Say It Ain't So...

It wasn’t a “Flat Tire” nor a broken “Hash Pipe,” but rather an unfortunate patch of ice. An untimely crash on Sunday left disappointed Bostonians without a sweet Weezer concert to liven up their December.

Rivers Cuomo '99-'06, the lead singer for the band Weezer, was on his tour bus coming from Toronto, Canada to Boston for Monday’s concert at Boston University. According to the driver, “the back end of the bus slid on ice, then went into the median and hit some reflective posts before crossing back over the highway, going over the guardrail and landing in a ditch.” Of course, if they had been driving on the “Island in the Sun” there would have been no ice... (yay Weezer puns!)

Cuomo’s wife, daughter, and his daughter’s nanny were all uninjured.  However, Cuomo cracked three ribs, suffered minor internal damage, and injured his leg. Cuomo’s assistant was also sent to the hospital with two broken ribs and a fractured lower vertebra.

Cuomo’s assistant was released from the hospital already, but according to the band website, Cuomo was transferred to a larger hospital and remains under observation. Surgery is unlikely, and hopefully his recovery will be speedy, and the band will be in full swing in 2010.

Obviously, the concert at BU was canceled. The band is also canceling the rest of their December tour. Students at BU were a little disappointed in missing the concert, as they are in the midst of final exams, and needed a study break.

“I know a lot of people who arranged their study schedules around it so they could go,” wrote BU sophomore Katie Weller in an e-mail.