Michael McIntyre's Big World Tour

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Michael McIntyre's Big World Tour
Tour by Michael McIntyre
Start date21 April 2017 (2017-04-21)
End date1 February 2020 (2020-02-01)
Legs10
No. of shows
  • 119 in Europe
  • 14 in Oceania
  • 55 in North America
  • 3 in Africa
  • 6 in Asia
  • 242 in total

Michael McIntyre's Big World Tour is a comedy tour by British comedian Michael McIntyre. The tour began in Ta' Qali at the Malta Fairs and Conventions Centre on 21 April 2017, and concluded in New York City, United States at the Radio City Music Hall on 1 February 2020.

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McIntyre sold 837,197 tickets for his tour, across 242 shows in 20 countries. [1]

Background and development

Following the success of his previous tours, most recently "Happy and Glorious", a world tour was announced in 2017. Tickets for the UK shows went on sale on 5 May 2017. A high demand prompted many extra dates to be added at numerous venues and locations. [2] Shows in Australia and New Zealand sold out in record time, [3] selling out five arena shows in three days. [4] As of December 2019, the tour is set to consist of 121 shows in total; 93 in Europe, 14 in Oceania, 5 in North America, 3 in Africa and 6 in Asia. [2]

Tour dates

List of shows, showing date, city, country and venue [2]
DateCityCountryVenue
Europe
21 April 2017 Ta' Qali Malta Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre
22 April 2017
4 May 2017 Reykjavík Iceland Laugardalshöll
5 May 2017 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Waterfront
6 May 2017 Kristiansand Norway Aquarama Bad
13 May 2017 Amsterdam Netherlands AFAS Live
8 June 2017 Zürich Switzerland Samsung Hall
9 June 2017 Geneva SEG Geneva Arena
15 June 2017 Bergen Norway Grieg Hall
16 June 2017
17 June 2017
Asia
27 November 2017 Hong Kong Star Hall
28 November 2017
29 November 2017 Singapore The Star Theatre
Africa
18 January 2018 Cape Town South Africa Grand Arena
19 January 2018
20 January 2018 Johannesburg Ticketpro Dome
North America
1 February 2018 New York City United States Beacon Theatre
2 February 2018 Toronto Canada Winter Garden Theatre
3 February 2018
Europe
8 March 2018 Plymouth England Plymouth Pavilions
9 March 2018
10 March 2018
11 March 2018
15 March 2018 Bournemouth Bournemouth International Centre
16 March 2018
17 March 2018
18 March 2018
22 March 2018 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
23 March 2018
24 March 2018
25 March 2018
11 April 2018 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena
12 April 2018
13 April 2018
14 April 2018
15 April 2018
16 April 2018
19 April 2018 Manchester England Manchester Arena
20 April 2018
21 April 2018
27 April 2018 Liverpool Echo Arena
28 April 2018
4 May 2018 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
5 May 2018
10 May 2018 Birmingham Arena Birmingham
11 May 2018
12 May 2018
13 May 2018
15 May 2018PlymouthPlymouth Pavilions
16 May 2018
18 May 2018 Leeds First Direct Arena
19 May 2018
25 May 2018 Brighton Brighton Centre
26 May 2018
27 May 2018
28 May 2018
29 May 2018
30 May 2018
1 June 2018 Belfast Northern Ireland SSE Arena
2 June 2018
7 June 2018 Dublin Ireland 3Arena
8 June 2018
9 June 2018
10 June 2018
12 June 2018 Aberdeen Scotland BHGE Arena
13 June 2018
14 June 2018 Glasgow SSE Hydro
15 June 2018
16 June 2018
23 June 2018 Sheffield England FlyDSA Arena
4 September 2018PlymouthPlymouth Pavilions
5 September 2018
5 October 2018 London The O2 Arena
6 October 2018
7 October 2018
11 October 2018
12 October 2018
13 October 2018
14 October 2018
9 November 2018 SSE Arena Wembley
10 November 2018
11 November 2018
3 December 2018 Eventim Apollo
Europe
7 March 2019Ta' QaliMaltaMalta Fairs & Conventions Centre
8 March 2019
Australia
19 March 2019 Perth Australia Perth Arena
20 March 2019
22 March 2019 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
23 March 2019 Sydney Qudos Bank Arena
24 March 2019
26 March 2019 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
28 March 2019 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
29 March 2019
Asia
24 April 2019 Muscat Oman Oman Convention Centre
25 April 2019 Dubai United Arab Emirates World Trade Centre
26 April 2019
Europe
3 May 2019 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena
Oceania
14 June 2019 Hobart Australia Derwent Entertainment Centre
15 June 2019MelbourneRod Laver Arena
17 June 2019 Christchurch New Zealand Horncastle Arena
18 June 2019
20 June 2019 Auckland Spark Arena
21 June 2019
North America
25 July 2019 Montreal Canada Théâtre Maisonneuve
Europe
2 September 2019 Aalborg Denmark Kongres & Kultur Center
27 November 2019 Stavanger Norway DNB Arena
28 November 2019 Oslo Spektrum
29 November 2019 Lillehammer Håkons Hall
30 November 2019 Trondheim Trondheim Spektrum
North America
1 February 2020New York CityUnited States Radio City Music Hall

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