Target Center handling Chelsea (June 4)

The "Lately" comedian's arena tour coincides with a new book and a second TV show.

February 14, 2011 at 6:45PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Perhaps the only comedian big enough to sell an arena tour at this moment, Chelsea Handler has booked a June 4 gig at Target Center. The date falls midway through her 19-city "Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me Tour," sponsored by (who else?) Belvedere Vodka and coinciding with a flood of other Chelsea hoopla. She has a new TV show, "After Lately," which will air (when else?) right after episodes of "Chelsea Lately" on E! starting next month, wherein cameras follow around Handler and her minions in their day-to-day lives. Sounds wholesome. She also has another book, titled (what else?) "Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me," publishing May 10, the day her tour kicks off. Her "Lately" pals Brad Wollack, Josh Wolf and Heather McDonald will also perform at the shows. Tickets go on sale for $59.50 and $69.50 through Ticketmaster and LiveNation.com on Friday at 10 a.m.

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Chris Riemenschneider

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Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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