The Buddhist leader will address thousands of young people at Manchester's MEN Arena on June 16 and 37-year-old Brand will join the religious figure as the host of the event, reported Contactmusic.
"I've made mistakes in the past, I won't lie to you but this one I'm on my game! I'm going to crack on. I'm going to give the Dalai Lama the best show. I'm going to behave. He's a holy man, it's not pretend authority its proper authority of God!
"I'm going to improvise and I am going to be playing for laughs, but I've got to be entirely respectful of his holiness and that's going to be no problem because I'll tell you why, genuine respect," Brand said.