Facebook Campaign Offers Weezer $10m To Split


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A Seattle resident has become the latest Facebook user to get his name in the headlines this week after launching a campaign to raise a $10m offer to Weezer in return for them splitting up.

James Burns said in his pitch via Pitchfork and The Stranger that he has never been a fan of the band, and would now like to increase the chances of them splitting following the release of ‘Hurley‘. “I have never been a fan of this band. I think that they are pretty much horrible, and always have been. Even in the early ’90s,” he wrote.

“Every year, Rivers Cuomo swears that he’s changed, and that their new album is the best thing that he’s done since ‘Pinkerton,’ and what happens? Another pile of crap like ‘Beverly Hills‘ or ‘I’m Your Daddy‘. This is an abusive relationship, and it needs to stop now.”

Burns is apparently hoping all those who have purchased Weezer’s 1996 record ‘Pinkerton‘ will donate $12 in order to raise the sum and, despite the flimsiness of the campaign, it does appear to have caught the attention of the band after drummer Patrick Wilson tweeted: “If they can make it 20, we’ll do the ‘deluxe breakup’!”

Meanwhile, a new Facebook campaign has also been created in an attempt to prevent this year’s X Factor winner from landing the UK’s Christmas number one, after the success of a similar plan last year handed Rage Against The Machine the accolade. This year’s appeal aims to get ‘4,33‘ by John Cage, which consists of entirely of silence, to the number one spot.


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