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The Unofficial Blog about Weird Al Yankovic

May 08, 2008

Everything’s bigger in Texas

And that goes for the 2008 Straight Outta Lynwood Tour too, which just added a date in Texas. Yeeeeha!

August 6 - Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theatre

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April 13, 2008

New Tour Dates

Just added to the Straight Outta Lynwood Tour

July 19 - Knoxville, TN - Tennessee Theatre
July 26 - Greensburg, PA - Palace Theatre
July 28 - Springfield, MO - Ozark Empire Fair
July 29 - Sioux City, IA - Orpheum Theatre
Aug 7 - Wichita, KS - The Cotillion
Aug 8 - St. Charles, MO - The Family Arena
Aug 10 - Rockford, IL - The Metro Center
Aug 27 - Arcata, CA - The Van Duzer Theatre

Update

And there’s been a date change for Springfield, IL.  It has moved one day forward to August 9th now.

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March 26, 2008

Richmond VA

A new tour date has been added to the tour:

July 8th, Richmond VA - The National

And don’t forget to check the official tour page for all the presale info.

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March 14, 2008

New tour dates!

Five new tour dates have been posted on WeirdAl.com!

June 29 Ventura, CA Ventura Theatre
July 5 Merrillville, IN Star Plaza Theatre
July 6 Toledo, OH Toledo Zoo Amphitheatre
July 23 Scranton, PA Scranton Cultural Center
Aug 20 Vernon, BC Vernon PAC

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March 08, 2008

More tour dates… and VIP packages!

Ten new tour dates have been posted on WeirdAl.com!

July 21 Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati National City Pavilion
Aug 1 Calgary, AB Jack Singer Hall
Aug 2 Enoch, AB River Cree Casino (19 & over age limit)
Aug 3 Regina, SASK Molson Grandstand
Aug 15 San Mateo, CA San Mateo Fair
Aug 16 Monterey, CA Golden State Theatre
Aug 18 Sacramento, CA California State Fair
Aug 21 Victoria, BC Royal Theatre
Aug 22 Coquitlam, BC Boulevard Casino (19 & over age limit)
Aug 23 Coquitlam, BC Boulevard Casino (19 & over age limit)

And that’s not all! Tickets are now available for three shows in a presale offered through Artist Arena. If it’s anything like last tour, they’ll probably add more dates to the presale without any advanced warning, so if presale is the way you want to go, bookmark that page and refresh frequently to make sure you get the best seats available.

Artist Arena is also offering VIP packages for select shows. VIP packages range from $125 - $175, and include a ticket, autographed lithograph, and commemorative laminate. For more info check the presale page.

(If the presale site requests you to login, the login is weirdal and password is tickets)

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February 29, 2008

Ooh, a new concert date… err DATES!!!

It looks like the first concert date is popping its head out in the open. Just got an email from Pollstar.com about a show on Monday July 14th, 2008 at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, NY. Woo hoo!
[Pollstar.com]

UPDATE

Holy bejesus!  WeirdAl.com has *JUST* posted a honkin’ truckload of concert dates!  HOORAY!!!

[ WeirdAl.com - Straight Outta Lynwood 2008 Tour!!! ]

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January 24, 2008

News from Al!

Hot dog!  Weird Al has just posted some incredible news on his MySpace blog.   First off, a reminder that Al will be appearing in a brand new episode of the Simpsons on Jan 27, THAT’S THIS SUNDAY!   Want to be spoiled a little for this episode?  Read the post!

Second, Al has apparently been keeping himself a little busy since his last concert show in October.   He’s directing yet another video for a certain music group he’s parodied before.  Which one?  Read the post!!

And third, if you missed out on seeing an Al show last year, you might just be a redneck, whoops I mean you might just get a chance to see him soon.  OMG!!! Read the post!!!

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October 23, 2007

Message from Al

Welp, the tour is over for now, and Al made a new blog post on MySpace giving thanks to all his wonderful concert goers. Also, if you were not able to see the special on the Biography channel recently simply because you don’t subscribe to it, the show will be broadcast on the A&E channel November 18 early Sunday morning. Woo woo!

And will there be more shows added to the tour next year? Well, so far that’s up in the air. As one of the fellow tour-chasers, we all want to give a big THANK YOU to you and the band and crew for creating such an entertaining show night after night after night after night after night after night after night.

Also, last but not least…

Birthday Cake

Happy Birthday, Al!!!

Here, have some cake. It’s so delicious and moist.

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October 12, 2007

Here we are, here we go. UFO!

Flying SaucerOh things just haven’t been the same, since the flying saucer came. The UFO has landed and we’ll tell you where they are… apparently in Orange County, California. During the O.C. Fair, just when Weird Al had finished singing “The Saga Begins” complete with stormtroopers on stage, a 3-ft wide foam saucer had flown over the venue. How perfect was that?!? When they found the guy responsible, a Mr. Linn Murphy in a dark park behind the fair (possibly eating some UFO tofu), Al says:

“You’re the guy who stole my show! Everyone give him a hand.”

And thus he was given a standing ovation. Read the whole story about the UFO

(gakked from Tim Ryan in alt.music.weird-al)

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September 23, 2007

Help an Al fan out

My buddy AJ has a small dilemma…

Hi Steve… I was wondering if you could help me get rid of some tickets for shows this week that I won’t be able to attend. There are 4 front row tickets to the Benton Harbor, MI show (front row left side), and 2 tickets to the University Park show (I think the seats are around the 4th row). Let me know asap. Thanks!
A.J. — mrme27 AT yahoo DOT com

Sounds like pretty sweet spots to watch Al. If you can help AJ out, email at the address mentioned above.

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