CHEECH & CHONG Plan First Tour In 25 Years
July 31, 2008, 16 years ago
The following report is courtesy of Mitchell Peters from Billboard.com:
Comedy duo CHEECH & CHONG will reunite for their first tour in more than 25 years, beginning Sept. 12 at the Tower Theatre in Philadelphia. More than 20 dates have been confirmed for the Live Nation-produced US trek, with more to be announced in the coming weeks.
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong's upcoming Light Up America... tour will visit such markets as Washington, D.C., Detroit, Atlanta, Miami, Seattle, Los Angeles, Boston and Denver. Tickets for the jaunt go on sale August 8 via Livenation.com
Chong's wife and comedy partner, Shelby Chong, has been tapped to open all dates.
In their career as a comedy duo, Marin and Chong released nine albums between 1972 and 1985 and won a Grammy Award for best comedy album (Los Cochinos) in 1973. The pair also co-wrote and starred in eight films, including Up In Smoke, Next Movie and Nice Dreams.
Complete dates can be found here.
Excerpt from Cheech & Chong's Next Movie:
