Russell
is one of the UK's most successful live comedians. His current tour 'Right Here
Right Now' will have played 25 sold out area shows across the UK this year.
This includes three sold out shows at the 15000 capacity O2 arena. A highly
anticipated live DVD of the show will be released this autumn.
Russell
is the writer and star of his own BBC Three show ‘Russell Howard's Good News’
which is currently in its fifth series. The show is one of the most successful
entertainment programmes on BBC3, with ratings peaking at 3.9 million viewers a
week.
Russell
made his debut US TV appearance this summer with a guest performance on ‘The
Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien’. Overseas, this year Russell also performed at
the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal and the JFL Festival at The Sydney
Opera House where he performed alongside John Cleese, Martin Short, Demitri
Martin and Louis C.K.
Russell
has a fan base of over 2 million on facebook and has two UK number 1 best
selling stand-up DVDs, 2008’s ‘Russell Howard Live’ and 2009's ‘Russell Howard
– Dingledodies’ which sold over 450,000 copies.