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Comedian Lewis Black has postponed his show originally scheduled for Friday for the Rio Theatre. The new date for the Santa Cruz stop on his "Goodbye Yeller Brick Road" is Aug. 17.

Santa Cruzans counting on comedian and mad ranter Lewis Black to help them navigate post-Inauguration America are going to have to wait. 

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Black, the longtime “The Daily Show” regular known for his mock-angry diatribes, has postponed his show, originally scheduled for Friday at the Rio Theatre. Black has rescheduled the show for Aug. 17. All tickets for the Friday show will be honored in August. For any inquiries about tickets or refunds, contact your point of purchase. He has also postponed shows in Sacramento and San Francisco. A cause for the postponement was not disclosed.

Black, 76, is in the midst of his “Goodbye Yeller Brick Road” tour, which is being billed as his final tour. For more information, go to his website.

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