CONAN LIVE TOUR (It’s Legit Folks!)… & he’s performing at Bonnaroo?
“It was either a massive 30-city tour or start helping out around the house”
– Conan O’Brien
By now, most people know all about the drama surrounding Conan O’Brien finally getting the Tonight Show spot and then, more or less, slowly being pushed from the position that he had dreamed about obtaining for so long. Details and opinions can me mixed but, when it’s all said and done, it doesn’t matter. The Tonight Show has lost their credibility and Conan has gained even more of it throughout this entire fiasco. Jay Leno still comes across as your parents friend who tells bad jokes like, “Working hard or hardly working?“, as he took his role back entertaining the elderly with insomnia.
Recently there have been many rumors about what would be 8 foot Irishman‘s next move. The rumor with the biggest hype behind it was that the former talkshow host/comedy writer my be going on a multi-city live tour. Due to legally binding stipulations in his exit contract with NBC, which would prevent him from appearing in a talk show spot with any other station for months, this would be a great way for O’Brien to sustain his momentum and remain in the public eye in the meantime. Well, this is now officially much more than a rumor, as tickets for the tour went live this morning.
Being marketed as, “A night of music, comedy, hugging, and the occasional awkward silence“, the 30 city tour kicks off on April 12th in Eugene, OR and ends on June 14th at the FOX theatre in Atlanta, GA. Perhaps even more surprising than the tour itself, however, is the information that it will include a stop at the Bonaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN. The press release states that the live comedy/music review “will include longtime sidekick Andy Richter and the former Tonight Show band” however, word is that Max Weinberg will not be part of it.
Get your tickets fast, because these spots are bound to disappear quickly.
Here are the tour dates:
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Eugene, OR Hult Center For the Performing ArtsApril 12
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Vancouver, BC Orpheum TheatreApril 13
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Vancouver, BC Orpheum TheatreApril 14
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Spokane, WA INB Performing Arts CenterApril 16
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Enoch, AB River Cree Resort & CasinoApril 17
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Seattle, WA Marion Oliver McCaw HallApril 18
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Seattle, WA Marion Oliver McCaw HallApril 19
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San Francisco, CA Nob Hill Masonic CenterApril 22
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San Francisco, CA Nob Hill Masonic CenterApril 23
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Universal City, CA Gibson AmphitheaterApril 24
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Universal City, CA Gibson AmphitheaterApril 25
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San Diego, CA San Diego Civic TheatreApril 29
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Phoenix, AZ Dodge TheatreApril 30
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Las Vegas, NV The Pearl Concert Theatre – Palms CasinoMay 01
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Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort & Casino – Grand TheatreMay 04
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San Jose, CA San Jose State University Events CenterMay 05
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Sacramento, CA Sacramento Memorial AuditoriumMay 06
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Boulder, CO Mackey AuditoriumMay 09
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Dallas, TX McFarlin Memorial Auditorium-SMU CampusMay 13
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Austin, TX Austin Music HallMay 14
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Tulsa, OK Brady TheaterMay 15
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Kansas City, MO Midland TheatreMay 16
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Minneapolis, MN Orpheum TheatreMay 18
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Chicago, IL Chicago TheatreMay 19
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Chicago, IL Chicago TheatreMay 20
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Toronto, ON Massey HallMay 22
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Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Spa & Resort – Event CenterMay 30
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New York, NY Radio City Music HallJune 01
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New York, NY Radio City Music HallJune 02
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Boston, MA Wang TheaterJune 04
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Boston, MA Wang TheaterJune 05
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Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun ArenaJune 06
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Upper Darby, PA Tower TheatreJune 07
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Washington, DC Constitution HallJune 08
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Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music FestivalJune 11
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Atlanta, GA Fox TheatreJune 14
{More dates are already being added. Follow Conan on TWITTER.}
“I had a show. Then I had a different show. Now I have a Twitter account“-Conan’s
