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Peter Kay has shared a “big announcement” about his new tour on BBC Radio 2 .

On Thursday (8 December), the comedian appeared on the station, where he was interviewed over the phone by DJ Sara Cox .

“First of all, I wanted to say thanks to everyone who has bought tickets for my tour,” se’ve finally managed to book some more extra dates,” he announced.

Tickets to the new shows, which will take place in Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, Glasgow and many more, will go on sale on Sunday 11 December at 10am.

Kay returned to the stage earlier this month after a lengthy hiatus from the spotlight, and described the reception as “joyous”.

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The tour kicked off at Manchester ’s AO and, as the comedy star came onto the stage, he was greeted by a standing ovation, which left him emotional .

“How am I supposed to do comedy now?” he said through tears, adding: “I can’t believe you made me cry.”

Kay addressed his absence from the stage, telling the audience: “I love you too, in ways you’ll never know. I’ve been looking forward to this for five years.”

The tour marks his first since 2010, when he scored the Guinness World Record for the biggest selling run of all time, playing to more than 1.2 million people.

It is currently scheduled to last until autumn 2023.

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Record-breaking comedian Peter Kay announces extra dates to already huge tour

Kay is a Guinness World Record holder for the biggest-selling live comedy run of all time - playing to a total of 1.2 million people.

Thursday 8 December 2022 19:55, UK

Comedian Peter Kay has announced extra dates for his already huge live tour.

Kay was brought to tears on the opening night of his first live comedy tour in 12 years last Friday - the first in a lengthy arena tour spanning from December to late 2023.

For the last four years before the shows had kicked off, the 49-year-old had been largely absent from the public eye.

In 2017, he sparked headlines when he cancelled his last 14-month tour at short notice due to "unforeseen family circumstances".

He announced the extra shows on BBC Radio on Thursday.

He said: "First of all, I want to say thanks to everyone who's bought tickets to my tour, and I really do appreciate it.

"We've finally managed to book some more extra dates."

Tickets will go on sale this Sunday from 10am for shows in cities including Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, Glasgow and a 28th night at London's O2 Arena.

O2 was forced to apologise after its priority ticket website offering customers early access to the first tranche of the Phenix Nights star's tour tickets crashed due to "extraordinary demand".

As part of the gig series, Kay will be performing a monthly residency at London's O2 Arena, the first artist in the world to do so.

In 2010, Kay gained the Guinness World Record for the biggest-selling run of all time - playing to a total of 1.2 million people.

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Peter Kay announces first live tour in 12 years

Comedian will kick off with shows in Manchester later this year as tickets go on sale on 12 November

Peter Kay has announced his first live standup tour in 12 years.

Tickets will go on sale for the UK gigs at 10am on 12 November from his website, following an announcement on the comedian’s Twitter account.

Kay, whose tour will start on 2 December at the Manchester AO Arena, said: “It’s good to get back to what I love doing best, standup comedy and if there’s ever a time people need a laugh it’s now.

“And with the cost of living at an all-time high, ticket prices are starting from £35. The same price they were on my previous tour in 2010.” Kay made it into the Guinness World Records for that tour with the biggest selling run of all time, playing to more than 1.2 million people.

In an accompanying video to promote his new dates, the comic is carrying a roll of carpet and tells a fan in a vehicle about the tour.

It includes his famous line “garlic bread – it’s the future” and makes reference to his Mum Wants a Bungalow Tour in 2002.

The tour includes dates in Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Belfast, Newcastle, Dublin, Cardiff and Glasgow.

His run will end on 11 August 2023 at the Utilita Arena Sheffield.

The tour was announced during an advert break on ITV’s I’m A Celebrity … on Sunday night. A poster for the event featured Kay holding a sign reading, “Better late than never” and described a ticket to his shows as an “ideal Christmas gift”.

Following the announcement, Kay’s official website appeared to crash briefly under increased online traffic.

In late 2017, the comedian cancelled his first live tour in eight years due to “unforeseen family circumstances”. He had been scheduled to tour the UK for more than a year.

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Kay has been largely out of the spotlight since a surprise appearance at a charity screening of his series Car Share in 2018.

