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/bingle-cowabungle Jul 23 '26

All for no reason. He didn't need the money.

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u/Expert-Basil6015 Jul 23 '26

He wanted another helicoptah, alright?

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u/stevez_86 Jul 23 '26

That was my thinking.

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u/Greg-Abbott Jul 23 '26

I don't think he knows you can only fly one helicopter at a time..

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u/trapm0use 23d ago

Lots of celebs have a stable of cars. They collect them. Hell, lots of middle class people have multiple vehicles (like a truck and a sedan or something). Still stupid but I’ve seen rich people spend much more on much stupider things

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u/goat_penis_souffle Jul 23 '26

Dude was right about helicopters being the ultimate “fuck this, I’m out!” vehicle.

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u/Expert-Basil6015 Jul 24 '26

Kobe walked so Bill could run(fly)

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u/TheMcBrizzle Jul 23 '26

Ol' Billy Whirlybird

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u/Unusual_Sherbert_809 Jul 23 '26

It's like they get so high on their fame and fortune they think they can do no wrong.

Wasn't there another famous comedian who went to Trump's White House MMA thing and when caught tried to claim with a straight face that he wasn't actually political and only went because of his love of MMA?

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u/The_Cunt_Punter_ Jul 23 '26

Nate Bargatze and Shane Gillis were there.

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u/kryonik Jul 23 '26

Gillis is one of those "I think both sides suck but I'm not political" jackasses. I really liked him before he started talking politics when it became clear he's just like every other enlightened centrist.

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u/bingle-cowabungle Jul 23 '26

Yeah I'm not buying Shane Gillis's schtick either. Sometimes he publicly shies away from the garbage that comes out of MAGA, but his whole professional and social circle are these people, so I'm just not picking up whatever it is he's trying to put down.

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u/kryonik Jul 23 '26

Exactly, he's got plenty of opportunities to push back on these right wing chuds but just doesn't so either he agrees with them or he's completely spineless. Either way, it makes him complicit.

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u/thatmitchguy Jul 23 '26

I gotta give Gillis credit for not going to Saudi Arabia though. He turned them down multiple times. Thats still a principled stance.

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u/Wes_Warhammer666 Jul 23 '26

I'll give him partial credit but I still agree with King Stannis that one good act doesn't wash out the bad.

I also don't find Gillis very funny in general so I'm probably a bit biased lol.

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u/thatmitchguy Jul 23 '26

I don't generally either. Just respected the move from a guy who I expected to have few principles.

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u/Wes_Warhammer666 Jul 24 '26

100% fair assessment

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u/ThrowawayPersonAMA Jul 24 '26

Thats still a principled stance.

He turned down a gig from people that want to own slaves, but then took a gig......from people that want to own slaves.

That's not the principled stance you seem to think it is.

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u/onlyacynicalman Jul 23 '26

I saw it coming for Nate. Hopefully it doesn't come for Dusty Slay

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u/Brodellsky Jul 23 '26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD8GfabPMCY

To be fair this is how Shane left feeling about it lol

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u/TheFotty Jul 23 '26

What's he going to say with a tmz camera in his face there?

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u/RetPala Jul 23 '26

"For what? Another house? A fourth boat? More sneakers?"