Arts & Entertainment

Weird Al Yankovic Coming to Sands Event Center

The 'king of parody' is scheduled to perform on June 4. Tickets are on sale.

 

The Sands Bethlehem Event Center welcomes the king of parody, Weird Al Yankovic to the stage on Tuesday, June 4  at 8pm.

Few would have guessed that “Weird Al” Yankovic, who as a shy, accordion-playing teenager got his start sending in homemade tapes to the Dr. Demento Radio Show, would go on to become the biggest-selling comedy recording artist in history with over 12 million albums sold. 

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Now entering his fourth career decade, he has won 3 Grammys and countless awards and accolades for Weird Al classics like “Eat It,” “Like a Surgeon,” “Fat,” “Smells Like Nirvana,” “Amish Paradise,” and “The Saga Begins.” 

His most recent album, Alpocalypse released on June 21, 2011, charted at number 9 for Billboard – the highest debut of his career. 

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The first single from the album was the Lady Gaga parody “Perform This Way.” Alpocalypse was nominated for two Grammy awards, for best comedy album and best short form video for the “Perform This Way” music video.  

Weird Al, along with his same band of three decades, has performed over 1,000 career concerts and continues to tour with his rock and comedy multimedia show throughout the world.

Tickets range from $25 to $45 are on sale at sandseventcenter.com, the Event Center box office, Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets or by phone at 800-745-3000.


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