{"id":2947,"date":"2022-11-14T02:49:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T10:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/peter-kay-adds-extra-tour-dates-due-to-extreme-demand\/"},"modified":"2022-11-14T02:49:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T10:49:48","slug":"peter-kay-adds-extra-tour-dates-due-to-extreme-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/peter-kay-adds-extra-tour-dates-due-to-extreme-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Kay adds extra tour dates due to extreme demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<p class=\"standfirst\">Comedian Peter Kay has added more than 20 extra dates to meet demand for his new tour, after hundreds of thousands of fans attempted to purchase tickets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is the comedian\u2019s first tour for 12 years after his 2017 string of dates were cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets went on general sale on Saturday, after demand during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2022\/11\/11\/peter-kay-tour-sees-extraordinary-demand-for-tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pre-sale<\/a> crashed multiple websites and reward apps.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/whats-on\/comedy-news\/live-peter-kay-tour-tickets-25498922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester Evening News<\/a> reported that up to two million people had queued for tickets on Saturday. The outlet also reported that over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/whats-on\/whats-on-news\/tickets-still-availale-peter-kay-25505528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">800,000 tickets were sold<\/a> for just one venue alone, AO Arena in Manchester, where more gigs were added due to extreme demand.<\/p>\n<p>The comedian has now added 24 more dates to the tour, which already includes a monthly residency at The O2 in London.<\/p>\n<p>Extra shows include two new stops in Birmingham, four in London and six in Manchester, as well as additional stops in Dublin and Belfast.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterkay_co_uk\/status\/1591449473817120768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, Kay said: \u201cAbsolutely blown away by the ticket sales so far, especially as some of the shows aren\u2019t for a good while yet but don\u2019t worry we\u2019ll have a laugh when we\u2019re all together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div class=\"tax-cat-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 tax-cat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"\">Filed under<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn\" >Awards<\/button>|<button class=\"btn\" >Ticketing<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 tax-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"\">Tags<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn\" >Ticketing<\/button>|<button class=\"btn\" >Stadiums<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2022\/11\/14\/peter-kay-adds-extra-tour-dates-due-to-extreme-demand\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Comedian Peter Kay has added more than 20 extra dates to meet demand for his new tour, after hundreds of thousands of fans attempted to purchase tickets.\u00a0 It is the comedian\u2019s first tour for 12 years after his 2017 string of dates were cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. 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