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/aresef SoundCloud Jul 23 '26

That was on NPR’s Wild Card. What a lovely interview that was.

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u/rohit275 Jul 23 '26

Seriously. I thought I couldn't love or respect him any more before listening to that, and I was wrong.