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Peter Kay will be bringing his first stand-up show in twelve years to The O2 with a monthly residency at the venue.

Peter is the first artist in the world to perform a monthly residency at The O2, the world’s most popular music, leisure and entertainment venue.

Peter Kay said: “Audiences in London have always been amongst the best in Britain, plus I think seeing the show could be part of a nice weekend away treat.”

“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. 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.”

Peter’s 2010 tour still officially ranks with the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest selling comedy tour of all time.

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Peter Kay Announces London Residency as Part of First Live Tour in 12 Years

Following the announcement of a nationwide arena tour, Peter Kay has confirmed a monthly residency at The O2, London starting on Friday 16th December 2022 until Saturday 18th November 2023.

As revealed on BBC Radio 2 by Zoe Ball today, Peter is the first artist in the world to perform a monthly residency at The O2, London. 

“Audiences in London have always been amongst the best in Britain, plus I think seeing the show could be part of a nice weekend away treat”

“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”  

“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”

Peter’s 2010 tour still officially ranks with the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest selling comedy tour of all time.

Playing to over 1.2 million people.

Tickets for Peter Kay Live In London go on sale Saturday 12th November at 10am via www.gigsandtours.com , www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.axs.com .

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Peter Kay tour dates 2023: Full list of UK venues, how to get tickets and what we know about prices

The star comedian has vowed that ticket prices will be affordable amid the cost of living crisis.

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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When do Peter Kay tickets go on sale?

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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The comedian is doing his first tour in over a decade

• 17:02, 24 JUL 2023
• Updated 17:04, 24 JUL 2023

Peter Kay is bringing his first stand-up show in 12 years to London with a monthly residency at London’s O2 Arena , as part of his UK-wide tour. The comedian is the first artist in the world to perform a monthly residency at the venue.

With over a hundred dates planned, Peter’s show will be running until March 20, 2025. There will also be British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted performances on selected dates.

Here at MyLondon, we've gathered all the information you need ahead of the show, including how to get to the O2.

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Peter Kay is performing at The O2 on Saturday, July 29. The doors to the concourse open at 5.30pm and the doors to the arena at 6.30pm. The show is expected to start at 8pm.

When show finishes

While the comedian's end time isn’t confirmed, fans who previously attended one of the comedian's shows at the O2 Arena have said the show draws to a close at around 10.20pm.

Last minute tickets

There are limited tickets available for Peter Kay's residency at The O2 according to Ticketmaster . This is the case for all of his dates. Tickets are currently sold out on SeeTickets .

How to get there

The O2 arena London is easily accessed by public transport. North Greenwich , on the Jubilee line, is the closest station. You can also travel to The O2 by boat with Uber Boat by Thames Clippers, which stops at 24 piers across the capital linking North Greenwich directly to central London.

There are as well a number of bus route options that can get you to close to the O2, including the 108, 129, 132, 161, 188, 422, 472 or 486. If you are coming in from elsewhere, the closest big station is Stratford. You can book National Rail trains on Trainline .

Where to stay

There is a good range of hotels that are within walking distance of The O2. As well as the Intercontinental London , which is part of the O2, The Pilot , the Holiday Inn Express and the Radisson RED are all near-by the arena and less than a 25-minute walk away. You can see more options on Booking.com and Hotels.com .

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Peter kay, o2 arena review - comeback show is worth the wait, nostalgia-fest delivers an emotional punch.

In 2017, Bolton comic Peter Kay had to cancel his planned tour because of “family circumstances”. But then, when he announced last year that he was back in the saddle, the tickets for Better Late Than Never sold like the proverbial. Well into what has mushroomed into a mega tour continuing until 2025, I caught him at the O2 Arena.

While it's good to have him back, much of the first half could have been written for any of Kay's previous tours since he was nominated for best show in the 1998 Perrier Awards (now the Edinburgh Comedy Awards) as he riffs on one of his mainstays, advertising jingles from his youth. At one point he even leads the audience into a singalong of them.

His material moves to firmer, although no less nostalgic, territory as he recalls jobs from his youth, working at a video rental shop and at a Top Rank bingo hall (younger fans may need to do online searches). There's a decent riff on his unintentional catchphrase “Garlic bread!” and how he now can't pop down to the supermarket to buy it, and he references his appearance on Doctor Who (he says he did it just so that he could make a joke about “Dalek bread”, which I hope is true).

