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Two big news coming your way…

COMEDY CENTRAL SPECIAL!
Shot at Massey Hall in Toronto on July 16 and directed by legendary music video director Wayne Isham, “Weird Al” Yankovic Live! – The Alpocalypse Tour will debut as an hour-long special on Comedy Central on Oct. 1!

NEW DVD & BLU-RAY!
The full unabridged version of “Weird Al” Yankovic Live! – The Alpocalypse Tour (plus some cool extras) will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray on Oct. 4!

[weirdal.com]

Photo by jcolmanAfter finishing his Australian concert tour, Weird Al has decided to play the rest of the United States tour in Australia also.   “It’s just so beautiful out here, I figured ‘Hey, why not?’  So I called up my tour manager and forced him to move every venue previously located in the United States brick by brick to Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth.   It took 5 billion man hours and I had to call in A LOT of favors on this one, but really feel it was the right choice.  I mean, come on, look at this koala bear!”

Check out Weird Al’s Tour Page for the list of Australian and recently added US tour dates.

Al added two new U.K. dates to his tour.

Thu Dec 2, 2010 Birmingham, UK The Academy
Fri Dec 3, 2010 Manchester, UK The Academy

Both presale tickets go on sale in only a few short hours from this posting. That’s Thursday, 09.30.10 at 05:00 AM ET. Or 30.09.10 at 10.00 AM GMT for those of you who are most likely to buy tickets. There’s also a rumor of a concert in the Netherlands but nothing official has been announced yet, so stay tuned for more info on that, hopefully soon!

The tour’s not over yet! Al just added 4 more dates.

Sun Aug 8, 2010 Port Theatre Nanaimo, BC
Sat Aug 28, 2010 The Riverside Theater Milwaukee, WI
Sun Aug 29, 2010 The McAninch Center at College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL
Sat Sept 4, 2010 Sherman Theater Stroudsburg, PA

Interesting, all are on the weekend for your traveling convenience. And heads up for those interested, the presale for the Nanaimo started already on weirdal.com.

In case you only read this blog, but not Weird Al’s twitter (Why not?)…

Venue change! My show in San Antonio this Sunday will now be at the fabulous Majestic Theatre.

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.

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.