TACOMA, Wash. — UPDATE: 'Becoming: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama' has been postponed, Live Nation and Crown publishing announced Thursday.
The event had previously been scheduled for Friday, Feb. 8 but will now happen on Sunday, March 24.
"Acting out of an abundance of caution and concern for the safety of guests, Mrs. Obama's show is being rescheduled due to predicted winter snow conditions for the puget sound," Tacoma Venues and Events said.
Officials said tickets for the previously scheduled event will be honored for the new date.
KIRO 7 will continue to update this story as more infomration becomes available.
🚨 Live Nation and Crown Publishing announce Becoming: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama scheduled for Friday, February 8 will be postponed to Sunday, March 24. 🚨 (1/3) pic.twitter.com/55eKAOVUIE
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Michelle Obama is coming to the Tacoma Dome on Friday, and she’s bringing late-night TV show host Jimmy Kimmel with her.
The former First Lady’s book tour extension kicks off in Tacoma and will make 15 stops in the United States and Canada, and six in Europe.
Obama is promoting her memoir, “Becoming,” after it released in November and became a New York Times bestseller.
The hardcover edition has sold more than 5.6 million copies, which makes it the best-selling book published in the U.S. last year, according to NDP BookScan.
Different moderators will join Obama at different stops on the tour.
Kimmel hosts and produces the seven-time Emmy Award-nominated “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show, which is in its 16th season and ABC’s longest running late-night talk show.
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Phoebe Robinson, a stand-up comedian, author and actress, will moderate the tour at the Moda Center in Portland Saturday. Valerie Jarrett, the longest-serving senior advisor to President Barack Obama and a family friend, will moderate the Feb. 12 event at the Comerica Theater in Phoenix, Arizona.
“For me, this tour isn’t just about discussing my memoir - it’s about all of us understanding ourselves and our stories, taking comfort in being together and celebrating our own becoming, no matter where in that process we might be,” Obama said.
Tickets to the Tacoma show are available here. The event starts at 8 p.m.
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