Shhhh!!!!!!! Tell All Your Friends ... 'COMEDY CENTRAL Live: Mike Birbiglia's Secret Public Tour' Kicks Off at Eastern Carolina University in Greenville, NC on Sunday, August 19 and Travels to Over 30 Cities Nationwide

Shhhh!!!!!!! Tell All Your Friends ... 'COMEDY CENTRAL Live: Mike Birbiglia's Secret Public Tour' Kicks Off at Eastern Carolina University in Greenville, NC on Sunday, August 19 and Travels to Over 30 Cities Nationwide

Tour info available at http://www.comedycentral.com and http://www.birbigs.com

COMEDY CENTRAL Records(R) To Release 'My Secret Public Journal Live' CD On September 25

NEW YORK, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Mike Birbiglia, comedian and author of the popular blog and syndicated radio segment "My Secret Public Journal" is hitting the road this summer. Kicking off on Sunday, August 19 at Eastern Carolina University in Greenville, NC, "COMEDY CENTRAL Live: Mike Birbiglia's Secret Public Tour" will travel to over 30 cities nationwide (see list at the end of the release) in support of "My Secret Public Journal Live" CD to be released via COMEDY CENTRAL Records on September 25. The tour is sponsored by Wendy's.

Tour info available is at http://www.comedycentral.com/ and http://www.birbigs.com/. Additional tour dates are continually being added to the schedule and will be posted on both sites. Birbiglia also plans on doing some unannounced "secret shows" only available to people who sign up for "Secret Public Journal" on his Web site.

"COMEDY CENTRAL Live: Mike Birbiglia's Secret Public Tour" will include "secret special guests" who will join Birbiglia on tour with a rotating roster of comedians and indie musicians.

COMEDY CENTRAL Records will release "My Secret Public Journal Live" CD on September 25. The CD features Birbiglia delving deeper into storytelling and revealing his most painful stories in a style that has made him popular with audiences of all ages. It closes with an acoustic ballad entitled, "Put It On Paper," a call to action for listeners to write down their most embarrassing moments to keep things in perspective.

The New York Post hails Mike Birbiglia as "on the cusp of comic greatness." For the past six years, Birbiglia has toured the country honing the act that made him one of the youngest comedians to ever appear on "The Late Show with David Letterman" and popularized the phrase "Cracker Please" as well as renaming George W. Bush "Whiffle Ball Tony."

Birbiglia is a talk show regular and the star of two "COMEDY CENTRAL Presents" half-hour stand-up specials. What has truly galvanized his fan base is his "Secret Public Journal," a weekly blog that the performer emails to 30,000 fans and broadcasts to millions on the nationally-syndicated radio show "Bob & Tom." These personal autobiographical diary entries, which evoke the nostalgic tone of David Sedaris and Bill Cosby have truly defined Birbiglia's public persona.

"COMEDY CENTRAL Live!" is the network's successful live comedy venture working with today's leading stand-up comedians. The tours feature the hottest stand-up comedians on the scene including Dave Attell, Lewis Black, Drew Carey, Dave Chappelle, Jim Gaffigan, Demetri Martin, Carlos Mencia, Brian Regan and Wanda Sykes.

COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more than 91 million homes nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL is owned by, and is a registered trademark of, Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned division of VIACOM Inc.'s (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE:and) (NYSE:VIA.B) MTV Networks. COMEDY CENTRAL's Internet address is http://www.comedycentral.com/. For up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs visit Press Central, COMEDY CENTRAL's press web site at http://www.comedycentral.com/press.

     DATE               CITY                        VENUE    August 19        Greenville, NC        Eastern Carolina University   August 23        Portales, NM          Eastern New Mexico University   August 26        Washington, DC        Georgetown University   August 27        St. Louis, MO         St. Louis University   September 7      Rochester, NY         Univ. of Rochester w/ Christian                                           Finnegan   September 8      Buffalo, NY           Towne Ballroom   September 15     Flagstaff, AZ         Northern Arizona Univ. w/ Zack                                           Galifianakis   September 20     Lexington, KY         Opera House   September 21     Cincinnati, OH        Bogarts   September 22     Indianapolis, IN      Music Mill   September 27     Madison, WI           The Barrymore   September 28     Lansing, MI           Wharton Center/Pasant Theater   September 29     Chicago, IL           Lakeshore Theater   October 4        Iowa City, IA         Englert Theater   October 5        Champaign, IL         Virginia Theater   October 6        Chicago, IL           Lakeshore Theater   October 10       Wayne, NJ             William Patterson University   October 19       Kalamazoo, MI         State Theater   October 20       Traverse City, MI     City Opera House   October 26       Elon, NC              Elon University   October 27       Charleston, SC        Charleston Music Hall   November 1       San Luis Obispo, CA   Cohan Center   November 2       Redding, CA           Cascade Theater   November 3       Eugene, OR            McDonald Theater   November 16      Falls Church, VA      State Theater   November 17      Charlotte, NC         McGloghon Theater   November 28      Mt. Pleasant, MI      Central Michigan University   November 30      Seattle, WA           The Moore Theater   December 8       New Haven, CT         Southern Connecticut State  

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