The Bolton-born comic made a brief return in January 2021 when he appeared on BBC Radio 2 to speak to presenter Cat Deeley about his love of music, mixtapes and the musical Mamma Mia!.

In August last year, he appeared at two charity gigs at the Apollo in Manchester to raise money for Laura Nuttall, 22, who has an aggressive type of brain cancer called glioblastoma multiforme.

Kay rose to fame with mockumentary series That Peter Kay Thing and later masterminded shows including Phoenix Nights and Car Share.

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Peter Kay has announced the news that he will be returning to stand-up comedy, 12 years after his last tour.

The beloved British comedian retreated from the public eye in recent years, cancelling his last tour in December 2017, citing “unforeseen family circumstances “.

However, the star announced his official comeback to stand-up during an ad break in the series launch of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! on ITV earlier this week.

Here’s everything you need to know about the new gigantic tour…

When and where will the tour take place?

Kay announced six new dates for the tour, which will span from this December to August 2023. It will be his first live tour since 2010, when he scored the Guinness World Record for the biggest-selling run of all time, playing to more than 1.2 million people.

Kay will begin on 2 December at Manchester AO Arena before visiting locations including Birmingham, Liverpool, Sheffield, Belfast, Newcastle, Glasgow and Dublin.

His run will end on 11 August 2023 at the Sheffield Utilita Arena. He has also announced a monthly residency at London’s O2 arena – the first comedian ever to do so.

Here are the national tour dates:

• Friday 2 December – Manchester AO Arena
• Saturday 3 December – Manchester AO Arena
• Saturday 17 December – Birmingham Utilita Arena
• Friday 6 January 2023 – Liverpool M&S Bank Arena
• Saturday 7 January – Liverpool M&S Bank Arena
• Friday 20 January – Leeds First Direct Arena
• Friday 17 February – Sheffield Utilita Arena
• Thursday 23 February – Belfast SSE Arena
• Friday 24 February – Belfast SSE Arena
• Thursday 9 March – Newcastle Utilita Arena
• Friday 10 March – Newcastle Utilita Arena
• Thursday 23 March – Birmingham Resorts World Arena
• Thursday 6 April – Dublin 3Arena
• Friday 7 April – Dublin 3Arena
• Friday 5 May – Glasgow OVO Hydro
• Saturday 6 May – Glasgow OVO Hydro
• Friday 19 May – Leeds First Direct Arena
• Friday 16 June – Cardiff International Arena
• Saturday 17 June – Cardiff International Arena
• Friday 14 July – Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
• Saturday 15 July – Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
• Friday 11 August – Sheffield Utilita Arena

Here are the London O2 dates:

• Friday 16 December
• Saturday 21 January 2023
• Saturday 18 February
• Wednesday 22 March
• Saturday 22 April
• Saturday 3 June
• Wednesday 30 August
• Saturday 9 September
• Saturday 7 October
• Saturday 18 November

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Tickets go on general sale on Saturday 12 November at 10am through Ticketmaster . However, O2 Priority and Three+ customers were offered the chance to purchase pre-sale tickets from 10am on Thursday 10 November.

How much will Peter Kay tickets cost?

Kay confirmed that tickets would not be out of people’s reach. He said: “With the cost of living at an all-time high, ticket prices are starting from £35 – the same price they were on my previous tour in 2010.”

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How Peter Kay changed British comedy

The beloved Bolton comic, now going on tour for the first time in over a decade, became a national phenomenon for his nostalgic reflections on working-class culture.

By Fergal Kinney

In a well-publicised speech to a London seminar in 1999, Prime Minister Tony Blair proselytised about asking those “who traditionally may see themselves as working class” to join a “new, larger, more meritocratic middle class”. During those early New Labour years, however, the Bolton comic Peter Kay – born in 1973 – became a national phenomenon through sitcom and stand-up work that was almost exclusively a nostalgic reflection on traditional working-class culture. Comfort food for a changing nation, Kay was rewarded by becoming the UK’s highest-grossing stand-up comedian by 2010. His catchphrases and routines have endured in popular memory.

