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Old 02-23-16, 01:55 PM
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Hot damn! Asheville for sure. Wife has wanted to see him live for a long time.
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Re: The Weird Al Yankovic Appreciation Thread

Houston is skipped AGAIN wtf Al??
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This works for me. He's playing in my hometown in August, and within an hour or two at 2 dates in June and July. I might make plans to see him more than once.
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July 12th Austin
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Re: The Weird Al Yankovic Appreciation Thread

Originally Posted by Screwadu
Houston is skipped AGAIN wtf Al??
More dates were added to the page:

July 14
BROWN THEATER AT WORTHAM CENTER
HOUSTON, TX


Tempting!!
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Re: The Weird Al Yankovic Appreciation Thread

Weird (ha!), no Colorado dates, unless they are added later. I won't be able to go this year regardless, but he's hitting almost every other city in the nation.
Old 02-23-16, 11:10 PM
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Oh, I will take my daughter to a show, without a doubt. Tried to get tickets last year and missed out. This is my year, I know it!
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Holy shit! $269 per ticket to get the after-show meet & greet? Looks like n just normal tickets for my family again.
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Tickets are pricey all around. I remember in the good old days where all you had to do to get backstage after the show was to email Bermuda (the drummer, and Al's webmaster) and beg him (yes, that actually worked for me in the late nineties).
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I just got tickets for the Asheville show. Already only balcony seats left!!! And general public tix don't go on sale til Friday. I'm shocked how fast it sold!
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We saw him last year for the first time and enjoyed him quite a bit. Just picked up decent tix for this years show in Dayton.
Old 02-24-16, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by tommyp007
I just got tickets for the Asheville show. Already only balcony seats left!!! And general public tix don't go on sale til Friday. I'm shocked how fast it sold!
Not all of the seats are released during the presale. There will be more seats available during the general sale.
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Yeah, rule of thumb : If there are only shitty seats available for Presale, just wait for General ticketing. Some of the worst seats I've ever gotten were in Pre-Sales.

Disappointed no Vegas shows this time. Last tour he spent like a week in Vegas, but idiotically they didn't allow children to those shows so I passed.
Old 02-24-16, 09:21 PM
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Dammit. First time I used a pre sale and probably got screwed. Meh, glad to be in the house. We are taking our 8 year old daughter. I think she will enjoy it.
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Re: The Weird Al Yankovic Appreciation Thread

I have been a long time minor fan (I had his first album on vinyl as a kid) but haven't really listened to anything by him since the Star Wars song.

My 11 year old hasn't been to a concert yet and I am thinking this may be a good choice for his first. How is Weird Al live? Is he worth the $200 for us to go (three tickets)?
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Weird Al is awesome live, and I really recommend that anyone who has any interest at all to go check him out live at least once. I'm a little nuts, but I have seen him at least once (and sometimes 2 or 3 times) on every tour since Bad Hair Day. Took my kids for the first time last year, and it was great. You will not be disappointed.
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Re: The Weird Al Yankovic Appreciation Thread

http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/weirdalyankovic
Squeeze Box
*The Complete Works of “Weird Al” Yankovic*
The Career-Spanning Box Set Four Decades in the Making!

Release date is Nov 24, 2017.

List of Albums:
“Weird Al” Yankovic (1983)
“Weird Al” Yankovic In 3-D (1984)
Dare To Be Stupid (1985)
Polka Party! (1986)
Even Worse (1988)
UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff (1989)
Off The Deep End (1992)
Alapalooza (1993)
Bad Hair Day (1996)
Running With Scissors (1999)
Poodle Hat (2003)
Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)
Alpocalypse (2011)
Mandatory Fun (2014)
Medium Rarities (2017) Exclusive to Box Set


Platinum CD Box Set Bundle + AccessPass - $265
All 14 studio albums plus bonus album of demos and rarities
CD’s housed in custom-fitted pockets in sleeves with standard LP-size jackets
Remastered for CD
100-page Collector’s Book of rare photos and memorabilia
All of above housed in custom created replica of Al’s signature accordion!
Limited edition retro-style Weird Al pennant by Oxford Pennant*
Custom Weird Al socks*
Magnet sheet (8.5”x11”) – build your own Al!*
Commemorative Tee Shirt*
*exclusive to this offering!


Gold Vinyl Box Set Bundle + AccessPass - $335
All 14 studio albums plus bonus album of demos and rarities
Remastered in 150-gram vinyl
100-page Collector’s Book of rare photos and memorabilia
All of above housed in custom created replica of Al’s signature accordion!
Commemorative Tee Shirt*
Magnet sheet (8.5”x11”) – build your own Al!*
Customized Zoetrope-animated turntable mat*
*exclusive to this offering!


Platinum Vinyl Box Set Bundle + AccessPass - $475
All 14 studio albums plus bonus album of demos and rarities
Remastered in 150-gram vinyl
100-page Collector’s Book of rare photos and memorabilia
Signed test pressing – one of the original 14 studio albums – your choice!
All of above housed in custom created replica of Al’s signature accordion!
Customized Zoetrope-animated turntable mat*
Limited edition retro-style Weird Al pennant by Oxford Pennant*
Custom Weird Al socks*
Magnet sheet (8.5”x11”) – build your own Al!*
Commemorative Tee Shirt*
*exclusive to this offering!
Old 01-12-17, 11:07 AM
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Re: The Weird Al Yankovic Appreciation Thread

Seems about $100 too much. I own all his albums anyway. Should be a separate pledge for just the rarities CD.
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Re: The Weird Al Yankovic Appreciation Thread

I agree. But I just realized there's three more options, which include less add-ons:

Vinyl Box Set Bundle - $300
Gold CD Box Set Bundle - $225
CD Box Set Bundle - $200

Slightly more reasonable there, but I can't justify $300 on a Weird Al vinyl set myself, and I have no interest in the CDs at this point.
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I would pay $20 for the rarities CD by itself. At this point he's making people pirate it.
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For that much they should include all his videos and concert footage.
Old 01-12-17, 01:11 PM
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Love Weird Al but those prices are insane. I'm hoping they are list prices and will decrease, but even if they do, I can't see myself buying any of this since I have most of the CDs anyway.
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I'm also interested in the track listing of the rarities album. I have a sneaking suspicion that most of it will be non-album tracks which I already own (stuff like "Headline News", "Spy Hard", "Polkamon", etc.), but I hope to be wrong.
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Originally Posted by DVD Josh
I would pay $20 for the rarities CD by itself. At this point he's making people pirate it.
Absolutely not. I'll be streaming it on Spotify though.
Old 01-12-17, 01:43 PM
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Absolutely not. I'll be streaming it on Spotify though.
What makes you think it will be on Spotify? I doubt that it will.

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