Arsht Center and AEG LIVE present Weird Al Yankovic in his Mandatory World Tour – June 10

unnamed-7Now celebrating its 10th Anniversary Season, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and AEG LIVE are proud to present “WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC during his wildly successful MANDATORY WORLD TOUR. Known as the biggest-selling comedy recording artist in history, earning four Grammy Awards and 15 career nominations, “WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC and his longtime band will bring his high-energy comedy rock show to the Center’s Ziff Ballet Opera House on June 10.

 

Tickets to “WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC’s MANDATORY WORLD TOUR are $39.50, $49.50 & $79.50*. Tickets will be available to Arsht Center members on February 25 and to the general public on February 26. Tickets may be purchased through the Adrienne Arsht Center Box Office by calling (305) 949-6722, or online at www.arshtcenter.org.

 

MANDATORY WORLD TOUR VIP Packages Include:

 

The Mandatory Czar VIP Experience

$273 per ticket package – VIP1

  • One (1) Premium Reserved ticket in the first ten (10) rows
  • After-show Meet & Greet with Weird Al
  • Invitation to pre-show party in the Mandatory Lounge with our Minister of Propaganda/DJ and cash bar. Meet fellow comrades. Enlist in entertaining games and contests. Consume snack provisions. Engage in large quantities of Mandatory Fun.*
  • Exclusive Weird Al CZAR Merchandise Gift
  • Personally signed Limited-Edition Mandatory World Tour Flag
  • Special Collector’s Edition of MAD Magazinefeaturing Al as Guest Editor
  • Souvenir Tour Laminate and Lanyard
  • Crowd-free merchandise shopping
  • On-site concert host

 

The Mandatory VIP Experience

$143 per ticket package – VIP2

  • One (1) premium reserved ticket in the first twenty (20) rows
  • Invitation to pre-show party in the Mandatory Lounge with our Minister of Propaganda/DJ and cash bar. Meet fellow comrades. Enlist in entertaining games and contests. Consume snack provisions. Engage in large quantities of Mandatory Fun.*
  • Limited-Edition Mandatory World Tour Flag
  • Special Collector’s Edition of MAD Magazinefeaturing Al as Guest Editor
  • Souvenir Tour Laminate and Lanyard
  • Crowd-free merchandise shopping
  • On-site concert host

*Local Liquor Laws Apply

 

“I’ve decided to do the MANDATORY WORLD TOUR for one more year, after learning that some people didn’t make it out to the show this last time around.  Apparently, they don’t know the meaning of the word ‘mandatory’,” said “WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC.

 

The tour follows Yankovic’s Grammy-winning Mandatory Fun, which was the first comedy album in more than 50 years to hit #1 on the Billboard charts and the first comedy album in history to debut at the top spot.

 

Mandatory Fun, Weird Al’s 14th studio album, features parodies of some of the biggest recent hits,  including Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” (“Tacky”), Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” (“Word Crimes”), Lorde’s “Royals” (“Foil”), Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy” (“Handy”) and Imagine Dragons’ “Radioactive” (“Inactive”). The album also features several inspired originals and pastiches (“Lame Claim to Fame,” “Sports Song,” “My Own Eyes,” “Mission Statement,” “First World Problems” and “Jackson Park Express”) along with Al’s latest accordion-fueled medley, “NOW That’s What I Call Polka!”

 

“WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC is best known for his hilariously irreverent parodies of hit songs by the biggest stars in the musical universe over the past three decades, including “Eat It,” “Like A Surgeon,” “Smells Like Nirvana,” “Amish Paradise,”  “White & Nerdy,” and “Tacky.” In 2015, Yankovic released the Grammy Award-winning Best Comedy Album Mandatory Fun. The album’s single “Word Crimes” debuted in the Billboard Top 40, making Al one of only three people to have had Top 40 singles in each of the last four decades (the other two are Michael Jackson and Madonna). Yankovic has found success in multiple entertainment formats including the film world with his cult classic UHF, his CBS TV series The Weird Al Show, online with The Nerdist Channel with his faux celebrity interview web series Face 2 Face with “Weird Al” Yankovic, and the publishing world with Weird Al: The Book (an illustrated hardcover on Al’s life and career) and his children’s books, including the New York Times bestseller When I Grow Up. Weird Al has performed more than 1500 dates over the course of his career and continues to direct videos and be an innovator in the entertainment community.

 

In addition to this year’s tour, below are a few other recently-announced Yankovic projects:

 

  • Co-host and bandleader for the fifth season of Comedy Bang! Bang!on IFC, to begin airing this spring

 

  • Voice of the title character in Disney XD’s new animated fall series Milo Murphy’s Law(from the creators of Phineas and Ferb)

 

  • Executive Producer of a TV show based on his best-selling children’s books (being developed with the Jim Henson Company)

 

  • Star and creator of an on-air promotional campaign for SundanceTV (now airing)

 

  • A series of Weird Al retro-clothed action figures from NECA, to be released over the next two years beginning this spring

 

  • Recent appearances on the ABC hit series Galavant (as a singing monk) and The Goldbergs(as the ‘80s version of himself), as well as numerous voice-over roles including spots on Gravity FallsWander Over YonderAdventure Time, and the DC animated feature Batman vs. Robin

 

  • Live performances on George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison(to be released in all formats on Feb. 26)

 

  • A career-spanning box set from Legacy Recordings, featuring all 14 Weird Al studio albums digitally remastered in all formats

 

For more information, please visit: www.weirdal.com.

 

Support for the Live at Knight Series is provided by Wells Fargo.

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