This month, when Peter Kay announced his return to live performance following a 11-year hiatus, it was a headline bulletin on the BBC News at Ten . Kay had previously withdrawn from all planned stand-up and television projects in 2017 for “unforeseen family reasons” that remain undisclosed. For most of the past half decade, he has been sighted only sporadically and briefly at charity fundraising appearances. When tickets went on sale on Saturday 12 November, up to two million people reportedly joined the digital queue for tickets in Manchester alone, and the O2 Priority app crashed. The arena tour’s scheduled August 2023 end date has now been extended to at least July 2025.

“I’m very much into comedy. I always studied it,” emphasised Kay in a 1997 TV interview at the dawn of his career, citing unfashionable figures like Ronnie Barker and Victoria Wood as formative influences. In one of his first live performances, he beat better established performers such as Johnny Vegas for the 1996 North West Comedian of the Year. Kay’s technically dazzling stand-up would be honed by dictaphone recording and scrutinising each of his own club sets. A coveted 1998 Perrier Award nomination was followed by sitcom commissions.

Ricky Gervais’ The Office is often praised for pioneering a naturalistic, mockumentary format, but 2000’s That Peter Kay Thing did the same 18 months earlier. Drawn from Kay’s lived experience working in motorway service stations and bingo halls, he would often perform as multiple characters – his real gift was privately tyrannical all-round entertainers.

In response to this comeback, Kay has been celebrated as “big-hearted” – a reputation largely built on his sentimental mid-2010s sitcom Car Share – yet his finest work was anything but. Phoenix Nights (2001) observed a fictional working men’s club in decline. Darkly funny and often shockingly blue, it has never been repeated on British television nor licensed to streaming services. The cast member Daniel Kitson broke ranks to (correctly) label a plot line about migrant workers “lazy and racist”, while co-writers Dave Spikey and Neil Fitzmaurice publicly fell out with Kay in a dispute over writing credits. In 2001 Channel 4 had to issue an on-air apology after Kay unflatteringly named a sex-offending fire-safety officer character after a real-life Bolton professional with the same job role.

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Kay’s work broke through at a strange time for class on British screens. As Nathalie Olah observes in her book Steal as Much as You Can (2019), programmes such as Ground Force and Changing Rooms were exercises in purging British homes of their working-class signifiers. Peter Kay, with his relentless reminiscences on televised darts, package holidays and Blackpool end-of-the-pier performances, won immense public affection doing the opposite. His only major ad campaign was for John Smith’s bitter, and it’s easy to forget that his celebrated “garlic bread” routine was a reflection on Britain’s fast-paced culinary evolution and those left behind.

In 21st-century British comedy, the default binaries have become the twin poles of personal confession and “saying-the-unsayable” shock and awe. Kay does neither. His early 2000s “Mum Wants a Bungalow” tour, with its machine-gun fire of traditional punchline jokes, was a back-to-basics moment for British comedy. Defying the previous two decades of alternative comedy, Kay dealt in a formal traditionalism that would lay the foundations for the unlikely comeback of prime-time stand-up in the form of the Saturday night comedy programme Live at the Apollo .

Like the populist who can campaign but not govern, though, Kay’s campaign for real comedy would deliver diminishing returns. His 2010-11 tour broke records – performing to 1.2 million people – but as the comedy website Chortle has reflected, “spotting what he’s actually used before and what simply feels like you’ve heard before is a fool’s errand”. Kay’s distance from the raw material of everyday working life showed in what could often felt like steely brand maintenance. In 2019, Alexei Sayle criticised Peter Kay for a perceived “money obsession”, mourning that “one thing we could never have realised when my generation of stand-up revolutionised comedy was what a huge business it would become”. Perhaps apocryphal, stories of Kay’s alleged skinflint tendencies are legendary within entertainment.

