Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour
January 30, 2023
The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour was a concert tour performed by American musician and satirist "Weird Al" Yankovic.[1] Intended to be a more intimate and less stylized production compared to his previous concert tours, the Vanity Tour focused on Yankovic's older material and original songs. The 76-date North American tour was announced in October 2017, and included 68 shows in the United States and eight shows in Canada. Following the conclusion of the tour, recordings of the entire tour were released on Stitcher Premium.
Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour
In a departure from his previous concert tours, Yankovic set out on The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour with the intention to produce a more intimate, less stylized show than his preceding concert tours, describing the Vanity Tour as having an "extremely limited appeal" by design, and inspired by the staging of VH1 Storytellers and MTV Unplugged.[2][3][4] The absence of video screens and advanced lighting,[2] along with the Vanity Tour's lack of his popular hits, costumes changes, props, and choreography present in Yankovic's previous tours allowed for a more flexible and unpredictable experience, to the testimonial approval of Yankovic himself and his touring band.[3][4] In the tour's October 2017 announcement across social media, Yankovic stated:
By design, it has extremely limited appeal. Instead of doing festivals, fairs and arenas, we'll be doing small, intimate theatres. Instead of putting on a big flashy production, we'll be trying to go for something very informal and low-key… kind of an Unplugged/Storytellers vibe. Like we're just hanging out, playing in your living room. So if you've really got your heart set on seeing fat suits and Segways and hearing all your favorite parodies… this probably isn't the tour for you. Chances are we'll be doing that kind of show again sometime in the future, just not THIS time.
The opening act was the comedian Emo Philips, who had previously worked with Yankovic in his 1989 movie UHF and 1997 TV series The Weird Al Show.[5]
In accordance with Yankovic's desired theme of more intimate and "loose" shows, the setlist for The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour was different every night,[6][7] with an (ill-advised) focus on older material and original songs from his discography, as opposed to his staple parody songs.[8] Yankovic performed a straight cover version of a different classic rock song during the encore of each show.[9]
Promotion
The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour was officially announced on "Weird Al" Yankovic's official social media pages on 13 October 2017,[3][4] with information on tour dates, venues and ticket sales appearing on Yankovic's official website the day after.[10][11] Tickets for the Vanity Tour, which went on sale on October 20, were advertised from $50 to $70.[6][12] The tour's announcement also coincided with the November 2017 release of Squeeze Box and Medium Rarities, two compilation albums collecting the works of Yankovic.[13]
In 2021 "Weird Al" Yankovic announced a follow-up concert tour to the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour "The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour", set to be performed from May to October 2022 which will have special guest Emo Phillips.[14]
I’ve loved doing every single incarnation of my live show, but honestly the Vanity tour is the most fun I’ve ever had on stage, so I’ve been dying to get back out there and torture everybody with it once again!
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The Ridiculously Self Indulgent Ill Advised Vanity Tour was a concert tour performed by American musician and satirist Weird Al Yankovic 1 Intended to be a more intimate and less stylized production compared to his previous concert tours the Vanity Tour focused on Yankovic s older material and original songs The 76 date North American tour was announced in October 2017 and included 68 shows in the United States and eight shows in Canada Following the conclusion of the tour recordings of the entire tour were released on Stitcher Premium Ridiculously Self Indulgent Ill Advised Vanity TourTour by Weird Al YankovicPromotional poster for the tourStart dateFebruary 27 2018 2018 02 27 End dateJune 10 2018 2018 06 10 Legs1No of shows77 Weird Al Yankovic concert chronologyMandatory World Tour 2015 2016 Ridiculously Self Indulgent Ill Advised Vanity Tour 2018 Strings Attached Tour 2019 Contents 1 Background 2 Promotion 3 Follow up tour 4 Setlist 5 Tour dates 5 1 Box office score data 6 References 7 External linksBackground EditIn a departure from his previous concert tours Yankovic set out on The Ridiculously Self Indulgent Ill Advised Vanity Tour with the intention to produce a more intimate less stylized show than his