Russell Peters is Back!

Funny man Russell Peters began his career at 19 performing stand-up around his hometown of Toronto, Ontario. Since then, Peters has travelled all across the globe, put out two comedy specials, and has been repeatedly nominated for a number of television and comedy awards.

Peters' first special, Russell Peters: Outsourced, proved to be extremely popular, especially in Canada. Despite being completely self-financed, the DVD for that special has sold over 100,000 copies thus far and managed to remain on the National DVD Chart even one year after it was released.

In 2008, Peters hosted the Juno Awards. In addition to earning the Gemini nomination for "Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series" for his performance, the Junos III (in which he hosted), recieved the second-highest ratings ever for the program. This was enough to prompt the producers of the show to invite him back to host the next year - this year - on March 29, 2009.

The Canadian comic released his second (and latest) DVD, Russell Peters: Red, White, and Brown, on Febrary 2, 2008. The material for his upcoming tour won't be from this special, however, but from his younger years as an unknown comedian. Russell hopes to celebrates 20 years as a stand-up by remixing some of his greatest hits of the past 20 years, plus all new material. “"For this tour I’m bringing out some of the oldies, but telling them in new ways – ways that I wish I’d thought of when I first did them.”

Russel Peters 2009 Tour Dates:

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 – Improv Comedy Club – Hoffman Estates, IL
Tue, 9 Jun 2009 – Halifax Metro Centre – Halifax, NS
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 – Air Canada Centre – Toronto, ON
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 – Air Canada Centre – Toronto, ON
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 – General Motors Place – Vancouver, BC
Wed, 17 Jun – General Motors Place – Vancouver, BC
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 – Pengrowth Saddledome – Calgary, AB

2009 Juno Awards Hosted by Russell Peters:

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 – General Motors Place – Vancouver, BC

2010 Russell Peters tickets available at:
ShowTime Tickets
604-688-5000
1-800-480-SHOW(7469)
www.showtimetickets.com

ShowTime Tickets
604-688-5000
1-800-480-SHOW(7469)
www.showtimetickets.com