Some of this is reflective of a vacuum created by Kay’s intense privacy. Rarely ever granting interviews, the extent of available knowledge on the performer is that he lives with his wife Susan and family in Lancashire. Outside of a friendship with broadcaster Danny Baker – whose father he portrayed gorgeously on screen in the 2015 series Cradle to Grave – Kay is notably distant from showbiz contemporaries. Success for Kay on his infrequent chat-show appearances is leaving the studio without a single revelation gleamed, instead preferring anarchic moments that can land as dominating and exasperating. Kay gives nothing away.

The last time that Kay toured, Labour was in government and represented the majority of seats in his native north-west. You’ll hear little about these changes in Kay’s set, though. With comedy that could be claimed by both left and right, it is a reflection of the sentiment’s universality that Kay signed his recent public thank-you to fans with “PS: Matt Hancock is a proper bell-end”. What might Kay’s new material look like? Only ticket-holders are likely to find out soon. Kay has granted no press allocation, while the lucrative streaming and home entertainment market is unlikely to get a glimpse until the tour is completed.

In this chaotic moment, it is hard to predict what will happen in two years’ time. But whatever else happens, we can be sure of one thing – in the summer of 2025, Peter Kay will be in a packed-out arena, cracking the kind of jokes you might think you’ve heard somewhere before.

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Bolton comedian Peter Kay will return to the stage on 2 December for his first tour in 12 years.

The tour kicks off with a sell-out show at Manchester's AO Arena but the 49-year-old is touring up and down the country.

So where else is he playing? And when? And how much are tickets to see the comedy legend perform?

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What dates - and where - is he performing?

Peter Kay's tour kicks off in Manchester on 2 December and goes all the way into 2025.

He will take to stages all across the country, with tour dates in Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Cardiff, Nottingham, Birmingham among other locations.

Here is a full list of 2022/23 tour dates: 2022 dates:

2 and 3 December - AO Arena, Manchester

17 December - Utilita Arena, Birmingham

2023 dates:

6 and 7 January - M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool

20 January - First Direct Arena, Leeds

17 February - Utilita Arena, Sheffield

23 and 24 February - SSE Arena, Belfast

9 and 10 March - Utilita Arena, Newcastle

23 March - Resorts World Arena, Birmingham

6 and 7 April - 3Arena, Dublin

5 and 6 May - OVO Hydro, Glasgow

19 May - First Direct Arena, Leeds

16 and 17 June - Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff

14 and 15 July - Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham

11 and 12 August - Utilita Arena, Sheffield

29 August - Utilita Arena, Birmingham

30 August - O2 Arena, London

8 September - First Direct Arena, Leeds

9 September - O2 Arena, London

22 and 23 September - A O Arena, Manchester

7 October - O2 Arena, London

19 and 20 October - A O Arena, Manchester

5 and 6 November - A O Arena, Manchester

18 November - O2 Arena, London

1 December - AO Arena, Manchester

16 December - O2 Arena, London

How much will tickets be?

Tickets will start from £35 - the same price as they did when Peter last toured in 2010.

"It’s good to get back to what I love doing best, stand-up comedy. And if there’s ever a time people need a laugh it’s now", he said in a statement announcing his comeback tour.

"With the cost of living at an all-time high, ticket prices are starting from £35 – the same price they were on my previous tour in 2010."

Will I be able to get tickets?

Tickets to Peter Kay's shows in 2022 and 2023 sold out almost instantly, but there are still tickets available for some of his shows later down the line in 2025.

When tickets first went on sale for this tour, some fans reported seeing messages on the Ticketmaster website telling them there were more than 200,000 people ahead of them in the virtual line.

When was the last time he toured?

Peter Kay broke the Guinness World Record for biggest-selling run of all time for his 2010 live tour, where he played to more than 1.2 million people.

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Peter Kay announces first stand-up tour in 12 years

How to get Peter Kay tour 2023 tickets: The comedian's website crashed after he announced his first stand up shows in 12 years.

Peter Kay has brought the internet to a stand still after he announced his return to stand-up.

The comedian hasn’t fronted a stand up show since he cancelled his 2017 tour due to "unforeseen family circumstances".

Revealing his return to the stage, Peter also posted a hilarious clip of him moving a rug while discussing the upcoming tour.

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The 49-year-old added: "It's good to get back to what I love doing best, stand-up comedy."

