The run of shows will begin in Leicester on 15th January, before moving on to cities such as Liverpool, Nottingham, Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester. The tour will come to a close at The Brighton Centre on the 15th and 16th March.

Despite appearing in a number of films, it is stand-up comedy where Connolly has gained most praise, having been named by Channel 4 as the Greatest Ever Stand-up on two separate occasions.

Billy Connolly tickets for the following UK tour dates will go on sale this Friday, 11th November:

De Montfort Hall, Leicester – 15th January
City Hall, Sheffield – 16th and 17th
City Hall, Newcastle – 19th and 20th
Futurist Theatre, Scarborough – 21st and 22nd
The Dome, Doncaster – 24th and 25th
Opera House, Blackpool – 27th and 28th
Empire Theatre, Liverpool – 30th and 31st
Venue Cymru, Llandudno – 3rd and 4th February
St. Georges Hall, Bradford – 6th and 7th
Town Hall, Huddersfield – 8th
Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham – 10th and 11th
Regent Theatre, Ipswich – 13th and 14th
Cliffs Pavillion, Southend – 15th and 16th
Colston Hall, Bristol – 18th and 19th
Pavillions Plymouth – 22nd and 23rd
Symphony Hall, Birmingham – 24th and 25th
O2 Apollo, Manchester – 27th and 28th
Civic Wolverhampton – 2nd and 3rd March
Mayflower, Southampton – 4th
BIC Bournemouth – 7th and 8th March
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff – 11th and 12th March

The Jason Manford UK Tour starts on Friday 24th June in the Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry. His last show will be in Dublin on September 17th. The comedian is famous for his observational, satirical style, and cites Billy Connolly, Tommy Cooper and contemporary Michael Mcintyre amongst his influences. Born in Salford, Manchester in 1981, the comedian became popular when hosting a breakfast show on XFM Manchester and during his stint as a team captain on quiz show 8 Out of 10 Cats. He has been the winner of many awards, including North West City Life Comedian of the Year, Chortle Award for Best Breakthrough Act and Best Stand-up on the North West Circuit.

In November 2010 Manford announced he was giving up comedy and touring to concentrate on his family, so this tour is the last chance to see his hilarious live show.

Jason Manford tickets are available now.

Based on the novel by Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels is the tale of travel writer Lemuel Gulliver, who finds himself on the island of Lilliput, where he is huge in comparison of it’s tiny residents.

The film will be released in 3D, and is set to be a big hit over the Christmas period, with a cast also featuring Catherine Tate, Billy Connolly and James Corden.

For tickets, and times and listings at your local cinema, see the Tixdaq Cinema page and enjoy this Boxing Day movie with the family.

The Billy Connolly residency at the Hammersmith HMV Apollo kicked off earlier this month and is proving to be hugely popular with comedy lovers in the capital.  Billy Connolly will be performing his latest stand-up material at the London venue until January 31.

Tixdaq can confirm that hundreds of Billy Connolly tickets are available to compare and buy online with prices starting below £20.

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The Billy Connolly residency at the Hammersmith HMV Apollo kicked off earlier this month and is proving to be hugely popular with comedy lovers in the capital.  Billy Connolly will be performing his latest stand-up material at the London venue until January31.

Tixdaq can confirm that hundreds of Billy Connolly tickets are available to compare and buy online with prices starting below £20.

Compare and buy Billy Connolly tickets now!

The Billy Connolly residency at the Hammersmith HMV Apollo kicked off on  January 5. Billy Connolly will be performing his latest stand-up material for 20 nights at the London venue until January31.

Tixdaq can confirm that hundreds of Billy Connolly tickets are available to compare online with prices starting as low as £16.

Compare and buy Billy Connolly tickets now!

The Billy Connolly residency at the Hammersmith HMV Apollo begins on  January 5. Billy Connolly will be performing his latest stand-up material for 20 nights at the London venue between January 5 – 31.

Tixdaq can confirm that hundreds of Billy Connolly tickets are available to compare online with prices starting as low as £16.

Compare and buy Billy Connolly tickets now!

The Billy Connolly residency at the Hammersmith HMV Apollo is set to kick off in January. Billy Connolly will be performing his latest stand-up material for 20 nights at the London venue between January 5 – 31.

Tixdaq can confirm that hundreds of Billy Connolly tickets are available to compare online with prices starting as low as £28.

Compare and buy Billy Connolly tickets now!

Billy Connolly returns to British stages in January 2010 as his UK tour kicks off with 15 dates at the HMV Apollo in Hammersmith, West London.  Billy has distilled an extraordinary career as an all-round entertainer with stints as a folk singer, TV comic, stand-up comedian, presenter and broadcaster, Hollywood actor and writer.  In the last year he has acted in the second X-Files feature film, presented a multi-episode TV documentary about Canada’s North-West Passage – thus continuing his fascination with the geography and people of the UK’s former colonies – released a DVD of his last tour and written material for this latest series of shows.

Tickets to these shows went on sale at the beginning of November and are selling fast, so fans of the Big ‘Yin will need to move fast to secure theirs now.  All Billy Connolly tour tickets are available to compare and buy at tixdaq.com.

The latest stand-up project from The Office creator, Ricky Gervais, entitled Science is set to hit UK venues this autumn.

The fourth stand-up tour by Ricky Gervais follows the Work In Progress show which ends this month.

The debut Ricky Gervais stand-up tour, Animals, was released in 2003 and focused on Ricky Gervais’ fascination with the animal kingdom.Animals was followed by the Politics tour a year later. Both tours were recorded live and released on DVD.

Ricky Gervais begins the Science tour on August 24 at the Glasgow SECC & Clyde Auditorium and will run until December 15 at the Brighton Centre, playing 21 dates altogether.

Ricky Gervais said that he took a lot of inspiration from the hugely popular

Scottish stand-up comedian, Billy Connolly, for the forthcoming Science show.

Tickets to see Ricky Gervais at his Science tour will go on general sale on Friday May 15 at 10am.

Ricky Gervais tickets are available at tixdaq.com, including the show on Tuesday August 25 at the Edinburgh Playhouse.

Comedy tickets to lots of stand-up shows are also available at tixdaq.com