Mike Epps Performs Live At The Fox Theater 5/9, Tickets On Sale Now

By: Apr. 16, 2009
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Fox Concerts presents comedian Mike Epps live at the Fabulous Fox Theatre May 9 at 8 p.m. Tickets are on sale now and prices are $50 & $45 with a limited number of gold circle seats also available. All prices are subject to change.

This show is recommended for mature audiences. After years of making us laugh with his long-running standup comedy tours and film roles, Mike Epps is finally set to release his second comedy DVD, "Funny Bidness," the long awaited follow up to his 2006 Platinum-selling "Inappropriate Behavior." The DVD is a fusion of Epps' stand up material and his Man of the Street series across the country.

The DVD will be followed by Epps' debut CD, "Mike Epps: Great Epps'pectations." The CD features Snoop Dogg, Kid Rock, T.I and Slim Thug. The album combines Epps' off the wall humor with solid hip hop beats to create some of the funniest tracks around. The album is being released by E1 Music on May 19, 2009.

The hilarious video for the first single, "Big Girls," was recently added to BET and can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxoCD7-k0f8. Epps also has two feature films to be released this year. First he will star in the Summit Entertainment comedy "Next Day Air" alongside Mos Def and Donald Faison, due in theatres May 8, 2009.

Then Epps will light up the screen again in "Janky Promoters," the highly anticipated comedic reteaming of Epps and Ice Cube due out July 2009 for Dimension Films. The film was directed by long-time music video director Marcus Raboy who has helmed the videos of such music stars as Sean Kingston, Sting, Mary J. Blige, Notorious B.I.G., Santana and countless others.

Epps first gained notoriety when he appeared in 1995 on the Def Comedy Jam tour and appeared on HBO's Def Comedy Jam Broadcasts. Since then, Epps has cultivated a stellar film career and has appeared in such films as Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, All About the Benjamins, Next Friday, Bait, How High, Friday After Next, Talk To Me, The Fighting Temptations, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Roll Bounce, Something New, Guess Who, and The Honeymooners.

was also the voice of Sonny in Dr. Doolittle 2 and had a hilarious cameo in the 08 blockbuster Hancock. In 2007, Epps' one hour comedy show Inappropriate Behavior aired on HBO and was one of the networks top rated specials of the year.Tickets for Mike Epps are on sale now at the Fox Theatre box office and all MetroTix locations. To charge by phone call MetroTix at 314/534-1111 or online at www.metrotix.com



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