Royal Comedy Tour Kicks Off Tomorrow

The Royal Comedy Tour will celebrate the comedians of old who set the bar for the industry today and showcase those comedians who are presently the voice of the industry right now. The tour seeks to successfully continue the unforgettable tradition set forth by Def Comedy Jam and Comic View. If it’s raw, without regrets, full of real in your face emotion, you will get it from The Royal Comedy Tour. No other tour ever assembled mixes mayhem with merriment in such a way that thousands flock to see it year after year. Since its start in 2009, The Royal Comedy Tour has become the longest-running most successful urban comedy tour ever with a quarter of a million people having witnessed its comedians live on stage. During its previous installments, the Royal Comedy Tour saw unparallel success from night to night with sold out shows across the country and has featured everyone from D.L. Hughley, Sommore, Bruce Bruce and Don “D.C." Curry to Damon Williams, TuRae, Arnez J, Tony Rock, Mark Curry and Earthquake.

Red Foxx, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy aren’t just Award-winning actors and icons of the comedy industry, but they all began their careers doing stand-up. Before their best-selling comedy special or comedy album was completed, before they landed their first appearance in a hit feature film and before they got a role in a long running TV series, they were amazing audiences all around the country doing stand-up one Comedy Club and one city at a time. Whether in matters of race, religion or relationships, stand-up explored it all. Stand-up gave issues and what mattered most to people a platform and propelled comedians like Foxx, Wilson, Pryor and Murphy into the mainstream.

Continuing the legacy and the rich tradition established by these legendary comics is the Royal Comedy Tour. As the 3rd Annual Royal Comedy Tour preps to head out on its 25-city tour, this year’s tour titled, “All Hail Stand-Up” is taking fans back to a time when “Stand Up was King.” From sold out shows to side-splitting sets to some of the funniest comedians coming together on one stage one night at a time, The Royal Comedy Tour, year after year is the most anticipated, can’t miss comedy tour. On this year’s Royal Comedy Tour, Sommore, Earthquake, Bruce Bruce, Tony Rock and Mark Curry have joined forces to become “One Nation Under Comedy” and bring stand-up comedy back to its roots. DJ Spinderella of Salt-N-Pepa fame will be in the house mixing and serving up the music. The tour kicks off February 3rd in Shreveport, LA @ Century Tel Center. Tickets are ON SALE NOW. For more information, log onto www.royalcomedytour.com or www.ticketmaster.com.

“The Royal Comedy Tour gives us an opportunity to discuss issues of today from our perspective,” said Sommore. “There is nothing like hearing what "we" as comedians think is funny. When all is said and done, people will always appreciate funny. When all else fails for them in life, they will always appreciate what’s funny. It’s the one constant they can always count on. And on this tour, we will consistently be coming with “the funny.”

Together, Sommore, Earthquake, Bruce Bruce, Tony Rock & Mark Curry have been entertaining audiences with their brand of comedy for almost a hundred years, collectively millions of people have seen them “LIVE” and jointly they represent the best group of funny makers on the comedy circuit today.

“Every night on this tour will be ‘Pure Destruction!’” said Earthquake, who is the tour’s headliner this year. “This tour will be nothing like people have ever seen before. For fans that haven't seen me live yet to the fans that come out every time I’m in town, I’m not leaving the stage until I know they can’t take anymore.”

For fans coming to see this year’s Royal Comedy Tour, the social commentating will crack you up, the comic’s everyday rhetoric will cause a ruckus and the side-splitting situations will stir you up. Overall, The Royal Comedy Tour is simply as the name suggests a top-notch, roll out the red carpet, unforgettable experience fit for kings and queens.

The 2012 Royal Comedy Tour dates are as follows:
Feb.3 Shreveport, Louisiana Century Tel
Feb.4 Dallas, Texas Verizon Center
Feb.10 Cleveland, Ohio State Theater
Feb.11 Chicago, Illinois Arie Crown
Feb.12 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee Theatre
Feb.17 Baltimore, Maryland First Mariner Arena
Feb.18 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Liacouras Center
Feb.19 Tampa, FL Straz Theatre
Feb.24 Rochester, NY Auditorium
Feb.25 Detroit, Michigan Opera House
March3 Charlotte, NC Bojangles Arena
March9 Jacksonville, Florida Memorial Arena
March10 New Orleans, Louisiana Lakefront Arena
March16 Nashville, Tennessee Municipal Auditorium
March17 Atlanta, Georgia Civic Center
March18 Albany, New York Palace Theatre
March23 Savannah, Georgia Civic Center
March24 Jackson, MS Arena
March30 Norfolk, Virginia Convocation Center
March31 Baton Rouge, Louisiana River Front Arena
April 1 Hartford, CT XL Center
April 6 Greenville, SC Bilo Center
April 7 Washington, DC Showplace Arena
May 12 St. Louis, MO Chaifetz Arena
May 13 Houston, Texas Reliant Arena

***Comedians scheduled to appear varies by city. Visit www.royalcomedytour.com for details.