Because the number of viewers exceeded expectations, Peter Kay has added some extra dates to his sell-out comeback stand-up tour, his first in 12 years, which has proven
Peter Kay’s tour was completely sold out
“Extra dates added to Peter Kay’s arena tour!” Kay, 49, tweeted. and announced the addition of two new shows to his London residency at the O2 Arena.
The comedian has added two new Peter Kay Live dates in Birmingham, four in London, and six in Manchester, and later tweeted that additional London and Manchester dates had been added.
His first in 12 years, which was so popular that ticket websites crashed.
Kay last went on tour in 2011 and was scheduled to return in 2018, but he cancelled all of his work commitments in December 2017 due to “unforeseen family circumstances” and has only appeared publicly a handful of times in support of charities since then.
Peter Kay had announced earlier in the week in an ad break for ITV’s I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! that he would be going on tour, causing a ticket-buying frenzy among fans eager to see him perform again.
Many people said they saw messages on the Ticketmaster website saying there were over 200,000 people ahead of them in the virtual line.
He is the first artist in the world to announce a monthly residency at the venue on Zoe Ball’s Radio 2 Breakfast Show on Wednesday.
The website used Twitter: “As expected, Peter Kay is super popular this morning. To make it as fair as possible, we have put everyone in a queue. Be patient and don’t refresh or you’ll lose your place.”
