Live updates from the new Matt Rife ProbleMATTic World Tour ticket sale (2024)

15th Dec 2023, 15:00By Amanda Castro

When the tour kicks off

Rife will kick off the rest of his tour on January 11, 2024, inPerth,Australia.

Additional dates for 2024 can be found on his website.

15th Dec 2023, 14:30By Amanda Castro

Set stops on tour ahead of additions, continued

The list of tour stops continues:

• October 18 –St Louis, MO
• October 19 – Wichita,KS
• October 20 – Tulsa,OK
• October 21 – Kansas City,MO
• October 26 – Durham,NC
• October 28 – Savannah,GA
• October 29 – Birmingham,AL
• November 2 – Ames,IA
• November 3 – Cedar Rapids, IA
• November 4 – Omaha,NE
• November 15 – Fort Worth,TX
• November 16 – Irving, TX
• November 17 – Sugarland, TX
• November 19 –San Antonio, TX
• November 24 –Los Angeles, CA
• November 29 – Santa Rosa, CA
• November 30 – San Jose, CA
• December 1 – Wheatland, CA
• December 2 – Sacramento, CA
• December 7 – Charleston,SC
• December 8 – Columbia, SC
• December 9. – Evans, GA
• December 10 – Charlotte,NC
• December 31 – Louisville,KY

15th Dec 2023, 14:00By Amanda Castro

Set stops on tour ahead of additions

Matt Rife’s world tour is set to haveover 100 datesthroughout his global travels.

Here are the places he was already going to perform at ahead of the additional shows:

• July 23 – Spokane,WA
• July 27 – Norfolk, VA
• September 1 – Indio,CA
• September 8-9 –Las Vegas, NV
• September 22-23 –Washington DC
• September 28 – Fresno, CA
• September 30 –San Diego, CA
• October 1 – Riverside, CA
• October 4 –Orlando, FL
• October 5 – St Petersburg,FL
• October 6 – Hollywood, FL
• October 7 – Jacksonville, FL
• October 8 – Pensacola, FL
• October 11 – Columbus, OH
• October 13 –Cincinnati, OH
• October 14 – Akron, OH
• October 15 –Indianapolis, IN

15th Dec 2023, 13:30By Amanda Castro

Matt addresses plastic surgery rumors

Matt Rife has responded to circulating reports that he has undergone cosmetic surgery.

In response to rumors that Rife had had surgery, Mario Lopez of Access Hollywood interviewed the 28-year-old comic.

When Lopez asked the star what the biggest lie he had read about himself was, the former Wild N’ on Tour comic responded: "That I've had plastic surgery. That's the funniest thing in the entire world to me. Because I hit puberty too late, I didn't look like this until I was like 23."

Fans speculated that Rife may have had "cheek fillers" or "jaw line surgery" to achieve his chiseled look.

He then quipped: "Sorry if you need surgery to look like that."

15th Dec 2023, 13:28By Amanda Castro

Ticketmaster reporting no issues

Ticketmaster is currently experiencing no issues, per Downdetector, making ticket purchases easier for fans.

15th Dec 2023, 13:21By Amanda Castro

Fan happy to get tickets to see Matt Rife

One fan took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to celebrate the fact that they got tickets to one of his shows.

15th Dec 2023, 13:14By Amanda Castro

Fan begs for additional Australia show

One fan replied under Matt Rife's tweet announcing additional tour dates, hoping he would add more shows to his tour in Australia.

They wrote: "Hey… uhhhh…. Wanna add another show to your Australian tour… preferably Brisbane… like PLEASSEEE I want tickets but didn’t know you were coming until they were sold out. help a girl out haha I will make you laugh with my laugh."

15th Dec 2023, 13:10By Amanda Castro

Over $300 for two tickets

Fans can find tickets in Section 16 for $167 each, two of them totaling $337 in Mohegan Sun Arena.

15th Dec 2023, 13:06By Amanda Castro

Short queue in Connecticut

Short queues in Connecticut's Mohegan Sun Arena can be found in the February 21 date.

15th Dec 2023, 13:04By Amanda Castro

Ticketmaster's tips for the queue

Ticketmaster has shared some tips for an easier experience while waiting on the queue for tickets.

15th Dec 2023, 13:00By Amanda Castro

Sale starts now

Tickets for the new shows added to the ProbleMATTic World Tour are on sale now.

