TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 12 MAY 2017
Grammy and Emmy Award winning comedian, actor, director, writer and producer, Chris Rock, announced today UK dates to his hit comedy tour, The Total Blackout Tour. The Total Blackout Tour 2018 marks the acclimated comedian’s first U.K. tour in ten years commencing Thursday 11 January 2018 and will visit cities across the U.K including Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, Glasgow, Birmingham and London.
Lauded by peers and critics alike, Chris Rock is one of our generation’s strongest comedic voices. As an actor, director, producer and writer he has created many pivotal pop culture moments. With a career spanning more than three decades, Chris Rock is a true icon whose star shines even brighter.
This summer, Rock will be reuniting with Adam Sandler in production of Netflix’s original movie, “The Week Of.” He will also executive produce BET’s newest late-night talk show, “The Rundown with Robin Thede.”
Rock has won four Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards and is a New York Times Best-Selling Author. In addition, he received two nominations for the 2016 Emmy Awards, for Outstanding Director for a Variety Special for “Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo,” and Outstanding Special Class Program for the 88thAnnual Academy Awards.
The Total Blackout Tour will visit:
Thursday 11 January - Manchester Arena
Sunday 14 January - Leeds First Direct Arena
Tuesday 23 January - Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
Wednesday 24 January - Glasgow SECC (SSE Hydro Arena)
Thursday 25 January - Birmingham Barclaycard Arena
Friday 26 January - London Wembley The SSE Arena
Saturday 27 January - London The O2 Arena
Tickets for all shows of Chris Rock’s ‘The Total Blackout Tour’, will be available from www.livenation.co.uk at 10am GMT on Friday 12 May 2017
About Chris Rock
The Brooklyn-raised comedian has garnered four Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, is listed as number five on Comedy Central’s “100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time” and was honored in 2006 with HBO’s esteemed “Comedian Award.” After gaining early success as a stand-up comedian, Rock joined the cast of NBC’s Saturday Night Live in 1989.
With a career spanning more than three decades, Rock has enjoyed ongoing success in both film and television as a comedian, actor, writer, producer and director. In 2014 he led the ensemble cast of “Top Five,” a critically acclaimed comedy feature that he also wrote and directed. In 2009 Rock ventured into the documentary world as a writer and producer of “Good Hair,” and in 2014 he executive produced “Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of the Comic Strip,” a documentary recounting the history of one of New York’s most famous comedy venues. His feature acting credits include the “Grown Ups” and “Madagascar” franchises, “Head of State,” “Nurse Betty,” “CB4”, “Death at a Funeral,” “I Think I Love My Wife,” “2 Days in New York,” “Dogma” and “New Jack City.”
His television work includes serving as executive producer, writer and narrator for the series “Everybody Hates Chris,” which ran from 2005 to 2009, and as a cast member on “Saturday Night Live” from 1989-1993.
This summer, Rock will be reuniting with Adam Sandler in production of Netflix’s original movie, “The Week Of.” He will also executive produce BET’s newest late-night talk show, “The Rundown with Robin Thede.”
Rock has won four Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards and is a New York Times Best-Selling Author. In addition, he received two nominations for the 2016 Emmy Awards, for Outstanding Director for a Variety Special for “Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo,” and Outstanding Special Class Program for the 88thAnnual Academy Awards.
About Live Nation Entertainment
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For further information, contact:
Mo Qazalbash – Live Nation UK
Mohammad.Qazalbash@livenation.co.uk / 020 7009 3333
For Chris Rock, contact:
Leslie Sloane & Jessica Pierson – Vision PR
leslie@visionpr.net / jessica@visionpr.net / 212 631 5026
