Former Top Gear and Take Me Out host and comedian Paddy McGuinness to come to Ipswich Regent Theatre in first stand up tour in eight years – full list of locations

A much-loved comedian will bring the laughs to Suffolk as part of his first stand-up tour in eight years.

Starting in Blackburn in October 2024, Paddy McGuinness will visit more than 40 locations in the UK, as he takes to the road for the first time since 2016.

This will include a show at the Ipswich Regent theatre on February 20, 2025.

Mr McGuinness has been a fixture on British TV for years, having hosted shows like Take Me Out and Top Gear, and acted in Phoenix Nights, Max and Paddy and The Keith and Paddy Picture Show.

Mr McGuinness said: said: “It’s been eight years since my last tour and there’s lots of things to laugh about.

“I’m looking forward to getting back in front of a live audience, along with running the gauntlet of cancel culture, clickbait and fake news.”

Tickets go on sale on December 8 at 10am, and can be purchased from here.

The full list of dates for the 2024/25 tour is as follows:

► Oct 24, 2024 – Blackburn King Georges

► Oct 25, 2024 – Sunderland Empire

► Oct 26, 2024 – Hull Connexin Live

► Oct 31, 2024 – Llandudno Venue Cymru Theatre

► Nov 1, 2024 – Leicester De Montfort Hall

► Nov 3, 2024 – Milton Keynes Theatre

► Nov 7, 2024 – Middlesbrough Town Hall

► Nov 8, 2024 – Dunfermline Alhambra

► Nov 9, 2024 – Dundee Caird Hall

► Nov 10, 2024 – Aberdeen Music Hall

► Nov 14, 2024 – Leeds Grand Theatre

► Nov 15, 2024 – Leeds Grand Theatre

► Nov 16, 2024 – Glasgow SEC Armadillo

► Nov 17, 2024 – Edinburgh Usher Hall

► Nov 22, 2024 – Bradford St Georges Hall

► Nov 23, 2024 – Stoke-On-Trent Regent Theatre

► Nov 24, 2024 – Oxford New Theatre

► Nov 28, 2024 – Halifax Victoria Theatre

► Nov 29, 2024 – Sheffield City Hall

► Nov 30, 2024 – Newcastle O2 City Hall

► Dec 1, 2024 – Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

► Feb 13, 2025 – Truro Hall for Cornwall

► Feb 14, 2025 – Swansea Arena

► Feb 15, 2025 – Cardiff New Theatre

► Feb 20, 2025 – Ipswich Regent

► Feb 21, 2025 – Southend Cliffs Pavilion

► Feb 23, 2025 – Dartford Orchard Theatre

► Feb 28, 2025 – Birmingham Alexandra Theatre

► March 1, 2025 – Wolverhampton The Civic at The Halls

► March 2, 2025 – Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

► March 6, 2025 – Eastbourne Congress Theatre

► March 8, 2025 – Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre

► March 9, 2025 – Torquay Princess Theatre

► March 13, 2025 – Bath Forum

► March 14, 2025 – London Palladium

► March 20, 2025 – York Barbican

► March 21, 2025 – Scunthorpe Baths Hall

► March 23, 2025 – Stockton Globe

► March 28, 2025 – Salford Lowry Lyric Theatre

► March 29, 2025 – Blackpool Opera House