[ATTENDED: October 28, 2022] “Weird Al” Yankovic
This was my ninth time seeing Weird Al. I’m shooting for ten. We’ll see if he can muster up one more tour (why did I skip the Strings Attached tour)?
I was pretty thrilled by the first Ill-Advised Vanity Tour. It was great seeing so many songs that rarely got played (amusingly, I had seen some of those songs on their original tours back in the early 2000s, which is pretty crazy.
I was hoping that this tour would be a whole new set of obscure old songs. I thought he might pull out “Buckingham Blues” for the Queen’s death or something really odd like “Slime Creatures from Outer Space” or holy cow, “Genius in France” would have blown my mind.
I see that he actually played a largely different set in NYC (which I considered going to, but decided against). Including “I’ll Sue Ya” (not a favorite, but I haven’t heard it before) and “Velvet Elvis (talk about an obscurity!). But he also did the two songs that I would LOVE to hear live….and it might have been worth the hassle of Carnegie Hall just to hear “Nature Trail to Hell” and “Albuquerque.”
Having laid out that complaint, we did get four songs I hadn’t heard live before including a wonderful “Don’t Download This Song” and the sheer surprise of “Buy Me a Condo.” And this new, improved, extended version of “Craigslist” was outstanding.
I will never complain about hearing “The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota”–and the crowd was really into it.
Of course, any “Weird Al” show is a good time. Al gave amusing introductions to all of the songs and even did an amusing “encore” bt where he stood at the side of the stage checking his phone and then arguing with the band about whether they were going to do an encore or not.
The encore was worth the price of admission. He did a (straight and fantastic) cover of Elton John’s “Saturday’s Alright for Fighting.” And the closing medley of songs in very different styles was outstanding. I especially enjoyed that someone in the audience was able to do the Yoda chant dance.
I totally left on a high note. Although all in all, I would have preferred the setlist from Carnegie Hall.
| 2022 Philadelphia, PA “Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour.” |
2018 Atlantic City, NJ “The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent Ill-Advised Vanity Tour” |
2016 Bethlehem, PA “Mandatory World Tour” |
| Dare to Be Stupid (lounge version) | Close But No Cigar [last time played in 2008] | Fun Zone Intro/ Tacky |
| CNR | Bob [last time played in 2008] | Lame Claim to Fame |
| Drum solo | CNR | Now That’s What I Call Polka |
| Lame Claim to Fame | Dare to Be Stupid (unplugged) | clips/ Perform This Way |
| Bob | Why Does This Always Happen to Me [last time played in 2008] | clips/ Dare to be Stupid |
| Why Does This Always Happen to Me | If That Isn’t Love [first tour played] | clips/ Fat |
| My Own Eyes | UHF [last time played in 2009] | clips/ First World Problems |
| Don’t Download This Song | The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota [last time played in 1997] | Foil |
| UHF | Party at the Leper Colony [last time played in 2004] | clips/ Smells Like Nirvana |
| Buy Me a Condo | Drum Solo | clips /Party in the CIA / It’s All About the Pentiums / Handy / Bedrock Anthem / Another One Rides the Bus / Ode to a Superhero / Gump / Inactive / eBay / |
| Good Old Days | Jackson Park Express | Canadian Idiot |
| Craigslist | Let Me Be Your Hog | clip/ Wanna B Ur Lovr |
| Dog Eat Dog | Melanie [last time played in 2004] | clip /Unplugged Medley: Eat It (done to the tune of Layla) / I Lost on Jeopardy / I Love Rocky Road / Like a Surgeon |
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Drum Solo
(Reprise. “My drum solo” to the tune of My Sharona)
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One of Those Days [last time played in 1986] | clip / White & Nerdy |
| Let Me Be Your Hog | You Don’t Love Me Anymore | clip/ Word Crimes |
| Melanie | Dog Eat Dog | clip/ Amish Paradise |
| You Don’t Love Me Anymore | Good Old Days [last time played in 2011] | Encore |
| Generic Blues | Eat It / I Lost on Jeopardy / Amish Paradise / Smells Like Nirvana / White & Nerdy / I Love Rocky Road / Like a Surgeon | Keyboard solo |
| My Baby’s in Love with Eddie Vedder | encore | We All Have Cell Phones |
