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"Tour extended due to huge demand". I wondered if this meant his bill from the utility supplier after he'd spent so long at home, unable to gig, during lockdown. It would have been apt for a tour called Electric.
It wasn't. Apparently, he is very popular, particularly with young people (and I don't just mean in the 0-6 years age group).
This tour's origins began pre-Covid, in 2019, when he performed at Download, playing to his tribe, the metalheads, and them not being impressed until he drew blood. His material has moved on since then (he discusses finally getting married last year, having had to postpone the wedding three times due to the Pandemic) and covered the aftereffect of one of his jokes being retweeted by the CBeebies account; Gym Big Boys; parents fingering as foreplay to the conception of you; and the delights of the Travelodge all-you-can-eat buffet. A polished performance incorporating the audience work he put in at the start, even including a callback to the material of his support act, Ania Magliano, (she's half Polish, half Italian, all bisexual and gave us a fine twenty minutes before the interval).
Twas a better night than the Fringe Rewind streams I'd been watching earlier on NextUp. Live comedy is best live. Thumbs up. (does that count as fingering?)
Ticket price £20.
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