Weird Al Yankovic "Straight Outta Lynwood Tour" BZN, MT, 9/9/07

So I have to say, "Holy Shit."
HOLY SHIT.
There I said it. I don't think growing up it ever occurred to me that I might ever see Weird Al in concert. Ever. When I found out he was coming to town, I decided to go. Even better, my girlfriend bought the tickets. I was more stoked to see this show than any of the other 5 previous concerts I'd been to: BB King, Violent Femmes, Green Day, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Banyan. And the one pending concert: White Stripes.
I had no idea what to expect. What's more I heard from the local producer (a business acquaintance) that Weird Al usually plays for sit down shows and this was set up more like a regular rock show (see Green Day), I was intrigued.
The show was a multimedia blend of old favorites and new stuff I'd never heard in the last five years. Not multimedia like a U2 show, but in-between medleys, Al would leave the stage and play both clips from his "interviews" on YTV, and clips of the general entertainment detritus that people find to be entertainment (sic (I love that)). And then there were confetti explosions and then Weird Al would do full costume changes including wearing the suit for "Fat." No lip-sync. No overt (stress double underline OVERT) political mumbo jumbo about war or starving or debt relief or AIDS messages either for against.
All in all I was just plain entertained. The only short comings were I figured out why after 2.75 hours why they play sit-down shows: all the video interstitials make standing hurt a bit. The other was that the show was in a formerly-open-building-turned-hockey-rink-at-the-fairgrouds. So corrugated metal is not so good. But others said the show sounded fine if you had ear protection to filter out the metal reverb.
Lastly the part I hated about the show was that I had to put chairs away and sweep the floor... and I hadn't even volunteered.
Payoff:
Press the flesh.
And The Pizza Show Ltd Ed DVD showed up on a certain Al's bus.