Matt Damon hosted last night's episode of Saturday Night Live and played a ride-or-die Weezer fan in one of the sketches. It starts with him playing their cover of "Africa" by Toto at a Christmas party. Leslie Jones calls Damon a fake fan for liking Weezer's new stuff: "I'm just confused because real Weezer fans…

Damn argues in defense of his favorite bandDamon plays a "ride or die" fan of the bandMatt Damon played a Weezer super fan during last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live. In the clip, Damon’s character argues in defense of his favorite band during a dinner with his ex-wife and their new friends. Comedian Leslie Jones play...

You guys really like "Africa," huh! The bit seemed ironic at first, but I don't know what to believe anymore. Earlier this year, Weezer covered Toto's 1982 hit after a fan ran a viral campaign requesting the cover. Now, we're hearing it sampled in a new Pitbull song for the forthcoming Aquaman soundtrack. The result…

Toto had a brief return to the cultural consciousness earlier this year when Weezer struck alt-radio gold by covering the cheese-rockers 1982 megahit "Africa." Toto had some fun with that by returning the favor and covering Weezer's "Hash Pipe," both on stage and in the studio. But Toto is still kicking around as…

Weezer didn't release an album in 2018, and yet this has still been one of the biggest Weezer years in recent memory, largely on the strength of the band's novelty-hit cover of Toto's "Africa." Next year, the band will release a new album, their Black Album. Last month, the band announced that the album would…