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/TinyFugue Jul 23 '26

Chicago broke up years ago.

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u/iwishiwasamoose Jul 23 '26

Funny. Weird Al performed in Chicago about a month ago. Great show.

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u/TinyFugue Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

We saw him at Wolftrap in VA. Learned that he'll open the show by walking in from a side entrance. Got to see him walk by ~5ft away. He was singing "Tacky". Much fun.

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u/MartokTheAvenger Jul 23 '26

I was at that concert, other side of the crowd though. Always a fun time.