{"id":2493080,"date":"2026-07-08T08:56:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2493080"},"modified":"2026-07-08T08:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:56:56","slug":"weird-al-yankovic-to-play-pnc-bank-arts-center-in-holmdel-on-july-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/weird-al-yankovic-to-play-pnc-bank-arts-center-in-holmdel-on-july-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Weird Al Yankovic to play PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel on July 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWeird Al\u201d Yankovic built a career out of making pop music look gloriously ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Now, more than four decades after \u201cEat It,\u201d \u201cLike a Surgeon\u201d and \u201cI Lost on Jeopardy\u201d helped turn him into an MTV star, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weirdal.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Yankovic;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Yankovic&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Yankovic<\/a> is still taking pop culture seriously enough to make it look very, very stupid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He brings his Bigger &amp; Weirder 2026 Tour to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pncbankartscenter.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PNC Bank Arts Center;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PNC Bank Arts Center&quot;}\" class=\"link \">PNC Bank Arts Center<\/a> in Holmdel on July 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Accordion-wielding Yankovic will be accompanied by his longtime band and five additional musicians to create a super-sized experience. Fans will be treated to a giant video wall, multiple costume changes and, of course, songs like \u201cWhite &amp; Nerdy,\u201d according to his website.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Weird Al Yankovic performs on the Which Stage on the third day of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival at The Farm in Manchester, Tenn., Sunday, June 14, 2026. Yankovic began his set after midnight.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The master of parody returns to the Garden State at a time when touring has become king, a shift he saw coming years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cEven hit albums barely break even. I think most recording artists make most of their money these days from touring and merchandise, not from actual album sales. It used to be the exact opposite, 20 or 30 years ago,\u201d Yankovic said in a 2012 interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">By then, MTV was no longer the place fans looked to for music and YouTube was the new home for parody and viral comedy. That shift swallowed many artists. But Yankovic adapted. The tours have kept coming. His accordion didn\u2019t go quietly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Weird Al show is a crash course in how silly pop music can be and that silliness will come dressed in hard rock, hip-hop, new wave, grunge and polka.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Comic musician &quot;Weird Al&quot; Yankovic\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/0YhcU5IV38yJTrRoFC5nrA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTEyMDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/the-bergen-record\/48c2ad81aa944c478676e0a7414b337e\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Comic musician &#8220;Weird Al&#8221; Yankovic<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI try to keep my material as eclectic as possible, so I think that&#8217;s one of the reasons that my shows have such multi-generational appeal. There&#8217;s pretty much something for everybody,\u201d Yankovic said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Yankovic isn\u2019t just making fun of songs. He\u2019s making fun of the machinery around them: celebrity, coolness, trends, production, image and the seriousness people attach to pop songs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhen you remove the cool veneer and just look at the lyrics and look at the song without any of the production and you put it to a polka beat, you realize how ridiculous a lot of these songs are,\u201d Yankovic said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northjersey.com\/story\/news\/2026\/07\/08\/weird-al-yankovic-bigger-weirder-tour-coming-holmdel-nj-date\/90837108007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Weird Al Yankovic to play PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel on July 12;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Weird Al Yankovic to play PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel on July 12&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Weird Al Yankovic to play PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel on July 12<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWeird Al\u201d Yankovic built a career out of making pop music look gloriously ridiculous. Now, more than four decades after \u201cEat It,\u201d \u201cLike a Surgeon\u201d and \u201cI Lost on Jeopardy\u201d helped turn him into an MTV star, Yankovic is still taking pop culture seriously enough to make it look very, very stupid. 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