Russell Howard has added a Winter extension to his sold-out and first new UK & Ireland tour since 2019. Selling over 120, 000+ tickets over the opening on-sale weekend, Russell’s fastest selling tour to date will now see play him play 124 shows, including 9 London Palladium gigs, nationwide to an audience of 250, 000, culminating on 14th January 2024.
The news arrives shortly after it was announced that Russell will be returning to the USA with an East Coast leg this Autumn. As we reel from one global crisis to the next, Russell is set to put the world to rights in his own uniquely hilarious way in Durham on 4th October, followed by returning to cities including Washington, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York City, and more, plus for the first time playing Charlotte, Norfolk, St Louis and others before wrapping up with a show in Cleveland on 22nd October.
Tickets for the UK extension go on general sale on Friday 30th June at 10am, with an exclusive fan pre-sale on Thursday 29th June at 10am for those for those signed up to the official mailing list at russell-howard.co.uk
After the success of second Netflix special Lubricant, six series of Sky’s hit The Russell Howard Hour spawning over 500 million views worldwide on social media and his third and biggest world tour to date, Respite, Russell Howard returns to the stage with brand-new show Russell Howard Live.
Selling over 300,000 tickets, Respite saw Russell play a UK arena run plus a second UK leg including 5 Hammersmith Apollo dates culminating with taping his second Netflix special Lubricant which is streaming now. The two-part instalment includes a stand-up special featuring Russell striving to make sense of a world that is spinning out of control, Lubricant and a documentary mapping his attempts to keep performing throughout the Covid 19 pandemic, Until The Wheels Come Off.
Following Lubricant’s release, Russell became the sole comedian to have two of the top ten most-streamed specials across all platforms in the UK. Russell’s 2017 sell-out international tour, Round the World, saw him break the record for the biggest English speaking stand-up show in China and play a record-breaking 10-night run at the Royal Albert Hall, overtaking 8 in a row jointly held by Frank Sinatra and Barry Manilow. This tour concluded with the release of his first Netflix Special Recalibrate.
Following a staggering number of viral videos, Russell has over 1 billion total views and 9 million followers on social media. His TikTok channel attracted over 100k followers within 48 hours of launching and is currently tracking over 1.5 million followers, with over 262 million views including a clip of Russell and Greta Thunberg chatting to kids about climate change gaining over 14.7 million views.
