"Weird Al" Yankovic (lost Missing Persons concert opening; 1982)

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On April 9th, 1982, "Weird Al" Yankovic and his band opened for the new wave band "Missing Persons" at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The crowd consisted of a rock crowd and once they saw Al with his accordion on stage, they began booing. Throughout the whole 45 minute set, everybody was yelling "Get off the stage!" and he and his band had numerous things thrown at them. And after the show when Al is walking to his car, a 12 year old kid came up and said "Are you Weird Al?" Al said "Yes" and the kid responded with "You suck!"

There is no footage or audio online, but Al's 1999 Behind the Music special, he and his band talk about the show along with some photos: https://youtu.be/AK4dCv8zGco?t=1217

There are photos online that could be from the show, as there is only 1 1982 date listed on Al's website and he is wearing the same outfit from the BTM special: https://www.atlasicons.com/search?KW=WEIRD+AL+YANKOVIC&KW=LIVE&KW=1982&I_DSC_AND=t&I_DSC=WEIRD+AL+YANKOVIC+LIVE+1982+&I_USER_ID=U0000.dfmUltV1w0&_ACT=search

The set list is also available at https://www.weirdal.com/archives/miscellaneous/set-lists/ besides this, the only other mentions we have are miscellaneous from Al and his band.