First live dates in a decade

Chris Rock has announced his first British comedy tour in ten years.

The Total Blackout Tour will comprise seven arena dates in  January 2018 in Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, Glasgow, Birmingham and London.

In the show he talks about his  latest divorce from Malaak Compton-Rock, his wife of 19 years, after he cheated on her. They finalised their divorce, and a bitter custody battle, in August 2016 and he jokes that this is his ‘alimony tour’.

The comic has also insisted that audiences on the tour place their phones and other devices in secure pouches that are only unlocked at the end of the show.

As well as his stand-up, Rock will this summer will be reuniting with Adam Sandler on the Netflix’  movie, The Week Of, about a week building up to the wedding between Sandler’s character’s daughter and Rock’s character’s son.

Netflix paid a reported $40 million to lure Rock back to stand-up, for two comedy specials that will air exclusively on the streaming service. 

The UK Total Blackout Tour dates announced today are

Thursday 11 January: Manchester Arena

Sunday 14 January: Leeds First Direct Arena

Tuesday 23 January: Nottingham Motorpoint Arena

Wednesday 24 January: Glasgow SSE Hydro Arena

Thursday 25 January: Birmingham Barclaycard Arena

Friday 26 January: London Wembley The SSE Arena

Saturday 27 January:  London The O2 Arena

Tickets will go on sale at 10am on Friday.

Published: 8 May 2017