Bill Maher, Comedian and Host of "Real Time" on HBO Will Perform Debut Concerts on the Hawaiian Islands New Year's Eve and New Year's Day

Bill Maher, Comedian and Host of "Real Time" on HBO Will Perform Debut Concerts on the Hawaiian Islands New Year's Eve and New Year's Day

Maher will perform at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu December 31 and at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center January 1.

Tickets go on-sale Saturday, October 22 at 10:00 A.M. HAST

SONOMA COUNTY, Calif., Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rick Bartalini Presents announced today Bill Maher will perform two special New Year's Eve and New Year's Day concerts in Hawaii. Maher will perform at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu December 31 and at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center January 1. The concerts will be Maher's first on the Islands. Tickets go on-sale Saturday, October 22 at 10:00 A.M. HAST

For the last seventeen years, Bill Maher has set the boundaries of where funny, political talk can go on American television. First on "Politically Incorrect" (Comedy Central, ABC, 1993-2002), and for the last nine years on HBO's "Real Time," Maher's combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him twenty-seven Emmy nominations. In October of 2008, this same combination was on display in Maher's uproarious and unprecedented swipe at organized religion, "Religulous," directed by Larry Charles ("Borat"). The documentary has gone on to become the 8th Highest Grossing Documentary ever.

In addition to his television program - Maher has written four bestsellers: "True Story," "Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? Politically Incorrect's Greatest Hits," "When You Ride Alone, You Ride with Bin Laden" and most recently, "New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer." His next book, "The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass," comes out November 14.

Maher started his career as a stand-up comedian in 1979, and still performs at least fifty dates a year in Las Vegas and in sold out theaters all across the country. Three of his nine stand-up specials for HBO - 2007's "The Decider," 2005's "I'm Swiss," as well as his most recent, the hilarious, "Bill Maher ... But I'm Not Wrong," - have been nominated for Emmy awards.

Tickets for Bill Maher December 31 at the Waikiki Shell are $29.50/$49.50/$59.50/$79.50. Tickets can be purchased at www.RBPconcerts.com, www.Ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster outlets, including Wal-Mart, Ticketmaster charge-by-phone 800-745-3000 and the Blaisdell Box Office. Tickets go on-sale Saturday, October 22 at 10:00 A.M. HAST

Tickets for Maher's performance January 1 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center are $35.50/$45.50/$65.50/$85.50. Tickets can be purchased at www.RBPconcerts.com, www.MauiArts.org, charge-by-phone 808-242-SHOW (7469) and the Maui Arts & Cultural Center Box Office. Tickets go on-sale Saturday, October 22 at 10:00 A.M. HAST

Maher's New Year's concerts on the Hawaiian Islands will be produced by veteran concert promoter Rick Bartalini of Rick Bartalini Presents.

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