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Michael McIntyre is back on the road with a massive world tour: Tickets, dates and venues

26 February 2024, 09:30

By Tom Eames

Michael McIntyre is back on stage with his brand new show MACNIFICENT!

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It has been five years since Michael's last tour, and he can't wait to bring more laughs around the world.

Michael McIntyre's keen observational comedy and unique ability to transform ordinary moments into showcases of human frustration have resonated deeply with countless fans.

Thus far, his stand-up tours have surpassed four million tickets in sales. Notably, he achieved a record-breaking 28 sold-out performances at London's O2 arena, earning him the keys to the venue.

Tickets for the 2024 tour are on sale now from Ticketmaster .

The full dates are:

• Friday 23rd February: Plymouth, Pavilions
• Saturday 24th February Plymouth, Pavilions
• Sunday 25th February Plymouth Pavilions (* new date)
• Monday 26th February Plymouth, Pavilions (* new date)
• Tuesday 27th February Plymouth, Pavilions (* new date)
• Wednesday 28th February Plymouth, Pavilions (* new date)
• Thursday 29th February Plymouth, Pavilions (* new date)
• Friday 8th March Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
• Saturday 9th March Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
• Sunday 10th March Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena (* new date)
• Friday 15th March Newcastle, Utilita Arena (* new date)
• Saturday 16th March Newcastle, Utilita Arena
• Friday 22nd March Manchester, AO Arena
• Saturday 23rd March Manchester, AO Arena
• Thursday 4th April Eastbourne, Congress (*new date)
• Friday 5th April London, The O2
• Saturday 6th April London, The O2
• Friday 12th April London, The O2
• Saturday 13th April London, The O2
• Sunday 14th April London, The O2 (* new date)
• Friday 19th April Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena (* new date)
• Saturday 20th April Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena
• Thursday 25th April Hull, Arena (* new date)
• Friday 26th April Hull, Arena
• Saturday 27th April Sheffield, Utilita Arena
• Wednesday 1st May Utilita Arena (* new date)
• Thursday 2nd May Cardiff, Utilita Arena (* new date)
• Friday 3rd May Cardiff, Utilita Arena (* new date)
• Saturday 4th May Cardiff, Utilita Arena (* new date)
• Sunday 5th May Cardiff, Utilita Arena (* new date)
• Friday 10th May London, OVO Arena Wembley
• Saturday 11th May London, OVO Arena Wembley
• Wednesday 15th May Aberdeen, P&J Arena (* new date)
• Thursday 16th May Aberdeen, P&J Arena
• Friday 17th May Glasgow, OVO Hydro (* new date)
• Saturday 18th May Glasgow, OVO Hydro
• Sunday 19th May Glasgow, OVO Hydro (* new date)
• Friday 24th May Birmingham, Utilita Arena
• Saturday 25th May Birmingham, Utilita Arena
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Britain's biggest comedian Michael McIntyre is going global with his Big World Tour.

Michael will be performing in arenas across the UK and Ireland 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 performed three arena tours selling over 1.5 million tickets, including a record 28 times at London's 16,000 capacity O2 Arena where he was awarded the keys to the venue along with Prince, Take That and One Direction.

Around the world, Michael has previously sold out arenas in New Zealand, Australia and Dubai and holds the record for the biggest selling comedy shows in South Africa and Norway.

Michael currently presents his own television show Michael McIntyre's Big Show on BBC1. The last series averaged over 6.5 million viewers and recently received two BAFTA nominations.

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We cried twice and one of us peed our pants. That should say enough :) He just need to make a Canadian stop next time. ;)

Michael McIntyre - Great show!

First of all, The Beacon Theater in New York is one of the most interesting theaters in New York! The design is very unique and well preserved. Truly a gem on the Upper West Side. The show itself did not disappoint! I had seen Michael in London years ago and when I saw he was coming to New York, I immediately bought a ticket. His humor is very relatable and really helps you look at everyday events in a different light. His audience work is great and very engaging for all. Only drawback to the show were 2 gals in the row in front if me that clearly had been ‘over served’ and were distracting to those that sat ariund them. Luckily, the most disruptive one left shortly after the intermission one was not let back into the main floor. But overal, The show was great!

What an amazing show Michael McIntyre

After three years, Michael finally came back to NYC. His new comedy tour is "MACNIFICENT”. He did a very solid 1hr and 45 minutes with a 30-minute intermission. His British accent made me fascinated and his language rhythm is so fluent and funny. He covered a wide range of concepts including COVID, his wife, his kids, restaurant experience, dog food etc. They all had good transitions and punch lines. He still stood at the top of the comedy. Hope to see you again!

Michael McIntyre is the best!

Flew down from Toronto to see Michael McIntyre at The Beacon in NYC - the show was amazing! We’ve been trying to see him live for quite some time now, so couldn’t pass up the opportunity. He did not disappoint and I am so glad we made the trip down to catch the show. A lot of the material was very relatable and hubby kept jabbing me going “that’s you!”. If you are lucky enough to get tickets to see him perform, do not pass up the opportunity. Such a fun night!

