Poodle Hat Tour

The Poodle Hat Tour was a concert tour by comedy music artist "Weird Al" Yankovic to support his album Poodle Hat. The tour began on June 19, 2003, in Del Mar, California and ended September 25, 2004, in Yakima, Washington.[1] The tour saw Yankovic and his band perform across the United States and Australia, with 147 shows being performed over 143 dates. Pete "Zuie" Gallagher filled in for Yankovic's regular drummer John "Bermuda" Schwartz for a few of the 2003 dates.

Tour dates
Date[2] City Country Venue
June 19, 2003 Del Mar United States San Diego County Fair
June 20, 2003 Kelseyville Konocti Field Amphitheatre
June 21, 2003 Las Vegas Aladdin Theatre
June 22, 2003 San Luis Obispo Christopher Cohan Center
June 26, 2003 Milwaukee Summerfest
June 27, 2003 Kalamazoo Kalamazoo State Theatre
June 28, 2003 Toledo Toledo Zoo Amphitheatre
June 29, 2003 North Tonawanda New Melody Fair
July 1, 2003 Verona Turning Stone Casino
July 3, 2003 Portsmouth Harbor Center
July 4, 2003 Myrtle Beach House of Blues
July 5, 2003 Orlando House of Blues
July 10, 2003 Wallingford Oakdale Theatre
July 11, 2003 Poughkeepsie Mid-Hudson Civic Center
July 12, 2003 Allentown Allentown Fairgrounds
July 13, 2003 Doswell King's Dominion
July 15, 2003 Albany Palace Theatre
July 16, 2003 Portland State Theatre
July 18, 2003 Hampton Beach Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
July 19, 2003 Philadelphia Mann Music Center
July 20, 2003 Holmdel Township PNC Bank Arts Center
July 22, 2003 Westbury Westbury Music Fair
July 23, 2003
July 25, 2003 Pittsburgh Chevrolet Amphitheatre
July 26, 2003 Chicago Navy Pier (2 shows)
July 27, 2003 Cincinnati Kings Island
August 2, 2003 St. Louis The Pageant (2 shows)
August 3, 2003 Wichita Cotillion Ballroom
August 4, 2003 Tulsa Riverpark Amphitheatre
August 5, 2003 Kansas City Starlight Theatre
August 6, 2003 Oklahoma City Bricktown Events Center
August 8, 2003 Gulfport Grand Casino Gulfport
August 9, 2003 Valdosta Wild Adventures Theme Park
August 10, 2003 Charlotte Carowinds
August 12, 2003 Houston Verizon Wireless Theater
August 13, 2003 Dallas Bronco Bowl
August 15, 2003 Albuquerque Kiva Auditorium
August 16, 2003 Pueblo Colorado State Fair
August 17, 2003 Denver, Colorado Universal Lending Pavilion
August 22, 2003 Rochester Hills Meadow Brook Music Festival
August 23, 2003 Rockford Coronado Theatre (Pete "Zuie" Gallagher on drums)
August 24, 2003 Saint Paul Minnesota State Fair (Pete "Zuie" Gallagher on drums)
August 26, 2003 Fort Wayne Embassy Center
August 27, 2003 Sault Ste. Marie Kewadin Casino
August 29, 2003 South Woodstock Woodstock Fair (2 shows, Pete "Zuie" Gallagher on drums for the second show)
August 30, 2003 Wilkes-Barre F.M. Kirby Center
August 31, 2003 Cleveland Tower City Amphitheatre
September 4, 2003 Poenix Dodge Theatre
September 5, 2003 Los Angeles Greek Theatre
September 6, 2003 Madera Madera District Fair
September 7, 2003 Santa Clara Paramount's Great America
September 9, 2003 Puyallup Western Washington Fair
October 3, 2003 Penrith Australia Evan Theatre
October 5, 2003 Adelaide Thebarton Theatre
October 7, 2003 Perth Perth Concert Hall
October 9, 2003 Melbourne Palais Theatre
October 10, 2003 Canberra Canberra Theatre
October 11, 2003 Sydney Whitlam Theatre
October 12, 2003 Enmore Theatre
October 14, 2003 Brisbane Concert Hall
October 15, 2003,

