Q: What do
you get when a performer makes his entrance on video, winding up coming down
one of the aisles through the audience (to the strains of “Tacky”)? When he
(briefly) rides a Segway on stage? When he manages more costume changes than
Madonna and Katy Perry ever dreamed of?
A: Must be a
Weird Al Yankovic show. And the sellout crowd loved every minute of the
two-hour spectacle.
I especially
enjoyed the “acoustic set” in the middle, featuring “Eat It,” “I Lost on
Jeopardy,” “I Love Rocky Road,” and “Like a Surgeon,” as well as the Star Wars-themed encore with “The Saga
Begins” and “Yoda.” (The guy sitting next to me seemed to know every word to
the former, which is done to the tune of Don McLean’s “American Pie.”) Other
highlights included “Word Crimes” (the big hit from his most recent album), “Fat,”
“White & Nerdy,” and Al’s extended foray into the crowd during “Wanna B Ur
Lovr.” Many of the videos shown during Al’s costume changes were also
hilarious, most notably a mock interview with Celine Dion. The four-piece band did
an excellent job throughout. The music covered most of his career, going back
to “Another One Rides The Bus”; the only omission that surprised me (given the
latest sequel’s massive hype) was “Jurassic Park.”
The full setlist is available at setlist.fm.
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