Michael McIntyre is naturally funny!

My all time favorite comedian. He never fails to make me laugh with his relatable stories. He had the whole audience laughing for the entire show. Can’t wait to see him again.

Michael McIntyre never fails to put on an amazing show! Haven't laughed that hard in years. Best part is it's so relatable! Things that touch each person because we've all had the same experiences! He is so physical and strings all the jokes together so they all connect. Go! It's a great show! I hope he comes to America more often!

Michael was hysterical. Just wish he did more shows in the USA.

Michael and the Beacon theater are a perfect match

Michael was hilarious as ever. He strikes a great balance between being funny and silly while talking about every day problems and frustrations that most of us can relate to. The venue was great, our seats were excellent, and we could see and hear Michael perfectly. The seating was comfortable and getting into the venue was simple and straightforward. I would definitely buy tickets to see Michael again or see other shows at the same venue.

I have waited a long time for Michael to get here. We drove for 4 hours and it was worth every tedious mile. He was AMAZING!! I really think he is the funniest guy around.

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Michael McIntyre : MACNIFICENT

• Date 5 Apr - 14 Apr 2024
• Venue The O2 arena
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Michael McIntyre is back on stage with his brand-new show ‘MACNIFICENT’, much has happened in the five years since his last tour and Michael will be making mirth from the madness of it all at The O2 next April.

Michael is the host of two of the BBC’s most successful entertainment shows, the BAFTA-winning Michael McIntyre’s Big Show and The Wheel, which he devised and hosts for NBC in America. His previous tours have sold over four million tickets and broken box-office records around the world. Michael McIntyre’s spot-on observational comedy and trademark mastery of turning everyday situations into masterclasses of human exasperation have struck a chord with millions of fans. To date, Michael's stand-up tours have sold over four million tickets, including a record-breaking twenty-eight sold out shows at London’s The O2 for which he was awarded the keys to the venue. Michael’s global success continues to flourish with his ‘Big World Tour’, which began in early 2017, visiting over twenty countries and culminating in Michael's Netflix special “Showman”.

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Park your cynicism! Michael McIntyre is a super-relatable well-oiled joke machine

The everyman standup delivers substantial comic payloads by itemising the oddity of human behaviour. A successful formula his new tour continues to exploit

A ll the countries of the world have their own bread, runs one of Michael McIntyre’s routines in his new show Macnificent. But what does Britain have? The boring old loaf. And all the countries have their own cheese too, runs the follow-up. And which one is ours? Mild cheddar. That’s we Brits, according to our host: aren’t we all just so lovably, incorrigibly bland?

Well, speak for yourself, you may wish to respond: there are traffic islands that have spent less time than McIntyre in the middle of the road. But resistance is futile – or at least, self-defeating. You can sit there thinking of all the strong cheeses and characterful breads Britain produces, or you can be seduced by McIntyre’s entertaining generalisations (OK, maybe we are bland!) into having as much fun as many, many other people in his audience. Don’t overthink things. Park your cynicism. There’s fun to be had here.

And there has been for a remarkably long time. The 47-year-old screens a montage at the start of his show, of significant gigs since he first stepped on to the Comedy Store stage 24 years ago. It reminded me: this guy has been huge for ages. (He barely seems to have aged either, damn him.) This is a comic who struck, fairly early, on a formula that would yield colossal commercial success, and who has stuck with it since. Reader, let me reassure – or disappoint – you: that formula changes not one jot with Macnificent, McIntyre’s first standup tour since 2018 .

It includes, as ever, fantastic jokes and routines on almost parodically relatable subjects. You want 10 tight minutes on middle-aged wine-drinking? McIntyre is your man. Interested in a riff on yawning? McIntyre is here for you, itemising the oddity of this universal human behaviour, the comedy of failing to suppress it when in conversation, the incongruity of its seeming contagiousness. (“How do you catch tiredness?!”) Not for the first time, you marvel that such an ostensibly banal observation can feel so fresh, and deliver – in McIntyre’s expert hands – such a substantial comic payload.

But it does, as does a fine nugget of physical comedy about McIntyre and wife in the marital bed, regretting the purchase of a mattress that’s firm on one half and soft on the other. And a delightful routine about youth football, casting our host as a concerned dad on the sidelines while his angelic son is aggressed by overdeveloped 15-year-olds with abundant facial hair and testosterone to spare.

What you don’t get is any sense of the real McIntyre, the man behind the joke machine. McIntyre watchers will know he’s suffered a setback in recent months, with the prompt cancellation of the US edition of his gameshow The Wheel . If this is significant to him, if he has dreams of breaking America, how he feels about being a primetime superstar – you’ll find the answers to none of this in his stage act, which casts him as an everyman whose concerns are indistinguishable from yours and mine.

