Bubbapalooza, hosted by (of course) Bubba the Love Sponge - alongside co-hosts Ned, Manson, Brent Hatley and Spice - is coming to Chicagoland.

Tickets go on sale tomorrow, February 16th at 12pm. Bubbapalooza will take place on Saturday, April 19th at the Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville, Indiana at 9pm.

Show regulars like 25 Cent, Hammil, Miller and others will be joining the crew for the night of "adult comedy and entertainment."

Bubbapalooza is billed as a live, multi-media production featuring some of the Bubba the Love Sponge Show’s funniest and most popular personalities, routines, parodies and rants. After selling out recent Bubbapaloozas in Phoenix and Vegas, Bubba said, "We had to respond to our many fans in the Chicagoland area, who demanded that we bring Bubbapalooza to them."

A limited number of VIP tickets, which include a pre-show meet-and-greet, are available ($154.50/ea). General admission tickets ($55/ea), are available through TicketMaster or by calling (219) 791-1234.

Here's Bubba the Love Sponge with porn star Stormy Daniels (a frequent BTLS Show guest) on the red carpet of the AVN Awards at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, on Saturday.

Photo by Scott Harrison.

Bubba the Love Sponge will be hitting Las Vegas this weekend to present three AVN Awards, and make special appearances in celebration of the 25th annual AVN Awards.

On Friday, Bubba The Love Sponge will appear with adult stars Raven Riley and Brandi Love for a meet and greet in celebration of the movie Succubus. Location: Little Darlings (1514 Western Ave. South).

Then on Saturday, Bubba will walk the red carpet of AVN Awards with adult star Stormy Daniels starting at 7:30pm, and then afterwards he'll present three AVN Awards starting at 9:30pm. Location: Both events at Mandalay Bay Events Center (3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South).

Finally on Sunday, Bubba will again join Stormy Daniels at her AVN Awards After-Party in celebration of the movie Operation Desert Stormy, at Tao. Location: The Venetian (3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South). Doors open at 9:30pm.

Bubba isn't just renewing his contract with Sirius, he'll also be making his triumphant return to terrestrial radio in Tampa and Jacksonville, FL.

Starting on January 8th, Bubba the Love Sponge will take over the morning drive timeslot at WHPT-102.5 FM (The Bone) in Tampa and WFYV-104.5 FM in Jacksonville. He'll host the show from 6am to 10am, and then host his Sirius show from 3pm to 7pm later in the day.

A press conference will be held th Cox Radio building in St. Petersburg, FL later on this morning officially announcing the deal.

According to The Feed, both Sirius and Cox Radio deals are worth more than $3 million annually combined.

"I gotta stay away from the sex stuff, basically," said Bubba. "I don't want to get fired again. If I get fired again on regular radio, I'm a one-trick Willie...and I know I'm coming back with a huge target on my back."

Back in October of last year, Bubba was reported to have been spotted outside of the Cox building with several "suits" and the rumors of his return to terrestrial radio have been buzzing ever since.

Congrats to Bubba and his crew. For on-air personalities, it's important to talk to the biggest audience possible. If he can pull this off, then it's the best of both worlds.

[The Feed via SiriusBuzz]

Well, the wait is over. Bubba the Love Sponge has officially renewed his contract with Sirius Satellite Radio.

"We launched the radio revolution with Howard Stern, and I am grateful he brought me to SIRIUS," Bubba stated in the press release. "We will continue to do uncensored, groundbreaking radio on Howard 101."

"We are happy Bubba has renewed with Sirius," said Scott Greenstein, Sirius' President, Entertainment and Sports. "Bubba has steadily created an enthusiastic national fan base since he launched his show on Howard 101. That fan base will continue to expand on Sirius."

Terms of the contract, including the length that he's signed on for, were not disclosed. But for the time being, at least we know that BTLS isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

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• Not just Sirius: Bubba returns to Regular Radio

Last week, the day before Thanksgiving, Bubba the Love Sponge went off on a brief but vicious tirade against a caller, going so far as to use a racial slur against him (repeatedly). It's a rant that have some asking if Bubba went too far, even on "uncensored" satellite radio.

The segment (audio of which can be heard below) involves a Hispanic caller named Will who called in to complain about an issue involving two illlegal immigrants and a shooting.

It's hard to say whether or not Bubba actually went "too far" in this situation (it's obviously a matter of your own opinion). On both Sirius and XM, racially charged jokes aren't necessarily a rare occurrence - but they're almost never directed at someone with any level of virulence.

Listen to the audio below (WARNING: Explicit Language!):

(Length is roughly 2 minutes.)

It's no secret that Bubba has been in negotiations with Sirius over his contract. One Orbitcast reader suggested that this could be a sign that he's practically "daring" Sirius to suspend him, or that he's at the end of his rope and just doesn't care anymore. Whatever the motivation, it happened. The question is, did he go too far... what do you think?