Comedian and "Last Week Tonight" host John Oliver is headed to the Met Philadelphia on New Year's Eve to perform a stand-up set as part of his four-city tour to close out the year.

Tickets for the Dec. 31 show will be available on Wednesday starting with local presales via Ticketmaster. The general sale opens Friday at 10 a.m.

Before Oliver landed his breakout gig as a correspondent on "The Daily Show" and then parlayed that into his hit HBO series — now in its 12th season — he got his start in stand-up comedy at Scotland's annual Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In an interview on "60 Minutes" earlier this year, Oliver described his introduction to stand-up as "addictive" and talked about his early humiliations on stage.

At Edinburgh's Pleasance Below theater, Oliver described doing a se

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