Isn’t that stretching things? The man’s (I’m guessing) a multimillionaire. But part of McIntyre’s genius is how his act neutralises class in this most class-conscious of countries. Most major mass-appeal comics are proudly working class ( Mo Gilligan , John Bishop, Micky Flanagan , Sarah Millican). Those who aren’t – such as Jack Whitehall – have to burlesque their own poshness for popular approval. But McIntyre seldom exaggerates or apologises for his privilege; indeed he rarely affords it the slightest significance. It’s there if you’re looking for it, but rendered irrelevant by the man’s superpower relatability, a personality so democratic as to completely override this or that mention of having a gardener or dining on gnocchi.

And so McIntyre’s Covid experiences, according to Macnificent at least, are the same as all our Covid experiences: cutting his family’s hair, cultivating an Amazon dependency. But even audiences developing an immunity by now to coronavirus comedy (myself among them) will be tickled by McIntyre’s novel take – in which a birthday party for his wife transmogrifies, via a Covid diagnosis for McIntyre himself, into a mortal threat to his whole family.

There are lesser routines in the show. The rude wordplay that ends act one is a bit effortful, and the section on his dieting hacks when on a trip to the US requires a greater measure of contrivance than the best of his work. Sometimes it’s too obvious that McIntyre isn’t just delivering a comedy routine, he’s drilling a new catchphrase for the merch. One of the least convincing gags of the evening, meanwhile, finds our host panicking, on the release of tickets for this tour, that he’s gone out of fashion and no one’s going to come. Give over, Michael! I wouldn’t bet against another 24 years of adulation: Macnificent finds the McIntyre machine as well-oiled as ever.

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Michael McIntyre announces new Macnificent world tour

Monday 13th February 2023, 10:24am

• Michael McIntyre is to tour the world with new show Macnificent
• Initial dates across the UK, in Dublin and New York City have been announced
• Tickets go on sale at 10am this Friday, 17th February, from retailers including Ticketmaster

Michael McIntyre is embarking on a new world tour.

Macnificent runs from September 2023 to June 2024 , with performances currently planned in venues across the UK, in Dublin and New York City, and more to follow.

Promoters tease: "Much has happened in the five years since his last tour and Michael will be making mirth from the madness of it all."

Tickets for the current range of dates go on sale at 10am this Friday, 17th February, from retailers including Ticketmaster .

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Michael McIntyre's MACNIFICENT Tour: Dates, Venues And How To Get Tickets

17 February 2023, 05:00 | Updated: 20 February 2024, 16:42

By Capital FM

Michael McIntyre is hitting the road with his MACNIFICENT tour! Here's how you can get tickets.

Michael McIntyre has embarked on MACNIFICENT, his stand-up tour which he's taking from the UK and Ireland all the way to New York, starting with Bristol last September and wrapping up in Birmingham later this year.

It's the comedic legend's first tour in five years, and after an eventful few years across the globe he's returning to the stage to give fans some much-needed LOLs.

Here's everything you need to know about the MACNIFICENT show, from dates and venues to how to get tickets.

Michael McIntyre's MACNIFICENT tour dates

Sunday 25th February Plymouth Pavilions (* new date)

Monday 26th February Plymouth, Pavilions (* new date)

Tuesday 27th February Plymouth, Pavilions (* new date)

Wednesday 28th February Plymouth, Pavilions (* new date)

Thursday 29th February Plymouth, Pavilions

Friday, 8 March 2024, Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena

Saturday, 9 March 2024, Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena

Sunday 10th March Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena (* new date)

Friday 15th March Newcastle, Utilita Arena (* new date)

Saturday, 16 March 2024, Newcastle, Utilita Arena

Friday, 22 March 2024, Manchester, AO Arena

Saturday, 23 March 2024, Manchester, AO Arena

Thursday 4th April Eastbourne, Congress (*new date)

Friday, 5 April 2024, London, The O2

Saturday, 6 April 2024, London, The O2

Friday, 12 April 2024, London, The O2

Saturday, 13 April 2024, London, The O2

Sunday 14th April London, The O2 (* new date)

Friday 19th April Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena (* new date)

Saturday, 20 April 2024, Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena

Friday, 26 April 2024, Hull, Bonus Arena

Saturday, 27 April 2024, Sheffield, Utilita Arena

Friday, 10 May 2024, London, OVO Arena Wembley

Saturday, 11 May 2024, London, OVO Arena Wembley

Thursday, 16 May 2024, Aberdeen, P&J Arena

Saturday, 18 May 2024, Glasgow, OVO Hydro

Thursday 25th April Hull, Arena (* new date)

Wednesday 1st May Utilita Arena (* new date)

Thursday 2nd May Cardiff, Utilita Arena (* new date)

Friday 3rd May Cardiff, Utilita Arena (* new date)

Saturday 4th May Cardiff, Utilita Arena (* new date)

Sunday 5th May Cardiff, Utilita Arena (* new date)

Wednesday 15th May Aberdeen, P&J Arena (* new date)

Friday 17th May Glasgow, OVO Hydro (* new date)

Sunday 19th May Glasgow, OVO Hydro (* new date)

Friday, 24 May 2024, Birmingham, Utility Arena

Saturday, 25 May 2024, Birmingham, Utility Arena

Sunday 26th May Birmingham, Utilita Arena (* new date)

Thursday 30th May Dublin, 3Arena (* new date)

Friday 31st May Belfast, SSE Arena (* new date)

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Tickets for Michael McIntyre's 2024 tour MACNIFICENT are on sale now.

