{"id":20362,"date":"2025-10-10T14:27:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T19:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=20362"},"modified":"2025-10-10T14:27:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T19:27:42","slug":"rodney-carrington-returning-to-the-epc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/uncategorized\/20362-rodney-carrington-returning-to-the-epc\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodney Carrington Returning to The EPC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Rodney Carrington has announced his dates for his 2026 comedy tour.<\/p>\n<p>Carrington is known for the witty and sarcastic humor that he can blend into various mediums of stand-up, music, and short films. He integrates his country roots seamlessly into the essence of his demeanor and writing style.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets went on sale this morning. Carrington will perform at the Effingham Performance Center on January 31.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Rodney Carrington:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rodney Carrington is a multi-talented comedian, actor, singer and writer playing sold-out shows around the world as one of the top 10 highest-grossing touring comedians for the past two decades.<\/p>\n<p>A platinum-recording artist, Rodney&#8217;s recorded eight major record label comedy albums, followed by three albums on his own record label, Laughter&#8217;s Good Records. His last album &#8220;Here Comes the Truth\u201d (released 2017) climbed to #3 on the comedy charts, accruing tens of millions of streams on Spotify and even spawned a Netflix special.<\/p>\n<p>Rodney broke through with his major label comedy CD debut &#8220;Hangin With Rodney\u201d in 1998. The next few years saw nine more Top 10 comedy albums: Live, Morning Wood, Nutsack, Greatest Hits, King of the Mountains, El Nino Loco, C&#8217;mon Laugh You Bastards, Laughter&#8217;s Good and The Hits, all of which continue to receive radio airplay and regularly place on the national comedy charts. \u201cHangin With Rodney\u201d and &#8220;Morning Wood\u201d earned RIAA gold record certification, and his Greatest Hits (a double CD) album reached platinum status. Rodney also released \u201cMake it Christmas\u201d which features his original song \u201cCamouflage and Christmas Lights&#8221; a tribute to our military.<\/p>\n<p>Rodney also added to his list of accomplishments with the release of his book \u201cRodney Carrington, Coming Clean&#8221; published by Hatchette Books. Over the years, he&#8217;s starred in his own TV sitcom, \u201cRodney&#8221; which ran for two seasons on ABC, co-wrote and co-starred with Toby Keith in the feature film, \u201cBeer for My Horses,\u201d which won the Tex Ritter Award from the ACM, and starred in his own Netflix special &#8220;Here Comes The Truth.\u201d Rodney&#8217;s also appeared on countless other TV shows, including the ACA (American Country Awards), hosting the American Country New Year&#8217;s Eve Live show on FOX, and won Supporting Character of the Year\u201d from the CMT Music Video Awards for his appearance on the Trace Adkins music video \u201cI Got My Game On.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rodney Carrington has announced his dates for his 2026 comedy tour. 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