How does Weezer's Rivers Cuomo feel about "Africa" by Toto? Over six years after the "Island in the Sun" band released a cover of "Africa" in response to an internet campaign and subsequently earned ...

Weezer have something to celebrate— their cover of “Africa” by Toto just went certified Gold. In case you forgot how we got here, let’s have a refresher on why the band covered the song in the first ...

Weezer’s cover of Toto’s perennial favorite “Africa” undoubtedly became one of the band’s biggest successes, but Toto guitarist Steve Lukather isn’t sure the reasons behind the cover were genuine. The ...

Eight months after scoring a surprise hit with their fan-demanded rendition of Toto’s “Africa,” Weezer surprise-released a full covers LP, Weezer (The Teal Album). The record is out now via Crush ...

Toto guitarist Steve Lukather insists things "got weird" with Weezer after their 'Africa' cover. The 'Buddy Holly' rockers had huge success with their rendition of the 1982 classic in 2018 following a ...

In 2018, in response to months of campaigning by an Ohio teenager named Mary, Weezer famously covered Toto’s 1983 chart-topping hit “Africa,” yielding a fun music video with Weird Al Yankovic and ...

In 2018 the bands exchanged cover versions, a move fired up by a Weezer fan who’d started an online campaign to have Cuomo’s group perform Toto’s signature track. The result was a surprise hit single ...

When Weezer – best known for their straight-ahead rock and power-pop sound – cut Toto’s “Africa” in 2018, a lot of people took it as a joke, until they really listened to how well the band performed ...

When Weezer’s 2018 cover of Toto’s “Africa” earned the band its biggest Hot 100 smash since 2005 (and hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart), singer Rivers Cuomo marked the occasion in his ...

Originally filed Tuesday, August 7, 2018 by RODNEY HO/[email protected] on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog In one of the most unlikely radio cover hits of recent vintage, Weezer’s ironically faithful cover of ...

It’s almost Weezer time, Des Moines. The beloved guitar pop group returns March 28 to Wells Fargo Arena, part of a one-night show featuring alternative staple the Pixies and heavy rock up-and-comer ...