The Mirror — The musician spent years trying to get the legendary pop star to give him permission to release his affectionate spoofs more info

TMZ — "Weird Al" Yankovic has some parodies of Prince hits stashed away in his vault, but they'll never see the light of day. Prince had a storied history of refusing Weird Al's requests to rework his music, so when we got Al at LAX, we asked him if… ... more info

CNN Showbiz — "Weird Al" Yankovic talks about the first time he met Michael Jackson and reveals why Paul McCartney turned down a "Live and Let Die" parody "Chicken Pot Pie" on strict moral grounds. Watch Conan weeknights at 11 PM ET on TBS.Podcast favorites: Blind... more info

Stereogum — Unless you’ve been in a coma for the last 36 hours or so, you know Radiohead’s “Burn The Witch” is out and LP9 is imminent. Now that the rollout has begun, Radiohead almost completely erased their online presence except for switching their Tw... more info

Dlisted — I have only asked for a picture with a famous person once in my life. It was with Weird Al Yankovic, and by the way I was acting, you’d think I was asking him for a kidney or something; just lots of apologizing and embarrassment (and also severe an... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Beach House "installations" (venue TBA) go on sale today at 11 AM. Tickets to The Stone Roses show at Madison Square Garden with Rodrigo y Gabriela go on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets for the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Weird Al Yankovik show at Radio City Music Hall go on VIP package presale today at 10 AM. Tickets for The Darkness show at Irving Plaza go on LiveNation/Music Geeks presales today at 10 AM (passwords... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Weird Al at Governors Ball 2015 (more by P Squared) Parody king and newly minted Comedy Bang Bang co-host "Weird Al" Yankovic has announced a gigantic 2016 tour (it features 78 dates in total), part of his still going... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Apparently some U.S. citizens didn't get "Weird Al" Yankovic's message last year when he embarked on his U.S. tour, which he dubbed the "Mandatory World Tour."   Wrote the brilliant music parodist while announcing a new round of 2016 dates, includin... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Gretchen Robinette and P Squared Photography Weird Al / Hot Chip / Flying Lotus / War on Drugs @ Governors Ball 6/7/2005 Weird Al came swinging right from the bell, brandishing his accordion and taking a polka tour... more info