The Better Late Than Never Tour was a comedy tour by English stand-up comedian Peter Kay. The tour was announced on 6 November 2022 during the ad break of the series 22 premiere of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. This was the first work project by Kay since the cancellation of his 2018 tour Peter Kay Live: Have Gags, Will Travel which was cancelled due to family reasons.
Tickets for the tour started at £35, matching the price bands of his previous tour The Tour That Doesn't Tour Tour...Now On Tour which holds the Guinness World Record for the biggest selling comedy tour of all time, playing to more than 1.2 million people.
Announced on 6 November 2022, the tour was to start on 2 December 2022 in Manchester before visiting Birmingham, Liverpool, Belfast, Newcastle, Glasgow and Dublin due to conclude on 11 August 2022. On 9 November, Kay announced a monthly London residency on BBC Radio 2 due to take place at The O2 Arena running for 11 months.
On 12 November 2022, tickets for the tour went on sale with thousands of fans attempting to book tickets. Additional dates were added for over 2 years in advance up until June 2025.
In February 2024, it was announced that Peter Kay would become the first artist to perform at Co-op Live, with shows scheduled for 23 and 24 April 2024. However, due to construction delays at the venue, the opening shows were first postponed by a week and later delayed again until May 2024.
An extension of the tour was announced during the series 24 premiere of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here 17 November 2024, adding further dates in previously announced cities along with new locations including Leeds, Sheffield, Aberdeen, Nottingham, Brighton, Bournemouth, Cardiff and Douglas.
Kay confirmed a final 2026 extension of the tour on BBC The One Show on 26 November 2025 with all profits going to 12 cancer charities.
Tour dates DateCityCountryVenue2 December 2022ManchesterEnglandAO Arena3 December 202216 December 2022LondonO2 Arena17 December 2022BirminghamUtilita Arena6 January 2023LiverpoolM&S Bank Arena7 January 202320 January 2023LeedsFirst Direct Arena21 January 2023LondonO2 Arena17 February 2023SheffieldUtilita Arena18 February 2023LondonO2 Arena23 February 2023BelfastNorthern IrelandSSE Arena24 February 20225 February 20239 March 2023NewcastleEnglandUtilita Arena10 March 202322 March 2023LondonO2 Arena23 March 2023BirminghamResorts World Arena6 April 2023DublinIreland3 Arena7 April 202321 April 2023BirminghamEnglandUtilita Arena22 April 2023LondonO2 Arena5 May 2023GlasgowScotlandOVO Hydro6 May 202319 May 2023LeedsEnglandFirst Direct Arena20 May 2023LondonO2 Arena2 June 2023BirminghamUtilita Arena3 June 2023LondonO2 Arena16 June 2023CardiffWalesInternational Arena17 June 202314 July 2023NottinghamEnglandMotorpoint Arena15 July 202328 July 2023BirminghamUtilita Arena29 July 2023LondonO2 Arena11 August 2023SheffieldUtilita Arena12 August 202329 August 2023BirminghamUtilita Arena30 August 2023LondonO2 Arena8 September 2023LeedsFirst Direct Arena9 September 2023LondonO2 Arena22 September 2023ManchesterAO Arena23 September 20237 October 2023LondonO2 Arena19 October 2023ManchesterAO Arena20 October 20235 November 20236 November 202318 November 2023LondonO2 Arena1 December 2023ManchesterAO Arena16 December 2023LondonO2 Arena5 January 2024BirminghamUtilita Arena6 January 2024LondonO2 Arena26 January 2024AO ArenaAO Arena27 January 20249 February 202410 February 202423 February 2024SheffieldUtilita Arena24 February 2024LondonO2 Arena8 March 2024ManchesterAO Arena9 March 202422 March 2024LeedsFirst Direct Arena23 March 2024LondonO2 Arena5 April 2024ManchesterAO Arena6 April 202419 April 2024BirminghamUtilita Arena20 April 2024LondonO2 Arena3 May 2024BirminghamUtilita Arena4 May 2024LondonO2 Arena17 May 2024ManchesterAO Arena18 May 202423 May 2024Co-op Live24 May 20241 June 2024LeedsFirst Direct Arena2 June 2024LondonO2 Arena14 June 2024ManchesterAO Arena15 June 202412 July 2024SheffieldUtilita Arena13 July 2024LondonO2 Arena26 July 2024ManchesterAO Arena27 July 20249 August 2024BirminghamUtilita Arena10 August 2024LondonO2 Arena23 August 2024ManchesterAO Arena24 August 20246 September 2024SheffieldUtilita Arena7 September 2024LondonO2 Arena20 September 2024ManchesterAO Arena21 September 20247 October 2024BirminghamUtilita Arena8 October 2024LondonO2 Arena18 October 2024ManchesterAO Arena19 October 20241 November 20242 November 202415 November 2024BirminghamUtilita Arena16 November 2024LondonO2 Arena29 November 2024ManchesterAO Arena30 November 20245 December 2024LondonO2 Arena6 December 2024BirminghamUtilita Arena20 December 2024ManchesterAO Arena21 December 202410 January 202511 January 202524 January 2025BirminghamUtilita Arena25 January 2025LondonO2 Arena7 February 2025ManchesterAO Arena8 February 202521 February 2025BirminghamResorts World Arena22 February 2025LondonO2 Arena8 March 2025LeedsFirst Direct Arena5 April 2025ManchesterAO Arena3 May 2025SheffieldUtilita Arena16 May 2025LondonO2 Arena17 May 2025ManchesterAO Arena30 May 2025AberdeenScotlandP&J Live31 May 20256 June 2025BirminghamEnglandUtilita Arena7 June 202520 June 2025LondonO2 Arena21 June 2025ManchesterAO Arena10 July 2025DublinIreland3 Arena25 July 2025ManchesterEnglandAO Arena26 July 2025LondonO2 Arena7 August 2025BelfastNorthern IrelandSSE Arena23 August 2025NewcastleEnglandUtilita Arena19 September 2025ManchesterAO Arena23 October 2025GlasgowScotlandOVO Hydro21 November 2025LiverpoolEnglandM&S Bank Arena11 December 2025NottinghamMotorpoint Arena12 December 202519 December 202520 December 20259 January 2026BrightonBrighton Centre10 January 2026BournemouthInternational Centre23 January 2026CardiffUtilita Arena24 January 202620 February 2026DouglasIsle of ManVilla Marina21 February 20267 March 2026AberdeenScotlandP&J Live8 March 2026NewcastleEnglandUtilita Arena20 March 2026NottinghamMotorpoint Arena21 March 20263 April 2026GlasgowScotlandOVO Hydro4 April 202616 April 2026DublinIreland3 Arena17 April 202618 April 20261 May 2026BirminghamEnglandUtilita Arena2 May 202615 May 2026NewcastleUtilita Arena16 May 2026LeedsFirst Direct Arena4 June 2026BelfastNorthern IrelandSSE Arena5 June 20266 June 202619 June 2026LiverpoolEnglandM&S Bank Arena20 June 2026SheffieldUtilita Arena24 July 2026LeedsFirst Direct Arena7 August 2026LondonO2 Arena8 August 2026ManchesterAO Arena
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