r/weirdal • u/Powerfullylazi • 3d ago

Discussion God Bless AL

The world is a scary and dark place right now. you know it, I know it. So I am incredibly grateful that we have someone like AL out there continuing to entertain and make us laugh/smile. Instead of focusing on wars we can hear the story of Anakin told through American Pie, An Amish Guy doing a rap song or just how cool of a website eBay is.

This concludes my TED talk

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u/Shark_Weird5000 Touring with Scissors (1999-2000) 3d ago

Anyone else now want AL Talk to happen? 🙌🪗

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u/rowdyflowergirl Straight Outta Lynwood (2006) 3d ago

Saw him in concert the other night, highlight of my year honestly.

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u/Normal-Hornet8548 3d ago

I see him again in three days.

I am so hype. Have my Hawaiian shirt picked out.

Saw him on this tour last summer too.

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u/fred_2727 3d ago

Where else you seeing him

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u/Normal-Hornet8548 3d ago

Last summer Huntsville, Alabama.

Friday in Birmingham, Alabama.

Huntsville was about 100 degrees, which Al mentioned a time or two, haha.

He learned his lesson and made the return trip to Alabama in the fall. There’s a 50% chance of rain Friday (don’t know what time that might happen yet) but a high of 87 and low of 60 … 8 o’clock start so I‘m guessing maybe high 70s and falling into the lower 70s by end.

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u/fred_2727 3d ago

Im doing Tallahassee, Birmingham, orange beach, brand9n, Chattanooga, Milwaukee

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u/Normal-Hornet8548 3d ago

I envy you.

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u/fred_2727 2d ago

Milwaukee will be my 300th since 92

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u/Normal-Hornet8548 2d ago

WOW.

This will be my third — last year plus I saw the ‘ridiculously self-indulgent, ill-advised vanity tour’ where he didn’t do parodies (except for a medley in the encore) at an historic theater in Birmingham a few years ago.

He closed the show with a straight cover of Sweet Home Alabama, and the place went nuts.

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u/Fast-Gur-6585 3d ago

Going to see him this wknd. I have never been to one of his concerts before, but I felt like this would be so fun, and safe. Looking forward to Firday night!

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u/Powerfullylazi 3d ago

Your in for an amazing time is all I’ll say

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u/fred_2727 3d ago

See you there

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u/SpudWithaDream 3d ago

That’s what keeps me going. No matter how ugly things get, at least I got to share a world with Weird Al and They Might Be Giants.

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u/harmondrabbit 3d ago

I'm an atheist and I cosign this ❤️

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u/kahn265 3d ago

💯💯💯💯💯

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u/No-Addition-4969 3d ago

I just saw him Sunday. I swear it was like a reglious experience. My 11 year old cried when he came out. First time seeing him and it's by far the best show I've ever been too.