Weezer bass player, Scott Shrinerreturned to stage on Saturday April 12 after his wife Jillian LaurenFollow and stop earlier in the week.
The group “hash pipe” did not directly deal with Lauren’s arrest when they occurred on the Mojave scene during the first weekend of the Indio music festival, California.
However, according to VarietyWeezer singer Rivers Cuomo Perhaps an oblique reference to the difficult week of their bass player when he mentioned that it was time to “let all these emotions escape”.
“We were making the film Weezer in Los Angeles, but when Coachella called and we asked if we could make a surprise appearance, we said” Devil yeah “. It’s so great to be here with all the guys and let all these emotions escape, “said Cuomo, 54.
Weezer was only added to the bill for Coachella’s first weekend, so they should not return to the Polo Club Empire next Saturday. The group was announced for Coachella as a last minute addition just a few days before Lauren was arrested after a shootout with the police outside her Los Angeles residence on Wednesday, April 9.
Lauren was killed by police officers entering a search for an unrelated suspect, then fled to her residence. A 9 -millimeter handgun has been recovered by LAPD officers inside his house.
When the police determined that the injury by Lauren’s shooting did not threaten life, she was placed in police custody and reserved for an attempted murder.
“On April 8, 2025, around 3:25 p.m., California Highway Patrol asked for a backup three suspects of offense of offense, which fled in a residential area,” said a press release from the LAPD. “As the police were in the backyard of this residence, they observed a woman, later identified as Jillian Shriner, 51, in the courtyard of a neighboring residence armed with a handgun.”
Lauren was then released from the guard after losing a deposit of $ 1 million on Wednesday. It is to appear during a court hearing on April 30.

Shriner, 59, broke his silence of his wife’s arrest on Thursday, April 10 when he said Tmz that the couple was “good”. The bass player also confirmed that he was going to go ahead with the performance of Coachella de Weezer even after his wife’s shooting.
Shriner joined Weezer in 2001 following the group’s three -year break, replacing Mikey Welsh. He officially made his debut with alternative rockers on their third eponymous album (aka The green album).
The musician married author Lauren, 51, in November 2005. The couple then adopted their two sons, Tariku Moon and Jovi Starshine, in 2007 and 2009, respectively.
Coachella continues with headliner sets of Travis Scott and Green Day on Saturday, before Megan Thee Stonal And Post Malone Close the first weekend on Sunday April 13.