His comeback was announced during an advert break in the series launch of ITV's I'm A Celebrity and sent fans into meltdown.

So much so, that the website to buy tickets actually crashed just minutes after the news was revealed.

"These will fly out quicker than Glastonbury tickets," wrote one person on Twitter, while another said: "Your websites crashed already [laughing emoji] welcome back."

A third added: "Best news ever! Welcome back!,” while a fourth said: “This is AMAZING news . . . So happy.”

Here’s all the details you need to know:

Peter Kay tour 2023 dates:

• Fri 02 December 2022 Manchester AO Arena
• Sat 03 December 2022 Manchester AO Arena
• Sat 17 December 2022 Birmingham Utilita Arena
• Fri 06 January 2023 Liverpool M&S Bank Arena
• Sat 07 January 2023 Liverpool M&S Bank Arena
• Fri 20 January 2023 Leeds First Direct Arena
• Fri 17 February 2023 Sheffield Utilita Arena
• Thu 23 February 2023 Belfast SSE Arena
• Fri 24 February 2023 Belfast SSE Arena
• Thu 09 March 2023 Newcastle Utilita Arena
• Fri 10 March 2023 Newcastle Utilita Arena
• Thu 23 March 2023 Birmingham Resorts World Arena
• Thu 06 April 2023 Dublin 3Arena
• Fri 07 April 2023 Dublin 3Arena
• Fri 05 May 2023 Glasgow OVO Hydro
• Sat 06 May 2023 Glasgow OVO Hydro
• Fri 19 May 2023 Leeds First Direct Arena
• Fri 16 June 2023 Cardiff International Arena
• Sat 17 June 2023 Cardiff International Arena
• Fri 14 July 2023 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
• Sat 15 July 2023 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
• Fri 11 August 2023 Sheffield Utilita Arena

Peter Kay London tour dates

Peter Kay is doing a monthly residency at the O2 as part of his huge comeback tour.

His first date begins on Friday 16th December and he will go on to perform 21st January, 18th February, 22nd March and 22nd April.

This will run each month until Saturday 18th November 2023.

How to get Peter Kay priority tickets:

Tickets are scheduled to go on sale on Saturday, November 12, at 10am.

Prices will start at £35 (Not including fees) and could rise to £135 for the Best Seat Package.

Tickets may also be bought for Peter Kay’s nationwide tour via www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk.

All prices include admin fee and there will also be a handling fee of £2.50 will be added to each order.

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The comedian hit headlines after outrageous demand for his comeback stand-up tour, which will stretch from next month all the way into 2025

Peter Kay has discussed the publicity he has received since news of his comeback stand-up tour was revealed, calling it “ridiculous”.

The comedian  announced a string of UK dates on Sunday  (November 6), marking his first stand-up tour since 2010. In December 2017, he cancelled a planned UK tour and stepped back from public appearances due to “unforeseen family circumstances”.

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After the  pre-sale for tickets opened on Thursday at 10am for O2 Priority customers, the company were met with “unprecedented demand” and site crashes.

General sale tickets then went on sale yesterday (November 12) at 10am GMT, with more site crashes, massive demand and extra dates being added.

Talking to Sara Cox on BBC Radio 2 about the huge publicity the tour has received, Kay said: “I could not get over… I was lying in bed with [wife] Susan on Monday night because I had a show, a practice, and Huw Edwards was on the news with a picture of me behind him.

“He was doing the Queen’s funeral and he’s talking about me!” Kay remarked. “I’m going, ‘I’m on the news! The main news! This is ridiculous’.

“I should only be on the news if I’m dead!”

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Peter Kay: 'I should only be on the news if I'm dead' "I should only be on the news if I'm dead."Peter Kay says he "cannot get [his] head round" the reaction to the news he is returning with a stand-up comedy show.https://bbc.in/3NThGuP Posted by BBC News on Wednesday, November 9, 2022

“It’s good to be back to what I love doing best, stand-up comedy and if there’s ever a time people need a laugh it’s now,” Kay said in his tour announcement. “And with the cost of living at an all-time high, ticket prices are starting from £35. The same price they were on my previous tour in 2010.”

