By Bobby Tanzilo Senior Editor/Writer Published Jul 17, 2024 at 12:46 PM

There was some concern that audience members wouldn't be able to get to the Riverside Theater on Sunday evening to see comedian Bill Maher's performance due to RNC street closures. In the end, it was Maher who couldn't make it, because of mechanical issues with his flight from Minneapolis.

Maher appeared with the plane's pilot in a video on social media that day explaining why his show was being canceled at the last minute.

 

Since then, the Pabst Theater Group has announced that the show, part of Maher's "WTF? Tour," has been rescheduled for Sunday, Sept. 8 at the Riverside, 116 W. Wisconsin Ave.

Tickets for the new show are available now.

If you bought tickets and/or parking passes for the postponed show, they are valid and do not need to be exchanged. If you can't make the new date, email tickets@ptglive.com by Aug. 12.

Bobby Tanzilo Senior Editor/Writer

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.

He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.

With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.

He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.

In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.

He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.