It was announced today (Tuesday 26th March 2024) that January 2025 will see Greg Davies return to the stage for his first new stand-up show in seven years and embark on his biggest live tour to date. The 55-date Full Fat Legend tour will see Greg play venues up and down the UK and Ireland, including: The Royal Albert Hall and The OVO Wembley Arena in London; multiple dates in Manchester, Dublin, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Brighton, Oxford, Bournemouth, Glasgow, York, Bath, Sheffield, Swansea, Newcastle, Hull, Belfast, Portsmouth and Bristol; and dates in Cardiff, Leeds, Birmingham and Nottingham.
Greg is well known for being The Taskmaster on Channel 4’s hit show Taskmaster; writing and starring in the BBC’s popular crime-scene comedy The Cleaner; hosting the iconic pop-themed comedy panel show Never Mind the Buzzocks on Sky; writing and starring in Channel 4’s acclaimed comedy series Man Down; playing Ken in BBC comedy series Cuckoo; and being Mr Gilbert in The Inbetweeners hit TV series and films. Greg has three previous stand-up specials available to stream with 2018’s Greg Davies: You Magnificent Beast (Netflix), 2013’s Greg Davies Live: The Back of My Mum’s Head (Channel 4) and 2011’s Greg Davies: Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog (Channel 4).
Tickets are on 48-hour presale from 10am today and on general sale from 10am Thursday.
The full list of Full Fat Legend tour dates, with links to purchase tickets, are available at www.gregdavies.co.uk
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What the press have said about Greg Davies live…
“capacity to surprise and delight…exuberant confessional comedy from a manchild with a lot of idiocy to confess.”
Brian Logan, The Guardian
“ferociously funny”
Steve Bennett, Chortle
“deliriously funny”
Mark Wareham, The Mail on Sunday
“blisteringly funny”
Ben Williams, Time Out
“The big star knows how to end on a big laugh.”
Bruce Dessau, The Evening Standard
“hilarious and touching insight into the life (and brilliant comic mind) of Greg Davies”
Alex Hardy, The Times
“you don’t sell as many tickets as Davies does on name recognition alone; you also have to produce the comic goods…a superb raconteur”
James Kettle, The Guardian
“Greg Davies is undoubtedly one of the kingpins of British comedy”
Francesca Cotton, Evening Standard
“uproarious night of anecdotes, told by a real pro, who rather than resting on his TV laurels is cementing his position of one of Britain’s finest storytelling comedians”
Steve Bennett, Chortle
“A hilarious stand-up show”
Luke Weston, The Observer
“a smashing show”
The i
“effortless skill”
Steven Cookson, Metro
“one of this country’s best comedians”
The Times
“a brilliant comedian”
The Daily Telegraph
“if it’s belly laughs you’re after… Davies is your man”
The Mail on Sunday
For further information contact: Dan Lloyd at Avalon on 020 7598 7222 / dlloyd@avalonuk.com