The comedian’s last UK tour in 2010, titled  The Tour That Doesn’t Tour Tour… Now On Tour , broke the Guinness World Record for the best-selling stand-up tour ever.

See the full and updated list of his UK stand-up tour dates below. Find out how to get Peter Kay tickets here .

DECEMBER 2022 2 – Manchester, AO Arena  3 – Manchester, AO Arena 16 – London, The O2 17 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena

JANUARY 2023 6 – Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena 7 – Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena 20 – Leeds, First Direct Arena 21 – London, The O2

FEBRUARY 2023 17 – Sheffield, Utilita Arena 18 – London, The O2 23 – Belfast, SSE Arena  24 – Belfast, SSE Arena

MARCH 2023 9 – Newcastle, Utilita Arena 10 – Newcastle, Utilita Arena 22 – London, The O2 23 – Birmingham, Resorts World Arena

APRIL 2023 6 – Dublin, 3Arena 7 – Dublin, 3Arena 21 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena 22 – London, The O2

MAY 2023 5 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro 6 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro 19 – Leeds, First Direct Arena 20 – London, The O2

JUNE 2023 2 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena 3 – London, The O2 16 – Cardiff, International Arena 17 – Cardiff, International Arena

JULY 2023 14 – Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena 15 – Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena 28 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena 29 – London, The O2

AUGUST 2023 11 – Sheffield, Utilita Arena 29 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena 30 – London, The O2

SEPTEMBER 2023 9 – London, The O2 22 – Manchester, AO Arena 23 – Manchester, AO Arena

OCTOBER 2023 7 – London, The O2 19 – Manchester, AO Arena 20 – Manchester, AO Arena

NOVEMBER 2023 5 – Manchester, AO Arena 6 – Manchester, AO Arena 18 – London, The O2

DECEMBER 2023 1 – Manchester, AO Arena 16 – London, The O2

JANUARY 2024 5 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena 6 – London, The O2 26 – Manchester, AO Arena 27 – Manchester, AO Arena

FEBRUARY 2024 9 – Manchester, AO Arena 10 – Manchester, AO Arena 24 – London, The O2

MARCH 2024 8 – Manchester, AO Arena 9 – Manchester, AO Arena 23 – London, The O2

APRIL 2024 5 – Manchester, AO Arena 6 – Manchester, AO Arena 19 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena 20 – London, The O2

MAY 2024 3 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena 4 – London, The O2 17 – Manchester, AO Arena 18 – Manchester, AO Arena

JUNE 2024 2 – London, The O2 14 – Manchester, AO Arena 15 – Manchester, AO Arena

JULY 2024 13 – London, The O2 26 – Manchester, AO Arena 27 – Manchester, AO Arena

AUGUST 2024 9 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena 23 – Manchester, AO Arena 24 – Manchester, AO Arena

SEPTEMBER 2023 20 – Manchester, AO Arena 21 – Manchester, AO Arena

OCTOBER 2024 7 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena 18 – Manchester, AO Arena 19 – Manchester, AO Arena

NOVEMBER 2024 1 – Manchester, AO Arena 2 – Manchester, AO Arena 15 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena 29 – Manchester, AO Arena 30 – Manchester, AO Arena

DECEMBER 2024 6 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena 20 – Manchester, AO Arena 21 – Manchester, AO Arena

JANUARY 2025 10 – Manchester, AO Arena 11 – Manchester, AO Arena 24 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena

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Full list of Peter Kay tour dates in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 as extra shows added to Manchester's AO Arena

More shows are being announced so here's the full list of tour dates for Peter Kay Live

• 12:13, 12 NOV 2022
• Updated 06:55, 14 NOV 2022

Peter Kay will be one busy comedian from December onwards following his extensive list of live performances as part of his new tour. Tickets for the comedian's tour went live on Saturday morning and millions of fans joined the online queues.

From 10am on Saturday, November 12 fans could buy tickets via Ticketmaster , See Tickets and the Ticket Factory . All the ticketing sites saw huge demand and many of the servers crashed at several points as they struggled to cope with the demand.

