Weird Al steadfastly wanted to do a Prince parody, pitching him multiple ideas. He had plans for “Purple Rain,” “Let’s Go Crazy,” “When Doves Cry,” “Kiss,” and “1999.” Prince always said no, and after ...
Unless you have an intense hatred of Hawaiian shirts and/or words that rhyme with lasagna, it’s pretty tough to get mad at ...
The legendary parodist also opened up about what it meant to sell out Madison Square Garden 46 years into his career.
CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio - If you ask the average music fan for the type of people who attend Weird Al Yankovic concerts, they would likely say 12-year-old boys and 30-year-old men. They wouldn’t be ...
As joyful and virtuosic and oddly touching as “Weird Al” Yankovic’s two-hour whirligig was on Sunday night at Ravinia Festival, I couldn’t help watch without sadness: Here is the last of the great ...
Reviewing a “Weird Al” Yankovic concert (and yes, “Weird Al” is stylistically always in quotation marks) presents said reviewer with something of a challenge: Which part of the show do you focus on?
“Weird Al” Yankovic is famous for his parodies of well-known songs by various big-name music stars. Most artists “Weird Al” has approached have given him permission to satirize their music, but not ...
Clairo lost Best Alternative Music Album at the Grammys this past weekend, but in another, more accurate way, she is winning life. How did “Weird Al” and Clairo link up? Who knows! Maybe it’s because ...
James Blunt reportedly gave the go-ahead for a Weird Al Jankovic parody of song 'You're Beautiful' before record company executives decided against it. Jankovic says that the ex-soldier had "given it ...
Having decimated a six-year absence from the stage, the Grammy Award-winning, chart-topping pop parody king has a lot to celebrate over the course of his over four-decade career. Yankovic has wins in ...
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