12.04.2010 – Eugene, OR Hult Center For the Performing Arts
13.04.2010 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum Theatre
14.04.2010 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum Theatre
16.04.2010 – Spokane, WA – INB Performing Arts Center
17.04.2010 – Enoch, AB – River Cree Resort & Casino
18.04.2010 – Seattle, WA – Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
19.04.2010 – Seattle, WA – Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
22.04.2010 – San Francisco, CA – Nob Hill Masonic Center
23.04.2010 – San Francisco, CA – Nob Hill Masonic Center
24.04.2010 – Universal City, CA – Gibson Amphitheater
25.04.2010 – Universal City, CA – Gibson Amphitheater
29.04.2010 – San Diego, CA – San Diego Civic Theatre
30.04.2010 – Phoenix, AZ – Dodge Theatre
01.05.2010 – Las Vegas, NV – The Pearl Concert Theatre
02.05.2010 – Las Vegas, NV – The Pearl Concert Theatre
04.05.2010 – Reno, NV – Grand Sierra Resort & Casino
05.05.2010 – San Jose, CA – San Jose State University Center
06.05.2010 – Sacramento, CA – Memorial Auditorium
09.05.2010 – Boulder, CO – Mackey Auditorium
13.05.2010 – Dallas, TX – McFarlin Memorial Auditorium
14.05.2010 – Austin, TX – Austin Music Hall
15.05.2010 – Tulsa, OK – Brady Theater
16.05.2010 – Kansas City, MO – Midland Theatre
18.05.2010 – Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre
19.05.2010 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
20.05.2010 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
22.05.2010 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
30.05.2010 – Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata Spa & Resort
01.06.2010 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
02.06.2010 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
04.06.2010 – Boston, MA – Wang Theater
05.06.2010 – Boston, MA – Wang Theater
06.06.2010 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
07.06.2010 – Upper Darby, PA – Tower Theatre
08.06.2010 – Washington, DC – Constitution Hall
11.06.2010 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music Festival
14.06.2010 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre

Yesterday was a big news in the comedy world with Conan O’Brien announcing that he’s taking his former lineup at The Tonight Show — namely himself, Andy Richter, and The Tonight Band with Max Weinberg — all on the road for a huge cross-country tour. Right around the same time I got this news and snagged myself a ticket for one of his dates in San Francisco, the promoters over at Bonnaroo had announced their Comedy Tent headliners for the 2010 festival. Guess who’s at the top of the bill?

Conan O’Brien Hits the Road
Written by LORENZO MARTINEZ
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Conan O’ Brien has been sitting around in his underwear, eating absurd amounts of sugar all day. He tweeted it himself, “This morning I watched Remington Steele while eating Sugar Smacks out of a salad bowl. I was naked.” He would love for his fans and Twitter followers to believe that, wouldn’t he? Chances are he would have really preferred tweeting something along the lines of; I spent the morning sitting around and crafting a master plan. But that just doesn’t have the Conan zest. His plan is probably going to serve the greater purpose of proving further to NBC that mistakes were made and that in the long run, they’ll regret it.

Revealed on March 11, again via his Twitter account, “Hey Internet: I'm headed to your town on a half-assed comedy & music tour. I repeat: It's half-assed.” But, if America has learned anything about O’ Brien in his 16 years at Late Night with Conan O’ Brien and his seven months on the Tonight Show, it’s that he does nothing half-assed. When his “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour” hits the road we will find out just how full assed he is. Conan has spent his career being deliberate and quirky, a marriage of wit and purpose; he has been exact in his routines and sharp with his jokes, rarely predictable or dull. And, yet, he has used dullness and predictability with ease and to perfection during his career. And it’s a career that is significantly more illustrious than one would assume.

O’ Brien wrote for the Harvard Lampoon moved onto a writing job for Saturday Night Live and a stint writing for the Simpsons, all pedigreed places in their own right. His writing for The Late Show, O’ Brien gained a slew of Emmy nominations, but, regrettably only one win. It is clear that comedy is what O’ Brien does best. And it’s that fact that has made him the much prized and sought after free agent—now that NBC paid him and his staff $45 million to release the reins to the Tonight Show back to Jay Leno—amongst television hosts. Along with the $45 million came a contractual promise from O’ Brien to not be on TV before September 1 of this year.

So, what does a natural performer do without a television audience? How does he go about entertaining the masses? Whom started the “I’m with Coco campaign” on Facebook in support of him staying on the Tonight Show. What does he do, aside from sitting around naked eating Sugar Smacks? Coco turns to the very vehicle that gave him his nickname in one of his skits—Twitter. And almost instantly his fans followed Coco.

For the time being, that is until the tour starts, Twitter has been the only way to keep up with O’ Brien. In the few weeks that O’ Brien has been on Twitter he has interviewed a squirrel, brought attention to random Tweeter, Sarah Killen, they are now “Twitter pals 4 eva! ” and announced, what http://www.teamcoco.com is calling, a 30 city tour that will be “ A night of music, comedy, hugging, and the occasional awkward silence.”

At the very least we know that we can expect those four things from his show, but with O’ Brien coming off his brief—some would say forced—hiatus, expecting any one thing would be too much and not enough. You can be sure that his show, like all the shows before him will be a deliberate and quirky marriage of wit and purpose. And, hey, like O’ Brien said in a released statement, “It was either a massive 30-city tour or start helping out around the house.”

Wenn Max bei der Max Weinberg Tonight Band mit dabei ist, ist zumindest so gut wie sicher, dass in der Zeit keine E Street Band on tour sein wird
(ausser der Sohnemann springt wieder ein)

YEAH, Jay!!!

Jay wer? Max tourt mit Conan O'Brien und Bruce dafür mit Jay Leno?

Nein

Banause!

Aber wenn ne Bruce-Solo-Tour kommt muss eh keiner klopfen