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

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

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.[ needs update ] The tour was staged at the Manchester Arena, The O2 Arena, London, [3] The O2 Arena, Dublin, [4] The Odyssey Arena, Belfast, [5] Cardiff International Arena, [6] SSE Hydro, Glasgow, the Sheffield Arena, the Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, the Utilita Arena Newcastle, and the Liverpool Arena before returning to Manchester.

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

All shows at the Manchester Arena 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]

The tour was listed in the Guinness World Records for the highest selling stand up comedy tour of all time with 1.2 million tickets sold.

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Number of shows

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  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. ↑ "Find and Buy Concert Tickets on GIGSANDTOURS". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
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