‘Shane Gillis Live’ tour dates, how to get tickets

On November 13, 2024By Littum

“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 resurgent offensive podcast comments, announced Tuesday his “biggest tour yet,” which will take him to 27 cities around the world.

The tour kicks off on January 10th with a stop in San Antonio, Texas, before Gillis heads to Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Seattle and more. The last scheduled date is in San Jose, California, at the end of June.

The announcement comes after Gillis returned in February 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 in which he used an anti-Asian slur.

Gillis has since continued to stir controversy with some of his comedy that critics have deemed offensive, including his “SNL” monologue in which he joked about having family members with Down syndrome, saying, “You remember when you were a little boy and you loved your mother? Remember when you were gay?”

Then Vox’s Aja Romano said that Gillis had continued to engage in “racist, anti-trans, anti-gay, anti-Semitic and arguably white supremacist statements” in the years following his firing, and Pajiba’s Dustin Rowles criticized Gillis’ “dehumanizing” act as “evil” 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 he “probably shouldn’t be up here, honestly.”

“I actually got fired from this show a while ago, but please don’t bring it up, please,” he said. “If you don’t know who I am, don’t Google it. That’s fine. Don’t even worry about it.”

But the 2019 controversy didn’t derail Gillis’ career, and he’s since enjoyed success with his tours and comedies like 2023’s “Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs.” He also co-created and starred in the Netflix series “Tires,” which came on the service in May and has been renewed for a second season.

Last month, “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels revealed that he did not approve of Gillis’ firing.

“He said something stupid, but it was blown to the ends of the earth.” 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 deal’.”

How to get tickets to ‘Shane Gillis Live’

An artist presale for Gillis’ tour begins Wednesday at 10 local time, while a local presale begins Thursday at 10 ET, and the general sale begins Friday at 10 local time.

‘Shane Gillis Live’ Tour Dates

10 January | San Antonio | Frost Bank Center
11 January | Dallas | American Airlines Center
January 17 l Pittsburgh l PPG Paints Arena
January 18 l Cincinnati l Heritage Bank Center
January 31 l Vancouver, British Columbia l Rogers Arena
February 1 l Seattle l Climate Pledge Arena
February 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
23 March l London l The O2
April 4 l Columbus, Ohio l Nationwide Arena
April 5 – Indianapolis at Gainbridge Fieldhouse
April 11 l Cleveland l Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
April 12 l Washington, DC 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 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 in San Jose