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Peter Kay announces first live tour in 12 years

Comedian will kick off with shows in Manchester later this year as tickets go on sale on 12 November

The Guardian - UK

Peter Kay announces UK tour starting with huge Manchester gigs - full dates, venues and ticket info

The announcement came during the start of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here

Manchester Evening News

Peter Kay announces return to stand-up comedy with first live tour in 12 years

Announcing the news he said: ‘If there’s ever a time people need a laugh it’s now’

Evening Standard

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Peter Kay announces arena tour including Newcastle dates as he hits road for first time in 13 years

Peyer Kay has announced his first arena tour in 13 years, with details breaking during an I'm A Celebrity ad break

Chronicle Live

Peter Kay has announced his return to stand-up comedy with his first live tour in 12 years

The news comes after he took cancelled his 100-date tour back in 2017 due to ‘unforeseen family circumstances

Wales Online

Peter Kay announces huge comeback tour after 5-year absence for family reasons

Comedian Peter Kay has been absent from the limelight for the last five years, having cancelled his nationwide tour back in 2017 citing family circumstances as the reason

Daily Mirror

Peter Kay treats young fan with terminal cancer to lunch following 'bleak' diagnosis

Comedian Peter Kay made a rare public appearance over the weekend as he took a woman living with terminal cancer for lunch in Lancashire, before she resumes radiotherapy

Daily Mirror

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Peter Kay stuns fans as he performs 'top secret' comedy gig with 'new material'

The comedian shocked fans in 2017 when he revealed on Twitter that he was cancelling all upcoming work due to 'unforeseen family circumstances'

Daily Mirror

Peter Kay has been performing 'top secret' comedy shows in Salford this week

Revellers had to hand their mobile phones in to attend the top secret shows from the comedy superstar

Manchester Evening News

Manchester comedy club that hosted early performances from Peter Kay celebrates 25th anniversary with support from Joe Lycett

XS Malarkey is marking its silver anniversary of mirth-making in the city

Manchester Evening News

ITV Coronation Street's Antony Cotton has a TV actress mum soap fans may recognise

The Corrie legend hails from a very talented showbiz family

Liverpool Echo

Real life of ITV Corrie's Sean Tully actor Antony Cotton including his famous actress mum who appeared in the soap

The actor will mark 20 years on the cobbles next year

Manchester Evening News

Peter Kay delights fans as he makes rare public appearance at cancer charity gig

Peter Kay hasn't appeared on stage much over the last couple of years, but he's returned to the spotlight this year with some Dance for Life events, held to raise money for Cancer Research UK

Daily Mirror

ITV The Chase fans in stitches as they spot 'Ricky Gervais' in the studio

Eagle-eyed fans at home quickly noticed a theme during The Chase on Tuesday

Liverpool Echo

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Christine and Paddy McGuinness' wedding disaster - missing dad, Peter Kay and fire

Paddy McGuinness and wife Christine's are splitting - and their marriage didn't get off to the best of starts as she barely knew any of the 200 guests at their chaotic wedding day

Manchester Evening News

Original 'Phoenix Club' sign from Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights sold at auction for £3k

The fictitious club from the award-winning sitcom was based at a social club in Farnworth, Bolton

Evening Standard

Phoenix Nights is crowned by Twitter as one of the best series ever, beating The Office

Peter Kay and Ricky Gervais stayed quiet as Twitter decided which show should win

Manchester Evening News

Throwback photos of 'baby-faced' Greater Manchester celebs who made it big on the small screen and in Hollywood

Youthful pics of some of the region's most famous faces

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Protective dad installs 'Peter Kay alarm' at daughter's house to ward off intruders

After a drunken intruder made their way into his daughter's home, a protective father has come up with an ingenious solution to scare off any further unwelcome visitors

Daily Mirror

Jason Manford reveals he goes on tour to get away from his six children

Jason Manford admitted he is pretty hands-on but does enjoy the peace of staying at a hotel on his own while he is on tour to relieve himself of the pressures of parenting six children

Daily Record

Peter Kay’s bitter 10-year feud with Phoenix Nights co-star over ‘stolen’ credit

Phoenix Nights star Dave Spikey, who was a writer on the Channel 4 hit show fell out with Peter Kay and seemingly blamed him for his career failing.

Daily Mirror

Peter Kay's bitter 10-year feud with Phoenix Nights co-star over 'stolen' credit

Phoenix Nights star Dave Spikey, who was a writer on the Channel 4 series and played Jerry St. Clair, fell out with Peter Kay and seemingly blamed him for his career failing

Edinburgh Live

Peter Kay plans 'major comeback' to comedy after over a decade of touring hiatus

The comedian stepped out of the limelight completely in 2017, after cancelling his first tour in eight years, due to 'unforeseen family circumstances' - and now he is back!

Bristol Post

Peter Kay could play Bristol Arena on rumoured 'major comeback tour'

The Phoenix Nights star said he would play Bristol Arena on his then-cancelled 2018 tour instead of Cardiff's Motorpoint Arena IF it had been built by then

Daily Mirror

Peter Kay's best TV cameos over the years from Coronation Street to Doctor Who

Peter Kay is believed to be on the verge of announcing his long overdue comeback tour later this year, but the star has made many other appearances over the years. Here are some of his best cameos

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