For comedy fans and editorial teams, Vir Das is the gift that just keeps on giving. The International Emmy-award-winning comedian took to Instagram this morning to announce an India tour of his latest show Sounds of India. His largest tour ever, Das will “start in Kanniyakumari and head to Kashmir” he wrote in the caption.

Before making the announcement today, the comedian had dropped some hints about the show on X yesterday. “Five years ago I began to write a show about India,” he wrote. “It’s something I dreamed of writing for like a decade. A show that attempted to capture our existence with RELENTLESS spread, and pace.”

His plans to workshop the show were halted by the Two Indias controversy, he goes on to say.

“Then a video about India on my YouTube made sure there was no chance in hell I could talk about the country, or even tour it properly. Truthfully, controversy is a mix of risk, hate, attention currency but also…basic guilt. I felt I had lost the right to do an exploration of India.”

After dominating the global stage, Das has decided to return to his roots. In the last six months, he rewrote the show. “It’s finally complete, it’s close to two hours of new comedy. It’s entirely about India,” he says in the post.

The tour, produced by TribeVibe Entertainment, kicks off in October. Tickets will go live in the next 48 hours. If there’s one thing we can be certain about, it’s that the tickets are going to go quick. So set those reminders to confirm your spot at the shows.