The Tour That Doesn't Tour Tour...Now On Tour

The Tour That Didn't Tour Tour...Now On Tour was a comedy tour by British stand-up comedian Peter Kay. Announced in November 2009, Kay said he would be playing four dates at Manchester Arena,[1] which was later extended to 20 nights in April and May 2010,[2] with a tour entitled The Tour That Doesn't Tour Tour. The reason Kay was restricting the tour to Manchester was so he could be close to his family. During an interview with Jonathan Ross, Kay announced that due to high demand for tickets, he would extend and rename it to The Tour That Doesn't Tour Tour...Now On Tour, taking place in November 2010 and April 2011. The tour visited Manchester, London,[3] Dublin,[4] Belfast,[5] Cardiff,[6] Glasgow, Sheffield, Birmingham, Newcastle, and Liverpool before returning to Manchester.

The Tour That Doesn't Tour Tour...Now On Tour
Tour by Peter Kay
Start date27 April 2010
End date22 October 2011
No. of shows112
(88 in England, 14 in Ireland, 5 in Scotland, 5 in Wales)

Singer Rick Astley appeared in all April and May 2010 dates of the tour, performing various hits including his own.[7]

All shows completely sold out with over 750,000 tickets sold.

On 4 November 2010, extra shows were announced for London, Manchester and Birmingham.

It was announced on 12 November that a sixth show was to be added to the O2 in Dublin, with all proceeds going to the Irish Autism Action.

Extra shows were added for Belfast, Sheffield, Nottingham, Newcastle and London on 24 November.[8]

Records
  • Longest individual run at the Manchester Arena performing 20 nights.
  • First ever stand-up comedian to play 15 sold out nights at The O2, London.
  • The only British artist to ever play 20 consecutive nights at an arena.
  • Over one million tickets sold in arenas across the UK and Ireland, making it the biggest stand-up comedy tour in the world.

Number of shows
  • Manchester – Manchester Arena – 40 Shows – Most consecutive nights at venue with 20. [9]
  • London – O2 Arena – 15 Shows – Most show by a comedian at venue. [10]
  • Dublin – O2 – 6 Shows – Most show by a comedian, most consecutive show by a single artist at venue.[11]
  • Belfast – Odyssey Arena – 8 shows [12]
  • Cardiff – International Arena – 5 Shows
  • Liverpool – Echo Arena – 5 Shows [13]
  • Glasgow – SECC – 5 Shows [14]
  • Newcastle – Metro Radio Arena – 8 Shows [15]
  • Nottingham – Trent FM Arena – 3 Shows [16]
  • Birmingham – LG Arena/NIA – 10 Shows, 5 in LG Arena & 5 in NIA [17]
  • Sheffield – Motorpoint Arena – 8 Shows [18]

References
  1. "Peter Kay". www.peterkay.co.uk.
  2. "Peter Kay". www.peterkay.co.uk.
  3. London dates announced. Theo2.co.uk (7 November 2010). Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  4. Kay adds Dublin dates Archived 18 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Peter Kay at the Odyssey Arena Archived 7 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Cardiff added to tour. Bigcardiff.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  7. Rick Astley supports Peter Kay as tour opens – BBC. BBC News (28 April 2010). Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20110711092755/http://www.gigsandtours.com/gat/event.asp?e%7Cartist=PETER+KAY&e%7Cpromoter=372&n%7Cartist=null&resultsperpage=50&orderby=date_on_sale+desc,date&filler1=gigsandtours&filler2=newevents&filler3=. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. Manchester Arena Event Listing | Event Reviews | Peter Kay – The Tour That Doesn't Tour Tour – Farewell Tour. Men-arena.com. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  10. Peter Kay. The O2. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  11. Archived 8 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20101127215457/http://odysseyarena.com/644/peter-kay.html. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. Archived 6 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  14. Kay. Secc.co.uk (14 April 2011). Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  15. http://www.metroradioarena.co.uk/events/view.aspx?event=4347&ru=%2fevents%2fDefault.aspx
  16. http://www2.seetickets.com/trentfmarenanottingham/event.asp?e%7Cartist=PETER+KAY&n%7Cartist=null&n%7Cshowname=test&venaudit=arena nottingham&resultsperpage=100&filler1=arena
  17. "Music, Comedy & Sports events". Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  18. http://www.motorpointarena.co.uk/whats-on/peter-kay/
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.