Craig Ferguson‘s Hot and Grumpy Tour is making its way through the Midwest this week, including a Monday night stop in Madison, Wisconsin and a trip to Des Moines, Iowa on Tuesday. Still ahead this week are stops in St. Louis, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Montclair, New Jersey. You can see the complete listings on our Live Comedy Tour page.

The RSA’s @MariieLoovee from Quebec made the journey to Chicago to see Craig on Sunday night. She tells us:

I’ve just seen Craig Ferguson’s show in Chicago… it was definitly a great and special moment for me. Why would I fly from my town to the big city of Chicago for a show? Well, for me it wasn’t just a show. It was more like a dream. And I think all of us have dreams, but most of them are not realised because of a simple thing: We always say and think, ‘One day I’m gonna do this, do that…’ I’m tired of waiting for things to come by themselves in my life, so I thought… ‘one day’ is today!

I bought my ticket, reserved an hotel and a flight, did overtime at work and in college in order to be able to miss a few classes. But I once heard that fear was maybe just a God’s way of saying “pay attention, this could be fun.”. And this thought was right because I’ve spend an crazy weekend and I don’t regret any moment. Thank you Craig and take care.

His show was a blast, I don’t think I ever stopped laughing. This was my first time seeing him on the road and I, of course, wasn’t disappointed. I’ll try to post a few more on my Twitter page as well, but here’s one of the better pictures I could get if you want to share it on your site 🙂 Thanks!

Thank you for sending us your stories, @MariieLoovee and @chelsea_theking! From Chicago, @pnzr242 who is traveling with the tour, sent a great photo of the sound check, a photo from the road between Chicago and Madison on Monday he called “Somewhere in America,” and a wonderful image of Craig on the tour bus. We’re not sure how well Craig’s Green Bay football jersey went over in Chicago, but we heard everyone enjoyed the show, including the local website (NOTE: Some tour content spoilers!) MajorOnions.com, which had a great review. Thanks to the RSA’s @bgrhubarb for the link!

And Craig tweeted on Monday to remind us that Metallica will be performing all week on the Late Late Show:

Rock and/or roll with Metallica on my show tonight. #throwinthegoat

The website Deadline.com reported Monday evening that the sixth season of TVLand’s sitcom Hot In Cleveland will be its last. When the show wraps, it will have more than one hundred episodes, making it a sure bet for reruns in syndication.

We like to highlight talented people who create art featuring Craig and The Late Late Show. This time, our hats are off to the RSA’s @Rymant, who created an outstanding poster with Craig and Geoff Peterson.