Canada's number one stand-up Russell Peters has today announced he will play a show at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday 18th April 2015. Peters returns with his new ‘Almost Famous World Tour. Tickets are on-sale from 9am on Friday 28th November and are available from www.livenation.co.uk.
The ‘Almost Famous World Tour’ is currently taking Peters across North America following a run in Canada. In February and March 2015, Peters will take the tour to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, with more international dates to be announced. His last tour took him to 26 countries and over 200 performances, with over than 300,000 fans attending his shows globally.
Peters has just wrapped the latest season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing as a judge, alongside Roseanne Barr and Keenan Ivory Wayans. Peters can also be seen in Jon Favreau’s critically acclaimed movie, Chef.
‘The Almost Famous World Tour’ will also feature Russell's Official Tour DJ's; Toronto's DJ Starting from Scratch and New York City's DJ Spinbad, as well as video cameras and screens for an up-close and intimate show in an arena setting.
Starting in 2008, Peters was one of the first stand-up comedians to self-finance, self-produce and distribute his own comedy specials and DVDs, with Red, White and Brown and 2011’s, The Green Card Tour LIVE from the O2 Arena. His last special, Notorious was the first original comedy special for Netflix. Notorious was also supported by a four-part documentary series, Russell Peters Vs The World.
Listed on the Forbes List as one of the top ten Highest Earning Comics in the U.S. since 2009, Russell Peters has spent the past 25 years building a career to become one of the biggest comics in the world. Thanks to YouTube and a global following, Peters has sold-out arenas from Madison Square Garden to the Sydney Opera House.
Peters has also performed for the troops in Afghanistan, Iraq and on the USS Eisenhower and HMCS Winnipeg, and appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Lopez Tonight, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and on HBO, CNN, MTV, BBC and Al Jazeera. Peters' 2010 memoir, Call Me Russell was a Globe and Mail number one bestseller in Canada.