| The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota | 867-5309/Jenny (Tommy Tutone cover) | The Saga Begins |
| encore | The Saga Begins | Yoda |
| Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting (Elton John cover) | ||
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Amish Paradise / Smells Like Nirvana / White & Nerdy / Word Crimes / Yoda (lounge versions}
(With Yoda chant)
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| 2015 Bethlehem, PA “Mandatory World Tour” |
2013 Bethlehem, PA “Alpocalypse Tour” |
2011 New Brunswick, NJ “Alpocalypse Tour” |
| Fun Zone opening/ Tacky |
Polka Face | Polka Face |
| Lame Claim to Fame | [Drum solo/bass solo/ keyboard solo] TMZ | Frank’s 2000″ TV |
| Now That’s What I Call Polka | Radio, Radio | You Don’t Love Me Anymore |
| Perform This Way | Smells Like Nirvana | Smells Like Nirvana |
| Dare to be Stupid | Skipper Dan | Skipper Dan |
| Fat | Party in the CIA | You’re Pitiful |
| First World Problems | CNR | Dare to be Stupid |
| Foil | Canadian Idiot | CNR |
| Smells Like Nirvana | Wanna B Ur Lovr | Let Me Be Your Hog |
| Party in the CIA / It’s All About the Pentiums / Handy / Bedrock Anthem / Another One Rides the Bus / Ode to a Superhero / Gump / Inactive / eBay / Canadian Idiot | Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies* / Whatever You Like / Another Tattoo / eBay / I Want a New Duck / Theme from Rocky XIII /Spam / My Bologna / Ode to a Superhero / Lasagna / Eat It | Canadian Idiot |
| Wanna B Ur Lovr | Amish Paradise | Wanna B Ur Lovr |
| Unplugged Medley: Eat It (done to the tune of Layla) / I Lost on Jeopardy / I Love Rocky Road / Like a Surgeon | Craigslist | Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies* / Whatever You Like / Confessions Part III / eBay / Bedrock Anthem / Another One Rides the Bus / Ode to a Superhero / Trapped in the Drive-Thru / Gump / Eat It |
| White & Nerdy | Perform This Way | Craigslist |
| Word Crimes | White & Nerdy | Amish Paradise |
| Amish Paradise | Fat | White & Nerdy |
| Encore | encore | Fat |
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We All Have Cell Phones
(preceded by Phantom of the Opera snippet)
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The Saga Begins | encore |
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The Saga Begins
(succeeded by Charge (fanfare))
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Yoda | We All Have Cell Phones |
| Yoda (with Yoda Chant Interlude) | The Saga Begins | |
| Yoda | ||
| 2000 Morristown, NJ “Touring with Scissors” |
1999 Wilkes Barre, PA “Touring with Scissors” |
1996 Wilkes Barre, PA “The Bad Hair Tour” |
| Gump | Gump | Since You’ve Been Gone |
| Polka Power! | Polka Power! | Gump |
| Jerry Springer | Jerry Springer | The Alternative Polka |
| My Baby’s in Love with Eddie Vedder | My Baby’s in Love with Eddie Vedder | One More Minute |
| The Night Santa Went Crazy | The Night Santa Went Crazy | Like a Surgeon |
| Dare to Be Stupid | Dare to Be Stupid | Melanie |
| It’s All About the Pentiums | It’s All About the Pentiums | Headline News |
| Germs | Germs | I’ll Repair for You |
| One More Minute | One More Minute | The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota |
| Like a Surgeon | Like a Surgeon | Jurassic Park |
| Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies* / Fast Food / Addicted to Spuds / Free Delivery / Laundry Day / Pretty Fly for a Rabbi / Another One Rides the Bus / I Love Rocky Road / Achy Breaky Song / Jurassic Park / Grapefruit Diet / I Lost on Jeopardy / Eat It | Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies* / Fast Food / Addicted to Spuds / Free Delivery / Laundry Day / Pretty Fly for a Rabbi / Another One Rides the Bus / I Love Rocky Road / Achy Breaky Song / Jurassic Park / Grapefruit Diet / I Lost on Jeopardy / Eat It | Laundry Day / Chicken Pot Pie / Spam / My Bologna / Alimony / Syndicated Inc. / Another One Rides the Bus / Gee, I’m a Nerd / Achy Breaky Song / Phony Calls / Cavity Search / Green Eggs & Ham / Eat It |
| Smells Like Nirvana | Smells Like Nirvana | Smells Like Nirvana |
| Bedrock Anthem | Bedrock Anthem | Bedrock Anthem |
| Amish Paradise | Amish Paradise | Amish Paradise |
| Fat | Fat | Fat |
| The Saga Begins | The Saga Begins | Yoda |
| Yoda | Yoda |
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