UPDATED 19TH AUGUST 9.15am: The extra thousand tickets released this morning at 9am all sold within 10 minutes.
Record Breaker Kay - Officially The Biggest And Fastest Selling Stand-Up Comedian Of All Time.
After selling out twenty record-breaking nights at the Manchester Arena (a record previously held by Take That) and with a phenomenal demand for tickets, some being exchanged on various internet sites for over five hundred pounds each, Kay was left with no choice but to tour.
Tickets went on sale today at 11am at eight different UK Arena’s - by 2pm over four hundred thousand seats had been sold. Combined with the two hundred thousand previously sold in Manchester, Kay is now officially the biggest and fastest selling live comedy act of all time.
Kay said “I couldn’t comprehend the demand in Manchester but this is amazing, I’m completely overwhelmed. I’m going to give people a crackin’ night, mind you saying that I better get my head down and write some jokes” quipped the Bolton funnyman.
PROMOTER SIMON MORAN - SJM CONCERTS:
“Completely astonishing sales, Peter’s popularity is totally unprecedented – over 400,000 tickets sold in 3 hours.”
Kay, who is currently number one in the charts for a second week with his Animated All Star Band in aid of Children In Need, has smashed his own record for the biggest selling stand-up, which he previously held for his Mum Wants A Bungalow Tour. This is the first time he has returned to stand-up comedy in seven years. He still holds the record for the biggest selling stand-up DVD and autobiography of all time.
All 5 of Peter Kay's Motorpoint Arena dates sold out on the day of on sale (4th December 2009).