preceding concert tours describing the Vanity Tour as having an extremely limited appeal by design and inspired by the staging of VH1 Storytellers and MTV Unplugged 2 3 4 The absence of video screens and advanced lighting 2 along with the Vanity Tour s lack of his popular hits costumes changes props and choreography present in Yankovic s previous tours allowed for a more flexible and unpredictable experience to the testimonial approval of Yankovic himself and his touring band 3 4 In the tour s October 2017 announcement across social media Yankovic stated By design it has extremely limited appeal Instead of doing festivals fairs and arenas we ll be doing small intimate theatres Instead of putting on a big flashy production we ll be trying to go for something very informal and low key kind of an Unplugged Storytellers vibe Like we re just hanging out playing in your living room So if you ve really got your heart set on seeing fat suits and Segways and hearing all your favorite parodies this probably isn t the tour for you Chances are we ll be doing that kind of show again sometime in the future just not THIS time Weird Al Yankovic 4 The opening act was the comedian Emo Philips who had previously worked with Yankovic in his 1989 movie UHF and 1997 TV series The Weird Al Show 5 In accordance with Yankovic s desired theme of more intimate and loose shows the setlist for The Ridiculously Self Indulgent Ill Advised Vanity Tour was different every night 6 7 with an ill advised focus on older material and original songs from his discography as opposed to his staple parody songs 8 Yankovic performed a straight cover version of a different classic rock song during the encore of each show 9 Promotion EditThe Ridiculously Self Indulgent Ill Advised Vanity Tour was officially announced on Weird Al Yankovic s official social media pages on 13 October 2017 3 4 with information on tour dates venues and ticket sales appearing on Yankovic s official website the day after 10 11 Tickets for the Vanity Tour which went on sale on October 20 were advertised from 50 to 70 6 12 The tour s announcement also coincided with the November 2017 release of Squeeze Box and Medium Rarities two compilation albums collecting the works of Yankovic 13 Follow up tour EditMain article The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self Indulgent Ill Advised Vanity Tour In 2021 Weird Al Yankovic announced a follow up concert tour to the Ridiculously Self Indulgent Ill Advised Vanity Tour The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self Indulgent Ill Advised Vanity Tour set to be performed from May to October 2022 which will have special guest Emo Phillips 14 I ve loved doing every single incarnation of my live show but honestly the Vanity tour is the most fun I ve ever had on stage so I ve been dying to get back out there and torture everybody with it once again Weird Al Yankovic 14 Setlist EditEach of the 77 shows had a different set list with the following 51 songs in regular rotation 15 Airline Amy Albuquerque The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota Bob Buy Me a Condo Christmas at Ground Zero Close But No Cigar CNR Craigslist Dare to Be Stupid Grateful Dead version Dog Eat Dog Don t Download This Song Fun Zone Generic Blues Good Enough For Now Good Old Days Happy Birthday I Remember Larry I Was Only Kidding I ll Sue Ya I m So Sick of You If That Isn t Love Jackson Park Express Let Me Be Your Hog Melanie Midnight Star Mr Frump in the Iron Lung Mr Popeil My Baby s in Love With Eddie Vedder My Own Eyes Nature Trail to Hell The Night Santa Went Crazy One More Minute One of Those Days Party at the Leper Colony The Saga Begins She Never Told Me She Was a Mime Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me Stuck in a Closet With Vanna White That Boy Could Dance Traffic Jam Truck Drivin Song UHF Velvet Elvis When I Was Your Age Why Does This Always Happen to Me Yoda You Don t Love Me Anymore Young Dumb amp Ugly Your Horoscope For Today Unplugged Medley Eat It I Lost on Jeopardy Amish Paradise Smells Like Nirvana White amp Nerdy I Love Rocky Road Like a Surgeon Encore Songs 9 Smoke on the Water Blue Suede Shoes I Saw Her Standing There Johnny B Goode Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dirty Water Honky Tonk Women Tutti Frutti Wipeout All Day and All of the Night Should I Stay or Should I Go Blister in the Sun Uncontrollable Urge 867 5309 Jenny Psycho Killer Hello There Refugee They Long to Be Close to You Cinnamon Girl Saturday Night s Alright for Fighting Play That Funky Music Free Bird China Grove Rebel Yell Stuck in the Middle with You Accordion Boogie Are You Gonna Be My Girl All Star Squeeze Box Beat on the Brat Last Train to Clarksville Beer Barrel Polka Breakdown What I Like About You We re an American Band Peaches It s Only Rock n Roll But I Like It Gimme Some Lovin Glad All Over Sunshine of Your Love Particle Man Land of 1 000 Dances Crocodile Rock