With frontman Rivers Cuomo ditching “Beverly Hills” for the chillier climes of Cambridge, Mass., where he’ll be finishing up his Harvard degree, Weezer is going on temporary hiatus, and releasing a live DVD in the meantime. The band’s official website says the DVD, which will be released sometime in 2006, was filmed at a concert in Japan and will include behind the scenes footage. Even though the rest of Weezer isn’t hitting the books down east, they’re keeping busy. Guitarist Brian Bell recorded a cover of the Velvet Underground song “Heroin” for the upcoming Edie Sedgwick biopic Factory Girl, and bassist Scott Shriner is hosting Rock ‘N’ Roll Bingo, a charity bingo event in Hollywood, on January 19.
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