Peter Kay said the reaction to his first live tour in 12 years has been "unbelievable" as he confirms a monthly residency at The O2 in London.
The 49-year-old comedian joined BBC Radio 2's The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on Wednesday to co-host after also announcing he will embark on an arena tour spanning from this December to August 2023.
The series of gigs includes two nights at Dublin's 3Arena on April 6th and 7th 2023.
Tickets for the Dublin dates are on sale this Saturday, November 12th at 10am from Ticketmaster.
Kay told Ball he could not believe he was the "main news on telly" following his comeback being announced on Sunday during an advertisement break of I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’s new series launch on ITV.
Kay said: "(BBC News presenter) Huw Edwards said he had to get some tickets at the end. Huw Edwards is going to queue up for tickets … Him? I cannot get my head (around) it.
"I thought we should call this tour Peter Who? because I haven’t been (around) for five years. Being on the news … can you get your head around that?"
Kay also told Ball he has done practice shows with three more coming up before the tour.
"They are going well, I’ve done a few now," he said. "People keep calling them secret gigs, but they’re not secret at all.
"They’re just online (to book) and they’re just first come first served and they come and that’s it."
It will be Kay’s first live tour since 2010, when he scored the Guinness World Record for the biggest-selling run of all time, playing to more than 1.2 million people.
Kay’s residency is at The O2 in London from December 16 and runs until November 18 2023. He'll be the first artist ever to perform a monthly residency at the venue.
Source: Press Association
