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Controversial comedian Shane Gillis announces his 'biggest tour yet'
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Date:2025-04-11 17:02:09
"Saturday Night Live" who? Shane Gillis will be live from a city near you on his latest stand-up tour.
The comedian, who was famously fired from "SNL" in 2019 over resurfaced offensive podcast comments, on Tuesday announced his "biggest tour yet," which will take him to 27 cities around the world.
The tour kicks off Jan. 10 with a stop in San Antonio, Texas, before Gillis heads to Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Seattle, and more locations. The last scheduled date is in San Jose, California, at the end of June.
The announcement comes after Gillis in February returned as host of "Saturday Night Live," the same show that fired him five years earlier. The comedian's hiring had sparked controversy after podcast comments resurfaced where he used an anti-Asian slur.
Gillis has since continued to generate controversy with some of his comedy that critics have deemed offensive, including his "SNL" monologue where he joked about having family members with Down syndrome and said, "You remember when you were a little boy and you loved your mom? You remember when you were gay?"
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At the time, Vox's Aja Romano said that Gillis had continued to engage in "racist, anti-trans, anti-gay, antisemitic, and arguably white supremacist statements" in the years since his firing, and Pajiba's Dustin Rowles criticized Gillis' "dehumanizing" act as "mean" and "straight out of 1994." In a 2019 statement, Gillis described himself as a "comedian who pushes boundaries."
Gillis also addressed his firing in his February monologue, telling viewers that he "probably shouldn't be up here, honestly."
"I was actually fired from this show a while ago, but don't look that up, please," he said. "If you don't know who I am, please, don't Google that. It's fine. Don't even worry about it."
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But the 2019 controversy did not derail Gillis' career, and he has since been enjoying success with his tours and comedy specials like 2023's "Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs." He also co-created and starred in the Netflix series "Tires," which hit the service in May and has been renewed for a second season.
Last month, "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels revealed he didn't approve of Gillis' firing.
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"He said something stupid, but it got blown up into the end of the world," he told The Wall Street Journal. "I was angry. I thought, 'You haven't seen what we're going to do, and what I'm going to try to bring out in him, because I thought he was the real thing.'"
How to get tickets for 'Shane Gillis Live'
An artist presale for Gillis' tour will begin on Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time, while a local venue presale will begin on Thursday at 10 a.m. ET, and the general on sale begins on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
'Shane Gillis Live' tour dates
- Jan. 10 | San Antonio | Frost Bank Center
- Jan. 11 | Dallas | American Airlines Center
- Jan. 17 l Pittsburgh l PPG Paints Arena
- Jan. 18 l Cincinnati l Heritage Bank Center
- Jan. 31 l Vancouver, British Columbia l Rogers Arena
- Feb. 1 l Seattle l Climate Pledge Arena
- Feb. 22 l Minneapolis l Target Center
- March 7 l Tampa, Florida l Amalie Arena
- March 8 l Jacksonville, Florida l VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
- March 14 l Colorado Springs, Colorado l The Broadmoor World Arena
- March 15 l Salt Lake City l Delta Center
- March 21 l Dublin l 3Area
- March 23 l London l The O2
- April 4 l Columbus, Ohio l Nationwide Aren
- April 5 – Indianapolis l Gainbridge Fieldhouse
- April 11 l Cleveland l Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
- April 12 l Washington, D.C. l Capital One Arena
- April 25 l Knoxville, Tennessee l Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center
- April 26 l Birmingham, Alabama l Legacy Arena at the BJCC
- May 2 l Albany, New York l MVP Arena
- May 3 l Buffalo, New York l KeyBank Center
- May 9 l Raleigh, North Carolina l Lenovo Center
- May 10 l Norfolk, Virginia l Scope Arena
- May 30 l Omaha, Nebraska l CHI Health Center Omaha
- May 31 l Des Moines, Iowa l Wells Fargo Arena
- June 7 l San Diego, California l Pechanga Arena San Diego
- June 28 l San Jose, California l SAP Center at San Jose
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