More dates were announced at several points during the general ticket sale after many of the 2023 performances sold out within minutes. The Liverpool dates at M&S Bank Arena sold out within 30 minutes and Ticketmaster directed fans to the Manchester AO Arena dates instead.

READ MORE: LIVE: New dates added for Peter Kay tour as millions join Ticketmaster queues

It was hard to keep up with the new shows and fans who had not yet bagged tickets were being pushed to the best available once through the online queues. Some of the best available options were for 2024 and 2025 shows.

A total of 42 shows are now happening at Manchester's AO Arena and more dates have also been added in London, Birmingham and Sheffield. It takes the current total to 110 shows across 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Below we've compiled a full list of tour dates to make it easier for you to decide which one to go for. The one's highlighted in bold are the newest announced.

Peter Kay tour dates 2022/2023/2024

Friday, December 2 - Manchester AO Arena - 2022

Saturday, December 3 - Manchester AO Arena - 2022

Friday, December 16 - The O2 Arena, London - 2022

Saturday, December 17 - Birmingham Utilita Arena - 2022

Friday, January 6 - Liverpool M&S Bank Arena

Saturday, January 7 - Liverpool M&S Bank Arena

Friday, January 20 - Leeds First Direct Arena

Saturday, January 21 - The O2 Arena, London

Friday, February 17 - Sheffield Utilita Arena

Saturday, February 18 - The O2 Arena, London

Thursday, February 23 - Belfast SSE Arena

Friday, February 24 - Belfast SSE Arena

Saturday, February 25 - Belfast SSE Arena

Thursday, March 9 - Newcastle Utilita Arena

Friday, March 10 - Newcastle Utilita Arena

Wednesday, March 22 - The O2 Arena, London

Thursday, March 23 - Birmingham Resorts World Arena

Thursday, April 6 - Dublin 3Arena

Friday, April 7 - Dublin 3Arena

Friday, April 21 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham

Saturday, April 22 - The O2 Arena, London

Friday, May 5 - Glasgow OVO Hydro

Saturday, May 6 - Glasgow OVO Hydro

Friday, May 19 - Leeds First Direct Arena

Saturday, May 20 - The O2 Arena, London

Friday, June 2 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham

Saturday, June 3 - The O2 Arena, London

Friday, June 16 - Cardiff International Arena

Saturday, June 17 - Cardiff International Arena

Friday, July 14 - Nottingham Motorpoint Arena

Saturday, July 15 - Nottingham Motorpoint Arena

Friday, July 28 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham

Saturday, July 29 - The O2 Arena, London

Friday, August 11 - Sheffield Utilita Arena

Saturday, August 12 - Sheffield Utilita Arena

Tuesday, August 29 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham

Wednesday, August 30 - The O2 Arena, London

Friday, September 8 - Leeds First Direct Arena

Saturday, September 9 - The O2 Arena, London

Friday, September 22 - Manchester AO Arena

Saturday, September 23 - Manchester AO Arena

Saturday, October 7 - The O2 Arena, London

Thursday, October 19 - Manchester AO Arena

Friday, October 20 - Manchester AO Arena

Sunday, November 5 - Manchester AO Arena

Monday, November 6 - Manchester AO Arena

Saturday, November 18 - The O2 Arena, London

Friday, December 1 - Manchester AO Arena 2023

Saturday, December 16 - London, The O2 2023

January 5 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham 2024

January 6 - The O2, London 2024

January 26 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

January 27 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

February 9 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

February 10 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

February 23 - Sheffield, Utilita Arena 2024

February 24 - The O2, London 2024

March 8 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

March 9 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

March 22 - First Direct Arena, Leeds 2024

March 23 - The O2, London 2024

April 5 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

April 6 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

April 19 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham 2024

April 20 - The O2, London 2024

May 3 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham 2024

May 4 - The O2, London 2024

May 17 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

May 18 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

June 1 - First Direct Arena, Leeds 2024

June 2 - The O2, London 2024

July 12 - Sheffield, Utilita Arena 2024

July 13 - The O2 Arena, London 2024

June 14 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

June 15 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

July 26 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

July 27 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

August 9 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham 2024

August 10 - The O2 Arena, London 2024

August 23 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

August 24 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

