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Has he ever been given serious consideration for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Normally a novelty/comedy artist wouldn't merit such an honor, but he is the king of them.

Imagine him performing a polka medley of that year's inductees' songs.

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Up to 41200

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I signed the petition.

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Probably doesn't want to pony up the money - there's an explanation of how it works here.

I am the biggest Al fan I know and there's no way he'll play at the Super Bowl. I'm sure that's already set anyway.

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Julian Bond of the NY Daily News wrote about having Weird Al perform at the Super Bowl back in 2012.

Here's a link to today's edition with Bond's response to change.org's petition:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/fo...icle-1.1898082

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2015 Tour Dates announced on weirdal.com today. I'm bumming because I wanted to take my kids to their first Al show this summer and the only one in the area is at Caesars Windsor and Ticketmaster has it listed as an ages 19+ show. Lame.

It's also a dumb move by the venue IMO, as at least half the audience has been kids at every Al show I've ever been to.

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I'm assuming So Cal dates are forthcoming, probably after Aug. 23rd since he's got a break there.

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I also hate the venue he's playing at in Denver. If I can get seats at the front of a section, I might go for it.

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June 21st in Dayton, I'm in. Thanks for posting this.

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That does suck badly - road trip it down to the Hamilton show instead!

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Five days at Hard Rock in Vegas! I hope that's an all-age show. My daughter really enjoyed his last show here a couple of years ago and my little boy loves his stuff as well.

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Did anyone catch Al in Galavant? He played a singing monk in a small part.

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Well, I was refreshing the ticket page at 10am this morning, and at 10:01 there were no two seats available next to each other. Just as well, the tickets were $68 each.

Maybe next time, Al.

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It's not sold out. It was just a pre-sale for his website. The only tickets that were available today were ones in the very front. The rest will go on sale later thru normal avenues (Ticketmaster, Venue Box Office, etc.) and there will be cheaper options available.

The one I'm looking at goes on sale officially on Friday.

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I think I just got the last two pair of two at Wolftrap. I can't seem to find another pair available. Not terrible seats, but hot damn were they pricey.

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Again, this is only his allocation for the pre-sale. Most (if not all) of these events have not gone on sale officially yet. There are lots of seats left at every venue.

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:wave: Yep, just saw that episode. I might have missed him had they not hyped him in the ads. :)

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Yeah, you were right. I went back on Friday, still around $60 to get anywhere that wasn't in the top back of the balcony.

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I've never seen Al before but he's coming here so I figured, why not? Got 4 the day they went on sale, $35ea + $10ea service. So about $180. Ouch. Orchestra level row M, so pretty decent.

Fast forward to the day after they go on sale and I get a Groupon email for $20 tickets. Immediate reaction was pissed. Looking into it though it appears the Groupon was for the last X number of rows in the balcony.

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^You will not be disappointed. I challenge anyone to go to an Al show and not have a good time.

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Seriously. If you've every had any passing interest in him, his music, his movie, or his TV shows, you're going to have a blast.

This will be my 7th time to see him and I have no problem dropping the cash every couple years.

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He should be playing the Super Bowl today, in my opinion.

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My sister wanted to go to the OKC show, but she wasn't going to be able to buy the tickets when they went on sale, so she had me buy them for her. Was able to get her seats on the eighth row for $70 each, seated literally right next to the $130 VIP fan club seats--tickets for which are all still available today. Most of the $260, first-five-rows, meet-and-greet tickets are gone, but the $130 seats aren't selling at all so far.

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2016 Tour Dates!

http://weirdal.com/tour/

Saint Petersburg, FL Jun 3

West Palm Beach, FL Jun 4

Fort Myers, FL Jun 5

Mobile, AL Jun 7

Lakeland, FL Jun 9

Saint Augustine, FL Jun 11

Birmingham, AL Jun 12

Louisville, KY Jun 15

Nashville, TN Jun 16

Huntsville, AL Jun 17

Greensboro, NC Jun 18

Atlanta, GA Jun 19

Portsmouth, VA Jun 21

Baltimore, MD Jun 22

Akron, OH Jun 24

Toledo, OH Jul 1

Merrillville, IN Jul 3

Columbus, OH Jul 6

Indianapolis, IN Jul 7

Cincinnati, OH Jul 8

Dallas, TX Jul 16

Los Angeles, CA Jul 22

Los Angeles, CA Jul 23

Kansas City, MO Aug 7

Appleton, WI Aug 20

Grand Rapids, MI Aug 26

Sterling Heights, MI Aug 27

Dayton, OH Aug 28

Wilmington, DE Aug 30

Gilford, NH Sep 2

Canandaigua, NY Sep 3

Big Flats, NY Sep 4

Durham, NC Sep 9

Asheville, NC Sep 10

Vienna, VA Sep 11

Hershey, PA Sep 13

Providence, RI Sep 14

Pittsburgh, PA Sep 16

Schenectady, NY Sep 17

Waterbury, CT Sep 18

Atlantic City, NJ Sep 23

New York, NY Sep 24

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He's also the new bandleader for the Comedy Bang Bang TV show. :thumbsup: