Weird Al is coming to the Carpenter Theatre

by | Jan 20, 2015 | MUSIC

Holy shit guys, Weird Al is coming to Richmond on June 11th. It’s true–the king of parody music is embarking on massive nationwide tour and we’ll get the chance to see him come through the Carpenter Theater.


Holy shit guys, Weird Al is coming to Richmond on June 11th. It’s true–the king of parody music is embarking on massive nationwide tour and we’ll get the chance to see him come through the Carpenter Theater.

Check out more details about Al, as well as a link to tickets when they go on sale later this week, below:

Via the press release:

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. Weird Al released his 14th studio album Mandatory Fun on July 15th. Mandatory Fun debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. This is the first time that a comedy album has debuted at #1 on the chart in history. Further in the spirit of Mandatory Fun’s bid for world domination… Weird Al, along with his band of over three decades, who have performed thousands of live rock and comedy multimedia shows throughout the world, will be back on the road in 2015 for The Mandatory Tour.

ON SALE: Friday, January 30th at 10:00am at eTix.com, Charge by phone at 1-800-514-3849, & The Carpenter Theatre Box Office (Mon – Fri 10am-5pm)

*Presale Wednesday, January 28th at 10:00am for Carpenter Theatre subscribers. Visit richmondcenterstage.com to subscribe.

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner is the former editor of GayRVA and RVAMag from 2013 - 2017. He’s now the Richmond Bureau Chief for Radio IQ, a state-wide NPR outlet based in Roanoke. You can reach him at BradKutnerNPR@gmail.com




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