This post was updated Oct. 25 at 8:42 p.m.

Weezer only played four tracks from its newest album at its Los Angeles show. And fans didn’t want it any other way.

The alternative rock band concluded the North American leg of “The Gathering” tour at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday night. The tour promoted the Gold Album, released Aug. 21. The band’s sold-out show featured a 26-song setlist and brought back its ‘90s and early 2000s hits to its hometown. Despite a distracting stage design, Weezer’s almost-two-hour-long set seamlessly wove through every band era and electrified the crowd.

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As fans trickled into the arena, the Silversun Pickups opened the night with its pop punk revival songs – necessary to prepare attendees for the pensive 2000s pop rock anthems the night had in store. Finishing its five-song set, the band poured its heart into the shoegaze fan-favorite track “Lazy Eye” to energize the arena.

The Shins, the second opening act of the night, followed with zero introduction and breezed through its folk rock songs. The group effortlessly harmonized and played poignant duets, such as “Heartworms,” and wrapped up its set with a cover of R.E.M.’s “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine).” The band’s energy kept attendees bouncing as Weezer began its set.

Weezer illuminated the crowd with its opening song, “Shine Again,” displaying football stadium-esque white lights and a set design of a white picket fence and a house in front of a backdrop of LA mountains. The next track off of the Gold Album, “C.E.O.,” came halfway through the set, and Rivers Cuomo delivered the opening lines of “Wish I could do something new/But no one wants to hear that/They just want the classics.” The lyrics alluded to how the band crafted its setlist – to keep the Gold Album songs minimal, and to effortlessly traverse through the band’s discography.

The Weezer fanbase is infamously divided. In a 2018 Saturday Night Live sketch, Matt Damon and Leslie Jones argued whether the band’s original albums or newer releases are what defines it, showing the fanbase’s divide. On Saturday, Weezer catered to the former group. Yet, with timeless songs and a pristine sound, the band gave the latter group no room to complain about the setlist.

The band immediately followed up with songs from older albums, like “Hash Pipe,” during which the power chords synchronized with fire cannons. While the song excited the crowd, the flames felt out of place for a power pop band. Although the fire could have been an enticing special effect for the band’s grunge songs, here, it felt used for shock value. Nonetheless, the crowd showed its appreciation for the Green Album track with three minutes of headbanging.

Weezer unplugged its electric guitars for “Long Time Sunshine,” and the band members sat around a campfire to perform the “Pinkerton” ballad. Despite skipping the mesmerizing overlapping backup vocals that accompany the end of the studio track, Weezer’s stripped-down songs slowed the show and gave attendees the opportunity to sway in their seats and admire acoustic versions of songs such as “In the Garage.”

Nikki Monninger from the Silversun Pickups returned to the stage for “We Might as Well Be Strangers” – a Gold Album track released as a duet following the resurgence in popularity of 2015 Weezer duet “Go Away,” which crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 a decade after its release and followed the former song on the setlist. Monninger stayed on stage for B-side “Pinkerton” track “I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams.” The trio of songs with Monninger highlighted that the band’s duets perform just as well as its chart-topping alternative rock hits, showcasing the band’s versatility.

Weezer returned to the Blue Album, and during “Undone – The Sweater Song,” the backdrop of the set was only blue light. The stage’s simple visuals allowed the crowd to focus on the band’s enduring sound.

But during previous songs like “The Good Life,” an eclipsing sun spun throughout the guitar solo, and during “Lonely Girl,” neon pink clouds covered the backdrop. The connection between the elaborate visuals may have felt fitting for performances of Gold album tracks, but because the band performed songs from across their discography, the stage design read as confusing. For a band whose classics are still relevant and who keeps it simple – seven of its studio albums are self-titled and are referred to by their colors – it doesn’t need to overcompensate with maximalist visuals.

Saturday’s show was also clearly scripted – before playing its acoustic songs, sparks flew on stage and the set had a “power outage,” and the band pretended to call the LA Department of Water and Power. And, at the end of the show, Cuomo pretended to jump in a pool, but he only jumped backstage – and an image of water splashing appeared on the screen. These on-the-nose skits felt a bit out of place at an alternative rock concert, but Weezer having fun on stage after years of performing was refreshing. The band played tracks from every era and had just as much fun on every song while making a sold-out arena crowd jump out of its seats.

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The band closed out its set with “Island in the Sun” as pool floaties bounced around the crowd.

Weezer may not have played every song from its latest album during its Saturday show, but the band knew what its hometown crowd was looking for.