JamBase — "Weird Al" Yankovic teamed with Weezer on a cover of Toto's "Africa" at The Forum in Inglewood, California on Wednesday night. The post Weezer Covers Toto’s ‘Africa’ With ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic In Inglewood appeared first on JamBase. more info

Consequence of Sound — The live collaboration took place at Los Angeles' The Forum. more info

Stereogum — The Weezer-doing-"Africa" saga continues! Back in May, after a viral campaign (and after covering another Toto song), Weezer caved and released their version of "Africa," the grand and sweeping kitsch classic that Toto took to #1 in 1983. This was al... more info

Consequence of Sound — Woods of Trees' face-melting version also hilariously changes the lyrics to the '80s pop hit. more info

Consequence of Sound — Classic rockers preview their forthcoming cover at a Vancouver gig. more info

Stereogum — In recent months, Weezer have gotten a whole lot of mileage out of covering early-'80s cheese-rock kings Toto. They started out by covering Toto's "Rosanna," and then, after a months-long viral fan campaign, they took on the big one, releasing their ... more info

Chorus.fm — Toto will be covering Weezer’s “Hash Pipe” in the near future: Toto drummer Steve Porcaro told KROQ, “You know, we listened to ‘Beverly Hills.’ I wanted to maybe even do a real ‘Africa’-type version of that, I was thinking about for a... more info

Consequence of Sound — "We added a couple of our kitschy little things to it, which I hope they laugh at." more info

Stereogum — After a successful grassroots campaign from a teenage girl in Ohio, Weezer finally covered Toto's massive 1982 hit "Africa." First, they covered another Toto song, the 1982 #2 hit "Rosanna," and both songs are being released on special limited editio... more info

Stereogum — One of the great successful grassroots campaigns in recent music history involved a teenage girl from Ohio lobbying to get Weezer to cover Toto's 1983 mega-hit "Africa," a song that's been experiencing a renaissance among younger generations in recen... more info