SHANE GILLIS EXTENDS RECORD-BREAKING “SHANE GILLIS LIVE” TOUR TO 11 NEW CITIES
Louisville, KY (May 13, 2025) – Fresh off a 28-city international leg, that included the iconic London O2 and Dublin’s 3Arena, Shane Gillis has today announced the extension of Shane Gillis Live to eleven additional cities including a stop at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville Kentucky on August 8, 2025.
These added performances come in response to a staggering demand for tickets across the US, Canada, and European dates. With shows still to come on his current leg, Gillis has already set the all-time ticket sales record at six arenas and achieved historic sellouts, playing each arena’s largest comedy show of all time, at 11 more–breaking records belonging to acts as diverse as Kevin Hart and U2.
This September, Gillis will headline the 80,000+ seater Notre Dame Stadium alongside musicians Zach Bryan and Dermot Kennedy. If a sell-out, it will surpass the world record for the largest attendance for a comedian in history.
On June 5, Season 2 of Gillis’ celebrated series, Tires, will debut on Netflix. The acclaimed comedy sitcom is poised to cement its cult status, adding heavyweight talent including Vince Vaughn, Thomas Hayden Church, Jon Lovitz, Ron White, Veronika Slowikowska and Steph Tolev alongside returning cast incl. Stavros Halkias, Chris O’Connor, and Kilah Fox.
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IMPORTANT EVENT INFORMATION
Show Name: Shane Gillis Live
Show Date/Time: Friday, August 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Location: KFC Yum! Center | 1 Arena Plaza | Louisville, KY 40202
How to Purchase Tickets: Tickets go on sale Friday, May 16 at 10 am on ticketmaster.com ONLY, and will not be available at the KFC Yum! Center Box Office.
About Shane Gillis
Shane Gillis is a comedian, actor, and writer from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. In 2021, Gillis released his triumphant self-funded debut Shane Gillis: Live in Austin, a breakthrough hit with over 40 million views. In 2023, he released his follow-up Netflix special, Beautiful Dogs. The critically acclaimed and fan-favorite special reached the Netflix Top 10 in five countries and spent two weeks in the US Top 10 list. Beautiful Dogs was produced by All Things Comedy and Gillis’ own production company, Dad Sick Productions, which he runs with longtime comedy partner and fellow Philadelphia local John McKeever.
Alongside McKeever, Gillis will release season two of his beloved scripted series Tires in June 2025. Season one debuted in the Netflix Top 10 to record numbers. Gillis is also co-creator and star of the hugely popular web series Gilly & Keeves. The sketch series, premiering in 2020, spawned an acclaimed feature-length special in 2022.
Gillis co-hosts the comedy podcast Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast with comedian Matt McCusker. The show is the number one Patreon podcast in the world and has consistently ranked in the Top 15 on Spotify’s US Comedy Charts. Most recently, the duo announced a major partnership with Spotify to bring video episodes to the platform, marking an exciting new chapter for their devoted audience.
Gillis is one of the industry’s leading touring comics. His current tour has already set the all-time ticket record at six arenas including Toronto's Scotiabank Arena and achieved historic sell-outs at eleven more including Philadelphia's Wells Fargo and Raleigh’s Lenovo Center, marking each of the venue's largest comedy shows ever.
Beyond stand-up, Gillis continues to grow his presence in major commercial campaigns. He starred in Bud Light’s blockbuster 2025 Super Bowl ad alongside Post Malone and Peyton Manning–one of the brand’s most successful campaigns to date, ranking #7 on USA Today’s AdMeter and becoming the most mentioned Super Bowl campaign in Anheuser-Busch history. He also appeared in a widely praised digital spot for Under Armour, rallying Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish.
About Outback Presents
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About KFC Yum! Center
The KFC Yum! Center is a multi-purpose arena that overlooks the Ohio River in downtown Louisville and attracts approximately 1 million fans to ticketed events annually. It boasts a total of 721,762 square feet while offering an arena bowl exceeding 22,000 seats and nine bars and lounges all within walking distance of more than 6,000 hotel rooms in downtown Louisville. It is home to the University of Louisville men’s and women’s basketball programs and attracts several top grossing concerts and events annually. The KFC Yum! Center is a state-of-the-art facility with advance technology capabilities that is owned by the Louisville Arena Authority and managed by ASM Global. For more information, visit www.kfcyumcenter.com.