I'm a longtime fan of Al -- the S/T was one of my first cassettes -- so it was a thrill to get a chance to talk with him ahead of Pittsburgh show. Among the highlights, he said he turned down a 7-figure offer to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival

https://triblive.com/aande/music/weird-al-yankovic-gets-bigger-and-weirder-in-a-tour-headed-to-pittsburgh/

hi all! i am seeing al at the end of the month and it’s my first ever concert, so i am not super familiar with the etiquette. i believe that some people wait around by artists’ tour buses to see them after the show — do people do this with al, or would this be seen as weird (in a bad way)? i have heard that folks have done this previously, but i’m not sure if it’s still acceptable/typical/etc. thank you!!

She’s got a history of awful behavior recently made exponentially worse by essentially playing the role of Ghislaine Maxwell in Neil Gaiman’s horrific crimes.

Edit for context — At the show in Boston the other night she was front and center on the screen (back stage during Al’s walk on to Tacky), threw a pie in Puddles’ face and of course proceeded to brag alllllllll about it on her IG. It was all quite nauseating and I was bummed to see that she still gets special treatment from camp AL

Radiohead
Death Cab For Cutie
(unlikely, but still a fun thought) Neutral Milk Hotel
Violent Femmes
Depeche Mode
The Smiths
Pink Floyd
Leonard Cohen
(also uncertain) The Magnetic Fields
Soul Coughing
(This is definitely unlikely but still a fan idea) Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band

Write your thoughts in the comments :)

more bands that came to mind: The Ramones
Nickleback (more as a jab then anything)
Eels (this one’s also a little doubtful)

So, first off, amazing concert! Hope everyone else that was there had a great time- the rain even held off.

Anyway, here is my sad tale. Sad for me, because of the outcome, but sad for you because you’re gonna be like “not a big deal buddy. Sad.”

So when I first got there I saw the merch line. Huge. Thought I’d get a seat and tackle that after. Came back and stood in line.

I was in line for one thing- the Al enamel pin. I collect pins of all the functions I go to (already had a Tanglewood pin from a previous show) so I stood in line. And as I finally made my way to the front and was second in line, to my right I heard a woman wanting two of the pin. The employee comes back and says they only have the one single pin left. Crestfallen.

I get called up to the front and ask just to be certain that’s what I heard. The employee quickly confirmed. I left the tent and headed to my seat and Puddles wasn’t the only one having a pity party.

Also, this is all hyperbole. I had a blast. And it’s funny, after the fact, that I sat in line for 20 minutes to no avail.

Hey, y'all! When I went and saw Al in NY two weeks ago and I was in the merch line, I saw there were pictures hanging up next to the counter advertising what looked like a sticker pack designed by Nina Yankovic and also a bear/cat type thing, maybe also by her?? I didn't have a very clear view of it so I couldn't fully make out what it was or what it was called, but by the time I got up to the counter, they said they were sold out of the stickers and the bear/cat thing and they took the advertisement pictures down.

I'm going to see another of Al's show in two weeks. Does anyone know what this bear/cat thing is (a sticker, a magnet, a pin??) and is it being sold at all the other shows, along with the sticker pack? Thank you!!

It's gonna rain but I ain't leaving till I see weird al

when it competed against Batman

This series is fun for me to come up with too, I’m glad you like it.
Try to mark ur comments as spoilers just so the answer isn’t so obvious to everyone after they view the comments.
I didn’t fully get all the intricacies of the drum part but I think it’s enough to understand.
The notes on sheet music for horns are usually raised or lowered due to the tuning of those instruments, which is extremely annoying, so I just kept is simple for you all, so any time you see horns in this series, it’s just going to be the normal notes you see on page and not anything above or below.

I might do more of these if you people like it enough.

I was 11 and he was 13 and I’ve always had this distinct memory but assumed it was my mind filling in the blanks.

Turns out my memory is vindicated and even though I never learned her condition, I learned that Weird Al proves that he’s always been everything but weird.

My brother recently took his son to his first concert which was also to see Weird Al.

The generational trend continues with an underlying kindness lead by a truely kind man.

While anonymity is cool, I also wanted to share the review and photo gallery I put together after the Boston show on Saturday night! It was just such a blast, and I really hope I could do it justice! Viva la Yankovic!

Anyone got footage of Tacky from last night's show in Bangor, Maine? I was at the show but got stuck behind two 40-year-old idiots who were acting like highschoolers and missed most of Tacky (and other stuff but really interested about Tacky since I love seeing the routes Al takes to the stage lol)

Also as a side note - oh my god why would you go to a Weird Al show just to get angry at someone for asking you to sit down when EVERYONE ELSE is sitting down then get completely drunk and miss half the concert while getting drinks???

Ok, I'm not sure if anyone else has covered AL himself. The Cybertronic Spree covered Dare to Be Stupid. For those who don't know who they are, they are a Canadian band that dress as the characters from the 1987 movie. Nobody officially knows who are the performers in the costumes. They remain 100% in character when in costume. The music video they did for the song is great. It is loaded with deliberately bad Weird AL impersonators and makes reference to many of AL'S videos. Though watch the clip to the end for the payoff.

https://youtu.be/4tc6UbEYI4M?is=obp7egmiGAjYdL8F

I saw some American shows got off bass at their stands and I really really want that vinyl - please tell me it’s at our Canadian shows !!!

From Cedar Rapids, July 1

Let's get Weird Al, and people he's parodied, together at the next Super Bowl halftime show.

Al did a cover i cannot tenebrous the title of and was wondering if anyone's got a better memory than me

I did karaoke about 2 months ago, and this young man, early 20's says to me "not one lyric with Yoda's sentence structure." And I could not help but note the very valid criticism. So I did it again a few weeks later, and changed

"Luke, stay away from the darker side" to "Luke, away stay from the darker side"

A simple twist and Yoda speaks like Yoda. Thoughts on the update?