00:00Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle are teaming up for a joint stand-up show in a gig that was announced just weeks after both of the high-profile comedians were attacked on stage in separate incidents.
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00:17The two will co-headline the show in London at the O2 Arena on September 3rd.
00:21The show is being billed as a historic and iconic event.
00:24The event comes after Rock recently joined Chappelle on stage at West Hollywood's The Comedy Store in early May, where both made light of their recent attacks.
00:34Chappelle was tackled by a man who rushed the stage just two nights earlier while performing as part of the Netflix as a Joke Festival.
00:41He joked that Rock had been smacked by someone of repute, whereas he had been smacked by a homeless guy with leaves in his hair.
00:47Rock was famously slapped on stage at the 2022 Oscars by Will Smith after making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
00:56Isaiah Lee, the man accused of attacking Chappelle, has pleaded not guilty to four charges of battery, possessing a deadly weapon with intent to assault,
01:04unlawfully crossing from a spectator area onto a stage at a theatrical event, and interfering with or delaying such an event with unlawful conduct.
01:12Smith, meanwhile, had been banned from attending any Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences events, including the Oscars, for 10 years following his attack.
01:21He later described his actions as shocking, painful, and inexcusable.
01:25Tickets for Rock and Chappelle's joint show go on sale June 10th.
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