King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard surprised fans by bringing out Max Weinberg during their show on Friday (Aug. 21) at Queens’ Forest Hills Stadium, with the E Street Band drummer stepping in for his son, longtime collaborator Jay Weinberg.
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Guitarist Joey Walker explained the change to the audience during the performance. “In continuing with the tradition that we started over the last year or so, where we get our friend Jay Weinberg to come out and play a song with us — it’d be rude not to. But Jay’s busy, he’s down in Nashville, so Jay made a call: ‘Alright, I’m going to call dad.’”
Max Weinberg then joined the band onstage as a second drummer, performing alongside regular drummer Michael Cavanagh on an extended version of “Hot Water.”
The elder Weinberg’s appearance continues a recurring theme between the Australian psych-rock band and Jay Weinberg, the former Slipknot drummer who has collaborated with King Gizzard periodically since first joining during a 2024 Nashville show.
He was also present just a week earlier at the band’s Field of Vision II festival in Colorado, performing on “Hell” and hosting a solo drum clinic.
The guest appearance occurred during the second of three King Gizzard shows at Forest Hills Stadium, part of a series marking the band’s fourth consecutive year at the venue and its first time performing three nights there. The Aug. 20 and 21 dates were billed as rock shows, while the run concluded Saturday (Aug. 22) with an all-electronic rave set.
The band will then head to Brooklyn’s Under the K Bridge Park on Sunday (Aug. 23) for another rave show before continuing with Australian dates in October, including a stop at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion.
King Gizzard’s Forest Hills performances come amid a notably prolific period for the band, which released its latest album, Alien Metal, its 28th studio release, earlier this year.