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Michael McIntyre: MACNIFICENT

19-20 April 2024

£31.00 / £47.95 / £71.75 / £129.25

(incl. administration and facility fee) plus £2.95 Order Processing Fee per order.

Michael McIntyre is back on stage with his brand new show MACNIFICENT! 

20th april is now sold out.

"… Britain's undisputed No 1 comedian " – Mail on Sunday “ Snortingly funny ” – The Telegraph “…. he can – and will – be funny about pretty much anything ” – The Times

Much has happened in the five years since his last tour and Michael will be making mirth from the madness of it all at M&S Bank Arena in April 2024.

Age Limit: Strictly 14+

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From the south...

Avanti West Coast operates hourly, direct services from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street (with a journey time of just over two hours). Other long-distance rail services also operate into Liverpool Lime Street station.

M&S Bank Arena is a 20-minute walk from Lime Street or a short taxi ride. You can also transfer at Lime Street onto the underground Wirral Line trains to James Street station (10 minute walk) or catch the CityLink Route C4 (7am – 8pm) directly to the venue. If travelling from outside Merseyside, you can catch an underground train to James Street station from Lime Street station, inclusive of the cost of your train ticket.

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Michael McIntyre: Macnificent

Review of the comic's first stand-up tour in five years

It’s been a long time since Michael McIntyre perfected his lucrative brand of exaggerated observational comedy. A pre-show video highlights reel tells us it’s been 15 years since that defining ‘man drawer’ routine – as well as highlighting just how little his dependable mainstream shtick has changed over the years. Only a 1999 clip from the Comedy Store, showing him in jeans and T-shirt that really don’t suit him, deviate from the winning formula.

Given that his audience always knows exactly what they will get, Macnificent safely offers more of the same, sometimes to the point of seeming like a self-parody. ‘Eyebrows, what’s all that about then?’ starts one routine.

Meanwhile, the segment about watching his son’s football match draws from exactly the same speech impediment well as his marvellous routine about having an anaesthetised mouth, post-dentist, from 2012’s Showtime. But with added, unsubtle, innuendo.

Relatability is McIntyre’s watchword, of course, and he remains the middle-class Everyman – even with far-from universal experiences such as fretting about whether he might not sell out all the 10,000-seat arenas on this tour, breakfasting at the same LA hotel as supermodels, and employing a devious gardener. But the obvious trappings of his success are tempered by more understandable insecurities about maintaining his dignity when the world – and his own stupidity – conspires against that.

And those stories are outliers. Mostly, his material is built on common ground, from gurgling stomachs to the too-easy tendency to reach for a bottle of wine at home to how yawns are infectious. Although not in his show, as he injects energy into the most trite observation. 

All is sold with the big, expressive gestures and the trademark purposeful striding. While sometimes this feels too practised, his physical comedy prowess is proved in a routine in which he lies on the floor recreating his ill-fated amorous advances towards his wife on his expensive yet impractical mattress, half of which is is firm, and half of which is soft.

Act-outs elevate even more mundane routines such as talking ‘about the breads of the world’ – a trite and rather obviously engineered conceit to get him to mimic Mexicans with their tortillas, Frenchmen with their baguettes, and Indians with their naan. No prizes for guessing which accent he doesn’t do.

Also in his favour are the florid descriptions with which he elevates the everyday, for example the term ‘piss-pot’ as a charming variation on ‘pisshead’.

While not being too troubled by having any grand vision, McIntyre does have a couple of underlying themes. 

Technology is the less interesting one, as he talks about  TikTok algorithms serving up a surfeit of boobs, addictive phone use and step-counting apps. Though his urgent stage pacing surely helps him hit the target every day on tour, this segment ends in a nicely non-PC line about the wearable tech.

He’s also updated the old musical hall gag about a speak-your-weight machine telling an overweight customer ‘one at a time, please’ for 21st Century technology in a self-deprecating bridge to talking about him trying to lose weight.

The other recurring strand is about British reserve, our unadventurous streak – our bread is the boring loaf – and our dislike of confrontation. A cynic might suggest McIntryre is the sliced white Mother’s Pride of comedy, but that would be harsh: the craftsmanship that goes into his work at least elevates him to a supermarket sourdough.

