Timeline of Russell Brand's cancelled performances since Dispatches first aired
Russell Brand’s live tour has been cancelled after multiple allegations of rape and sexual abuse.
The controversial star’s scheduled appearance at the Theatre Royal, in Windsor, tomorrow (September 19th) will no longer take place. The sold-out event was part of Brand’s “Bipolarisation” tour, the ninth leg of which went ahead on Saturday at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, where he was greeted by cheers despite the string of allegations.
Brand was also due to perform at Plymouth Pavilions on September 22 and The Halls Wolverhampton on September 28. Since the allegations, tickets for the Plymouth appearance sold out. But a spokesperson said: We are postponing these few remaining addiction charity fundraiser shows, we don’t like doing it - but we know you’ll understand.”
Russell Brand's 'Bipolarisation' tour has been cancelled after allegations of sexual assault and abuse (Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
The star was due to perform in Plymouth before the live tour was pulled (Getty Images)After extensive investigations, The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4 show Dispatches revealed claims Brand raped, sexually assault and emotionally abused women in the mid-2000s, which he denies. Since then TV bosses at the BBC and a production firm for Channel 4 have begun looking into his alleged behaviour.
His show at Plymouth Pavilions was also set to raise money for the Blossom Appeal for Trevi, a Plymouth-based women and children’s charity. The appeal will fund “a new, safe, trauma-informed women-only accommodation based in the centre of Plymouth… the place where women can find rest, peace and security and take positive steps in their journey of recovery from trauma and abuse.”
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Shortly after the Dispatches programme was broadcast, the charity announced via social media that they were ending all association with Brand. Plymouth Labour’s violence against women and girls spokesperson councillor Zoe Reilly said: “I know that Russell Brand coming to Plymouth to perform in the wake of such serious allegations will be very upsetting for many people in our city and I completely support Trevi Women’s decision to end its association with him. Tackling violence against women and girls is an absolute priority in our city.”
Brand has denied all allegations put to him by the combined investigation between The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4 show Dispatches. The comedian has said his relationships have all been consensual.
Speaking in a video shared to his social media channels ahead of Dispatches airing on Saturday, Brand said: "I've received two extremely disturbing letters or a letter and an email. One from a mainstream media TV company, one from a newspaper listing a litany of extremely egregious and aggressive attacks, as well as some pretty stupid stuff like community festival should be stopped, that I shouldn't be able to attack mainstream media narratives on this channel.
"But amidst this litany of astonishing rather baroque attacks, often very serious allegations that I absolutely refute. These allegations pertain to the time when I was working in the mainstream, when I was in the newspapers all the time, when I was in the movies. And as I've written about extensively in my books, I was very, very promiscuous."
If you've been the victim of sexual assault, you can access help and resources via or calling the national telephone helpline on 0808 802 9999.
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