Musical comic "Weird Al" Yankovic will spend part of the summer touring the nation behind his latest effort, last year's "Internet Leaks."The award-winning performer will kick off the run today (June 16) in Rehoboth Beach, DE, followed by 12 shows spread across the country. The theater and fairground trek includes a June 29 gig at Milwaukee's Summerfest.
Yankovic released "Internet Leaks," a five-song EP, last summer. The set, which received a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album, includes "Whatever You Like," a parody of the hit T.I. song of the same name.
"The songs on 'Internet Leaks' will all show up again on my next full album release, whenever that is," Yankovic posted last summer at his blog. There is still no confirmed title or release date for the forthcoming set.
Last fall, Yankovic also unveiled "The Essential 'Weird Al' Yankovic," a two-disc, 38-track collection, which contains some of his biggest hits, including "Eat It," "White & Nerdy" and "Smells Like Nirvana," among others.
In January 2010, Yankovic revealed in a blog posting that he had signed a deal with Cartoon Network. "Without going into too much detail, the folks at Cartoon Network decided that they liked me and wanted me to provide some content for them: series, features, animation, live-action... they were open to anything," Yankovic explained. "The first thing I'm on track to do for them is, in fact, a live-action feature film." No further details about the project have been released.
"Weird Al" Yankovic will be at the Mizner Park Amphitheatre in Boca Raton, FL on Saturday July 24, 2010.
