Peter Kay has formally kicked off his first tour in 12 years, and on the primary evening of it, he was moved to tears with a standing ovation.
Kay’s tour started yesterday (December 2) in Manchester, the place the legendary comic carried out to some 21,000 followers on the AO Arena. According to the BBC, followers ecstatically chanted Kay’s identify earlier than he walked out onstage – and when he did, he was overwhelmed with emotion. After tearing up, he reportedly informed the gang: “How am I supposed to do comedy now? You’ll have me in bits… I can’t believe you made me cry.”
Kay will carry out in Manchester once more tonight (December), earlier than taking his comeback tour to London. He’ll return to the AO Arena subsequent September, although, performing no less than two exhibits each month till January of 2025 (after which an additional 5 exhibits into that July). Altogether, Kay will carry out 41 exhibits in Manchester – and in line with Ticketmaster, tickets for all of them are near promoting out.
Elsewhere on the 111-date tour, Kay will carry out 27 exhibits in London, 16 in Birmingham, 12 in Sheffield, 5 in Leeds, 4 in Belfast, and two every in Cardiff, Glasgow, Newcastle, Nottingham and Liverpool. Tickets for all the exhibits might be discovered right here.
Kay’s return to the stage was introduced final month, resulting in overwhelming demand for tickets: the primary run of exhibits have been bought out inside minutes of happening sale, and the O2 Priority web site crashed with the “highest demand” it had seen in 15 years. Responding to the quantity of publicity he’d obtained over his comeback, Kay joked in an interview: “I should only be on the news if I’m dead!”
Kay’s final full tour went down in 2010. He was as a consequence of make a comeback in 2017, however cancelled a UK tour and stepped again from public appearances as a consequence of “unforeseen household circumstances”. His return to TV got here in 2020, when he took half within the BBC’s Big Night In.
In saying his present tour, Kay stated in a press release: “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. 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.”