Russell Howard has added 22 extra dates and over 40,000 tickets to his brand-new 2026 stand-up tour Don’t Tell the Algorithm. 

The London Palladium will now host six performances, following the addition of two extra shows, while Russell’s homecoming run in Bristol has grown to five performances with two more added. Across the rest of the tour, extra performances include a fourth show in Manchester and Birmingham, a third show in Nottingham, Liverpool, Leeds, and Brighton, and a second show in Cardiff, Swansea, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, bringing the total UK and Ireland tour to 96 performances.

Tickets are on sale now. Further information is available at Russell-Howard.co.uk.

After the global success of writing and starring in 182 episodes of The Russell Howard Hour (Sky) and Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC), as well as seven stand-up specials, Russell’s clips have been viewed over 1 billion times on social media, and he has sold more than 2 million tickets worldwide.

 Spanning 237 gigs across 141 cities in 30 countries throughout Europe, North America, Oceania and Asia, Russell’s fourth and biggest world tour to date, Russell Howard Live, sold over 435,000 tickets. Earlier this year, during the record-breaking international run, he premiered Russell Howard Live at the London Palladium as an exclusive global stream. The 60-minute special captured him putting the world to rights in his uniquely hilarious way, with bonus content available only to stream audiences, and- for the first time - live conversations with fans around the world on launch night. 

Russell’s previous world tours have seen him perform a record-breaking 10-night run at the Royal Albert Hall, overtaking eight in a row jointly held by Frank Sinatra and Barry Manilow, and play the biggest ever stand-up show in China.