record after listening to Rivers’ thirst for Patron and a Lil Wayne guest spot.  This is false. It was apparent that Rivers isn’t trying to convince anybody he’s cool. Raditude is a compilation of great live tracks and a slight variation on the packaging that contains the Weezer message: We’re not really cool dudes; we’re just doing our thing.

Rivers is a phenomenal front man, but a great part of Weezer’s strength is that all the members of the band are characters worth watching. They’ve all got their own entertaining mannerisms that come together to form an unintended super-group.

Rivers went bonkers throughout the entire show. He’s departed from his usual overtly awkward stage moves to what seems to be a satire of today’s rock hero. His t-shirt was sans sleeves, oddly places tattoos blotched his gym-visited arms and every few songs he felt the need to grab a New Era Fifty-Nine Fifty fitted hat from a fan in the crowd to wear on his visibly balding crown.

The show was phenomenal. Highlights included a fan coming up on stage to sing (If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To, an onstage trampoline, an MGMT/Lady Gaga mash-up-cover and oversize beach-balls and foam for the double encore. Just another exceptional evening with four super cool guys trying not to be cool.

The last time Weezer was in Toronto, they opened for Blink-182. Here’s a revue of that concert in September:

Blink 182 played the second Toronto show of their reunion tour on Sunday night at the Molson Amphitheatre. It was special. After attending the first show as well I wasn’t anticipating much of a difference. It could have been the insane fact that Weezer was the opening band, but something made this show a little more awesome, high energy, sweaty and magical.

Mark, Tom and Travis seemed a little more affectionate this night. Tom dedicated multiple songs to Mark. One out of respect for playing his heart out every song and one because he had sex the night before. It was real. The boys dominated their set with a flurry of classics. Mark and Tom seemed to really like each other, Travis did a drum solo hanging thirty feet above the stage, they closed with Dammit; there was simply nothing to complain about.

Weezer, the biggest opener I’ve ever seen was awesome – Weezer style. Rivers did his usual awkward arm movements, they played songs from all their albums, wore matching neon orange jump suits, closed with Buddy Holly and Rivers had to take off his glasses to get cathardic without putting his spectacles at risk.

Taking Back Sunday does not have a bad night as far as I’m concerned. They weren’t gonna start at this show. Adam dominated the stage, they sang hard and their signiture pop song verse was Single Ladies. Beyonce. So well chosen. Such a perfect high school evening.