Comedian Bill Burr adds State College to stand-up tour
STATE COLLEGE — Emmy and Grammy nominated comedian Bill Burr recently announced his live stand-up tour will stop in at the Bryce Jordan Center on Oct. 4.
Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. on Ticketmaster.com. Pre-sales began Wednesday.
“Bill Burr is one of the top comedic voices of his generation, achieving success in TV and film as well as on stage,” according to a press release announcing the event. “His Monday Morning Podcast is one of the most downloaded comedy podcasts. His arena and amphitheater tour, ‘Bill Burr (Slight Return),’ toured across North America throughout 2022 and, on Aug. 21, 2022, Bill made history as the first comedian to perform at Fenway Park.”
Burr will voice a starring role in Adam Sandler’s animated Netflix film, “Leo,” premiering Nov. 22. Miramax and Burr’s All Things Comedy are producing the film, “Old Dads,” which Bill co-wrote, is directing and will star in alongside Bobby Cannavale and Bokeem Woodbine.
In 2022, Burr premiered the Netflix special, “Bill Burr: Live At Red Rocks,” which was shot in October 2021 at the legendary venue, and he hosted the Netflix special, “Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill.”
He was nominated for a 2020 Grammy Award for his album, “Bill Burr: Paper Tiger,” and he was nominated for a 2022 Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for his Roku Channel series, “Bill Burr Presents: Immoral Compass,” which is free to stream online.
In his animated Netflix series, “F Is For Family,” he stars alongside Laura Dern, Justin Long and Sam Rockwell. The series premiered its fifth and final season on Thanksgiving Day, 2021.
Burr made his debut as host of Saturday Night Live on October 10, 2020; made a guest appearance as Coach Bobson in episode 7 of the hit FX on Hulu series, “Reservation Dogs”; stars opposite Pete Davidson and Marisa Tomei in the Judd Apatow film, “The King of Staten Island”; and he stars as Mayfeld in “The Mandalorian” on Disney Plus.
Burr also was seen in the Hugh Jackman film, “The Front Runner”; the Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell film, “Daddy’s Home”; co-stars opposite Kevin Costner in the indie film, “Black or White”; was seen in the Paul Feig film, “The Heat,” alongside Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy; and in the Al Pacino and Christopher Walken film “Stand Up Guys.” Burr received raves for his recurring role as “Kuby” on the hit AMC-TV show, “Breaking Bad.”
For more info head to BillBurr.com/Tour.



