Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour


The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour is a concert tour performed by American musician and satirist "Weird Al" Yankovic. The tour supports Yankovic's ninth compilation album, . Intended to be a more intimate and less stylized production compared to his previous concert tour, the Vanity Tour focuses on Yankovic's older material and original songs. The 76-date North American tour was announced in October 2017, and includes 68 shows in the United States and eight shows in Canada. On June 25, recordings of the entire tour were released on Stitcher Premium.

Background

In a departure from his previous concert tours, Yankovic set out on The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour with the intention to produce a more intimate, less stylized show than his preceding concert tours, describing the Vanity Tour as having an "extremely limited appeal" by design, and inspired by the staging of VH1 Storytellers and MTV Unplugged. The absence of video screens and advanced lighting, along with the Vanity Tour's lack of costumes changes, props, and choreography present in Yankovic’s previous tours allowed for a more flexible and unpredictable experience, to the testimonial approval of Yankovic himself and his touring band. In the tour's October 2017 announcement across social media, Yankovic stated:
The opening act was the comedian Emo Philips, who had previously worked with Yankovic in his 1989 movie UHF and 1997 TV series The Weird Al Show.
In accordance with Yankovic's desired theme of more intimate and "loose" shows, the setlist for The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour is set to be different each night, with a focus on older material and various original songs from his discography, as opposed to his staple parody songs. Yankovic performed at least one non-humorous and mostly straight cover version of a classic rock song at most shows.

Promotion

The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour was officially announced on "Weird Al" Yankovic's official social media pages on 13 October 2017, with information on tour dates, venues and ticket sales appearing on Yankovic's official website the day after. Tickets for the Vanity Tour, which went on sale on October 20, were advertised from $50 to $70. The tour's announcement also coincided with the November 2017 release of ' and ', two compilation albums collecting the works of Yankovic.

Opening act

While there was no consistent setlist, a typical setlist may have looked like this.
  1. "CNR"
  2. "Dare to Be Stupid "
  3. "Bob"
  4. "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota"
  5. "Generic Blues"
  6. "Melanie"
  7. "Midnight Star"
  8. "My Own Eyes"
  9. "One More Minute"
  10. "Why Does This Always Happen To Me?"
  11. "Good Old Days"
  12. "UHF"
  13. "Dog Eat Dog"
  14. "Don't Download This Song"
  15. "You Don't Love Me Anymore"
  16. "Jackson Park Express"
  17. Drum Solo
  18. Bass Solo
  19. "Albuquerque"
  20. "Unplugged Medley: Eat It" / "I Lost on Jeopardy" / "Amish Paradise" / "Smells Like Nirvana" / "White & Nerdy" / "I Love Rocky Road" / "Like a Surgeon"
Encore:
  2. One of 77 cover songs
  3. "The Saga Begins"

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;Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

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