Matt Rife, the comedian who's carved out a niche for himself in the crowded digital landscape, is set to perform in Indianapolis at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse on December 6. This is one of the many stops on his ProbleMATTic World Tour, which, as fans hope, won't fall prey to the same fateful cancellations as his ill-starred Bloomington performances earlier this year, as reported by WRTV.
Rife's previous gigs in Bloomington were scrapped, one due to scheduling conflicts and the other owing to what one could only surmise as a medical hiccup, now it seems the stars have realigned for this social media star turned stand-up staple to take another shot at entertaining Hoosier audiences. Presales will begin bright and early at 10 a.m. tomorrow for those keen through LiveNation, and the wider populace can get their hands on tickets starting Friday, August 2 at the same ungodly hour.
The hype isn’t unfounded though, Rife isn't just some fly-by-night online personality; his Netflix special “Matt Rife: Natural Selection” logged over 10 million views in less than a fortnight, substantiating the comic's broad appeal and hinting at Netflix execs' presumably broad smiles. Rife isn't done there; the funny man has a new "Crowd-work special" slated to drop on Netflix on August 13th, and WIBC notes tickets to the tour can be snagged through Rife's website.
According to IndyStar, Rife's been racking up quite the following, nearly 36 million social media acolytes and counting, not to mention a staggering 3 billion views that would make even cat videos blush, his rise to comedic fame has been both rapid and relentless, bolstered by his punchy humor and the virality vortex of the Internet, Rife has scored a two-special deal with Netflix and is also in the embryonic stages of developing his own show. December 6 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse could be a watershed moment for Rife, or perhaps just another notch on his microphone stand.