Much has happened to a very slimmed-down Kay since he was last on tour – as it has to much of the population, of course – but threading through the show are his more reflective view of life and mentions of his beloved 96-year-old Nan, who died last year. We hear about some of her malapropisms and later a conversation between them as a family slide show appears on the onstage screen. There's a very funny section, too, on his recent brush with ill health as he has had kidney stones and needed an operation, the experience not made any easier by the anaesthetist asking for a selfie.

And, always a crowd-pleaser, Kay does a lengthy section of his party piece – misheard song lyrics, using his trusty old Walkman just to underline the nostalgia-fest we're experiencing.

Then, just as the evening appears to be winding down, Kay delivers an astonishing coup de theatre, expertly drawing all the seemingly unconnected threads into a hilariously bombastic finale full of colour and spectacle.

The audience are asked to keep the secret for those coming to later dates, and I hope they do because the sheer theatrically of it grabs not just one's attention, but one's emotions too. Kay proves that under that everyman exterior there beats the heart of a showman.

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Peter Kay has announced his return to stand-up with his first live tour in 12 years – EXTRA DATES ADDED!

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

“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”

“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”

Peter’s 2010 tour still officially ranks with the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest selling comedy tour of all time. Playing to over 1.2 million people.

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You’ll Have To Act Fast If You Want Peter Kay Tour Tickets

The return of the garlic bread king is a hotly-anticipated event.

Beloved comedian, and all-round TV icon , Peter Kay has announced that he’s going back on tour . It’s been over a decade since Kay has entertained the masses, having put on his last collection of shows in 2010. That particular run earned him the Guinness World Record for the biggest-selling stand-up tour of all time , having sold over a million tickets for 113 dates.

Kay’s upcoming tour will be much smaller overall, however there’s an extra special addition to the schedule, as Kay has now revealed he’ll be doing a monthly residency at London’s O2 Arena. “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 ,” Kay said. “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’s Better Late Than Never tour kicks off this December, starting in Manchester before making his way across the UK. Here’s everything you need to know before buying tickets for Kay’s hotly-anticipated comeback.

Where Is Peter Kay Touring?

The comedian will play shows across the UK , in addition to gigs in Dublin and Belfast. Kay will play double dates in Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, Nottingham, and Cardiff, in addition to three dates in Sheffield.

2 & 3 December – AO Arena, Manchester

17 December – Utilita Arena, Birmingham

6 & 7 January – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool

20 January – First Direct Arena, Leeds

17 February – Utilita Arena, Sheffield

23 & 24 February – SSE Arena, Belfast

9 & 10 March – Utilita Arena, Newcastle

23 March – Resorts World Arena, Birmingham

6 & 7 April – 3Arena, Dublin

5 & 6 May – OVO Hydro, Glasgow

19 May – First Direct Arena, Leeds

16 & 17 June – Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff

14 & 15 July – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham

11 August – Utilita Arena, Sheffield

Peter Kay’s Monthly Residency At London’s O2

When the beloved comedian revealed the dates and locations for his upcoming UK tour, London-based fans were disheartened to have been skipped . But it turns out, Kay had bigger plans in mind for the capital city. During an appearance on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, the comedian announced a monthly residency at London’s O2 Arena from Dec. 16, 2022 to Nov. 18, 2023.

“Of course I’m not going to not do London,” he said. With this move, Kay becomes the first artist in history to perform monthly at London’s O2 for a whole year. The artist also expressed gratitude for fans, who welcomed his decade-late tour with warmth: “ Huw Edwards is going to queue up for tickets… Him? I cannot get my head (around) it.”

Where Can I Buy Peter Kay Tickets?

Tickets for Kay’s tour will be very popular, so it’s imperative to act fast. The comedian had planned to do shows in 2018 , but had to cancel due to family matters. However, he briefly appeared at a benefit concert marking the reopening of the Manchester Arena following the terrorist attack in May 2017, in addition to a couple of shows in 2021. Both shows at the Manchester O2 Apollo sold out within 30 minutes , so you better be prepared at 10 a.m. on November 12 when tickets for his upcoming tour go on sale. Tickets will start at £35, the same amount as during Kay’s 2010 tour, and there will be no pre-sale.

Tickets will be available via Ticketmaster UK , Ticketmaster IE , Gigs and Tours , and Kay’s website .

This article was originally published on November 8, 2022

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One of Britain’s best loved comedians, Peter Kay, is finally returning to stand-up comedy after twelve years.

“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”

“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”

Peter’s 2010 tour still officially ranks with the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest selling comedy tour of all time.

Playing to over 1.2 million people.

What are the timings for the show?

The doors will open at 6.30pm and the show will start at 8pm. There will be no support for this show.

Please arrive in plenty of time to avoid disappointment and to get through security and ticket checks. 

