Comedy legend Martin Lawrence announced he will headline a national arena tour—his first comedy tour since 2016—kicking off early this summer.
Bad Boys: Ride or Die isn’t Martin Lawrence’s only comeback performance this year. The “Y’all Know What It Is!” tour will head to nearly 40 cities across the U.S. through April 2025, with a stop in Norfolk, VA, at Chartway Arena on Friday, March 28, 2025.
The tour is set to launch soon after the June 7 release of the highly anticipated Bad Boys: Ride or Die feature film, co-starring Will Smith. The comedic legend will return to his stand-up roots in Dallas this November on the Y’all Know What It Is! tour — his first headline tour since 2016.
The “Y’all Know What It Is!” tour will kick off in July and reach the American Airlines Center on Friday, Nov. 15. Lawrence will pay another visit to Texas when he performs in Houston on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025.
Lawrence’s new stand-up show will be a “fresh one-hour set where Martin brings the real talk and finds the funny in everything from family to culture as only he can,” according to a press release.
“Comedy gives me that instant gratification,” Lawrence said in the release. “Seeing the fans up close and in person, making people laugh, doing what I love most—this is what it’s all about for me. But hey … y’all know what it is!”
The comic also shared a promotional video and tour schedule Wednesday in separate posts on Instagram.
“Guess who’s back! Ya boy Marty Mar is hittin’ the stage again to headline my first comedy tour in 8 years,” he wrote in the video caption, which also included presale information. “I’ve missed y’all and can’t wait to bring the laughs straight to your city!”
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“Let’s go, Marty Mar!!.” Smith wrote in a comment on the post.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, May 17 at 10:00 am ET tour website.
