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Who is Bill Burr?

Bill Burr (William Frederic Burr, born June 10, 1968, in Canton, Massachusetts) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, actor, writer and director, known for confrontational, “rage-fueled” observational comedy. He graduated from Emerson College in 1993, worked in warehouses, did his first stand-up set on March 2, 1992, and moved to New York in 1994. He played Showtime at the Apollo (2000), Comedy Central Presents (2003), Just for Laughs (2004) and HBO’s One Night Stand (2005). His 2006 set at the Tweeter Center in Camden, New Jersey, where he turned a booing crowd around, became a well-known moment in stand-up. He has hosted the Monday Morning Podcast since May 2007 and co-founded the All Things Comedy network in 2012. His hours run from Why Do I Do This? (2008) and Let It Go (2010) to You People Are All the Same (2012, the first special to premiere exclusively on Netflix), I’m Sorry You Feel That Way (2014), Walk Your Way Out (2017), Paper Tiger (2019), Live at Red Rocks (2022) and Drop Dead Years (Hulu, 2025), his eighth special; Paper Tiger and Drop Dead Years were nominated for the Grammy for Best Comedy Album. On August 21, 2022, he became the first comedian to perform at Fenway Park.

Sources: Wikipedia · official site · Punchup · Comedy Club Tracker (sources per date below)

Stand-up timeline

• 1992First set, March 2
• 1994Moves to New York
• 2003Comedy Central Presents; CD Emotionally Unavailable
• 2005HBO’s One Night Stand
• 2006The Camden “Philly rant” (September 9)
• 2007Monday Morning Podcast begins (May)
• 2008Why Do I Do This?
• 2010Let It Go (Comedy Central, September 18)
• 2012You People Are All the Same (Netflix)
• 2014I’m Sorry You Feel That Way
• 2017Walk Your Way Out
• 2019Paper Tiger
• 2022Live at Red Rocks; Fenway Park (August 21)
• 2025Drop Dead Years (Hulu)

Podcast & show guest appearances

15 verified guest appearances by Bill Burr on other people’s shows (their own podcasts are excluded), newest first.

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How we verify: each episode was matched in the show’s own RSS feed (found via the Apple Podcasts directory); the date is the feed’s publish date converted to Eastern Time; Bill Burr is named in the episode title or described as the guest; full episodes only (25+ min), no clips, re-airs or compilations. YouTube links appear only when the show’s official channel has the full episode and YouTube oEmbed confirms it (2 of 15); the rest link to the official audio.

Podcasts, late-night TV and the other site

Specials, albums & books

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• Drop Dead Years (stand-up special, 2025, Hulu) · source: Wikipedia · streaming only; no Amazon product, so no store link
• Live at Red Rocks (stand-up special, 2022, Netflix) · source: Wikipedia · streaming only; no Amazon product, so no store link
• Paper Tiger (stand-up special, 2019, Netflix) · source: Wikipedia · streaming only; no Amazon product, so no store link
• Walk Your Way Out (stand-up special, 2017, Netflix) · source: Wikipedia · streaming only; no Amazon product, so no store link
• I’m Sorry You Feel That Way (stand-up special, 2014, Netflix) · source: Wikipedia · streaming only; no Amazon product, so no store link
• You People Are All the Same (stand-up special, 2012, Netflix) · source: Wikipedia · streaming only; no Amazon product, so no store link
• Let It Go (stand-up special, 2010, CD/DVD) · source: Wikipedia · Amazon product link
• Why Do I Do This? (stand-up special, 2008, CD/DVD) · source: Wikipedia · Amazon product link
• Emotionally Unavailable (comedy album, 2003 (Amazon lists the expanded edition)) · source: Amazon listing · Amazon product link

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Bill Burr live dates & lineups

From our comedy tracker: dates, rooms, roles and who opened, each with its source. Updated Sunday, October 18, 2026.

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0runs confirmed

Confirmed · 2+ sourcesUnverified · 1 source

Upcoming dates

No upcoming dates in our tracker yet.

Past performances

Oct 17, 2026

Unverified · 1 source

Screwball Comedy Festival

Mesa, AZ

Role not listed by the source

• Sat Oct 176:00 PM

Sources: Punchup

Oct 17, 2026

Unverified · 1 source

Fastball Comedy Festival

Mesa, AZ

Role not listed by the source

• Sat Oct 176:00 PM

Sources: Punchup

Openers & features

Bill opened for

None recorded yet. Club pages almost never print opener or feature names for Bill Burr’s shows, so this fills in as sources confirm them.

Opened for Bill

None recorded yet. Club pages almost never print opener or feature names for Bill Burr’s shows, so this fills in as sources confirm them.

Momentum

No momentum note yet. Our tracker started on Oct 14, 2026 (2 runs logged since), so there is no earlier period to compare bookings against. A note appears only when the data supports one.

Said on podcasts

No podcast mentions logged yet.

More on Bill

• Official site: billburr.com
• Punchup tour listing
• MSN: Tuesdays with Stories #657, live in LA with Bill Burr
• Named in We Might Be Drunk show notes on MSN (Paul Walter Hauser episode)
• Named in We Might Be Drunk show notes on MSN (Greg Fitzsimmons episode)
• Named in This Past Weekend #685 show notes on MSN (Joey Diaz)
• Movies & TV shows: every Bill Burr credit

How we check: a run shows as confirmed only when two independent sources agree on it (for example the club’s own calendar plus a ticketing listing, or Bill naming the dates on a podcast). Everything else stays unverified until a second source turns up. Roles appear only when a source states them. Know a date or an opener we missed? Use the form below.

Bill Burr FAQ

Official links

• Official website
• Punchup
• Wikipedia

Disclaimer: Editorial content about comedians only. Facts are cited to the sources linked above; tour data comes from our comedy tracker and stays unverified until a second source confirms it. We do not fabricate quotes. Support performers via official channels.