Is there an age limit for the show?

Yes this show is strictly 15+

What should I bring to the event?

We do not have a cloakroom or storage facilities on site so we advise that you only bring what you need.

Backpacks, holdalls and suitcases are not allowed in the venue. 

Guests with accessible and medical requirements/equipment will be considered on an individual basis but encouraged to contact the venue in advance for ease of entry.

All remaining bags will be searched.  

Where can I park?

There are over 7,500 car parking spaces within a 15 minute walk of the arena.  The arena doesn't have it's own car park however there are lots of options nearby. 

Q-Park  offers  first direct  arena visitors exclusive discounted parking at a number of car parks within the city.

Woodhouse Lane Car Park,  located on Woodhouse Lane, offers 1272 spaces and easy access to the ring road at the end of the show. 

Merrion Centre Car Park , located on Merrion Way is adjacent to the Arena.  It is our closest car park however visitors may experience delays leaving this location due to traffic restrictions on Merrion Way.

None of the above car parks are operated by the arena so for questions, queries or comments we direct you to the above websites.  

Where is the Box Office and when does it open?

Our Box Office is located to the left of main doors, adjacent to the FD Bar.

The office opens on event days only from no later than 1 hour before doors open until approximately 15 minutes after the main act goes on stage. 

If Box Office is closed when you’re running late – please speak to a member of our staff outside.

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The Bolton comedy star's mammoth 110-date tour all starts in Manchester this weekend

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There are few stars who could announce 110 arena shows across the UK and near sell most of them out within hours. But then there are few stars quite like Peter Kay .

The Bolton comedy legend will start his mammoth three-year tour right here on home turf in Manchester on Friday night at the AO Arena , swiftly followed by Saturday night at the venue too. It will bring together thousands of comedy fans to witness the Phoenix Nights funnyman's full return to stand-up comedy for the first new tour in 12 years.

Naturally, when the tour was announced , it sent fans into a frenzy. Not least in the rather surprise fashion it came with Peter making an appearance in the adverts of I'm a Celebrity....Get Me Out of Here on ITV.

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The tour announcement sparked an unprecedented clamour for tickets when the inital 22 tour dates first went on sale. New date after new date was added to try to cope with demand - and now Peter will play an incredible 110 live shows in total across 2022, 2023, 2024 and right into 2025.

Peter said after announcing the tour: "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." And after seeeing the demand for the shows, admitted he was " blown away " by the fan reaction.

Peter’s 2010 tour still officially ranks with the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest selling comedy tour of all time which played to over 1.2m people. He delighted fans when he announced that his new "Better Late Than Never" tour would be sold at the same price as that 2010 tour - with tickets from £35.

He was due to play a 100-gig nationwide comeback tour in 2018 - but only weeks later announced it was off due to "unforeseen family circumstances". So there's huge anticipation for these comeback shows.

Here's more info if you're heading along to the tour.

What time will Peter Kay be on stage?

For the Manchester AO Arena concerts, it has been announced that doors will open from 6pm . Fans are encouraged to get inside the arena as quickly as possible with the live show starting at " 8pm prompt ".

On opening night on Friday, Peter arrived on stage just after 8pm, and there was a 25 minute interval starting just before 9pm. The show finished at 10.30pm.

Times here are only a guide, and audiences should be aware timings are always subject to change - the best advice is always to get in as early as possible to find your seat.

What to expect from the new tour

As to what to expect from the new tour? On opening night TWO standing ovations from fans may give you some idea what you're in store for - a real treat.

There were nods to Peter's famous quips from the past as well as loads of new material - and a simply dazzling finale with some brilliant unexpected moments. You can read our full review of the show here.

Are tickets still available?

The two opening nights in Manchester sold out within minutes of going on sale - as did many, many others of the eventual 110 dates added over the next three years.

But there is still some availability for shows towards the end of the run in 2025. You can find all the ticket links and full list of tour dates in our most recent articles here .

Is there parking at the AO Arena?

Yes, there is a large multi-storey car park based next to the AO Arena, with access through the car park to the main entrance of the venue. Be aware though that after the shows, Trinity Way will be closed southbound between Great Ducie Street and Cheetham Hill Road for up to one hour, to allow concert-goers to safely exit the venue.

If you’re parking at the arena car park, you will still be allowed to exit during this closure but you will have to turn right and follow local diversions.

There are some 7,000 parking spaces at car parks within a short walk to the arena as well.

What are the public transport options?

The AO Arena is within the Manchester Victoria Train Station complex, which serves both mainline trains and a tram stop.

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