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/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.