While nothing here will redefine anyone’s worldview, the material is timeless – as indeed is he, looking at least a full decade younger than his 47 years.

One exception is the routine about Covid, something audiences might already be tired of. But as McIntyre points out, given his career is built on talking about shared experiences – and since lockdown happened in the five years since his last tour – it seems germane to speak of it.

Indeed, he does highlight the ridiculous rigamarole of trying to dine out in the earliest days of restrictions being eased in a way that is cliche-free, very funny and strangely nostalgic.

This segment – indeed the whole show – concludes in a delightfully farcical anecdote about the time he caught Covid on his wife’s birthday, culminating in a hilariously humiliating image, brilliantly deflating the smugness of his stage demeanour. 

It’s a routine that’s almost worth the ticket price alone, even as some of the other segments feel like going through the motions – albeit with skill and craftsmanship.

Review date: 27 Oct 2023 Reviewed by: Steve Bennett Reviewed at: Brighton Centre

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Michael McIntyre at London’s O2 Arena: timings and everything you need to know

The British comedy giant’s ‘MACNIFICENT’ tour will grace the O2 for five nights this month

Whether you find him side-splittingly funny or you think his jokes never land, you gotta give Michael McIntyre some kudos for his absolutely stellar comedy career. He first cropped up as a guest on shows like Mock the Week and Live At The Apollo (I mean, which notable British comic didn’t?) but skyrocketed to fame throughout the late ’00s and was the high-grossing stand-up comedian in the world in 2012. 

You’ve probably caught at least a glimpse of one of hMcIntyre’s shows on the telly – think Comedy Roadshow , Michael McIntyre’s Big Show , and his latest venture, The Wheel . By now, he’s pretty comfortable headlining London ’s O2 – after surpassing a record 28 shows at the arena back in 2018, he is now a holder of the keys to the venue alongside the likes of Prince, Take That and One Direction.

Michael McIntyre’s MACNIFICENT tour is in London for five shows over the next week or so. Here’s everything you need to know about the gigs. 

When is Michael McIntyre at London’s O2 Arena? 

These are the dates the comedian will be filling the arena:

• Friday April 5
• Saturday April 6
• Friday April 12
• Saturday April 13
• Sunday April 14

He’s also got two performances on May 10 and 11 at London’s OVO Arena Wembley. 

What time will he come on stage? 

McIntyre’s show should kick off at around 8pm, but as with all live performances, timings can be subject to change. 

What time do doors open? 

Doors open at the O2 at 6.30pm. 

Are there any tickets left for Michael McIntyre MACNIFICENT tour at London’s O2?

There are, but only April 12 and 14 have any availability – and what they have is limited. Have a look at the Ticketmaster website here to see what can still be snapped up. 

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Michael McIntyre: MACNIFICENT

Michael McIntyre is back on stage with his brand new show MACNIFICENT! Much has happened in the five years since his last tour and Michael will be making mirth from the madness of it all.

Michael is the host of two of the BBC's most successful entertainment shows, the BAFTA-winning Michael McIntyre’s Big Show and The Wheel , which he devised and also hosts for NBC in America.

His previous tours have sold over four million tickets and broken box-office records around the world.

Michael’s return to stand-up is not to be missed!

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Tickets for Michael's 'Macnificent' world tour dates go on general sale from Friday 17 February at 10am.

Michael McIntyre is back on stage with his brand new show MACNIFICENT! Much has happened in the five years since his last tour and Michael will be making mirth from the madness of it all.

Michael is the host of two of the BBC's most successful entertainment shows, the BAFTA-winning Michael McIntyre 's Big Show and The Wheel, which he devised and also hosts for NBC in America.

His previous tours have sold over four million tickets and broken box-office records around the world.

Tickets for Michael's 'Macnificent' world tour dates go on general sale from Friday 17th February at 10am. Artist and Three Telefonica / O2 Telefonica / OVO customers pre-sale tickets will be available from 10am on Wednesday 15th February and Ticketmaster / individual venues/Off The Kerb pre-sale tickets will be on sale from 10am on Thursday 16th February. Tickets for all dates will be available to purchase from www.michaelmcintyre.co.uk and ticketmaster.co.uk/michaelmcintyre . Please find a full list of dates and listings information below. Further UK and international dates will be announced shortly.

Michael McIntyre 's spot-on observational comedy and trademark mastery of turning everyday situations into masterclasses of human exasperation have struck a chord with millions of fans.

To date, Michael's stand-up tours have sold over four million tickets, including a record-breaking twenty-eight sold out shows at London's O2 for which he was awarded the keys to the venue.

Michael's global success continues to flourish with his 'Big World Tour', which began in early 2017, visiting over twenty countries and culminating in Michael's Netflix special "Showman".

