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Al has finally posted the long-coveted, ultra-rare, “Buddy Holly” snippet from “The Alternative Polka” on his YouTube. The story goes that at the very last minute, Weezer asked Al to pull the song from the polka. This was after all the artwork and liner notes for Bad Hair Day had been finalized, so, that’s why Weezer mysteriously appears in the liner notes for that album, as it was too late to edit their name out. It seems like there’s no bad blood between the two, because Weezer, later allowed Al to include “Beverly Hills” on “Polkarama!” for Straight Outta Lynwood.

From Al himself:

New dates! 8/10 at the Warfield in San Francisco!
8/12 at the Phoenix Celebrity Theatre!
8/20 at the Henderson NV Pavilion!

Can’t make it to any concerts this year?  Seriously?  Not one of these?  Aw man, sorry to hear that.

Well, you can still get your concert fix thanks to NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series and even feel like you’re standing right next to him as he sings.  Here is Weird Al and the entire band playing “You Don’t Love Me Anymore,” “Good Old Days” and my favorite, an acoustic version of “CNR.”   Graciously, NPR also provides an audio version for download at the top of the page.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127983640&ft=1&f=1039

If you’re planning on going to the June 27th show in Homdel, NJ, there has been a last-minute venue change.  The concert will now be held at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ.    According to that page, all tickets will be honored.

Hot diggety, if you’ve been salivating over those trading cards that Weird Al posted on twitter a while back but couldn’t afford the VIP concert packages that you had to buy to get them, then fret no more.   A cornucopia of new items have been pushed out at WeirdAl.com’s Merchandise page.  In addition to the trading cards, you can also get a dozen t-shirts or caps with Al’s name on it.  Sweet!

Well, this is HUGE news for all you Weird Al fans across the pond.   For the first time ever, Al will be playing in UK in December.  He’ll be part of the ATP Festival that’ll also include about 40 other bands.  How insane is that?  Check out ATP’s event site for all the details.