Start date August 5, 2006 No. of shows 13 | Legs 3 End date September 2, 2008 | |
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Opie and Anthony's Traveling Virus was a comedy-based concert tour starting in 2006 and ending in 2008. It starred comedians featured on the Opie and Anthony show on XM Satellite Radio and CBS Radio.
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History
The tour was a goal of Opie and Anthony's since coming together as a radio talk duo in Long Island in the early 1990s. The tour was intended to reward the comedians that had been guesting on the show over the years, and to serve as a thank you to fans nationwide. They were finally able to present the tour in 2006 because of their terrestrial radio deal with CBS.
2006 tour
The tour appeared in four different cities over four dates. The most notable of them was Philadelphia due to an incident where comedian Bill Burr went on a 12-minute tirade attacking the audience after the previous act, Dom Irrera, was heckled heavily by the crowd. A cell phone video recording of the rant has been posted on various video hosting sites. The video was also added onto the DVD release of Burr's Why Do I Do This? comedy special as an extra.
2007 tour
The 2007 show debuted in Las Vegas, Nevada, seven additional shows were announced following this event.
2008 tour
Due to comedians being consistently booed during the 2007 tour, following Burr's moment in 2006, the 2008 full tour was eventually canceled in favor of one final show held on August 2, 2008. According to Opie and Anthony the tour was cancelled due to the crowd consistently booing new comedians off the stage.
Comedians
Show 1 — August 5, 2006 — Worcester, Massachusetts – DCU Center
Show 2 — August 26, 2006 — Holmdel, New Jersey – PNC Bank Arts Center
Show 3 — September 9, 2006 — Camden, New Jersey – Tweeter Center
Show 4 — September 23, 2006 — Cleveland, Ohio – Tower City Amphitheatre
Show 5 — April 14, 2007 — Las Vegas, Nevada – The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Show 6 — June 16, 2007 — Wantagh, New York – Jones Beach Amphitheater
Show 7 — June 30, 2007 — Uncasville, Connecticut – Mohegan Sun Arena
Show 8 — July 21, 2007 — Mansfield, Massachusetts – Tweeter Center
Show 9 — August 4, 2007 — Detroit, Michigan – DTE Energy Music Theatre
Show 10 — August 18, 2007 — Bristow, Virginia – Nissan Pavilion
Show 11 — August 25, 2007 — Holmdel, New Jersey – PNC Bank Arts Center
Show 12 — September 15, 2007 — Camden, New Jersey – Tweeter Center
Show 13 — August 2, 2008 Holmdel, New Jersey – PNC Bank Arts Center