John Oliver Kicks Off Fall 2014 Tour Today

John Oliver, the host of HBO's Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, previously announced a 15-date tour visiting theaters throughout the U.S. For more information about John Oliver and the tour, visit, www.iamjohnoliver.com.

John Oliver is an Emmy and Writer's Guild Award-winning writer. His HBO show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, presents a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events. On his occasional breaks from television, John returns to his first love of stand-up and plays to sold-out venues across the US.

From 2006 to 2013, John was a correspondent and guest host on the multi-award winning The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He first came to prominence as a cutting-edge political stand up in the UK, with a string of television appearances and sold-out solo shows at the Edinburgh Festival. Having made the move to America in 2006 to work on The Daily Show, John won the Breakout Award at the Aspen Comedy Festival in 2007 and went on to write and star in his first hour long Comedy Central stand up special John Oliver: Terrifying Timesin 2008. Such was its success that John has now hosted four seasons of his own stand up series for Comedy Central, John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show, featuring a hand-picked selection of his favorite comedians.

With long-time collaborator Andy Zaltzman, John co-writes and co-presents the hugely popular weekly satirical podcast The Bugle. Its success has grown significantly since its inception in 2007 and now pulls in over 500,000 downloads a week. John and Andy previously wrote and starred in three series of The Department (BBC Radio 4) alongside Chris Addison, as well as two series of BBC Radio 4 show Political Animal, based on their satirical live stand-up show.

John also continues to successfully tour the U.S. as a stand up. He has a regular guest role on NBC's sitcom Community, is the voice of Vanity Smurf in The Smurfsmovie and its sequel The Smurfs 2,and has recently appeared in The Simpsonsas Marge and Homer's next-door neighbor, Booth Wilkes-John.

Follow John on Twitter at @iamjohnoliver.

JOHN OLIVER FALL 2014 TOUR DATES: *All dates, cities and venues below subject to change.
Show Date	City	Venue
November 18, 2014	Buffalo, NY *	University of Buffalo
November 19, 2014	Denver, CO	Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre
November 20, 2014	Anaheim, CA*	The Grove
November 21, 2014	Santa Rosa, CA	Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
November 22, 2014	Portland, OR	Keller Auditorium
November 23, 2014	Seattle, WA	Paramount Theatre
December 04, 2014	Atlanta, GA	Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
December 05, 2014	Durham, NC	Durham Performing Arts Center
December 06, 2014	Columbus, OH	Palace Theatre
December 07, 2014	Madison, WI	Orpheum Theatre
December 12, 2014	Westbury, NY	Theatre at Westbury
December 13, 2014	Albany, NY	Palace Theatre
December 14, 2014	New Brunswick, NJ	State Theater
December 30, 2014	Boston, MA*	Wilbur Theatre
December 31, 2014	Boston, MA*	Wilbur Theatre
* = Non Live Nation date

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