Michael McIntyre adds extra Birmingham date for Big World Tour show

Michael McIntyre’s Big World Tour will see the BAFTA award-winning comedian perform to arenas across the UK and Ireland in 2018 as well as revisiting Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and Norway and heading to America, Canada, Switzerland, Iceland, Sweden, Malta and the Netherlands for the first time.

In the UK, Michael has sold over 1.5 million tickets, and around the world, Michael has previously sold out arenas in New Zealand, Australia and Dubai. He also holds the record for the biggest selling comedy shows in South Africa and Norway.

2016 saw the launch of Michael’s own television show Michael McIntyre’s Big Show on BBC One. In 2017, the show earned two nominations at the prestigious BAFTA TV Awards, including Best Entertainment Performance, which Michael went on to win, and the show itself earned a nomination for Best Entertainment Programme. The last series averaged over 6.5 million viewers and the show has been commissioned for a third series, returning to BBC1 in the coming months.

His other TV accolades include; hosting the Royal Variety Performance twice, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, Michael McIntyre's Easter Night At The Coliseum, Michael McIntyre's Very Christmassy Christmas Show and as a judge on Britain's Got Talent.

Michael has released four best-selling DVDs by Universal Pictures - Live and Laughing in 2008, Hello Wembley in 2009, 2012's Showtime and 2015's Happy & Glorious, both of which became Christmas DVD best-sellers. Collectively Michael has sold 3.5 million DVD's to date.

His debut autobiography Life & Laughing was released in 2010 by Penguin Books. With hundreds of thousands of copies sold, the book landed the coveted Christmas number one slot and became one of the best-selling non-fiction books that year.

Michael McIntyre will now appear at Arena Birmingham from May 11 to 13, 2018.

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