{"id":257009,"date":"2026-08-01T07:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T07:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/257009\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T07:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T07:18:10","slug":"weird-al-yankovic-lehigh-valley-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/257009\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Weird Al\u2019 Yankovic \u2013 Lehigh Valley Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published August 01. 2026 02:51AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">\u201cWeird Al\u201d Yankovic, Puddles Pity Party, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 4, Wind Creek Steel Stage at PNC Plaza. Gates open at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Alfred Matthew Yankovic was born Oct. 23, 1959, in Downey, Calif.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">His \u201cBigger and Weirder\u201d tour is a multimedia comedy rock show with his long-time band jointed by four additional musicians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Yankovic, a five-time Grammy Award winner, is known for his parodies of hits by Madonna, Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift, Queen, U2 and Lady Gaga, including \u201cAmish Paradise,\u201d \u201cEat It,\u201d \u201cLike a Surgeon,\u201d \u201cSmells Like Nirvana,\u201d \u201cWord Crimes\u201d and the platinum-selling \u201cWhite &amp; Nerdy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Yankovic released a polka medley, \u201cPolkamania!\u201d in 2024, featuring his take on \u201cFlowers,\u201d \u201cBad Guy\u201d and \u201cOld Town Road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Yankovic married Suzanne Krajewski in 2001. They and their daughter live in Los Angeles. Yankovic, a Christian, abstains from profanity, alcohol and drugs.<\/p>\n<p>CONTRIBUTED PHOTO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published August 01. 2026 02:51AM \u201cWeird Al\u201d Yankovic, Puddles Pity Party, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 4, Wind Creek Steel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-257009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}