Comedy & Pop Culture Icons Cheech & Chong Confirm 2010 North American Tour: Cheech & Chong: Get It Legal

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Comedy visionaries Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong announce their 2010 North American Tour, Cheech & Chong: Get It Legal, partnering with the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) to promote policy change through laughter. The Live Nation-produced tour will kick off on January 16, 2010 in Boulder, Colorado at the Macky Auditorium. Tickets for this must-see comedy tour of the year go on sale in select markets beginning at 4:20 p.m. on November 20, 2009 at LiveNation.com.

Cheech & Chong: Get It Legal is the follow-up to their hugely successful reunion tour, Cheech & Chong: Light Up America, where they performed together for the first time in over 25 years. The pop culture duo performed for more than 100 audiences and quickly became one of the most sought after shows of 2008-2009. Additionally, their performance in San Antonio, Texas was filmed by the Weinstein Company and will be released as Cheech and Chong's: Hey Watch This on 4/20 of next year.

"We had an amazing time last year reconnecting with each other and our fans in a way that felt like it was part of our DNA, we were meant to be together," said Cheech Marin. "In 2010 we are looking forward to doing more classic material that people haven't seen for years and years, performing more of our songs and introducing some new bits. We've had material brewing separately for the past 25 years," said Tommy Chong.

The Cheech & Chong: Get It Legal tour is scheduled to make 17 stops across North America including Boulder, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Bellingham, Portland, Santa Barbara, Tampa, Minneapolis, Rockford, Detroit, Louisville, DC, Bakersfield, Phoenix, and Fort Worth with Canadian stops in Regina, and Saskatoon. Additional dates to be announced soon. Chong's wife and comedy partner, Shelby Chong, will open all dates on the tour as well as DJ-Joey Mojo.

Successful beyond their wildest dreams, Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong defined an era with their hilariously irreverent, satirical, counter-culture, no-holds-barred comedy routines. Together, they represent a lifestyle and are the originators of the "stoner film" as a genre. Their phenomenal success included nine hit comedy albums and eight hit films, breaking box office records, shattering comedy album sales, garnering multiple Grammy nominations and mesmerizing fans for more than a decade.

Because of the recent attention surrounding the laws in respect to marijuana, Cheech and Chong decided to name their upcoming tour "Get It Legal" in order to raise awareness for this important topic. By teaming up with a marijuana policy reform group such as MPP, Cheech and Chong are fusing comedy and activism as a means of bringing attention to the harm caused by marijuana prohibition and the urgent need for different, more sensible marijuana laws. "Want to make a change? Come to a Cheech and Chong show," says Tommy Chong. "It's time to get it legal, before it's too late."

CHEECH & CHONG: GET IT LEGAL 2010 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES


    Jan-16     Boulder, CO          Macky Auditorium Concert Hall
    Jan-22     Indianapolis, IN     Murat Theatre
    Jan-23     Baltimore, MD        Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
    Jan-30     Saskatoon, SK        TCU Place
    Jan-31     Regina, SK           Conexus Arts Centre
    Feb-11     Bellingham, WA       Mount Baker Theatre
    Feb-12     Portland, OR         Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
    Mar-5      Santa Barbara, CA    Arlington Theatre
    Mar-12     Tampa, FL            Tampa Performing Arts Center
    Mar-26     Minneapolis, MN      State Theatre
    Mar-27     Rockford, IL         Coronado Performing Arts Center
    Apr-03     Ann Arbor, MI        Michigan Theater
    Apr-09     Louisville, KY       Palace Theatre
    Apr-10     Washington, DC       Warner Theatre
    Apr-23     Bakersfield, CA      Fox Theatre
    Apr-24     Phoenix, AZ          Dodge Theatre
    Apr-30     Ft. Worth, TX        Bass Performance Hall