The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour was a concert tour hosted by American musician and satirist "Weird Al" Yankovic. The tour was a follow-up to the format of Yankovic's 2018 Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour. To that end, his website stated that the tour would consist mostly of his original, non-parody songs. The tour began on April 26, 2022, at the Bardavon 1869 Opera House in Poughkeepsie, United States, and concluded on March 26, 2023, at the Castle Theater in Kahului, United States.
Background The tour was announced on December 3, 2021. Yankovic had stated that the tour would be "scaled down with limited production in smaller theatres and intimate settings", as well as stating that he would be performing his original non-parody songs, exclaiming that the 2018 tour was the most fun he ever had and wanted to do it again. Emo Philips was also announced as the opening act for the tour, which he had previously been on Yankovic's 2018 tour. On May 18, 2022, Yankovic postponed his performances in Saginaw, Detroit, Nashville and Springfield after testing positive for COVID-19.
Set list Each performance featured a different set list. The following songs had been in regular rotation:
"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" (lounge version) "Dog Eat Dog" "Don't Download This Song" "First World Problems" "Frank's 2000" TV" "Fun Zone" "Generic Blues" "Good Old Days" "I Remember Larry" "I'll Sue Ya" "Lame Claim to Fame" "Let Me Be Your Hog" "Melanie" "Midnight Star" "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" "Skipper Dan" "UHF" "Velvet Elvis" "When I Was Your Age" "Why Does This Always Happen to Me?" "You Don't Love Me Anymore" "Young, Dumb & Ugly" "Your Horoscope for Today" Unplugged Medley ("Amish Paradise", "Smells Like Nirvana", "White & Nerdy", "Word Crimes", "Yoda")
Encore songs
"You Can Call Me Al" by Paul Simon "867-5309/Jenny" by Tommy Tutone "Not Fade Away" by The Crickets "Glad All Over" by The Dave Clark Five "China Grove" by The Doobie Brothers "Last Train to Clarksville" by The Monkees "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" by Elton John "Nobody but Me" by The Isley Brothers "Stuck in the Middle with You" by Stealers Wheel "Radio Radio" by Elvis Costello "Girl U Want" by DEVO "Beat on the Brat" by Ramones "All Right Now" by Free "Mama Told Me Not to Come" by Randy Newman "Blister in the Sun" by Violent Femmes "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" by The Rolling Stones "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" by The Exciters "Crocodile Rock" by Elton John "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk Railroad "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" by R.E.M. "Rebel Yell" by Billy Idol "Land of 1000 Dances" by Chris Kenner "She's Got Everything" by The Kinks "Cleveland Rocks" by Ian Hunter "All Star" by Smash Mouth "Viva Las Vegas" by Elvis Presley "Gimme Some Lovin'" by Spencer Davis Group "Suffragette City" by David Bowie "God Save the Queen" by Sex Pistols "Cinnamon Girl" by Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Foxy Lady" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads "Sunshine of Your Love" by Cream "Squeeze Box" by The Who "Peaches" by The Presidents of the United States of America "American Woman" by The Guess Who "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" by The Beatles "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd "Refugee" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf
Tour dates + List of 2022 concertsDateCityCountryVenueOpening act(s)April 26PoughkeepsieUnited StatesBardavon 1869 Opera HouseEmo PhilipsApril 27AlbanyKitty Carlisle Hart TheatreApril 29New BedfordZeiterion Performing Arts CenterApril 30OronoCollins Center for the ArtsMay 1Hampton BeachHampton Beach Casino BallroomMay 3PortlandMerrill AuditoriumMay 4New LondonGarde Arts CenterMay 6MedfordChevalier TheatreMay 7May 8BurlingtonFlynn Center for the Performing ArtsMay 10RidgefieldRidgefield PlayhouseMay 11RochesterKodak HallMay 13HuntingtonParamount TheaterMay 14Wilkes-BarreF.M. Kirby CenterMay 15ErieWarner TheatreMay 17CantonPalace TheatreMay 24MilwaukeeUihlein HallMay 25EvansvilleVictory TheatreMay 27PelhamThe CavernsMay 28May 29NashvilleRyman AuditoriumMay 31Little RockRobinson CenterJune 1TulsaTulsa TheaterJune 3DenverEllie Caulkins Opera HouseJune 4June 5Salt Lake CityCapitol TheatreJune 6BoiseMorrison CenterJune 8Las VegasVenetian TheatreJune 10June 11June 12RenoReno BallroomJune 15San FranciscoGolden Gate TheatreJune 16June 18Los AngelesWiltern TheatreJune 19June 20Santa BarbaraGranada TheatreJune 21BakersfieldFox TheaterJune 24SpokaneMartin Woldson Theater at the FoxJune 25BendHayden Homes AmphitheaterJune 26PortlandArlene Schnitzer Concert HallJune 28SeattleMoore TheatreJune 29June 30EugeneSilva Concert HallJuly 2VancouverCanadaThe Centre in VancouverJuly 4EdmontonWinspear CentreJuly 5CalgaryJack Singer Concert HallJuly 6July 8ReginaConexus Arts CentreJuly 9SaskatoonTCU PlaceJuly 10WinnipegBurton Cummings TheatreJuly 11DuluthUnited StatesSymphony HallJuly 14MadisonOverture HallJuly 15ChicagoSymphony Center Orchestra HallJuly 16July 19Cedar RapidsParamount TheatreJuly 20ColumbiaMissouri TheatreJuly 22LincolnLied Center for Performing ArtsJuly 23MankatoMayo Clinic Health System Event CenterJuly 24MinneapolisState TheatreJuly 26ElkhartLerner TheatreJuly 27AkronGoodyear TheaterJuly 29LewistonMainstage TheatreJuly 30OttawaCanadaCentrepointe TheatreAugust 1TorontoDanforth Music HallAugust 2August 3WilliamsportUnited StatesMartin TheatreAugust 5WebsterIndian RanchAugust 6LancasterAmerican Music TheatreAugust 7August 9Newport NewsDiamonstein Concert HallAugust 10RichmondCarpenter TheatreAugust 12WilmingtonWilson CenterAugust 13CharlotteBelk TheaterAugust 14CharlestonRivers Performance HallAugust 17KnoxvilleTennessee TheatreAugust 18GreenvillePeace Concert HallAugust 19HuntsvilleMark C. Smith Concert HallAugust 20BirminghamAlabama TheatreAugust 22AshlandParamount Arts CenterAugust 23DaytonMead TheatreAugust 25Grand RapidsGLC Live at 20 MonroeAugust 26Benton HarborMendel CenterAugust 27LouisvilleIroquois AmphitheaterAugust 28ChesterfieldChesterfield AmphitheaterAugust 30SpringfieldGillioz TheatreAugust 31TopekaTopeka Performing Arts CenterSeptember 1WichitaCotillion BallroomSeptember 2Kansas CityMuriel Kauffman TheatreSeptember 4Midwest CityHudiburg Chevrolet CenterSeptember 6Colorado SpringsEl Pomar Great HallSeptember 7Grand JunctionAvalon TheatreSeptember 9GreeleyMonfort Concert HallSeptember 10Santa FeCrosby TheatreSeptember 11ChandlerChandler Center for the ArtsSeptember 13RiversideFox Performing Arts CenterSeptember 15Paso RoblesVina Robles AmphitheatreSeptember 16TemeculaPechanga Showroom TheaterSeptember 17Santa ClaritaSanta Clarita Performing Arts CenterSeptember 18Thousand OaksFred Kavli TheatreSeptember 20NapaUptown TheaterSeptember 21SaratogaMountain WinerySeptember 22Santa RosaRuth Finley Person TheaterSeptember 24DavisJackson HallSeptember 25San DiegoBalboa TheatreSeptember 26September 27TucsonFox Tucson TheatreSeptember 29LubbockHelen DeVitt Jones TheaterSeptember 30DallasMajestic TheatreOctober 1HoustonCullen Performance HallOctober 2AustinACL Live at Moody TheaterOctober 4San AntonioMajestic TheatreOctober 6MemphisGraceland SoundstageOctober 7ShreveportStrand TheatreOctober 8LafayetteHeymann Performing Arts CenterOctober 9PensacolaSaenger TheatreOctober 11MelbourneKing Center for the Performing ArtsOctober 12Fort LauderdaleParker PlayhouseOctober 13October 15ClearwaterRuth Eckerd HallOctober 16OrlandoWalt Disney TheaterOctober 17Orange ParkThrasher-Horne Center for the ArtsOctober 19Washington, D.C.Kennedy CenterOctober 21AtlantaAtlanta Symphony HallOctober 22October 23RaleighDuke Energy CenterOctober 25RoanokeBerglund Performing Arts TheaterOctober 26PittsburghCarnegie Music HallOctober 28PhiladelphiaMiller TheaterOctober 29New York CityStern Auditorium
+ List of 2023 concertsDateCityCountryVenueOpening act(s)February 2KalamazooUnited States State TheatreEmo PhilipsFebruary 3NashvilleBrown County Music CenterFebruary 4SpringfieldSangamon AuditoriumFebruary 6SaginawTemple TheatreFebruary 7DetroitFisher TheatreFebruary 10DublinIrelandMahoney HallFebruary 12GlasgowScotlandO2 Academy GlasgowFebruary 13ManchesterEnglandO2 Apollo ManchesterFebruary 14BirminghamO2 Academy BirminghamFebruary 16LondonLondon PalladiumFebruary 18BrusselsBelgiumCirque RoyalFebruary 19TilburgNetherlands013February 20UtrechtTivoliVredenburgFebruary 21ParisFranceCasino de ParisFebruary 23HamburgGermanyLaeiszhalleFebruary 24AalborgDenmarkMusikkens HusFebruary 25AarhusMusikhuset AarhusFebruary 27CopenhagenDR KoncerthusetFebruary 28OsloNorwayFolketeateretMarch 1StockholmSwedenCirkusMarch 4DüsseldorfGermanyCapitol TheaterMarch 5BerlinAdmiralspalastMarch 6ViennaAustriaVienna GasometersMarch 10MelbourneAustraliaPalais TheatreMarch 11March 13AdelaideNorwood Concert HallMarch 14SydneyEnmore TheatreMarch 15March 18PerthAstor TheatreMarch 20BrisbaneQueensland Performing Arts CentreMarch 21March 25HonoluluUnited StatesBlaisdell Concert HallJim WestEmo PhilipsMarch 26KahuluiCastle TheaterEmo Philips
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