Broad City Live Tour Comes to Minneapolis March 15
COMEDY CENTRAL LIVE ANNOUNCES
BROAD CITY LIVE TOUR
KICKING OFF IN CAMBRDIGE, MA ON TUESDAY, MARCH 4
WITH TICKETS GOING ON SALE THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 AT 12:00 P.M. LOCAL TIME
NEW YORK, January 29, 2014 These two talented broads, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, who have been described as passionate, funny and sometimes raunchy by The New York Times, are hitting the road with the Broad City Live Tour. The pairs dynamic relationship, combined with their impeccable comedic timing and chemistry, has earned Jacobson and Glazer praise from The Wall Street Journal, Time Out NY
, Entertainment Weekly and AV Club, among others. Tickets for Broad City Live Tour will go on sale this Friday, January 31 at noon. (local time) with tour info and links to purchase tickets available at http://www.cc.com/comedy-tours and www.axs.com. The Broad City Live Tour is produced by AEG Live and kicks off on Tuesday, March 4 in
Cambridge, MA
at The Sinclair and travels nationally to 18 cities (full tour schedule enclosed).
Broad City is a weekly, half-hour scripted series featuring Upright Citizens Brigade alums Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer airing Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central. The series is an odd couple comedy about two best friends navigating their twenties in
New York City
whose adventures always lead down unexpected and outlandish paths. Theyre broke, flawed and dont shy away from the sticky situations NYC throws at them -- they dive right into the muck. But no matter how bad it gets, these young broads are always down with whatever hits them.
Joining Jacobson and Glazer as series regulars are Hannibal Buress, Arturo Castro, Paul Downs, John Gemberling, Chris Gethard and Stephen Schneider. The ten-episode first season is executive produced by Amy Poehler, 3 Arts Dave Becky, Sam Saifer, and Jacobson and Glazer. Tony Hernandez (Louie) and Eric Slovin serve as Co-Executive Producers. Brooke Posch is the Executive in Charge of Production for Comedy Central.
Broad City Live Tour
| DATE | CITY | VENUE |
| March 4 | Cambridge, MA | The Sinclair |
| March 5 | Philadelphia, PA | Trocadero Theatre |
| March 6 | Washington, DC* | 9:30 Club |
| March 7 | Carrboro, NC | Cats Cradle |
| March 8 | Atlanta, GA | Terminal West |
| March 12 | Pontiac, MI | The Crofoot |
| March 13 | Chicago, IL | Lincoln Hall (2 shows) |
| March 14 | Madison, WI | Majestic Theatre |
| March 15 | Minneapolis, MN | Triple Rock Social Club (2 shows) |
| March 20 | Austin, TX | Stateside Theatre |
| March 21 | Houston, TX | Walters Downtown |
| March 22 | Dallas, TX | The Kessler Theater |
| March 24 | Denver, CO | Bluebird Theater (2 shows) |
| March 26 | Seattle, WA | Neumos |
| March 27 | Portland, OR | Mississippi Studios (2 shows) |
| March 28 | San Francisco, CA | Great American Music Hall |
| March 29 | Los Angeles, CA | Troubador |
| April 5 | Brooklyn, NY | The Bell House |
AEG Live (www.aeglive.com), the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based AEG, is dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance. AEG Live is comprised of touring, festival, broadcast, merchandise and special event divisions, fifteen regional offices and owns, operates or exclusively books thirty-five state-of-the-art venues. The current and recent concert tour roster includes artists such as Alicia Keys, Bruno Mars, Bon Jovi, Carrie Underwood, Cher, Enrique Iglesias, J Cole, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Kenny Chesney, Leonard Cohen, Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift, The WHO, Trey Songz and Juanes. AEG Live has produced many comedy tours including Flight of the Conchords, Portlandia, The Kids In the Hall, Ricky Gervais, Jim Jefferies, Bo Burnham, Chris Hardwick, Tim & Eric and The Shaquille ONeil All-star Comedy Jam.
The company is also currently producing residency shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas including Celine Dion, Rod Stewart and Shania Twain and is the exclusive promoter at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. AEG Live is also the largest producer of music festivals in North Americ from the critically acclaimed Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival to Stagecoach Country Music Festival and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
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