Fans can purchase tickets via:

• Live Nation — buy here
• Ticketmaster — buy here
• Vivid Seats — buy here
• StubHub — buy here
• SeatGeek — buy here

15th Dec 2023, 12:30By Amanda Castro

More about Matt Rife

Aside from being a comedian, Rife has also acted in an array of shows.

He appeared on the comedy seriesBrooklyn Nine-Nine, as well as the sitcom Fresh Off The Boat.

15th Dec 2023, 12:00By Amanda Castro

New tour dates revealed

Here are the new dates of the ProbleMATTic World Tour:

• February 21, 2024 — Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
• May 2, 2024 — The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
• May 3, 2024 — The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
• May 4, 2024 — The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
• May 8, 2024 — Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California
• July 19, 2024 — Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado
• July 29, 2024 — OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino, Ontario Canada
• July 20, 2024 — OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino, Ontario Canada
• July 25, 2024 — Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, New Jersey
• July 26, 2024 — Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, New Jersey
• July 27, 2024 — Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, New Jersey

15th Dec 2023, 11:33By Amanda Castro

Matt Rife’s response to backlash, continued

Rife himself has admitted that his new special is a deviation from his typical content.

“One thing I wanted to tackle in this special was showing people that, despite what you think about me online, I don’t pander my career to women,” he said.

"I would argue [Natural Selection] is way more for guys,” he toldVariety.

In response to the outrage at his joke and then false apology, Rife spoke to the NY Times.

"You’re mad at somebody that’s just trying to make you laugh? That’s such an insane concept to me," said the comedian.

15th Dec 2023, 11:28By Amanda Castro

Matt Rife's response to backlash

With increasing pushback on the joke, Rife took to his social media to respond.

For people expecting an apology, he directed those “offended by a joke I told” to his “official apology," on his Instagram story.

Fans were directed to a link on his story label "Tap to solve your issue.”

The link was to a website that sells protective headgear for individuals with special needs.

15th Dec 2023, 11:23By Amanda Castro

Natural Selection backlash, conclusion

Viewers at home were non-too-impressed.

“The way women catapulted Matt Rife into popularity and the second he gets a comedy special on Netflix he immediately betrays them with a joke about domestic violence crazy innit," wrote one X user.

“Not Matt Rife building his platform on catering to his female audience and then opening his Netflix special with a domestic violence joke,” another comment read.

“The girls and gays were Matt Rife‘s biggest demographic and he used his Netflix special to pander to toxic masculinity,” another person wrote.

“It feels like a betrayal.”

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at1-800-799-7233or chat atthehotline.org.

15th Dec 2023, 11:18By Amanda Castro

Natural Selection backlash, continued

"And my boy, who I was with, was like, 'Yeah, I feel bad for her, man, I feel like they should put her in the kitchen or something where nobody has to see her face,’” Rife recounted.

While this content was already enough to have some fans questioning his direction, it was the punchline that has earned Rife the labels of sexist and misogynist by ex-fans.

"And I was like, 'Yeah, but I feel like if she could cook, she wouldn't have that black eye,’" dropped Rife.

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at1-800-799-7233or chat atthehotline.org.

15th Dec 2023, 11:13By Amanda Castro

Natural Selection backlash

In his new Netflix Special Natural Selection, Rife elected to kick off his show with content surrounding domestic violence.

"If we start the show with domestic violence. The rest of the show should be pretty smooth sailing after that," Rife reasoned to the audience after delivering the opening joke.

The setup was that he and a friend were eating at a diner in “ratchet” Baltimore, Maryland while being sat by a hostess with a black eye.

"A full black eye. It wasn't like, 'What happened?' It was pretty obvious what happened,” he told the audience.

“But we couldn't get over, like, this is the face of the company? This is who you have greeting people?" he continued.

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at1-800-799-7233or chat atthehotline.org.

15th Dec 2023, 11:08By Amanda Castro

What to know about Matt Rife

Matthew Steven Rife is a comedian born on September 10, 1995, in Columbus,Ohio.

Rife made his debut as a comedian in 2021 when he released his self-produced comedy specialOnly Fans.

Two years later, on February 14, 2023, Rife released another comedy special under his full name.

A third special, Natural Selection, was released in November and has drawn criticism after making a joke about domestic violence.

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at1-800-799-7233or chat atthehotline.org.

15th Dec 2023, 11:03By Amanda Castro

New dates added

Matt Rife took to X, formerly Twitter, on December 13 to announce that he has added several new dates to his ProbleMATTic World Tour.

The new dates include additional stops in Connecticut, Nevada, California, Colorado, and New Jersey.