Rivers Cuomo, songwriter for alternative rock titans Weezer, once admitted to lifting a bassline from Motown icon Smokey ...

Don’t expect Weezer and Toto to be swamping friendship bracelets anytime soon. The point of contention centers on Toto’s 1982 enduring hit, “Africa,” and Weezer’s cover of the song.

Weezer had a smash hit with their cover of Toto's "Africa" and it worked out well for both bands in the end, but what does Toto guitarist Steve Lukather really think about how the whole thing went ...

Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty; Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty 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 ...

This year’s lineup includes Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Vampire Weekend, Weezer, Modest Mouse, DEVO, Franz Ferdinand, Cake, ...

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 ...

Weezer covered Toto's "Africa" in 2018, but Steve Lukather thinks the song's unexpected success "blew up" in the band's face. By Tyler Jenke Weezer‘s cover of Toto‘s perennial favorite ...

Ocean City music festival Oceans Calling announced its 2025 lineup, including bands Green Day, Weezer and Maryland natives ...

Oceans Calling Festival is set to return for its third year in Ocean City, Maryland, from Sept. 26-28, 2025. Here's a look at ...

Green Day, Noah Kahan, and Fall Out Boy and Weezer will headline the three-day Oceans Calling Festival in Ocean City, Maryland, this September. Tickets for the pop-punk-alternative boardwalk festival ...

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 ...