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Weird Al Week begins (again) with everything we’ve ever written about Weird Al

July 21, 2019

broadstreet.zone(72091); Hey! Welcome to the second annual Weird Al Week! For the next seven days, Milwaukee Record will fill your feed with fresh, funny, and slightly fanatical Al-related materiel. It all lea...

No more Mr. Passive Resistance: We’re bringing ‘UHF’ back to Avalon Theater July 17

Matt Wild

June 20, 2019

Put down your remote control. Throw out your TV Guide. Put away your jacket. There's no need to go outside. Well, there is a need to go outside on Wednesday, July 17. Yes, that's the night we're teaching poodle...

Weird Al’s “Strings Attached Tour” is coming to Miller High Life Theatre July 27

Matt Wild

November 12, 2018

Let's face it, "Weird Al" Yankovic fans: If you've seen one "Weird Al" show, you've seen 'em all. Well, unless you saw last year's "Ill-Advised Vanity" shows at Pabst Theater, which featured oodles of deep cuts...

Weird Al Week ends with recaps of the two Weird Al shows at Pabst Theater

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 11, 2018

Hey! Welcome to (the end of) Weird Al Week! For a full week, Milwaukee Record filled your feed with fresh, funny, and slightly fanatical Al-related materiel. It all led up to the two Weird Al shows at Pabst The...

Here’s the setlist from Monday’s ridiculously self-indulgent Weird Al show at Pabst Theater

Matt Wild

April 10, 2018

If there was any doubt that "Weird Al" Yankovic's Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour would be anything other than, well, ridiculously self-indulgent (and amazing), Monday's show at Pabst Theat...

Weird Al’s Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour: What we’re hoping to hear

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 9, 2018

Hey! Welcome to Weird Al Week! For a few more weekdays, Milwaukee Record will be filling your feed with fresh, funny, and slightly fanatical Al-related materiel. It all leads up to the two Weird Al shows at Pab...

Weird Al Week continues with a conversation about why we love Weird Al

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 4, 2018

Hey! Welcome to Weird Al Week! For the next six weekdays, Milwaukee Record will be filling your feed with fresh, funny, and slightly fanatical Al-related materiel. It all leads up to the two Weird Al shows at P...

Our ‘UHF’ after-party at Vanguard will feature Weird Al music and videos, Twinkie Wiener Sandwiches

Matt Wild

April 3, 2018

Hey! Welcome to Weird Al Week! For the next seven weekdays, Milwaukee Record will be filling your feed with fresh, funny, and slightly fanatical Al-related materiel. It all leads up to the two Weird Al shows at...

Weird Al Week begins with, well, an interview with Weird Al

Matt Wild

April 3, 2018

We got it all at Avalon Theater on April 4 when we screen the “Weird Al” classic ‘UHF’

Matt Wild

March 1, 2018

Put down your remote control. Throw out your TV Guide. Put away your jacket. There's no need to go outside. Well, there is a need to go outside on Wednesday, April 4. Yes, that's the night we're teaching poodle...

Pabst Theater has added a second “Weird Al” show, so we shouldn’t give up on humanity just yet

Matt Wild

November 29, 2017

UPDATE: Due to overwhelming demand, Pabst Theater has added a second "Weird Al" show, proving not EVERYTHING is horrible and that we shouldn't give up on humanity just yet. This show is scheduled for Monday, Ap...

Celebrate the first day of Summerfest with a bunch of videos of “Weird Al” playing Summerfest

Matt Wild

June 29, 2016

//Hey! It's Summerfest! Fun! From June 29-July 3, and July 5-July 10, the 49th annual Big Gig will fill the sprawling Henry Maier Festival Park with hundreds of thousands of attendees, hundreds of musical ...

Some questions (and answers) for last night’s glorious “Weird Al” show at Summerfest

Matt Wild

July 5, 2015

“Weird Al” Yankovic is a national treasure. The wild-and-wacky song parodist has been lightly skewering popular music (and culture) for more than 30 years, turning radio hits of yesteryear into songs about food...

There’s a suspicious Summerfest-sized hole in “Weird Al” Yankovic’s 2015 tour schedule

Matt Wild

February 3, 2015

According to Summerfest’s ever-ticking countdown clock (think of it like those “death clocks,” but with less death and more picnic-table dancing), there are four months, 20 days, 23 hours, 48 minutes, and 26......

Video for “Weird Al” Yankovic’s “Mission Statement” created by Wisconsin company

Matt Wild

July 21, 2014

For fans of perennial song parodist/national treasure/greatest human alive “Weird Al” Yankovic, the past eight days have been bliss. In honor of what will likely be his last proper album, Mandatory Fun, Yankovi...

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