Can Weird Al be even weirder? See photos from his Raleigh concert where he tries

If it’s possible for “Weird Al” Yankovic to be bigger and weirder, he’s going to try.

That’s the name of his most recent tour, which stopped at Raleigh’s Red Hat Amphitheater Thursday night.

The king of parodies, backed by an eight-piece ensemble, performed his greatest hits at the soldout show before heading to Wilmington on Friday and Charlotte on Saturday.

The setlist included fan favorites like “Smells Like Nirvana,” “Amish Paradise,” “White & Nerdy” and a medley that featured “Eat It” and “Like a Surgeon,” two of his earliest hits.

Puddles Pity Party, the 6’8” clown with the sad face, was the opening act at Red Hat.

Weid Al’s concert came just days after he showed his support for Stephen Colbert on Monday’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” following the cancellation of the show. Yankovic and Lin-Manuel Miranda performed a Coldplay song with Weird Al on the accordion.

Here are photos from the concert.

Setlist:

1. Tacky

2. Mission Statement

3. Polkamania!

4. Drum Solo

5. Everything You Know Is Wrong

6. One More Minute

7. Smells Like Nirvana

8. Dare to Be Stupid

9. Party in the CIA/ It’s All About the Pentiums/ Bedrock Anthem/ My Bologna/Ricky/Ode to a Superhero/ I Love Rocky Road/ Eat It/ Like a Surgeon/ Word Crimes/ Canadian Idiot

10. Fat

11. Captain Underpants Theme Song

12. Now You Know

13. Happy Together

14. It’s My World (and We’re all Living In It)

15. Skipper Dan

16. Drump Solo reprise

17. eBay

19. Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me

20. Amish Paradise

21. We All Have Cell Phones

22. The Saga Begins

23. Yoda

This story was originally published July 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM.