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Billy Joel performed a 28-song set for a packed UBS Arena and concluded the night with a five-song encore that went way after midnight.Now that the clock has officially ticked over to 2025, UBS Arena has quite a bit more exciting entertainment planned for this year.Of course, the Islanders will play all their home games on the venue’s ice but major comedians like Sebastian Maniscalco, Katt Williams, Gabriel Iglesias and Jeff Dunham will be dropping in, too.Country star Chris Stapleton is also slated to headline as is R&B queen Mary J. Blige. Monster Trucks and Disney on Ice are making appearances for the youngsters as well.So, if you want to catch a show — or three — at Belmont Park’s premier entertainment destination, here all the events coming to UBS Arena in 2025 that you won’t want to miss live.Runs Jan. 10-12Runs Feb. 7-9Featuring Shaggy, Sean Paul and Beres HamiltonFriday, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m.Friday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.Saturday, March 15 at 7 p.m.HC Tel Aviv vs. the Jerusalem CapitalsSunday, March 23 at 5 p.m.Featuring Skeng, Spice, Kraff, Valiant and moreFriday, March 28 at 9 p.m.Saturday, March 29 at 8 p.m.Saturday, April 5 at 8 p.m.Friday, April 11 at 7 p.m.Friday, May 16 at 7 p.m.Sunday, July 20 at 7 p.m.Featuring Grace PotterWednesday, July 23 at 7 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 23 at 7 p.m.Thursday, Sept. 18 through Saturday, Sept. 20Many iconic acts are also headlining at in New York City, Brooklyn and New Jersey this year.Here are just five you won’t want to miss live these next few months.• Zach Bryan with Kings of Leon• Deftones• Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band• Tyler, The Creator• Linkin ParkWho else is on the road? Take a look at our list of all the 2025 Grammy nominees on tour to find the show for you.This article

Gayle King’s uncensored moment.During Thursday’s episode of “CBS Mornings,” Matteo Lane, an openly gay comedian, appeared on the show, which promoted the host, 70, to repeat a joke he used in his routine. “Let’s talk about the stand-up [special]. Can I just say one joke? I hope I don’t get in trouble,” King said.

Hulu describes as his most personal and introspective one yet. “Drop Dead Years” is Burr’s first hour-long special in three years, and in it, he tackles everything from “male sadness to dating advice” with his signature filterless wit. One might think, what’s bigger than one of the biggest comics in the world dropping a new stand up special?, and you’d be right to think that, but Burr actually did start this week with another major milestone.

Comedian and outspoken pro-Israel activist Michael Rapaport trashed a liberal Canadian politician for demanding her fellow lawmakers bar him from doing stand-up shows in the country.In a Monday column for “The Free Press,” the actor and comedian called out Canadian Parliament member Heather McPherson after she urged fellow lawmakers to bar him from the country ahead of his show dates in Alberta, Canada this week.He declared that he would be there and even invited her to sit in the front row.“If you’re reading this, Heather, I have front-row seats reserved for you and the New Democrats. That’s a genuine offer,” Rapaport wrote on Monday.McPherson, a member of Canada’s New Democrat Party, posted her “Statement calling on Canadian government to deny entry to Michael Rapaport” to X on Feb.

Zach Bryan just announced he’s co-headlining South Bend, IN’s Notre Dame Stadium with button-pushing stand-up Shane Gillis on Saturday, Sept. 6.Pop rocker Dermot Kennedy is also slated to join the pair at the one-off gig on the Fighting Irish’s home field.Three weeks after, Bryan will entertain alongside John Mayer and Ryan Bingham at Ann Arbor, MI’s Michigan Stadium on Sept.

Steve Martin and Martin Short — aka Charles-Haden Savage and Oliver Putnam — just announced the latest leg of their ongoing ‘Dukes of Funnytown Tour.’Set to take place from August through December, the legendarily silly pair will wrap their 21-show outing on the East Coast with gigs at Albany, NY’s Palace Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 4 and Wallingford, CT’s Toyota Oakdale Theatre on Friday, Dec.