September 6 - Sheffield, Utilita Arena 2024

September 7 - The O2 Arena, London 2024

September 20 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

September 21 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

October 7 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham 2024

October 8 - The O2 Arena, London 2024

October 18 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

October 19 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

November 1 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

November 2 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

November 15 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham 2024

November 16 - The O2 Arena, London 2024

November 29 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

November 30 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

December 5 - The O2 Arena, London 2024

December 6 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham 2024

December 20 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

December 21 - Manchester AO Arena 2024

January 10 - Manchester AO Arena 2025

January 11 - Manchester AO Arena 2025

January 24 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham 2025

January 25 - The O2 Arena, London 2025

February 8 - Manchester AO Arena 2025

February 21 - Birmingham Resorts World Arena 2025

February 22 - The O2 Arena, London 2025

April 5 - Manchester AO Arena 2025

May 17 - Manchester AO Arena 2025

June 7 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham 2025

June 21 - Manchester AO Arena 2025

July 25 - Manchester AO Arena 2025

All tour tickets are available on Ticketmaster , See Tickets and the Ticket Factory (Ticket factory is for Birmingham dates only). Speaking of the tour, Kay said: "It’s good to get back to what I love doing best, stand-up comedy and if there’s ever a time people need a laugh it’s now."

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Peter Kay announces extra dates for his sell-out tour

The comedian announced the news on bbc radio 2.

Emily Brown

Peter Kay has announced even more dates for his new tour with tickets set to go on sale this weekend.

The comedian shared the exciting news during an appearance on Sara Cox's BBC Radio 2 show tonight (8 December), where he also took part in the show's 'First and Last Gigs' segment.

After revealing that he recently went to a gig in Manchester using nothing but a coronavirus face mask as a disguise, Kay thanked all of the fans who have already bought tickets to his shows and went on to share the news of his new upcoming dates.

Comedy lovers from across the UK have been hoping to secure tickets to Kay's shows after he announced his comeback last month, with many waiting for hours and finding themselves in queues of hundreds of thousands of people to be in with a chance of being the first to hear Kay's new material.

His announcement tonight comes as the comedian continues his new stadium tour in venues across Britain, performing new material for longtime fans as he returns to the stage following a 12-year absence.

After kicking the tour off in Manchester at the start of December, Kay thanked those who had joined him for his first few shows in a heartfelt post on Twitter in which he also teased his big announcement today.

“I’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who came to the first shows in Manchester," he wrote. "It was incredible to be a part of such a happy experience.

“Everybody deserves a bit of joy. Here’s to a lot more in the shows to come!!

“P.S. big announcement Thursday on Sara Cox Drivetime Show just after 6pm.”

The news of an announcement naturally sparked a lot of speculation from fans, with many hoping it would be a new TV project or the return of some of his fan-favourite, Pheonix Nights or Car Share.

After announcing the new dates, Kay confirmed that tickets would be going on sale on Sunday, 11 December, at 10am.

The comedian will be hitting venues in Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Belfast, Newcastle, Birmingham, Dublin, Glasgow, Cardiff and Nottingham in shows spanning the next three years.

Kay has also announced a monthly residency at the O2 arena, though he has made a very special request to fans who have managed to secure tickets to his shows.

Addressing the crowd at one of his first gigs in Manchester, Kay said: "Let’s just live in the moment, and not spoil it for other people."

Topics:  Peter Kay

Emily Brown is the Community Desk Lead at LADbible Group. Emily first began delivering news when she was just 11 years old - with a paper route. She went on to graduate with a BA Hons in English Language in the Media from Lancaster University before contributing to The Sunday Times Travel Magazine and Student Problems. She joined UNILAD in 2018 to cover breaking news, trending stories and longer form features, and now works as Community Desk Lead to commission and write human interest stories from across the globe.

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