Weird Al Yankovic Review with Photos 8-1-25

Puddles Pity Party: Heartache and Humor

    Puddles Pity Party opened at 8:00pm with his silent clown walk-on, backed by an old-school sounding, narrated children's party flick playing on the big screen behind him and immediately captivated the crowd. Performing entirely without speaking, he combined exaggerated pantomime, silent comedy, and a mix of covers and emotional visuals, even cheekily inserting clips of Kevin Costner throughout, creating a deeply theatrical experience.

    Puddles started off his show with "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," with an eerie tenderness. While using his phone as a "Cry Cam" to film fan's reactions during “Come Cry With Me, the audience had that surreal question in their eyes “Is this actually happening?” While a taped "Who wants to help the Clown" filled the big screen he invited a young man on stage to pay "guitar" for a version of "Crazy Train." His powerful vocals on “Stairway to Gilligan's Island” backed by Kevin Costner clips from Water World left many amused and impressed at the same time.

    His tribute mashup of “My Heart Will Go On” and Metallica's "Enter Sandman/One" combined with Kevin Costner clips still rolling on the big screen was a moment that somehow felt both proclamation and confession. It lingered in the night air long after he finished.

"Weird Al" Yankovic Delivers Hits and Parody

    Weird Al took the stage at 8:50pm and brought with him a polished, high‑energy production befitting the Bigger & Weirder 2025 Tour: eight musicians, costume changes, video interludes, and elaborate staging kept the evening non-stop and theatrical.

    Al kicked off his set with “Tacky,” singing by remote camera on his tour bus, all the while making his way to the stage in a Technicolor outfit and finally bursting into the amphitheater from a side crowd entrance to ignite the Pavilion. Next Weird Al began by taking the crowd on a journey through his show which focused on originals and style‑parodies like the corporate satire "Mission Staterment" and next with the accordion fueled "Polkamania," a whirlwind polka medley stitching together hits from Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande (“Thank U, Next”), Cardi B (“WAP”) and more into accordion‑driven chaos. The crowd roared in delight under the pavilion lights. Weird Al even ventured out into the amphitheater crowd during the doo-wop parody "One More MInute," sitting in fans laps, donning them with colorfull scarves all the while venturing up the isle singing to the fans.

    Costume changes arrived next in rapid succession: Kurt Cobain wigs for "Smells Like Nirvana," hazmat suits for "Dare to Be Stupid" and multiple outfit swaps during the medley which included
fan‑faves like "Eat It," "Like a Surgeon," "Word Crimes," "Canadian Idiot" and a surprising turn to parody deep cuts like "Ricky" resurfaced mid‑medley for the first time since the mid‑1980s. Each transformation packed its own laugh and nostalgic blow.

    Puddles even made a mid-show appearance for a duet with Weird Al on the song "Happy Together." After running through more Weird Al classics like "Stop Fowarding That Crap to Me," "White & Nerdy" which featured Al riding a Segway around the stage and "Amish Paradise," Weird Al kept teasing his exit donned in a silk cape all the while asking the crowd if they wanted more.

Weird Al Returns for an Epic Encore

    The encore was led off by a cloaked Darth Sidious leading the audience in a vigerous competitive cheer session. He then started playing "Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565" on keyboard as a complete cast from star wars: Chewbacca, multiple Stormtroopers, a fully functioning R2-D2, Darth Vader, Bubba Fett and Weird Al as Obi-Wan Kenobi filed onto stage. Starting with “Cell Phones” and culminating in a galaxy-spanning finale - “The Saga Begins.” Weird Al finished with a magical, sing-along fan‑pleaser “Yoda.” that carried across generations.

Final Take:

    The production value was a stunning amalgam of vaudeville, rock, and Broadway flair: projection cues, choreographed backing vocals, comedic interstitial commercials and video bits, all paced like a silent-film inspired storyboard come to life. This Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion show delivered exactly what the Bigger & Weirder tour promised: outrageous visuals, razor‑sharp musicianship, and comedic timing with emotional color. Puddles Pity Party brilliantly set the stage with performance art that was enigmatic, moving, absurd, and unforgettable. Weird Al then soared into a theatrical parody perfection jubilee for longtime fans and tied‑together absurdity for newcomers. If you were there or wish you had been, that's the kind of night it shaped up to be.

"Weird Al" Yankovic:
Fun Zone (Video)
Tacky
Mission Statement
Polkamania!
Drum Solo
Everything You Know Is Wrong
One More Minute
(Video) Costume Change
Another One Rides the Bus (video from "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story")
Smells Like Nirvana
(Video) Costume Change
Dare to Be Stupid
(Video) Costume Change
Party in the CIA / It's All About the Pentiums / Bedrock Anthem / My Bologna / Ricky / Ode to a Superhero / I Love Rocky Road / Eat It / Like a Surgeon / Word Crimes / Canadian Idiot
(Video) Costume Change
Fat
(Video) Costume Change
Captain Underpants Theme Song
Now You Know
Happy Together (The Turtles)
It’s My World (and We’re All Living in It)
Skipper Dan
Drum Solo (Reprise)
eBay
Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me
(Video) Costume Change
White & Nerdy
(Video) Costume Change
Amish Paradise
Amish Vamp
Encore:
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Johann Sebastian Bach cover)
We All Have Cell Phones
The Saga Begins
Star Wars Theme
Yoda

Puddles Pity Party:
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (Harry Carroll cover)
Come Cry With Me (Glyn Styler cover)
Who Wants to Help the Clown (Tape)
Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne cover)
Harmonica (Kevin Costner clips}
Who Wants to Help the Clown (Tape)
Estoy sentado aquí (Los Lobos cover)
Come On Up to the House (Tom Waits cover)
In the End
Stairway to Gilligan's Island (Little Roger and The Goosebumps cover)
My Heart Will Go On / Enter Sandman / One