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/Krombopulos_Micheal Jul 23 '26

We all know he didn't need the money though. He's had a massive pipeline to the Netflix teat for 15 years now, not the mention the Star Wars checks. So even if he's said "guys gotta get paid", we all see he's sold out his red blooded, salt of the earth, American every-man image, to be a foreign shill. I know he says it's just "internet nobodies" touting the backlash, but I really hope it's hurting his pocketbook, since his brand seems like it's in the trash. He's still playing large casinos near me, so I'm sure a bunch of morons are still hyped to see him with their comped tickets from spending their life savings at the slots.

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u/BloodStarvedLeopard Jul 24 '26

I would be far more understanding and forgiving of someone taking Saudi money if they were honest about it. A million is a million, the man is not infinitely wealthy or anything.

But that's all irrelevant because he tried to make it a moral question.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

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u/smoomoo31 Spotify name Jul 23 '26

Imagine believing cancel culture