The Spectator editor Ben Domenech, Trump was asked if he’s a fan of Gillis — who is hosting “Saturday Night Live” this weekend for the second time after being controversially axed from the show in 2019. “Well, he’s a very good… I mean, on our side, right?” Trump asked Domenech, who responded, “Definitely.”“I like him, and I like everybody that’s on my side.

Louis CK, who admitted to sexual misconduct in 2017, announced he’s hitting the road in 2025 and 2026 on his international ‘Ridiculous Tour.’Along the way, the cerebral comic is scheduled to make six New York stops.First, he’s slated to drop into Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 20, Friday, Nov.

Shane Gillis to host the show for a second time alongside musical guest Tate McRae on Saturday, March 1.In his February 2024 “SNL” debut, the edgy comic employed slurs toward mentally handicapped people, impersonated Donald Trump and spoke in a Jamaican patois.“This was like them saying ‘sorry,'” Gillis said in an interview with Joe Rogan. “It was an admission of guilt.”While the 37-year-old stand-up claims to have learned from his “offensive, hurtful, and unacceptable” on-air slurs, a 2024 Los Angeles Times article reports that he continues to work cruel stereotypes into his material.Leading up to and after his return to Studio 8H in 30 Rockefeller Center, Gillis has a handful of stand-up gigs remaining on his tour that began in January.While the “SNL” hosting spot is the only NYC show he has lined up, he does have a pair of upstate performances planned at Albany’s MVP Arena on Friday, May 2 and Buffalo’s KeyBank Center on Saturday, May 3.As of now, tickets are available for all of his upcoming spots.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on tickets was $48 before fees on Vivid Seats.Other shows have seats starting anywhere from $50 before fees to $135 including fees.For more information, we have everything you need to know and more about Shane Gillis’ stand-up tour below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and, if it isn’t noted, will include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or

Saturday Night Live” viewers are gearing up for the sketch comedy show’s 50th anniversary special airing on Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.The “SNL 50: The Anniversary Special” is a three-hour live telecast from Studio 8H, which will celebrate the long-running series’ half-centennial on air.

Dave Chappelle took the stage for a stand-up show in San Francisco this week. During his performance, the controversial comedian, 51, revealed the top topics “Saturday Night Live” producers told him to avoid during his opening monologue while hosting the show last month.“SNL producers told him he couldn’t speak about two topics: transgender people and Gaza,” reported SFGATE’s senior culture editor Dan Gentile.However, Chappelle still slipped in a reference to Palestine during his monologue, which was recorded on Jan.

The New York Times published Saturday as he promotes his new documentary, aptly titled, “This Is the Tom Green Documentary,” which dropped Friday on Amazon Prime Video.“I’m not really a Hollywood guy,” explained the Canadian native, who currently lives with chickens, a mule and a donkey on a 150-acre farm in a remote area of Ontario. “I started to feel like I wasn’t being true to my authentic self.” Glenn Humplik, Green’s sidekick on his ’90s MTV show, told the outlet that the relocation made sense to him, given how he has come to know the star over the years.“Tom is actually really reserved usually and serious,” Humplik said. “He’s very analytical about every single comedy bit and thing that he does.

shared on X, which he caption, “MAKE CHAIRS GREAT AGAIN.”People quickly turned their heads in shock and concern to see Von sitting on the ground atop the flattened-out chair with his back in Paul’s lap.“I said it would,” Paul said as someone off-camera shushed the group, and Von was being helped up from the floor.Von, who also hosts the popular podcast “This Past Weekend,” didn’t appear hurt during the accident and quickly made a joke to ease the awkward situation.“Kamala’s chairs,” he quipped, a crack at former Vice President Kamala Harris, as he sat down in a different chair between the Paul brothers.Paul then tells the comedian he got the mishap on video.“Did you really? Let me see it,” Von gleefully said before the clip ends.Von later addressed the incident on his X account, reposting the video and writing, “Thought we were past the pranks, boys.”The podcaster, who interviewed Trump at his Bedminster, NJ, country club in August while he was running for reelection, posted on X before the ceremony that he “felt really lucky” for the opportunity to be at the inauguration.“Got a chance to go to the presidential inauguration today and i just cant believe i got to be at that,” he wrote.“Some countries dont even let you vote.