October 16, 2003

 Tweed Heads Twin Towns Service Club
October 18, 2003 Newcastle Civic Theatre
March 24, 2004 Akron United States Akron Civic Theatre
March 25, 2004 Champaign Virginia Theatre
March 26, 2004 Jackson George E. Potter Center
March 27, 2004 Glen Ellyn Arts Center of DuPage (2 shows)
March 28, 2004 Joliet Rialto Square Theatre
March 30, 2004 Tiffin Ritz Theatre
March 31, 2004 Columbus Mershon Auditorium
April 1, 2004 Indianapolis Murat Theatre
April 2, 2004 Iowa City Hancher Auditorium
April 3, 2004 Evansville Evansville Auditorium
April 7, 2004 Peoria Civic Theatre
April 8, 2004 Mount Pleasant Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
April 9, 2004 Appleton Fox Cities Performing Arts Center
April 10, 2004 Mankato Civic Center
April 12, 2004 Grand Forks Chester Fritz Auditorium
April 13, 2004 Sioux Falls Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science
April 14, 2004 Topeka Topeka Performing Arts Center
April 15, 2004 Springfield Sangamon Auditorium
April 17, 2004 Ledyard Foxwoods Resort Casino
April 18, 2004 Erie Warner Theatre
April 22, 2004 Atlanta The Tabernacle
April 23, 2004 Gulfport Grand Casino Gulfport
April 24, 2004 Robinsonville Grand Casino Tunica
April 25, 2004 Baton Rouge The CentroPlex Theatre
April 26, 2004 Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center
April 28, 2004 Daytona Beach Bethune-Cookman College
April 29, 2004 Melbourne King Center for the Performing Arts
April 30, 2004 Jacksonville Florida Theatre
May 1, 2004 Clearwater Ruth Eckerd Hall
May 2, 2004 Pompano Beach Pompano Beach Amphitheater
July 7, 2004 Easton State Theatre
July 8, 2004 Westbury Westbury Music Fan
July 9, 2004 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
July 10, 2004 Verona Turning Stone Casino
July 11, 2004 Holmdel Township PNC Bank Arts Center
July 13, 2004 Glenside Keswick Theatre
July 14, 2004 Hampton Beach Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
July 15, 2004 Uncasville Mohegan Sun
July 16, 2004 York Strand PAC
July 17, 2004 Atlantic City Trump Marina
July 20–24, 2004 Costa Mesa Orange County Fair
July 25, 2004 Sacramento Sacramento Convention Center Complex
July 27, 2004 Portland Keller Auditorium
July 28, 2004 Eugene McDonald Theatre
July 29, 2004 Redding Redding Convention Center
July 30, 2004 Oxnard Oxnard Performing Arts Center
July 31, 2004 Fresno Saroyan Theatre
August 2, 2004 Paso Robles California Mid-State Fair
August 3, 2004 Santa Rosa] Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
August 5, 2004 San Diego Open Air Theater
August 6, 2004 Tucson Tucson Community Center Music Hall
August 7, 2004 Mission Viejo Lake Mission Viejo (open to lake association & guests only)
August 8, 2004 Santa Clara Paramount's Great America
August 12, 2004 Minneapolis State Theatre
August 13, 2004 Kansas City Starlight Theatre
August 14, 2004 Arnolds Park Arnolds Park Amusement Park
August 15, 2004 Lincoln Lied Center
August 16, 2004 Rapid City Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
August 18, 2004 Milwaukee Potawatomi Casino
August 19, 2004 Rochester Hills Meadowbrook Amphitheatre
August 20, 2004 Merrillville Star Plaza Theatre
August 21, 2004 St. Louis Six Flags St. Louis
August 22, 2004 Cincinnati King's Island
August 26, 2004 El Paso Abraham Chavez Theatre
August 27, 2004 Austin Paramount Theatre
August 28, 2004 San Antonio Laurie Auditorium
August 29, 2004 New Orleans House of Blues
August 30, 2004 Fort Worth Bass Performance Hall
September 1, 2004 DuQuoin DuQuoin State Fair
September 2, 2004 Nashville Gaylord Entertainment Center
September 3, 2004 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Auditorium
September 4, 2004 Myrtle Beach House of Blues
September 18, 2004 Salt Lake City Utah State Fair
September 19, 2004 Spokane Big Easy Concert Hall
September 20, 2004 Puyallup Western Washington Fair
September 21, 2004 Missoula Wilma Theatre
September 23, 2004 Boise Big Easy Concert Hall
September 24, 2004 Reno The Pioneer Center
September 25, 2004 Yakima Central Washington State Fair

Setlist

According to setlist.fm, an average set for this tour looked like this:[3]

  1. Angry White Boy Polka
  2. Party at the Leper Colony
  3. Your Horoscope for Today
  4. A Complicated Song
  5. Melanie
  6. One More Minute
  7. Dog Eat Dog
  8. It's All About the Pentiums
  9. Wanna B Ur Lovr
  10. Trash Day
  11. Medley: Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*/Jerry Springer/Jurassic Park/Free Delivery/eBay/Theme From Rocky XIII/Ode to a Superhero/Lasagna/Pretty Fly for a Rabbi/My Bologna/Gump/Eat It
  12. Smells Like Nirvana
  13. Amish Paradise
  14. Couch Potato
  15. Fat
  16. The Saga Begins
  17. Yoda

Note: Couch Potato replaced Angry White Boy Polka as the opening number on a few dates.

Personnel

"Weird Al" Yankovic – Vocals, accordion, keyboards

Jim "Kimo" West – Guitar, banjo, backing vocals

Steve Jay – Bass, backing vocals

Rubén Valtierra – Keyboards, backing vocals

John "Bermuda" Schwartz – Drums, percussion

Pete "Zuie" Gallagher – Drums, percussion (filled in for Schwartz on August 23, 2003, August 24, 2003, and one of two shows on August 29, 2003)

References
  1. Yankovic, Weird Al. "Live Performances". "Weird Al" Yankovic. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  2. "Poodle Hat Tour". poodlehat.tripod.com. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  3. ""Weird Al" Yankovic Average Setlists of tour: The Poodle Hat Tour | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
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