In addition to stand-up, Michael hosts two of the BBC's most successful entertainment shows - ' Michael McIntyre 's Big Show' and 'The Wheel'. The BAFTA winning 'Big Show' is currently in its sixth series and averages over seven million viewers. 'The Wheel', which Michael also devised and also hosts for NBC in America, is in its third series and has been nominated for both BAFTA and National Television Awards.

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Michael McIntyre is back on stage with his brand-new show ‘MACNIFICENT’, much has happened in the five years since his last tour and Michael will be making mirth from the madness of it all at The M&S Bank Arena this April.

Michael is the host of two of the BBC’s most successful entertainment shows, the BAFTA-winning Michael McIntyre’s Big Show and The Wheel, which he devised and hosts for NBC in America. His previous tours have sold over four million tickets and broken box-office records around the world.

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Michael McIntyre is back on stage with his brand new show MACNIFICENT! Much has happened in the five years since his last tour and Michael will be making mirth from the madness of it all.

His previous tours have sold over four million tickets and broken box-office records around the world.

Michael McIntyre’s spot-on observational comedy and trademark mastery of turning everyday situations into masterclasses of human exasperation have struck a chord with millions of fans.

To date, Michael's stand-up tours have sold over four million tickets, including a record-breaking twenty-eight sold out shows at London’s O2 for which he was awarded the keys to the venue.

Michael’s global success continues to flourish with his ‘Big World Tour’, which began in early 2017, visiting over twenty countries and culminating in Michael's Netflix special “Showman”.

In addition to stand-up, Michael hosts two of the BBC’s most successful entertainment shows - ‘Michael McIntyre's Big Show’ and ‘The Wheel’. The BAFTA winning ‘Big Show’ is currently in its sixth series and averages over seven million viewers. ‘The Wheel’, which Michael also devised and also hosts for NBC in America, is in its third series and has been nominated for both BAFTA and National Television Awards.

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"… Britain's undisputed No 1 comedian" – Mail on Sunday “Snortingly funny” – The Telegraph “….he can – and will – be funny about pretty much anything” – The Times

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Michael McIntyre is back on stage with his brand new show MACNIFICENT!

Much has happened in the five years since his last tour and Michael will be making mirth from the madness of it all.

Michael is the host of two of the BBC's most successful entertainment shows, the BAFTA-winning Michael McIntyre’s Big Show and The Wheel , which he devised and also hosts for NBC in America.

His previous tours have sold over four million tickets and broken box-office records around the world.

Michael’s return to stand-up is not to be missed!

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Everything you need to know about Michael McIntyre’s MAGNIFICENT tour at AO Arena

Dads, we do hope you kept your tickets in the 'man drawer'.

British comedy legend Michael McIntyre is rolling back into Manchester this weekend for a double bill of his brand-new tour, MAGNIFICENT at the AO Arena.

Still one of the biggest names in UK comedy and always delivering a reliable and largely family-friendly performance (this being a 14+ show), he’s set to pack out the legendary Manc entertainment venue this Friday and Saturday.

Despite being a household name for the best part of two decades now, this latest show is actually his first stand-up tour in five years and has already received pretty solid reviews from the likes of Chorlte , so it’s great to see him back out on the circuit.

With all that in mind, we thought we’d provide those going along to either of his two Manchester shows with all the info you need.

Are there tickets left?

First off, if you’re still looking to grab tickets to see Michael McIntyre at Manchester’s AO Arena , although the Sunday is sold out there are still a fair few tickets left for the Friday, 22 March show.

With the cheapest tickets starting from just £34.50 and the closest seats going all the way up to £147.06, you can pretty much have your pick of the bunch.

As always, if you’re feeling like being a bit posh and treating yourself (you always deserve it, as far as we’re concerned), you can of course spring for the more premium hospitality packages like the Electric Lounge’s Champagne Experience. You can find the full gamut of tickets HERE .

Warm-up act and stage times for Michael McIntyre’s Manchester show

As for stage times, comedy shows at the AO Arena skew slightly earlier than the likes of your live music in Manchester but we can still let you know how long you can expect to be there.

Doors are set to open from 6pm on both nights but the jokes won’t start flying until 8pm, so you’ll have plenty of time to grab a drink, something to eat, nip to the loo etc.

With opening support act Jake Lambert — who has also turned with the likes of industry heavyweights Romesh Ranganathan and Jack Dee — set to take the stage for a 20-minute warm-up set at 8pm, McIntyre isn’t due on until 8:20pm, and his roughly 75-minute set will take you up to 22:10pm, so you should be out well before the venue’s curfew at 11pm.

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How to get to the AO Arena and other travel info

The AO Arena is right in the heart of the city centre, so it’s fairly easy to get to.

The AO Arena is located within the Manchester Victoria Station complex in the city centre, on the corner of Trinity Way, Hunts Bank and Great Ducie Street. You can enter through the station (up the stairs), through the Trinity Way Tunnel, or from Hunts Bank.

