Weezer launched its Weezer: The Gathering North American tour on September 8 with a show at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California, which the promoter says sold out. The 32-city arena run, promoted by Live Nation and featuring support from The Shins and Silversun Pickups, continues through October 24 with a closing date in Los Angeles.

The tour supports Weezer (The Gold Album), the band’s 20th studio release, which came out August 21 on Reprise/Warner Records, the band’s new label. The album includes the tracks “Shine Again,” “We Might As Well Be Strangers” featuring Wednesday, “C.E.O.” and “Hoops,” and has drawn positive notices from outlets including Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and the Associated Press, according to the announcement.

The outing follows Weezer’s Return to the Blue Planet tour marking the 30th anniversary of The Blue Album, which the band says also sold out, as well as the Hella Mega tour with Green Day and Fall Out Boy. The band has sold more than 35 million records worldwide, according to the announcement.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Avery Robinson, LiveNation.com.

Nice As Fuck, the trio of Jenny Lewis, Erika Spring and Tennessee Thomas, has announced a tour marking the 10th anniversary of its self-titled debut album. The run kicks off October 16 at Sid the Cat in Pasadena and moves through the west coast before heading east, with DJ Alix Brown joining the dates. The tour concludes October 29 in Brooklyn at Xanadu Roller Arts, with additional stops in San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia.

Alongside the tour, the band’s long out-of-print 2016 debut album will be reissued on vinyl, available for purchase at the shows and through pre-order online. Tickets for the tour go on sale today at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Michele Hug, nastylittleman.com.

Country singer-songwriter and U.S. Army combat veteran John PayCheck released “Battles You Never Knew” on Sept. 11 via HorseBite Entertainment, the third focus track from his forthcoming third studio album, “Better Plan,” set for a Nov. 27 digital release. The song was written by PayCheck and recorded at Gnome Studios with producer Bill McDermott, whose credits include George Strait, Tim McGraw and Brad Paisley.

According to the announcement, the track takes aim at artists who write about military sacrifice without having experienced combat themselves. PayCheck, who says he joined the Army after the events of Sept. 11, describes the song as a challenge to what he characterizes as a trend of profiting from soldiers’ experiences rather than genuinely honoring them.

PayCheck is the son of country artist Johnny PayCheck. The label says his collaboration with Struggle Jennings, “Sons Of The Spark,” has surpassed 51,000 Spotify streams. He continues to tour independently, with 2026 tour dates announced across the Midwest, East Coast and Texas in support of “Better Plan.”

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Jason W. Ashcraft / JWA Media, jwamedia.com.

Colombian artist Beéle has released his debut album BORONDO across streaming platforms through 5020 Records. The 26-track project features collaborations with Marc Anthony and Carla Morrison, and according to the announcement follows Beéle reaching number one on Spotify’s global Latin chart.

The label describes BORONDO as a genre-spanning collection touching reggaetón, pop, Afrobeats and Caribbean-influenced rhythms, drawing on Beéle’s upbringing on Colombia’s coast. Notable tracks include “mi refe,” which the announcement says has been certified 3x Platinum, the Marc Anthony collaboration “Dios me oyó,” and “time and space,” an English-language ballad.

Beéle is also set to lead nominations at the Heat Latin Music Awards later this month, earning seven nods including Best Urban Artist and Song of the Year, with the ceremony scheduled for May 29.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Frost (thefameculture.com).