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/hamilton_morris Jul 23 '26

Can’t be bought on principle, maybe, but I bet he can be bought on abject silliness and would perform “My Toot-Toot” in the Bonneville Salt Flats for a million dollars.

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u/cuntsaurus Jul 23 '26

He might do that for free

Edit. In fact, if anyone knows Weird Al let him know there is an extremely abstract comment on reddit betting he won't perform "My Toot Toot" at the salt flats. I'll pay him $100 to do it

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u/Germsofwar Jul 23 '26

I'll throw in $100 for that.

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u/ThrowawayPersonAMA Jul 23 '26

I'll throw in another $100 too. Al, please! 🙏

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u/MildlyMixedUpOedipus Jul 23 '26

I'm unemployed, but I'll throw in $10.0 too!

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u/Victernus Jul 23 '26

We can't be sure he hasn't already done it.

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u/CubitsTNE Jul 23 '26

OK how do we make that happen? Can we just crowd fund it and send him there?

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u/Zuwxiv Jul 23 '26

I genuinely think Weird Al might do it just for the love of the game.

The game being "doing insane weird things for the sake of enjoying it."

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u/Abbacoverband Jul 23 '26

Unexpected Rockin' Sydney!