By tram:  Also super straight-forward – hop off the tram at Manchester Victoria and you’re right by the stairs to the venue. It’s also a short walk from Exchange Square and Shudehill. Trams run directly to Victoria Station from Rochdale, Bury, Altrincham, East Didsbury and the Airport.

By train:  While Piccadilly is the city’s largest train station, plenty of trains do pass through Manchester Victoria. You can plan your journey through the  National Rail website .

Parking:  The postcode if you’re driving to the AO Arena is M3 1AR. There’s an on-site CitiPark car park with 958 spaces, which can be pre-booked  here . Bear in mind that Trinity Way is closed after concerts to allow gig-goers to leave safely, though cars are allowed out of the car park with directions from staff.

About the AO Arena

The AO Arena has a few strict policies to keep gig-goers safe, so make sure to check entry requirements carefully before you travel.

For example, only one small bag per person is allowed, and bags like backpacks, travel cases and laptop bags are not permitted inside the arena.

All bags are scanned on entry to check for prohibited items like laser pens, flares, projectiles, weapons, drugs and alcohol, and even selfie sticks.

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We hope that should be everything you need to know ahead of Michael McIntyre’s two Manchester shows this weekend.

The veteran comic also recently had to postpone a show in Southampton after undergoing surgery at the start of the month, so we’re glad to hear he’s back fit, fighting and funny.

Also, if you’re looking for somewhere for a classy drink and a nice bite to eat, then the brand-new Mezz restaurant is the perfect spot for some pre-gig fun.

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With more than 160 consoles and hundreds of games to play, Power UP is back for more in 2024 down at the Science and Industry Museum, and it’s taking ticket-holders on a journey through five decades of gaming every weekend.

There’s everything from retro arcade games, to state-of-the-art virtual reality, and so much more to get stuck into, and each ticket includes unlimited play all day.

Find out more about the exhibition here .

Pieminister’s Bottomless Brunch

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Pieminister’s legendary pie bottomless brunch with free-flowing drinks has finally made a comeback.

The popular pie restaurant chain – which has two sites here in Manchester city centre on Church Street in the Northern Quarter, and on Deansgate – is known and loved all across the UK for its thick and chunky pies, but its bottomless brunch offering is something else.

Whether you’re a meat lover, a veggie, vegan, flexitarian, or gluten free, there’s something to suit everyone on the menu.

Find out more and book your bottomless brunch slot here .

The Wizard of Oz

Palace Theatre Manchester

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A sensational new take on of one of the world’s most beloved musicals, The Wizard of Oz, is arriving here in Manchester this week.

Taking to the iconic Palace Theatre stage, starring award-winning comedian and musical theatre star Jason Manford as The Cowardly Lion, JLS sensation Aston Merrygold as The Tin Man, and  RuPaul’s Drag Race UK  winner and  Dancing On Ice  star The Vivienne as The Wicked Witch of the West, this new production is set to be truly magical for all the family.

Find out more and grab last-minute tickets here .

The Botanist LIVE

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The Botanist has brought back The Botanist LIVE to “help everyone celebrate summer” with free live music every weekend.

Set to “supply the soundtrack to your weekend” every Friday and Saturday night, The Botanist’s talented artists are set to play live from 8pm until late, and guests can expect a vibrant party atmosphere with sounds of rock, pop, soul, R&B, funk, disco, and blues.  

The events are not ticketed and are free to attend, so all you need to do is turn up and wait for its house band get the party started. 

Red Rose Diner

East Lancashire Railway

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Greater Manchester’s iconic heritage railway is hosting one of the most unique fine dining experiences in the region this week.

Running on selected Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 1 March right through to November this year, East Lancashire Railway’s Red Rose Diners are described as being “the ultimate first class foodie experience”, as they start with a glass of fizz and stretch over an almost three-hour steam train journey through the Irwell Valley.

The experience includes a four-course dinner with complimentary sparkling wine, followed by tea or coffee and after-dinner chocolates.

Find out more and book here .

Fancy heading out a walk somewhere in Greater Manchester and beyond this week?

The weather is FINALLY warming up a little, and it’s beginning to feel like we might finally have made it through winter.

So that means it’s time for a walk, right?

Some of the green spaces that wrap around Greater Manchester are in their prime right now with blossoms, bluebells, and more – and that’s saying something, as they’re pretty spectacular all year round – so it couldn’t be a more perfect time to go for a walk to appreciate their beauty.

Read our round-up of stunning spots for a spring walk here .

Spring Fest

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Spring Fest is taking over Bruntwood SciTech’s Alderley Park this Saturday.

With families from all across Greater Manchester and the North West set to make their way to Macclesfield, Spring Fest is a chance to celebrate the magic of spring and everything that it means for wildlife, animals, and nature.

You can expect a jam-packed day full of different outdoor family-friendly activities, performances, markets, and lots of local food and drink.

