Ricky Gervais Globetrots For ‘Humanity’

Ricky Gervais is taking his irreverent humor into several continents as new dates in the “Humanity” standup tour have been announced.

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The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles.

The recently unveiled shows start with gig at City Hall in Sheffield, England, on April 3. Europe gets a good amount of the jokester, with performances planned in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland and Sweden.

There are also tons of North American dates, including the closer at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles Oct. 28.

Gervais also announced on his Facebook today that he will be performing at Colston Hall in Bristol, England, tomorrow.

The comedian has his hands in all kinds of projects, including the U.K. version of “The Office,” performing a pair of live shows as that show’s infamously inept boss David Brent, and hosting last year’s Golden Globe awards.

He wrote of his return to standup on his website: “I chose the best and worst year to return to stand up. It’s great in the sense that there’s lots of shit for me to rant about, but it’s bad in the sense that my ‘schtick’ has always been playing the arrogant, misinformed know-it -all, who says the wrong thing. It’s worked well for me. But now I worry half the room agrees with those things without seeing the irony. It’s a tricky one. Still. …. Humanity is turning out to be my best stand up yet. I think it’s because truth is so important now.”

Here is the plan for the funnyman:

March 6 – Cardiff, Wales, Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
March 7 – Cardiff, Wales, Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
April 3 – Sheffield, England, City Hall
April 11 – Portsmouth, England, Portsmouth Guildhall
April 20 – Reykjavik, Iceland, Harpa Reykjavík Concert Hall and Conference Centre
April 25 – Plymouth, England, Plymouth Pavilions
May 2 – Glasgow, Scotland, Clyde Auditorium
May 9 – Brighton, England, The Brighton Centre
May 21 – New York, N.Y., Theater At Madison Square Garden
May 24 – Chicago, Ill., Chicago Theatre
June 5 – Newcastle, Australia, City Hall
June 8 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Edinburgh Playhouse
June 13 – Oxford, United Kingdom, New Theatre Oxford
June 18 – Southampton, United Kingdom, The Mayflower
June 24 – Dublin, Ireland, 3Arena
June 28 – Birmingham, England, Barclaycard Arena
July 1 – Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson Globe
Sep. 8 – Amsterdam, Netherlands, AFAS Live
Sep. 29 – Copenhagen, Denmark, Royal Arena Copenhagen
Oct. 4 – London, England, Eventim Apollo
Oct. 5 – London, England, Eventim Apollo
Oct. 6 – London, England, Eventim Apollo
Oct. 7 – London, England, Eventim Apollo
Oct. 28 – Los Angeles, Calif., Dolby Theatre

Tickets for the recently announced shows go on sale Feb. 24. Learn more about the artist at RickyGervais.com.