Comedian Chelsea Handler has once again expanded her Little Big Bitch Tour, which started in 2023, to multiple cities across the U.S. in 2024, including an ACL Live date at the Moody Theater in Austin on Sunday, November 17.

The expansion will see Handler add 18 more cities to the ongoing tour, with dates starting in July and running through the end of the year. In addition to Austin, Handler will also perform in Sugar Land on November 15 and Dallas on November 16.

The tour gives fans a retrospective look at what made her the person and comedian she is today. It is a follow-up to the saucily-named Vaccinated & Horny Tour in 2021 and 2022, her return to standup after a six-year hiatus.

That tour was taped for Handler’s latest special, Revolution, which was released on Netflix in December 2022.

Handler has had the bulk of her success in the 21st century, hosting The Chelsea Handler Show in 2006 and 2007, and then Chelsea Lately from 2007 to 2014.

She has also written six New York Times best-selling books, most recently Life Will Be the Death of Me in 2019, and currently hosts the advice podcast, Dear Chelsea. Additionally, she has hosted the Critics’ Choice Awards in 2023 and 2024.

Ticket presales for the new dates go on sale starting on Wednesday, May 1 ahead of the general on-sale on Friday, May 3 at 10 am. Fans will be able to purchase tickets to the new and previously announced dates at LiveNation.com.

CHELSEA HANDLER 2024 LITTLE BIG BITCH TOUR DATES

• Fri May 24 | Prior Lake, MN | Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
• Fri Jul 19 | Kahului, HI | Castle Theater
• Sat Jul 20 | Honolulu, HI | Hawaii Theater
• Sun Jul 28 | Hollywood, FL | Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
• Fri Aug 02 | Santa Rosa, CA | Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
• Sat Aug 10 | Atlantic City, NJ | Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena (w/ Matteo Lane)
• Fri Sep 13 | North Charleston, SC | North Charleston Performing Arts Center
• Sat Sep 14 | Charlotte, NC | Ovens Auditorium
• Thu Oct 24 | Peoria, IL | Peoria Civic Theater
• Fri Oct 25 | Indianapolis, IN | Murat Theatre @ Old National Centre
• Sat Oct 26 | St. Louis, MO | Stifel Theatre
• Fri Nov 08 | Brooklyn, NY | Kings Theatre
• Sat Nov 09 | Bethlehem, PA | Wind Creek Event Center
• Sun Nov 10 | Philadelphia, PA | The Met Philadelphia Presented by Highmark
• Fri Nov 15 | Houston, TX | Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land
• Sat Nov 16 | Dallas, TX | Music Hall at Fair Park
• Sun Nov 17 | Austin, TX | ACL Live – Moody Theater
• Sat Nov 23 | Montclair, NJ | The Wellmont Theater
• Thu Dec 05 | Des Moines, IA | Des Moines Civic Center
• Fri Dec 06 | Omaha, NE | Holland Performing Arts Center
• Sat Dec 28 | New Orleans, LA | Mahalia Jackson Theatre of Performing Arts
• Sun Dec 29 | Atlanta, GA | Cobb Energy PAC

Police in Texas are investigating a series of opioid overdoses in Austin which has claimed the lives of at least four people, local officials say, warning drug users not to take unknown substances. Dozens were saved by paramedics.

The incident began at around 9 a.m. on Monday when Austin experienced a “sudden surge” in opiod-related overdose calls, with most of them coming from the downtown area. Calls later spread to all parts of the city, including at homes, businesses and areas accessible to the general public.

“Upon our arrival, our team swiftly distributed Narcan rescue kits throughout the area to counteract the effects of the opioid overdoses and provide life-saving intervention to those affected,” Chief A. Carr, of Austin-Travis County EMS, said at a briefing on Monday night.

Heidi Abraham, the agency’s Deputy Medical Director, said the number of overdose calls had reached the “mid-to-high 30s” on Monday night, including four people who were pronounced dead. Others were saved with Narcan rescue kits.

“It’s thanks to a lot of first responders – like the Austin Police Department – that some of these people are alive today,” Abraham said. “Austin Police Department was first on scene for some of these incidents and administered Narcan. It definitely helped save these folks’ lives.”

Authorities are still investigating the cause of the surge in overdoses, which were continuing on Monday night.

“The initial couple of calls started about 9 o’clock this morning and it’s progressing as we speak,” a spokeswoman said at the briefing. “The calls are still happening, we’re still finding patients. And like I said, the situation continues to evolve.”

“When we see outbreaks like this, the suspicion is that essentially there’s a ‘new batch in town.’ I can’t speak to any investigative pieces but it’s fairly likely that it’s all from the same source or same couple of sources because of the similar signatures that we’re seeing in the symptoms,” she said.

Earlier today, a number of protestors, many believed to be non-UT affiliated individuals, erected a tent encampment on the South Lawn, with a barricade enclosure of tables secured by metal chains, and strategically placed tools, tents, and rocks. When approached, protestors escalated by becoming physically and verbally combative with Dean of Students’ staff. In response, the University of Texas took swift action to preserve a safe, conducive learning environment for our 53,000 students as they prepare for final exams.

UT Austin requested backup assistance from the Texas Department of Public Safety to protect the safety of the campus community and enforce our Institutional Rules, such as the rule that prohibits encampments on campus. Because of the encampments and other violations of the University’s Institutional Rules related to protests, protestors were told repeatedly to disperse. When they refused to disperse, some arrests were made for trespassing. Others were arrested for disorderly conduct.

Protests are allowed at the University of Texas. Since October and prior to April 24, no fewer than 13 pro-Palestinian free speech events were held on the UT campus, and four more demonstrations have been held since Thursday, largely without incident. The University strongly supports the free speech and assembly rights of our community, and we want students and others on campus to know that protests on campus are fully permissible, provided that they do not violate Institutional Rules or threaten the safety of our campus community.