'COMEDY CENTRAL LIVE: GABRIEL IGLESIAS THE FLUFFY SHOP' Tour Kicks Off on Thursday, January 14 and Travels to Over 50 Cities Nationwide

Tickets go on sale beginning November 7th at LiveNation.com

• Press Release
• Source: Live Nation
• On 5:29 pm EDT, Monday October 19, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comedy Central's electrifying and gifted comedian, Gabriel Iglesias, known to millions of fans as the "fluffy" comic in a Hawaiian shirt, has announced his 2010 tour, "COMEDY CENTRAL LIVE: GABRIEL IGLESIAS THE FLUFFY SHOP." The Live Nation produced tour kicks off on January 14th with a 50 date trek across North America. Tickets go on sale beginning November 7th at LiveNation.com with a fan club presale beginning November 4th.

Iglesias's high-octane show is a hilarious mixture of storytelling, parodies, characters and sound effects that bring all his personal issues to life, with a clean, animated comedy style that has earned national crossover appeal. Iglesias has appeared on such shows as "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," COMEDY CENTRAL's "Premium Blend," HBO's "Comedy Minutes," NBC's "Showtime at the Apollo," ABC's "My Wife And Kids," Showtime's original series "Resurrection Blvd," VH1's "I Love the 80s," BET's "Comic View" and numerous performances on the popular Galavision show "Que Locos."

Comedy Central will air the world premiere of Iglesias's one-hour stand-up special, "Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Not Fat...I'm Fluffy" on Sunday, November 8 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. On Tuesday, November 10, "Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Not Fat...I'm Fluffy" stand-up special will be released nationally on DVD by COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment and download-to-own including iTunes (pre-order Tuesday, October 27) and Amazon Video On Demand. In addition, the special will be available in standard and high definition versions on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, Zune and Playstation Store.

For additional information on Iglesias and the tour, please visit fluffyguy.com and LiveNation.com.

To join the Gabriel Iglesias fan club, simply add him as a friend at Myspace.com/fluffyguy.

"COMEDY CENTRAL LIVE: GABRIEL IGLESIAS THE FLUFFY SHOP" TOUR DATES

Cities, dates and venues are subject to change.

    Jan. 14       BAKERSFIELD, CA      FOX THEATRE
    Jan. 15       COARSEGOLD, CA       CHUKCHANSI GOLD CASINO
    Jan. 16       STOCKTON, CA         BOB HOPE THEATRE
    Jan. 17       REDDING, CA          CONVENTION CENTER
    Jan. 22       EUGENE, WA           MCDONALD THEATRE
    Jan. 23       SEATTLE, WA          MOORE THEATRE
    Jan. 24       SPOKANE, WA          THE KNITTING FACTORY
    Jan. 25       MISSOULA, MT         WIMA THEATRE
    Jan. 28       SALINAS, CA          FOX THEATRE
    Jan. 29       SANTA ROSA, CA       WELLS FARGO CENTER
    Jan. 30       SAN FRANCISCO, CA    NOB HILL MASONIC
    Jan. 31       SACRAMENTO, CA       CREST THEATRE
    Feb. 5        LOS ANGELES, CA      WILTERN
    Feb. 6        PHOENIX, AZ          DODGE ARENA
    Feb. 11       CLOVIS, NM           CIVIC CENTER
    Feb. 12       ALBUQUERQUE, NM      KIVA AUDITORIUM
    Feb. 13       ABILENE, TX          CIVIC CENTER HALL
    Feb. 14       SAN ANTONIO, TX      MAJESTIC THEATRE
    Feb. 18       AUSTIN, TX           PARAMOUNT
    Feb. 19       CORPUS CHRISTI, TX   SELENA AUDITORIUM
    Feb. 20       DALLAS, TX           NOKIA
    Feb. 21       WACO, TX             HIPPODOME
    Feb. 25       OKLAHOMA CITY, OK    ROSE STATE COLLEGE
    Feb. 26       WICHITA, KS          COTILLION BALLROOM
    Feb. 27       KANSAS CITY, MO      UPTOWN THEATRE
    Feb. 28       ST LOUIS, MO         PAGEANT
    March 4       PITTSBURGH, PA       BYHAM
    March 5       NORFOLK, VA          HARRISON OPERA HOUSE
    March 6       ATLANTA, GA          TABERNACLE
    March 7       RALEIGH, NC          MEYMANDI
    March 12      ORLANDO, FL          HARD ROCK
    March 13      TAMPA, FL            TPAC
    March 14      JACKSONVILLE, FL     FLORIDA THEATRE
    March 18      CHARLOTTE, NC        KNIGHTS THEATRE
    March 19      KNOXVILLE, TN        TENNESSEE THEATRE
    March 20      INDIANAPOLIS, IN     MURAT
    March 21      CLEVELAND, OH        OHIO THEATRE
    March 25      BOSTON, MA           WILBUR
    March 26      READING, PA          SOVEREIGN PAC
    March 27      NEW YORK, NY         TOWN HALL
    April 8       NASHVILLE, TN        ZANIES
    April 9       COLUMBUS, OH         PALACE THEATRE
    April 10      CHICAGO, IL          CHICAGO THEATRE
    April 11      KALAMAZOO, MI        STATE THEATRE
    April 16      DENVER, CO           BUELL
    April 17      LINCOLN, NE          ROCOCO THEATRE
    April 18      MINNEAPOLIS, MN      STATE THEATRE
    April 29      SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA  MADONNA INN EXPO CENTER
    April 30      OXNARD, CA           OXNARD PACC
    May 1         LONG BEACH, CA       TERRACE THEATRE

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Buzz up!