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

'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

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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Source: Live Nation

CONTACT: Debbie Keller, +1-480-839-9474, dkellerpublicity@aol.com, for
Gabriel Iglesias; or Liz Morentin of Live Nation, +1-310-975-6860,
lizmorentin@livenation.com

Web Site: http://www.livenation.com/

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