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Perth Arena
More than joke machine, Oscar host, even talking zebra, this standup legend is one of his generation’s most incendiary speakers
Chris Rock may need no introduction but apparently he still fancies a warm-up.
The evening before his performance in front of 8,000 people at the Perth Arena, where tickets ranged from $95 to $145 (not including the dreaded booking fee), the American comic swung by a local pub, the Charles hotel, to do a surprise set at their $20 comedy night.
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