Weird Al is known for accordion-based polka medleys and songs that parody popular music by artists including Madonna, Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson, Usher, Nirvana, Eminem, Queen and Lady Gaga.

“Weird Al” Yankovic is the first act announced for the 2026 Minnesota State Fair Grandstand series. Tickets for his Aug. 28 show — which will be the seventh time the pop parodist has played the Grandstand — are priced from $89.25 to $54 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Etix and by phone at 800-514-3849. Puddles Pity Party opens.

“Weird Al” Yankovic is bringing his 90-city "Bigger and Weirder" tour to Knoxville in 2026 for a Sept. 27 show at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center, Live Nation announced in a news release.

Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.

The pop culture icon is promising a "super-sized concert experience" with eight additional players joining his longtime band.

Weird Al became popular in the 1980s with parody songs, especially videos such as "Like a Surgeon" (Madonna's "Like A Virgin").