The show must go on.
Just days after Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s wife was shot by police and arrested during an altercation in Los Angeles, the rockers played at Coachella, going ahead with their scheduled performance on the Mojave stage on Saturday, April 12.
During their afternoon set, the group performed some of their biggest hits, including “Island in the Sun” and “Beverly Hills.” They also treated the crowd to a cover of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman.”
Shriner, 59, has previously indicated that all would go as planned, even after his wife Jillian Lauren-Shriner, 51, was shot outside the couple’s L.A. home on Tuesday, April 8 for allegedly firing her weapon at an officer.
“She’s alright, thank you for asking,” he told the New York Post of his wife. “See you at Coachella!”
The incident involving Lauren-Shriner, an author, took place after an unrelated hit-and-run accident, after which three suspects allegedly fled into her neighborhood, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
She had no involvement in the hit-and-run, but was armed and allegedly fired her weapon at an officer in her backyard, resulting in her arrest. She was shot once in the shoulder, and after briefly going back into her home, ultimately surrendered and was transported to a nearby hospital for medical attention.
She has since been released from custody on a $1 million bond.
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“Our investigation revealed evidence such as a shell casing and video footage showing she repeatedly ignored police commands to disarm and that she fired her weapon at LAPD officers. She was subsequently booked for attempted murder of a peace officer,” LAPD spokesperson Jennifer Forkish told PEOPLE.
Lauren-Shriner married Shriner in Hawaii in 2005, and published her autobiography, Some Girls: My Life in a Harem, in 2010. The book chronicled her life from 1992 to 1995 as a paid female guest of Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei.
She announced in March that she’d been diagnosed with cancer, and was recovering from a hysterectomy when Tuesday’s incident occurred.
It is unclear if she has retained an attorney who can speak on her behalf.
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