“Weird Al” Yankovic is switching things up for his upcoming North American tour. He’s putting away all his props, costumes, and video screens and pulling out “obscure songs you barely remember.”
He’s calling it the “Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour”.
Here’s what he wrote on Facebook about it:
In case you haven’t heard the rumors… THIS WILL NOT BE OUR NORMAL KIND OF TOUR. I decided we should try something different, just for a change of pace. So next year we’re scaling way, way back. No costumes, no props, no video screens, no computer servers. We’re just going to walk out on stage, sit down on stools, and play a bunch of old songs. Oh, and we’re going to be performing almost exclusively originals (i.e. not parodies). The deep cuts and obscure tracks. The songs that were never hits. The ones you barely remember.
Okay, obviously this tour is not for everybody. By design, it has extremely limited appeal. Instead of doing festivals, fairs and arenas, we’ll be doing small, intimate theatres. Instead of putting on a big flashy production, we’ll be trying to go for something very informal and low-key… kind of an Unplugged/Storytellers vibe. Like we’re just hanging out, playing in your living room. So if you’ve really got your heart set on seeing fat suits and Segways and hearing all your favorite parodies… this probably isn’t the tour for you. Chances are we’ll be doing that kind of show again sometime in the future, just not THIS time.
Comedian Emo Phillips joins him on the tour which starts up in February 2018 in Poughkeepsie, New York. Tickets are available now.
Previously: Weird Al composes ‘The North Korea Polka’ upon John Oliver’s request