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

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Start date
  
27 April 2010

End date
  
October 22, 2011

No. of shows
  
112 14 in Ireland 88 in England 5 in Wales 5 in Scotland

The Tour That Doesn't Tour Tour...Now On Tour was a comedy tour announced in November 2009 by Peter Kay. Originally, Kay said he would be playing four dates at The Manchester Arena, which was later extended to 20 nights in April and May 2010, 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 now be extending his tour, renaming the tour to "The Tour That Doesn't Tour Tour...Now On Tour" to take place in November 2010 and April 2011. The tour will visit Manchester, London, Dublin, Belfast, Cardiff, Glasgow, Sheffield, Birmingham, Newcastle, and Liverpool before returning to Manchester.

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Singer Rick Astley will also be appearing on all April and May 2010 dates of the tour, performing various hits including his own.

All shows are 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 will 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.

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 twenty consecutive nights at an arena.
  • Over one million tickets sold in arenas across Ireland & The UK 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.
  • London – O2 – 15 Shows – Most show by a comedian at venue.
  • Dublin – O2 – 6 Shows – Most show by a comedian, most consecutive show by a single artist at venue.
  • Belfast – Odyssey Arena – 8 shows
  • Cardiff – International Arena – 5 Shows
  • Liverpool – Echo Arena – 5 Shows
  • Glasgow – SECC – 5 Shows
  • Newcastle – Metro Radio Arena – 8 Shows
  • Nottingham – Trent FM Arena – 3 Shows
  • Birmingham – LG Arena/NIA – 10 Shows, 5 in LG Arena & 5 in NIA
  • Sheffield – Motorpoint Arena – 8 Shows

    • References

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