Aziz Ansari announces 'Buried Alive' tour, coming to Raleigh

South Carolina born comedian and star of the hilarious NBC show Parks and Recreation is hitting the road on a big stand-up tour this spring/summer dubbed the Buried Alive Tour which will make a stop in the Triangle.

He will perform at Meymandi Hall at the Progress Energy Center in Raleigh on Thursday, June 21. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 31 via Ticketmaster for $39.

Ansari recently used the Louis C.K. business model and released an hour-long stand-up special available exclusively via his website for $5. Check out a clip from the special below.

Daniel Tosh announces spring tour, coming to Durham for two shows

Daniel Tosh, the snarky comedian and host of Tosh.0 on Comedy Central, will hit the road this spring on a stand-up tour which will bring him to the Triangle for not one, but two shows.

Tosh was originally scheduled to perform one show at the Durham Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, April 11, but after tickets sold incredibly fast, a second show was added. A few single seats currently remain for the 7 p.m. show and there are quite a few seats left for the new 9:30 p.m. show.

Tickets are available via the venue box office or Ticketmaster for $39.50 to $69.50. Kyle Kinane will open the shows.

Greg Proops coming to Raleigh for three night in February

Comedian Greg Proops, who is most known for being on the old improv comedy show Who's Line Is It Anyway?, is touring in early 2012 and will come to the Triangle.

He'll appear at Goodnight's Comedy Club in Raleigh for five shows on February 23-25. Tickets are just $16 on Thursday, February 23 and $20 for the shows on February 24 and 25. They're available HERE.

Check out a clip of Proops' stand-up from a 2011 show in Hollywood below.

Lewis Black returning to Durham in 2012

Political satirist and part-time Chapel Hill resident Lewis Black can't seem to stay away from Durham. After sellout performances in 2008 and 2010, the comedian will make his third stop at the Durham Performing Arts Center in the spring.

Black will perform at DPAC on April 13, 2012. Tickets start at $40 and go on sale to the public Friday, December 2, at noon via Ticketmaster and the DPAC box office.

Check out a clip of one of Black's recent rants during his regular segment on The Daily Show, "Back in Black," below.

Gabriel Iglesias announces 2012 tour, coming to Raleigh

Rotund Mexican-American comedian Gabriel Iglesias, best known from his Comedy Central specials I’m Not Fat… I’m Fluffy and Hot & Fluffy, will be hitting the road on an extensive tour in 2012.

He'll come to the Memorial Auditorium at the Progress Energy Center in Raleigh on Friday, March 16. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, November 18 via the Progress Energy Center box office and Ticketmaster for $42.

Check out a clip from the new Comedy Central show Gabriel Iglesias: Stand-Up Revolution below.