Viva Las Vegas Fire and Rain Werewolves of London I Wanna Be Sedated It s the End of the World as We Know It And I Feel Fine Born to Be Wild Vertigo You Really Got Me Sweet Home Alabama Suffragette City Mama Told Me Not to Come Radio Radio Girl U Want This Is a Call I m Down The Elements Funeral For a Friend You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman God Save the Queen No Matter What Classical Gas Rock amp Roll Funk 49 Good Lovin Foxy Lady Aqualung Hard to Handle All Right Now Summer Nights Magic Carpet Ride Rebel Rebel Takin It to the Streets Not Fade Away School s Out Tour dates EditDate City Country Venue Opening ActFebruary 27 2018 Poughkeepsie United States Bardavon 1869 Opera House Emo PhilipsMarch 1 2018 Tarrytown Tarrytown Music HallMarch 2 2018 Ledyard Fox TheaterMarch 3 2018 Portsmouth The Music HallMarch 4 2018 Matinee Boston Wilbur TheatreMarch 4 2018 Evening March 7 2018 Montreal Canada Theatre MaisonneuveMarch 8 2018 Toronto Danforth Music HallMarch 9 2018March 10 2018 Grand Rapids United States 20 Monroe LiveMarch 11 2018 Ann Arbor Michigan TheaterMarch 13 2018 Amherst Mainstage TheatreMarch 14 2018 Ithaca State TheaterMarch 16 2018 Atlantic City Circus Maximus TheaterMarch 17 2018 Huntington Paramount TheaterMarch 18 2018 Lancaster American Music TheatreMarch 20 2018 North Bethesda The Music Center at StrathmoreMarch 22 2018 New York City Apollo TheaterMarch 23 2018March 24 2018 Greensburg Palace TheatreMarch 25 2018 Cleveland Ohio TheatreMarch 26 2018 Lexington Lexington Opera HouseMarch 28 2018 Louisville Brown TheatreMarch 29 2018 Carmel The PalladiumMarch 30 2018 Champaign Virginia TheatreMarch 31 2018 Des Moines Hoyt Sherman Place TheaterApril 2 2018 Rochester Mayo Civic Center Presentation HallApril 3 2018 Minneapolis Pantages TheatreApril 4 2018April 6 2018 Chicago The Vic TheatreApril 7 2018April 9 2018 Milwaukee Pabst TheaterApril 10 2018April 12 2018 Wabash Ford TheaterApril 13 2018 Chattanooga Walker TheaterApril 14 2018 Augusta Miller TheaterApril 15 2018 Atlanta TabernacleApril 17 2018 A Nashville War Memorial AuditoriumApril 19 2018 Springfield Gillioz TheatreApril 20 2018 Longview Belcher Performance CenterApril 21 2018 B Austin Paramount TheatreApril 22 2018 Midland Wagner Noel Performing Arts CenterApril 24 2018 Stafford Stafford Centre Performing Arts TheatreApril 26 2018 San Antonio H E B Performance HallApril 27 2018 Dallas Majestic TheatreApril 28 2018 Wichita Orpheum TheatreApril 29 2018 Kansas City Folly TheaterMay 1 2018 Denver Paramount TheatreMay 3 2018 Grand Junction Avalon TheatreMay 4 2018 Ivins Tuacahn AmphitheaterMay 5 2018 Tucson Fox Tucson TheatreMay 6 2018 Santa Fe Lensic TheaterMay 8 2018 Mesa Ikeda TheaterMay 9 2018 Palm Desert McCallum TheatreMay 10 2018 Los Angeles The Theatre at Ace HotelMay 11 2018May 12 2018 San Diego Humphreys Concerts By the BayMay 15 2018 Sacramento Crest TheatreMay 17 2018 Monterey Golden State TheatreMay 18 2018 Turlock Turlock Community TheatreMay 19 2018 Oakland Fox Oakland TheatreMay 20 2018 Napa Uptown TheaterMay 22 2018 Redding Cascade TheatreMay 24 2018 Eugene McDonald TheatreMay 25 2018 Portland Revolution HallMay 26 2018May 27 2018 Spokane Woldson TheaterMay 29 2018 Seattle Moore TheatreMay 31 2018 Calgary Canada Grey Eagle Event CentreJune 1 2018 Regina Casino Regina Show LoungeJune 2 2018 Edmonton River Cree Entertainment CentreJune 3 2018 Medicine Hat Esplanade TheatreJune 5 2018 Winnipeg Burton Cummings TheatreJune 6 2018 Fargo United States Fargo TheatreJune 8 2018 Columbia Jesse AuditoriumJune 9 2018 Clear Lake Surf BallroomJune 10 2018 Green Bay Meyer TheatreFestivals and other miscellaneous performances A This concert was a part of the Nashville Comedy Festival 16 B This concert was a part of the Moontower Comedy Festival 17 Box office score data Edit Venue City Tickets sold Available Gross revenueTheatre Maisonneuve Montreal 2 102 2 102 100 98 975 18 Circus Maximus Theater Atlantic City 1 330 1 606 83 81 258 19 Ohio Theatre Cleveland 932 1 000 93 63 019 20 Pantages Theatre Minneapolis 1 968 1 980 99 124 124 21 The Vic Theatre Chicago 1 879 1 879 100 94 231 22 Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center Midland 984 1 733 57 42 690 22 The Theatre at Ace Hotel Los Angeles 2 981 2 981 100 206 726 23 Crest Theatre Sacramento 934 975 96 54 538 23 Fox Oakland Theatre Oakland 1 923 1 923 100 117 345 23 TOTAL 15 033 16 179 93 882 906References Edit Rettig James October 13 2017 No Frills Weird Al Tour To Feature Obscure Songs No Costumes Stereogum Eldridge Industries Retrieved June 18 2018 a b Geslani Michelle October 14 2017 Weird Al Yankovic announces The Ridiculously Self Indulgent Ill Advised Vanity Tour Consequence of Sound Consequence Holdings LLC Archived from the original on October 14 2017 Retrieved October 14 2017 a b c Haack Brian October 12 2017 Weird Al Yankovic Announces Self Indulgent Ill Advised 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