FORT WAYNE - Comic visionaries Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong are scheduled to make their first Fort Wayne appearance together in more than 30 years Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. at The Historic Embassy Theatre.
The 2010 Cheech & Chong tour is the follow up to the hugely successful reunion tour: Cheech & Chong Light Up America Tour in 2008-09 when they performed together for the first time in more than 25 years, doing more than 100 shows in the U.S. and Canada and grossing more than $12 million in ticket sales.
Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong helped define an era with their irreverant satirical counter-culture no-holds-barred comedy routines. Their phenomenal success included nine comedy albums and eight films. Their debut movie "Up In Smoke" in 1978 defined a new genre of movies - the stoner comedy.
Producer Lou Adler discovered and signed Cheech & Chong to his Ode Records label, following their appearance at the famed Troubadour NIghtclub in Hollywood. Their first album "Cheech & Chong" was released in 1971, followed by "Big Bambu" in 1972, which was one of the all-time best-selling comedy albums.Tickets for Cheech & Chong's Fort Wayne show go on sale July 22 at 4:20 p.m. at The Embassy Theatre Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, charge by phone 800-745-3000 and www.ticketmaster.com
Ticket prices will be $59.75, $49.75 and $39.75, and there will be a limit of eight tickets per person.
