“royal comedy tour” TAKES THE THRONE AT CHAIFETZ ARENA ON SATURDAY, MAY 12

Tickets go on-sale on friday, november 4 at 10 a.m. at metrotix.com

(St. Louis, MO – November 1, 2011) Comedic royalty Sommore, Bruce Bruce, Earthquake, Tony Rock and Mark Curry turn Chaifetz (SHAY-fetz) Arena at Saint Louis University into a grand castle with “The Royal Comedy Tour" on Saturday, May 12 at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $44.50, $55.50 and $75 and go on-sale Friday, November 4 at 10 a.m. at MetroTix.com, charge by phone at 314-534-1111 and the Chaifetz Arena Box Office.

As the undisputed “Queen of Comedy,” Sommore is widely considered one of America’s top comedic female entertainers.  She was the first woman to host BET’s “Comic View” and received the Richard Pryor Award for Comic of the Year in 1995.  She has hosted Russell Simmons’ “Def Comedy Jam” and “Showtime at the Apollo” and broke the Guinness Book of World Records when performing in front of 50,000 people in Atlanta, Georgia.  Sommore has been featured in numerous films including Friday After Next, Family Reunion, Soul Plane, Something New and Dirty Laundry.  Sommore was also a participant in the sixth season of VH1’s “Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp.”

Bruce Bruce’s steady style of captivating improv skills and larger-than-life comedic style has been showcased across the country. His wit, spontaneity and dazzling personality set him apart from other stand-up comedians. He was host for two seasons of BET’s “Comic View” and has made numerous appearances on television and film. Bruce headlined the 2008 “Just for Laughs Comedy Festival” in Montreal and has appeared in Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector, Who’s Your Caddy and Ice Cube’s XXX: State of the Union.

With his sharp one-liners and brutally honest observations, Earthquake often draws on his own experiences on stage while rarely preparing anything in advance. He can be outrageous at times, but shock is never the point of his routines. Inspired by Steve Harvey, Earthquake began to break into television in the early 2000’s appearing in his own stand up show on HBO’s One Night Stand and had roles in Everybody Hates Chris and several Comedy Central programs.

Tony Rock has also hosted several of his own shows, including the Tony Rock Project and a feature on Comedy Central Presents.  Mark Curry starred in Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper and was one of the hosts of It’s Showtime at the Apollo.

Global Spectrum (global-spectrum.com) manages Chaifetz Arena as well as more than 100 other public assembly facilities around the world. Nearly 20-million people attended more than 11,000 events in Global Spectrum venues last year. Based in Philadelphia, PA, Global Spectrum is part of Comcast-Spectacor, one of the world’s largest sports and entertainment companies. Comcast-Spectacor also owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage services provider, New Era Tickets, a full-service ticketing and marketing product for public assembly facilities, Paciolan, the leading provider of venue establishment ticketing, fundraising and marketing technology solutions, Front Row Marketing Services, a commercial rights sales company, and Flyers Skate Zone, a series of community ice skating rinks.