ALI SIDDIQ RELEASES 2 NEW COMEDY SPECIALS & ANNOUNCES 34 MORE DATES FOR HIS 2025 'IN THE SHADOWS TOUR' STARTING AUG 22

June 23, 2025 10:00 PM AEST | By EIN Presswire
 ALI SIDDIQ RELEASES 2 NEW COMEDY SPECIALS & ANNOUNCES 34 MORE DATES FOR HIS 2025 'IN THE SHADOWS TOUR' STARTING AUG 22
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HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES, June 23, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Stand-up comedian and renowned storyteller, Ali Siddiq, has announced 34 more cities for his 2025 IN THE SHADOWS TOUR. The prolific storyteller will be in a city near you starting August 22, 2025. This announcement comes on the release of his two new comedy specials; MY TWO SONS premiered on YouTube May 11th and received over 5 million views in the first 30 days, and RUGGED premiered on YouTube June 15th and received over 1 million views in the first 24 hours.

Tickets on sale at AliSiddiq.com/#tour
Specials available at youtube.com/@AliSiddiqComedy

SHOW DATES
August 22: Atlantic City, NJ / Tropicana
August 29 : Huntsville, AL / Von Braun Center - Mark C. Smith Concert Hall
August 30 : Chattanooga, TN / Walker Theatre
August 31 : Greenville, SC / Peace Center
September 5 : Buffalo, NY / Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo
September 6 : Toronto, ON / Bluma Appel Theatre
September 12 : Lexington, KY / Lexington Opera House
September 13 : St Louis, MO / Stifel Theatre
September 19 : Gulfport, MS / iMPAC
September 20 : Dothan, AL / Dothan Opera House
September 26 : San Diego, CA / Balboa Theatre
September 27 : Sacramento, CA / Channel 24
October 3 : Greensboro, NC / Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts
October 4 : Columbia, SC / Township Auditorium
October 10 : Wichita, KS / Temple Live
October 11 : Fayetteville, AR / Walton Arts Center
October 17 : Louisville, KY / Bomhard Theater
October 18 : Cincinnati, OH / Taft Theatre
October 24 : Rockford, IL / Coronado Performing Arts Center
October 25 : Flint, MI / Capitol Theatre
November 1 : Little Rock, AR / Robinson Center Performance Hall
November 7 : Omaha, NE / The Astro Theater
November 8 : Kansas City, MO / The Midland Theatre
November 14 : Orlando, FL / Walt Disney Theater
November 15 : Tampa, FL / Straz Center for the Performing Arts - Morsani Hall
November 21 : Norfolk, VA / Chrysler Hall
November 22 : Richmond, VA / Carpenter Theatre
November 28 : Grand Prairie, TX / Texas Trust CU Theatre
December 5 : Portland, OR / Aladdin Theater
December 6 : Seattle, WA / Moore Theatre
December 12 : New Haven, CT / College Street Music Hall
December 13 : Brooklyn, NY / Kings Theatre
December 19 : Fort Myers, FL / Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
December 20 : Palm Beach, FL / Kravis Center for the Performing Arts


ABOUT ALI SIDDIQ
In 2024, Vulture called ALI SIDDIQ stand-up comedy’s most prolific storyteller. Born and raised in Houston, TX, Ali’s unique style of stand-up originated behind the walls of incarceration, an incubator for interesting experiences and good stories. He is the first comedian to ever release a 4-part series of comedy specials, The Domino Effect 1-4, which has over 40 million views combined on YouTube. In 2022, Ali released two new hour specials, THE DOMINO EFFECT on YouTube and UNPROTECTED SETS on EPIX. To date, THE DOMINO EFFECT has over 16 million views, ranking it in the top 5 most watched comedy specials of 2022. In May 2023, Ali released THE DOMINO EFFECT part 2: LOSS, the sequel to his viral stand-up special, which already has over 8 million views. In 2024, Ali released two more specials in the series. THE DOMINO EFFECT part 3: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL premiered on YouTube in May with over 8 million views currently , and THE DOMINO EFFECT part 4: PINS & NEEDLES premiered on YouTube in June with over 7.5 million views to date. In 2025, Ali will be releasing four more specials and Executive Produced a 5th. Ali Siddiq presents Marcus D. Wiley: Marriage is Major Surgery premiered on YouTube Feb 12 with over 3 million views currently. MY TWO SONS premiered on YouTube May 11th and did over 5 million views in the first 30 days. RUGGED premiered on YouTube June 15th and received over 1 million views in the first 24 hours.

People received their first taste of Ali Siddiq when he appeared on HBO's DEF COMEDY JAM and LIVE FROM GOTHAM, and in 2013 he was named Comedy Central's "#1 Comic to Watch". In 2014, Ali impressed comedy enthusiasts by displaying his ability to captivate an audience with his "Mexicans Got On Boots" tale, a descriptive storytelling, with over 16 million views, of a prison riot on THIS IS NOT HAPPENING, the first of three appearances. His stories continued with his HALF HOUR special, which premiered on Comedy Central in the Fall of 2016. Immediately following the premier of that special, Comedy Central offered Ali an hour-special where he performed for inmates live in a Texas jail, sending Ali back to where it all started. The hour special, Ali Siddiq: It’s Bigger Than These Bars, premiered in February 2018 on Comedy Central and has over 3.5 million views on YouTube. In 2019, Ali was a top 5 finalist on NBC’s BRING THE FUNNY. He also appeared as a regular cast member on the reboot of PUNK’D for Quibi.

Additionally, Ali has appeared on several popular podcasts and TV shows like The Joe Rogan Experience, Club Shay Shay, The Breakfast Club, 85 South, Kill Tony, VladTV, Good Morning America, Uncle Joey's Joint with Joey Diaz, Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank, Bertcast, Are You Garbage, Your Mom’s House and many others.


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