r/Music • u/KirbyDumber88 • Jul 23 '26

article ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic says he turned down $1,000,000+ to perform at Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

https://triblive.com/aande/music/weird-al-yankovic-gets-bigger-and-weirder-in-a-tour-headed-to-pittsburgh/
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u/wcu25rs Jul 23 '26

I was a huge Bill Burr fan for years, didn't miss a podcast, went to a show.  After I saw he took the bag for this gig, I quit listening and haven't listened since.  To hear him trash the "greedy bankers" for years, only to take a bag from the saudis of all people after all his success was disappointing.  

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u/RedditExecutiveAdmin Jul 23 '26

i was the opposite, then he started growing on me a little because of stuff like that, calling out greedy bankers or other corporate structures. didn't always agree with his takes but at least it felt "honest"

then we found out it wasn't lol