In 1996, the nerdy prince of popular music parodies turned to gangsta rap and alternative rock to prove that his silly shtick ...

Paul McCartney is open-minded, but his boundaries cannot be crossed. That was why, when Weird Al took things too far, he ...

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 ...

Rapper Once Feuded with 'Weird Al' Yankovic Over Parody of Hit Song Released 30 Years Ago originally appeared on Parade. With “Gangsta’s Paradise,” Coolio became a global superstar and icon of the ...

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 ...

Hilarious but never mean. Eccentric but easily accessible. Weird Al Yankovic has made a career of parody and pastiche while remaining true to his own idiosyncratic style for more than four decades.

Tue, June 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM UTC He explained that the "Purple Rain" hitmaker "is like the one guy that was never into it." Rosalind O'Connor/NBC via Getty 'Weird Al' Yankovic and Jimmy Fallon in ...

“Weird Al” Yankovic is the first act announced for the 2026 Minnesota State Fair Grandstand series. Tickets for his Aug. 28 show — which will be the seventh time the pop parodist has played the ...