Most celebrity musicians are tickled to get the “Weird Al” Yankovic experience, watching their most popular songs become goofy parodies such as “Eat It” or “Like A Surgeon.” But as “Weird Al” (hey, Al ...
"Weird Al" Yankovic returns to the Kia Forum on Saturday for his "Bigger & Weirder" tour. (Roger Kisby / For The Times) A decade ago, "Weird Al" Yankovic launched his 12th concert tour, which covered ...
Hilarious but never mean. Eccentric but easily accessible. Weird Al Yankovic has made a career of parody and pastiche while remaining true to his own idiosyncratic style for more than four decades.
CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio - If you ask the average music fan for the type of people who attend Weird Al Yankovic concerts, they would likely say 12-year-old boys and 30-year-old men. They wouldn’t be ...
Since Dr. Demento began playing his parodies on his syndicated radio nearly 50 years ago, “Weird Al” Yankovic has become a king of all media — from hit and Grammy Award-winning songs to platinum ...
While stopping by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on June 9, "Weird Al" Yankovic revealed that the one singer who would "never" approve a parody — Prince He said that he even pitched the late ...
Reviewing a “Weird Al” Yankovic concert (and yes, “Weird Al” is stylistically always in quotation marks) presents said reviewer with something of a challenge: Which part of the show do you focus on?
A decade ago, “Weird Al” Yankovic launched his 12th concert tour, which covered 200 shows over two years. Somewhere along the line, the pop world’s foremost parodist was backstage putting on a fat ...