Jerry Seinfeld, Jeff Foxworthy and Ray Romano? Or are you picturing household name acts of today like Nate Bargatze, Gabriel Iglesias, Kevin Hart, Sebastian Maniscalco and Nikki Glaser?Maybe you conjure up classic “SNL” icons like Bill Murray, Martin Short and Albert Brooks. It’s also possible you’re thinking of ‘The Giggly Squad,’ ‘The Doughboys Podcast’ or the ‘Crime Junkies Podcast.’Heck, you might just love Weird Al.Now that we think about it, there’s also a world in which you’re a fan of all the aforementioned acts. If that’s the case, you’re in luck.

latest episode of her “Good For You” podcast, Cummings railed against the political left, saying that end of the political spectrum has become hypocritical and censorious in recent years.“I always thought of myself as a pretty liberal person,” Cummings said. “But I don’t think the Left is as liberal as it used to be.

Madison Square Garden is embracing this cultural shift as evidenced by their impressively curated lineup of headliners and events — that cater to specific audiences’ tastes — booked at the venue from January through September this year.There’s a little something for the rave crowd (Dom Dolla on March 7-8), WWE crew (Monday Night RAW on March 10), metalheads (Disturbed on March 21), bluesy Southern rock fans (Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats on March 27) and goofy comedy aficionados (Tom Segura on March 29).And that’s just March.Later in 2025, the Knicks, Rangers and St. John’s men’s basketball venue are bringing in heavy hitters that aren’t quite as niche as the acts booked in the first half of the year.

Nikki Glaser catapulted from critical daring/comic’s comic/mid-level headliner to full-on household name after a star-making set at ‘The Roast of Tom Brady.’ In just 8.5 minutes, the comedienne came out of the gate swinging making fun of Kevin Hart — “thank you, 15 Cent,” “you really gotta hand it to Kevin Hart because he can’t reach” and “did you know Kevin wakes up at 4 a.m. every day to make a s—– movie?” — and then Brady himself.Seven months later, the “F— Boy Island” host was tapped to host the 2025 Golden Globes.

Gary Gulman has a knack for writing jokes that stick deep within your brain.For some, his loopy, six-minute “How the States got their abbreviations” Conan set where he recounts the difficulties a fictional crack team encountered while trying to determine which two letters would represent each of the 50 U.S. states is the definitive, memorable Gulman gag.

Nikki Glaser pulled some punches from her opening monologue at the 2025 Golden Globes on Sunday night.The celebrated roaster, 40, revealed the zingers while talking with Howard Stern on Monday’s episode of his SiriusXM show.Two of the more head-turning quips that didn’t make the cut included poking fun at Ben Affleck for marrying — and divorcing — two famous Jennifers (Garner and Lopez), and America’s obsession with United Healthcare CEO accused killer Luigi Mangione.Of Affleck, Glaser told the shock jock, 70, that she almost said, “Am I gonna roast or am I gonna toast? You know what? I’m not roasting. I’m gonna toast.”“And I just did all these toasts that were roasts,” she explained of the cut bit.

The host of the upcoming Golden Globes, 40, revealed that a joke Pete Davidson once made about her body hurt her — and has stayed with her for years.“I still think about some of the jokes that have been made about me from roasts six years ago, and they still haunt me,” Glaser said on Friday’s episode of “The Run-Through with Vogue” podcast.“I’m seeing them when I look in the mirror. They will uncover things about you that you don’t even know about yourself, or it’s a thing you’ve always been, like, ‘I think this about me, but I’m just really mean to me.

frequently making jokes about the transgender community during a set in her new Netflix comedy special “Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall,” which was released on Tuesday.Buteau, 47, brought up Chappelle after sharing an anecdote about a “black lesbian friend” of hers.Some in the audience laughed at the story, while others appeared uncomfortable. Buteau drew attention to the diversity of those reactions, saying that comedians should be able “to tell jokes and stories and not disparage a whole community.”“We can do that.