Weird Al Concert

Saturday, June 14, 2025

We left St. George a little early because we wanted to eat dinner at Tacos El Gordo. We went to the location on the northern part of the strip, which we had never been to before. It was a very crowded hole in the wall. The area wasn't too nice either. The tacos were still really, really good.

On the way to Las Vagas, I played a Blippi train song for the boys. I managed to get both boys irritated and embarrassed with one song! You can see them covering their ears in this photo. 

Amazing tacos. The kids did actually eat them.

After dinner, we parked at the Venetian. There was a good amount of time before the show, so we walked around the shops in the hotel. The Venetian is huge; there is a gondola all along the path of the walkway. 

A fancy, expensive chess set at a shop inside the Venetian.

We finally went to the theater and sat down in the balcony. The opening act was Puddles Pity Party. He is a very tall clown with an almost operatic voice. He sings really well, but he tries to make everyone laugh while he sings. He played a video of himself running behind a man in a rainbow skin suit for "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows." He held up a "cry cam" to the audience to get them to fake cry during "Come Cry with Me." During "Crazy Train," he showed a video of simple tasks done incorrectly that would upset anyone with OCD. He dressed up a volunteer as a bottle of tequila for "Estoy Sentado Aqui." He even danced semi-provocatively to Brittany Spears's "Toxic."

"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" from Vaudeville

"Come Cry with Me" by Glyn Styler in the style of James Bond

That Puddles "OCD video" Crazy Train! June 14, 2025 at the Venetian Las Vegas

"Crazy Train" by Ozzy Ozbourne

"Estoy Sentado Aqui" by Los Lobos

There was a brief intermission before Weird Al started his show. He wasn't even on stage when he started singing; he walked through the backstage area singing "Tacky" as he made his way to the stage. He performed lots of medleys consisting of only a verse or two of many songs to fit them all in.

"Tacky" a parody of "Happy" by Pharrell Williams

"Mission Statement" a style parody of Crosby, Stills, and Nash

"Polkamania!" a medley of "Bad Guy," "Hello," "Flowers," "We Don't Talk about Bruno," and others

"Everything You Know is Wrong" a style parody of They Might Be Giants

"One More Minute" a style parody of doo-wop and Elvis

"Smells Like Nirvana" a parody of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana

"Dare to Be Stupid" a style parody of Divo

"Party in the CIA" a parody of "Party in the USA" by Miley Cyrus

"My Bologna" a parody of "My Sharona" by The Knack

"Ricky" a parody of "Mickey" by Toni Basil

"Ode to a Superhero" a parody of "Piano Man" by Billy Joel

"I Love Rocky Road" a parody of "I Love Rock and Roll" by Joan Jett

"Eat It" a parody of "Beat It" by Michael Jackson

"Like a Surgeon" a parody of "Like a Virgin" by Madonna

"Word Crimes" a parody of "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke

"Canadian Idiot" a parody of "American Idiot" by Green Day

"Fat" a parody of "Bad" by Michael Jackson

"Captain Underpants Theme Song"

"Now You Know" from the movie "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story"

Al said it was time for requests, but too many people wanted to pick a song. Finally, he looked at his guitarist and said, "what do you want to play?" "How about some Doobie Brothers?" The guitarist started to play, so then Al sang "China Grove."

"Skipper Dan" a style parody of Weezer

"Ebay" a parody of "I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys

"Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me" a style parody of Jim Steinman

"White and Nerdy" a parody of "Ridin'" by Chamillionaire

"Amish Paradise" a parody of "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio

In between costume changes, Al would show video clips of things he has done over the years: movies, cameo appearances, tv shows, and fake interviews. In one fake interview, he asked Michael Stipe from REM to come up with some lyrics and Al would put it to music. He said, "We all have cell phones, so, come on, let's get real." Al said, "that's brilliant!" He then sang it. As a prank on the audience, Al dressed up in Star Wars clothes and sang "We All Have Cellphones" to start the encore.

"The Saga Begins" a parody of "American Pie" by Don McLean

"Yoda" a parody of "Lola" by The Kinks

The show ended at 11pm. We ran to the van and drove back to St. George. Needless to say, we got home pretty late and went straight to bed.