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“Weird Al” Yankovic is coming back for another free outdoor show at Montreal's Just for Laughs — and so it seems that this 44th festival, running July 15 to 26, is also on the comeback trail after a rocky, near-calamitous ride a few years back.

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Yankovic, performing July 25 at 9 p.m. at Place des festivals, brought the venue down, despite inclement conditions, at the 2015 JFL. The fest that summer — the 33rd edition — also appeared to hit its highest gear yet, bringing down indoor and outdoor venues alike and featuring an unprecedented array of stars: Mike Myers, Trevor Noah, Kevin Hart, Dave Chappelle, Bill Burr, Jane Lynch, Patton Oswalt, Colin Jost, Tom Papa, J.B. Smoove, Margaret Cho, Jimmy Carr, Gilbert Gottfried, Sebastian Maniscalco, Janeane Garofalo, Hasan Minhaj.

Fans are likely still salivating over that lineup. But times have changed over the ensuing years. Really changed.

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