RUSSELL HOWARD is set to extend his 2014 Wonderbox tour across the world following over 17,000 suggestions from his fans after he asked them via Facebook where they’d most like to see him perform. The extra dates will see RUSSELL travel to New York, LA, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC, Denver, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Auckland, as well as add a further four arena dates to his UK tour to include Cardiff, Birmingham, Dublin and Bournemouth. Tickets are available on pre-sale from Wednesday 19th June 9.00am via See Tickets and Ticketmaster, tickets go on general sale this Friday 21st June 9.00am. For further information visit www.russell-howard.co.uk.
RUSSELL embarks on his brand new world tour Wonderbox in February 2014, with arena shows across the UK, Ireland, America, Australia and New Zealand, including four consecutive nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Wonderbox will be RUSSELL’s first live stand-up show for three years and follows on from his three-times-extended 2011 tour Right Here, Right Now, which included three sold out dates at London’s O2 and saw RUSSELL perform to over 240,000 fans nationwide.
RUSSELL HOWARD has released three best-selling live DVDs: Right Here, Right Now (2011), Russell Howard Live – Dingledodies (2009) and Russell Howard Live (2008).
Russell Howard’s Good News is on BBC Three, Thursdays at 10pm. The channel’s most successful entertainment series, the show was also recently voted the ‘Best Ever BBC Three Show’ by Digital Spy users, taking the top spot ahead of Gavin and Stacey, Little Britain and Being Human. Russell Howard’s Good News peaks at over 5 million viewers a week and is frequently one of the most watched shows on BBC iPlayer, regularly trending globally on Twitter during each episode. RUSSELL HOWARD has over 2.5 million fans on Facebook and alongside LEE EVANS, is the joint-third most searched for comedian on Google.
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WHAT THE PRESS HAVE SAID ABOUT RUSSELL HOWARD. . .
“His mind is as sharp as a witch’s nose and gags flow from him with the ease and majesty of the river Nile.”
Tim Arthur, Time Out
“An awesome ability to connect with an audience” _
James Kettle, The Guardian
_“Russell Howard is packing them in everywhere. . . he is a stand-up natural.”
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard
“Energetic, uncynical and, most importantly, very funny”
David Hayles, The Times
For further information, interview requests and press tickets, please contact:
Hannah Wilkinson, Lottie Doran or Dan Lloyd. Tel: 020 7598 7222.
Email: hannahw@avalonuk.com, lottied@avalonuk.com or danl@avalonuk.com
WONDERBOX TOUR DATES 2014
FEBRUARY
Friday 21st Bournemouth International Centre – DATE ADDED
Saturday 22nd Bournemouth, International Centre
Sunday 23rd Bournemouth, International Centre
Monday 24th Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena – DATE ADDED
Tuesday 25th Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena
Wednesday 26th Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena
Friday 28th Manchester, MEN Arena
MARCH
Saturday 1st Sheffield, Motorpoint Arena
Thursday 6th Dublin, Vicar Street – DATE ADDED
Friday 7th Dublin, Vicar Street
Saturday 8th Belfast, Odyssey Arena
Tuesday 11th Glasgow, The Hydro
Thursday 13th Aberdeen, AECC
Saturday 15th Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena
Sunday 16th Leeds, First Direct Arena
Tuesday 18th Nottingham, Capital FM Arena
Thursday 20th Liverpool, Echo Arena
Friday 21st Birmingham, The LG Arena
Saturday 22nd Birmingham, The LG Arena
Monday 24th Brighton, The Brighton Centre
Thursday 27th London, Wembley Arena
Saturday 29th London, O2 Arena
APRIL
Monday 14th London, Royal Albert Hall
Tuesday 15th London, Royal Albert Hall
Wednesday 16th London, Royal Albert Hall
Thursday 17th London, Royal Albert Hall
MAY
Thursday 1st Washington DC, Improv – DATE ADDED
Friday 2nd New York, The Gramercy Theater – DATE ADDED
Sunday 4th Chicago, Zanies Comedy Club – DATE ADDED
Wednesday 7th Denver, Comedy Works – DATE ADDED
Thursday 8th San Francisco, The Punchline – DATE ADDED
Friday 9th Los Angeles, Largo – DATE ADDED
Friday 16th Perth – DATE ADDED
Sunday 18th Melbourne – DATE ADDED
Wednesday 21st Brisbane – DATE ADDED
Friday 23rd Sydney – DATE ADDED
Sunday 25th Auckland – DATE ADDED
AVALON PROMOTIONS
Avalon is one of the leading promoters of live comedy in the UK. Recent highlights include: RUSSELL HOWARD performing to over 240,000 fans with sell-out tour Right Here, Right Now; AL MURRAY’s twice extended show Al Murray The Pub Landlord The Only Way Is Epic, including two dates at the Queen’s Theatre, London; Edinburgh Comedy Award and the Barry Award winning RUSSELL KANE’s new tour Posturing Delivery; RICHARD HERRING returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for his 25th year; DAVE GORMAN’s Barry Award nominated sell-out tour Powerpoint Presentation; GREG DAVIES’s Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated, triple-extended, 109 date sell-out show Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog and new tour The Back of My Mum’s Head, including two dates at the Hammersmith Apollo; LEE NELSON’s sell-out date at the IndigO2 with Lee Nelson Live; ROB DELANEY selling out his UK debut London run at Soho Theatre in one hour from a single tweet; U.S.’s number one podcasting comedian PAUL F. TOMPKINS playing the UK for the first time at London’s Soho Theatre.
