Peter Kay announced more UK tour dates- including an extra date in Leeds
Tickets will go on sale this Sunday from 10am
Peter Kay has added another night in Leeds to his huge UK tour.
The Manc reports that the news comes after teasing a “big announcement” was on its way.
In case you somehow missed it, much of the UK went into a bit of a meltdown last month when the legendary Bolton-born comedian and actor announced that he is to play a whole slew of huge Manchester shows from this month as he makes a return to live comedy on his first stand-up tour in 12 years.
Rumours began circulating that the 49-year-old was preparing for a 2023 comeback tour earlier this year, but it was first confirmed that Kay was to first kick things off by doing two massive homecoming shows at Manchester’s own AO Arena on Friday 2 & Saturday 3 December 2022.
After that, the comic announced he would head on over to Birmingham to close out 2022, before making his way across the rest of the UK and Ireland in 2023.
Due to the absolutely overwhelming demand to see the comedy legend take to the stage for the first time in over a decade, with hundreds of thousands of people in online queues and tickets being snapped-up almost instantly when they went on sale, Kay decided to keep adding extra dates to the tour schedule to give all fans the chance to catch his comeback moment.
It may have just started out as two humble shows, but now, Kay is set to play a total of 42 gigs just at his hometown of Manchester in the AO Arena alone – running from December 2022 until May 2025.
Sales for this tour have also significantly surpassed the record Kay back in 2010 too, where he played to more than 1.2 million in a single tour.
The comedian said he was “absolutely blown away” by ticket sales.
His return to the stage after 12 years last weekend not only visibly moved Kay to tears, with heartwarming footage of the moment going viral on social media, but it also proved to be such a success with audiences that he took to Twitter on Wednesday to tease that more could be on its way – but didn’t reveal what exactly.
In a heartfelt message to fans, Kay said: “I’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who came to the first shows in Manchester. It was incredible to be part of such a happy experience. Everybody deserves a bit of joy.
“Here’s to a lot more in the shows to come.”
He then added that a “big announcement” was coming on the Sara Cox Drivetime Show on BBC Radio 2, and urged fans to tune in after 6pm.
While many were speculating, given the fact he had chosen to reveal the news on a Drivetime radio show, that Kay would be announcing more episodes of his beloved smash-hit TV series Peter Kay’s Careshare, but while that was a pretty educated guess, it wasn’t the announcement lined up.
Instead, Kay confirmed that, yet again, he would be adding more dates to his tour schedule.
Telling the also Bolton-born radio DJ, Kay 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.”
Promising to keep prices as low as they were for his last tour, tickets for Peter Kay shows this time round start from £35 and go all the way up to £50, £65 and £135.
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Tickets will go on sale this Sunday from 10am for shows in cities including Leeds’ First Direct Arena, Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, Newcastle Glasgow, and a whopping record-breaking 28th night at London’s O2 Arena as part of his residency.
The following dates have been confirmed as extra dates on the Peter Kay tour:
Sunday 29 January 2023 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow (get tickets here)
Monday 30 January 2023 – Utilita Arena, Newcastle (get tickets here)
Friday 6 October 2023 – Utilita Arena Birmingham (get tickets here)
Friday 17 November 2023 – Utilita Arena, Sheffield (get tickets here)
Saturday 2 December 2023 – AO Arena, Manchester (get tickets here)
Friday 15 December 2023 – First Direct Arena Leeds (get tickets here)
Thursday 20 March 2025 – O2 Arena, London (get tickets here)
Monday 6 October 2025 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham (get tickets here)
Saturday 22 November 2025 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool (get tickets here)
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