US storm sinks Noah's big premiere

28 May 2015 - 02:01 By Gabi Mbele

South Africa's golden boy Trevor Noah has been caught up in a storm - literally. The comedian told his 2.3million Twitter followers yesterday that he would miss the premiere of his Lost in Translation show - due to have opened at Montecasino in Johannesburg last night - because he was "stuck in Atlanta" due to a storm."Due to a monster storm our pilot chose not to fly because we might die (chicken!) So unfortunately I have to move today's show to Tuesday."If you can't make the new show date in Joburg, you can collect a full refund from Computicket. Or you can collect full laughs on Tuesday," wrote Noah.Noah, who is to take over from Jon Stewart as the host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show - is scheduled to host a series of shows at the Teatro in Johannesburg for the next five weeks from Wednesday to Sunday.Noah has sold out his Thursday to Sunday shows, with only Wednesday tickets still on sale.Disappointed fans tweeted back.Lelo Boyana wrote: "@TrevorNoah are you joking?"Daniel Pietersen tweeted: " Why not just move the storm to Tuesday and do the show today?"Noah responded: "I tried but Mother Nature is very hard to bribe. Good suggestion, though."After his last show he will head to the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, Canada, where he will star alongside big names including Dave Chappelle, Mike Myers and Neil Patrick Harris. ..

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