Russell Howard has announced more live dates of his Wonderbox show in America and Canada, thanks largely to his online presence.

Howard’s BBC3 show Russell Howard’s Good News had been widely pirated and in November 2014 a YouTube channel was set up so that fans around the world who cannot see the programme on TV can see it legitimately on the web. The channel has now had 9 million views - there are two viewers in North Korea, although Howard has no plans to tour there at the moment.

Howard’s new US/Canada tour, running from June 24 to July 11, will visit Toronto, New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Nashville, Denver, San Francisco, Austin, Portland, Seattle and Toronto.  He can also currently be seen in the UK on TV hosting Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central on Comedy Central. Russell Howard’s Good News returns to BBC2 later this year.