The O2

Global comedy rock-star, Russell Peters will be returning to the UK with The Green Card Tour on 23 September.

The tour will Feature material from his 20th Anniversary Tour as well as all new material, since the release of his last DVD, Red, White and Brown. Peters was recently ranked by Forbes - along with Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock - as one of the top ten highest grossing stand-up comics in the U.S. With his signature irreverent take on race, culture and all of our so-called differences, Peters was the first South Asian to headline and sell-out the Apollo Theatre in New York City; he became the first comedian to sell-out Toronto's Air Canada Centre four times (performing for over 60,000 fans) and he was the one of a handful of comedians to headline and sell-out the world famous Madison Square Garden and recently sold-out two shows at Radio City Music Hall.

Celebrating 20 years as a stand up comedian, Peters just finished a nationwide tour of Canada where over 175,000 fans turned-out to support the international funny man - including a record-breaking attendance record for the largest stand-up show in Montreal's Just For Laughs Comedy Festival's history. Continuously working on new projects, Peters has just signed with Double Day Canada to publish his first book and is also developing new sitcom projects; a romantic comedy with Billy Crystal and executive producing television specials. In 2009 Peters will have performed in over 125 shows around the world, from 16,000 seat arenas to 400 seat clubs, to the HMCS Winnipeg for the Canadian Navy to The Amman Stand-up Comedy Festival under invitation from HM King Abdullah II of Jordan.

Peters has performed sold-out tours of China, South Africa, Australia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Jamaica, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and he was the first North American comic to tour India. He's also completed two USO tours for the troops. He's performed at Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival, HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and many more.

In 2009, Peters won a Gemini Award (Canadian equivalent of the Emmys) for hosting the Juno Awards (Canadian Grammys). He's been in the Canadian sitcom Lawd Have Mercy and hosted his own BBC chat show Network East Late. He recently wrapped a supporting role in the new Duncan Jones film, Source Code, starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

Tickets are on sale from 9am on 1 April priced at £36.50 & £45.50.