Comedian Russell Peters will bring his “Notorious World Tour 2013” to Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Wednesday, February 6 at 8 p.m. Tickets are on sale, now.
Ranked by Forbes as one of the top ten highest grossing comics in the United States in 2009 and 2010, South Asian comic Russell Peters sells out shows wherever he goes. To date, nationally, he’s sold-out the Barclays Center, Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall in 72 hours, The Nokia Theatre Los Angeles (twice) and internationally, broke the UK attendance record for the highest number of tickets sold for an individual comedy show (over 16,000 – O2 Arena in 2009). He’s also commanded the Sydney Opera House, The Hammersmith Apollo (four times), General Motors Place in Vancouver and theaters in Australia, Sweden, Singapore, The Philippines and more.
A winner of Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, Asian Awards 2011 and the Gemini Awards, Peters has hosted Showtime’s Comics Without Borders, Russell Peters Presents and Red Light Comedy Live from Amsterdam. He’s also appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central, Craig Ferguson, Lopez Tonight, 8 out of 10 Cats (UK) and on HBO, MTV, BBC and CNN. He’s been featured on USO tours of Iraq, Afghanistan, Djibouti, Greenland, Pearl Harbor, USS Eisenhower and the HMCS Winnipeg and at HBO’s Aspen Comedy Festival, The Las Vegas Comedy Festival, Just for Laughs Montreal & Chicago and the Edinburgh Festival.
Peters has sold over 350,000 copies of his DVDs Outsourced (2006), Red, White and Brown (2008) and The Green Card; the latter two of which were self-financed and produced. His latest DVD, The Green Card Tour LIVE From the O2 Arena, was recorded in London and aired on Showtime, Comedy Network (Canada), Comedy Central and CTV (Canada). A Russell Peters Christmas (2011) was the highest rated Christmas special in CTV history (2.1 million viewers) and his autobiography Call Me Russell, (2010, Doubleday Canada), was a #1 bestseller on the Globe and Mail Non-Fiction Bestseller List.
The multi-talented comedian also appeared in the films Source Code and Breakaway, the highest grossing English language Canadian film in 2011.
Peters gives back to the community as a supporter of The MS Society, Gilda’s Club Toronto, William Osler Health Centre (Brampton, ON) and Heart House Hospice (Mississauga, ON). Annually, he awards a Russell Peters North Peel Scholarship of $20,000 to finance up to three years of college for a deserving student.
Tickets are $79, $69, $59 and $49.* All seats are reserved and available at all Ticketmaster outlets online at www.myhrl.com and www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone: 1-800-745-3000. Doors open one-hour prior to show start time.*Additional fees may apply
