Taylor Tomlinson is heading back on the road.
The tour, which she’s titled Save Me, will kick off this fall with shows across the U.S. Her new set is said to feature some of her most personal material to date. In fact, Tomlinson, who got her start on the church circuit, will deconstruct her faith, explore her sexuality and decide whether or not having children is worth it.
As the now 30-year-old noted on The Hollywood Reporter’s stand-up Roundtable this spring, audiences weren’t always comfortable with her more personal material, particularly as she tried to tackle heavier subjects like losing her mother early on in her career. “I just started really young, so watching a 19-year-old do stand-up at all is very uncomfortable,” she told a table of fellow comics. “People are already scared for you and nervous about the show, [and] I don’t think I had the maturity as a performer to pull those jokes off.”
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Instead, Tomlinson said it took a few years of her performing “anywhere and everywhere” that she could, which ultimately paid off. Well before Tomlinson turned 30, she’d cemented her status as one of the biggest acts on the road. In fact, the Save Me announcement comes on the heels of her last headlining tour, which became the seventh-highest-grossing comedy tour of 2023 — and the top grosser among female comics.
Earlier this year, Tomlinson added another role as the sole female hosting a network late night series: CBS’ After Midnight, which has been described as part game show, part panel and part comic showcase. It recently added a monologue at the top, too, which inched it closer to the traditional late night format. Still, landing a late night show was never a part of Tomlinson’s plan. In fact, as she told THR on that same Roundtable, all she ever wanted to do was tour theaters.
“I took After Midnight because they were like, ‘We film Monday through Wednesday, so you can tour on the weekends,” she said. “And once you’re on tour by yourself, you don’t see other comedians much, so I was like, ‘Oh, you can just play around with other comedians on TV for half the week? That sounds great.’” The Save Me tour will have Tomlinson performing exclusively on Fridays and Saturdays, so she can be back to work in L.A. on Mondays.
