Viral comedian who joked about Trump coming to Alabama in 2025: How to get tickets

Theo Von will be performing in Alabama next spring.

The popular standup comedian and podcast host will perform at the Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater in Tuscaloosa on Friday, April 11, 2025.

Tickets go on sale on Monday, November 11th at 10am. You can purchase them on Von's website, at Ticketmaster or at the Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater box office, 2710 Jack Warner Parkway. Prices range from $38 to $102.50.

Born in Covington, Louisiana, Von first rose to fame in 2000 as a cast member on MTV's Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour, when he was just 19 years old. He also attended Louisiana State University. Von, now 44, also appeared in four seasons of the network's popular reality competition series “The Challenge,” where he became champion in “The Gauntlet” and “Battle of the Sexes 2.”

A source of comic relief on reality television, Von pursued a standup career that landed him on the fourth season of “Last Comic Standing,” for which he won the online competition. He also appeared on the Comedy Central show “Reality Bites Back” with Amy Schumer, Bert Kreischer and Tiffany Haddish.

Von's comedy career took off in the 2010s as he recorded comedy specials and appeared on TV shows such as Chelsea Lately, Watch What Happens Live, @midnight and This is Not Happening. In 2016, Netflix released its hour-long comedy special “No Offense.”

Von became a fixture on comedy podcasting, appearing on “The Fighter and the Kid,” “Bobby Lee's TigerBelly” and “The Adam Carolla Show.” Von was also a frequent guest on The Joe Rogan Experience, while his own podcast This Past Weekend gained popularity. His YouTube channel has more than 3 million subscribers.

Known for his absurd, spontaneous humor, Von talks about his Southern upbringing, unique family background, sobriety and more, telling stories and even giving listeners life and dating advice. Vox said Von “skillfully branded himself as a likeable, down-to-earth guy, a southern boy originally from what he describes as the rural, poor side of Covington, Louisiana.”

Von made headlines for President-elect Donald Trump's (then-GOP candidate) appearance on “This Past Weekend” during the 2024 campaign, in which Von discussed his past drug use. Other political guests included Senator Bernie Sanders and Vice President-elect JD Vance. Other celebrity guests included Post Malone, John Mulaney, Ed Sheeran, Jessie Murph, Shane Gillis, Druski and Tony Robbins.

College football fans will remember Von's appearance as a featured guest picker on ESPN's “College GameDay” prior to the Alabama-Georgia SEC Championship Game in December 2023. He sat in the middle of the table as analyst Pat McAfee tricked Bulldog fans into thinking he was one they picked to beat the Crimson Tide, only to dodge and shout, “Give me Alabama!” to send the crowd into an uproar to relocate.