Monsters Tour

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Monsters Tour
Tour by Lee Evans
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Start date18 August 2014
End date30 November 2014
Legs1
No. of shows65
Lee Evans concert chronology
  • Roadrunner Tour
    (2011)
  • Monsters Tour
    (2014)

The Monsters Tour was the final comedy tour of British comedian Lee Evans. [1] [2] [3] [4] The tour visited Bournemouth, Brighton, Nottingham, Sheffield, Birmingham, London, Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, Aberdeen, Liverpool, Newcastle, Dublin, Belfast and Cardiff with tickets going on sale in late May 2013. [5] [6] The tour follows a fairly similar route to Evans' 2011 Roadrunner Tour. [7] A live DVD was recorded at the NIA, Birmingham on Saturday 20 September with Lee receiving a standing ovation following the finale. On 20 November, Lee announced the tour to be his last ever, subsequently announcing his retirement from comedy. [8]

Contents

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
18 August 2014 Bournemouth England Bournemouth International Centre
19 August 2014
20 August 2014
21 August 2014
22 August 2014
23 August 2014
24 August 2014
26 August 2014 Brighton Brighton Centre
27 August 2014
28 August 2014
29 August 2014
30 August 2014
31 August 2014
1 September 2014
4 September 2014 Nottingham Capital FM Arena Nottingham
5 September 2014
6 September 2014
7 September 2014
8 September 2014
11 September 2014 Sheffield Motorpoint Arena Sheffield
12 September 2014
13 September 2014
17 September 2014 Birmingham National Indoor Arena
18 September 2014
19 September 2014
20 September 2014
21 September 2014
25 September 2014 London The O2 Arena
26 September 2014
27 September 2014
2 October 2014
3 October 2014
4 October 2014
9 October 2014 Manchester Manchester Arena
10 October 2014
11 October 2014
12 October 2014
16 October 2014 Glasgow Scotland The SSE Hydro
17 October 2014
18 October 2014
24 October 2014 Leeds England First Direct Arena
25 October 2014
27 October 2014 Aberdeen Scotland Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre
28 October 2014
30 October 2014 Liverpool England Echo Arena Liverpool
31 October 2014
1 November 2014
6 November 2014 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
7 November 2014
8 November 2014
11 November 2014 Dublin Ireland 3Arena
12 November 2014
14 November 2014 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena
15 November 2014
19 November 2014LondonEngland Wembley Arena
20 November 2014
21 November 2014
22 November 2014
24 November 2014 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
25 November 2014
26 November 2014
27 November 2014
28 November 2014
29 November 2014
30 November 2014

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