Ex-Paw Extravaganza

Angel Meadow Park

A festival especially for dogs is all set to take over a popular Manchester city centre park for some “paw-tastic fun” this weekend.

And the best bit about it? It’s absolutely FREE to head on down to.

Back by popular demand, the  Ex-Paw Extravaganza  festival is returning to Angel Meadow Park near Manchester‘s Green Quarter this Saturday for a jam-packed day of “pawsome activity”.

Kicking off from 11am and running right through until 4pm, this year’s dog-themed festivities include a selection of different stalls to shop from, dog agility courses, puppy play areas, hands-on pet first aid courses, and so much more.

Looking for somewhere to go for a hearty roast dinner in and around Greater Manchester this weekend?

From the moment we start to feel the weekend rolling in, we can’t help but turn our thoughts to Sunday roasts, steaming jugs of gravy, and big glasses sploshing over with red wine.

It’s just the best feeling, and there’s plenty of it to be found here in our region.

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We’re used to it being wet and miserable most of the year, and while we do love Sunday lunch on a sun-soaked afternoon in the beer garden when we get the chance, nothing warms the cockles more on those darker days than a giant plate piled high with roasted meats, vegetables, and gravy.

Read our round-up of some of the best Greater Manchester roast dinners here .

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We’ve got a treat for you – a rare chance to try and get yourself tickets to see Taylor Swift live in concert, on the European leg of The Eras Tour.

The enormous tour is already the highest-grossing the world has ever seen, worth more than $1 billion.

Taylor Swift’s mammoth three-and-a-quarter hour live show has driven so much demand for tickets, ticketing platforms had to change their usual models so their websites didn’t crash.

These tickets are gold dust – but now we’ve got a couple of VIP ones up for grabs, completely free.

The Manc has teamed up with the AO Arena and its brand-new members-only restaurant and bar The Mezz for huge giveaway.

The grand prize is an all-expenses paid trip to see Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour in Stockholm.

It includes two VIP tickets to the show itself on Saturday 18 May, plus two return flights to to Stockholm from Manchester, and accommodation for two at the Quality Friends Hotel in Stockholm.

While you’re at the show at the Friends Arena, you’ll have a £250 bar tab to enjoy.

And when you return home to Manchester, your new VIP lifestyle will continue, with two annual passes to The Mezz for the rest of the year.

That gets you access to The Mezz’s incredible restaurant space – where the menu is designed by Michelin chefs Simon Rogan and Tom Barnes – and huge exclusive bar area.

And then you can enter the AO Arena itself through The Mezz’s designated doors to watch any show you fancy from the best seats in the house.

All you need to do to win is head to our Instagram page here or click on the post at the end of this article.

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Tag who you’d take with you on this once-in-a-lifetime trip in the comments, then share to your story for an extra chance to win (don’t forget to tag us!).

The competition for Taylor Swift tickets ends on Monday 22 April at 23.59.

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Michael McIntyre shares health update after cancelling gig due to emergency operation

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Michael McIntyre has shared a health update after being forced to cancel a comedy show following an emergency operation.

The British comedian, who was one of the most-watched TV stars over Christmas 2023 , was set to perform at Southhampton’s Mayflower Theatre on Monday (4 March), but had to call it off due to the procedure.

Days after the host of BBC game show The Wheel pulled out of playing Plymouth Pavilions due to “illness”, an announcement informed ticket owners that Monday’s show would be rescheduled.

A statement shared by the comedy star’s team on Sunday (3 March) revealed that McIntyre is currently “unable to perform” after having “an operation to remove kidney stones”.

The announcement read: “We regret to inform customers that Michael McIntyre will be unable to perform on Monday 4 March at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton. Unfortunately, Michael has had an operation to remove kidney stones. The show will be rescheduled to a later date which will be announced shortly.

“Tickets will remain valid for the new date. If you are unable to make the new date you will be entitled to a refund. We are very sorry for any inconvenience caused.”

McIntyre’s fans shared well wishes to the comedian, with many who themselves have previously had kidney stones posting particular sympathy for what he must be enduring.

On Thursday (7 March), the comedian’s team issued an update on McIntyre’s health, announcing his return to stage.

“Michael McIntyre has had successful surgery to remove kidney stones and is recovering well,” a post shared on his official social media pages read.

“He has been medically cleared to perform in Nottingham on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and is very excited to get back on stage.”

The forthcoming gigs are part of the comedian’s world tour, which has seen him perform in Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

McIntyre, 48, is one of the BBC’s most-watched TV stars, with his game show The Wheel and entertainment series Michael McIntyre’s Big Show pulling in huge audiences for the corporation.

In 2014, McIntyre made headlines after walking off stage when an audience member in the front row repeatedly used her phone throughout his set.

The frustrated comedian asked security to “sort it out” and promised the audience at Darlington’s Civic Theatre he would be back, before he left the stage.

According to the Northern Echo , staff spoke to the woman and some members of the audience chanted for her to be removed from the venue.

The comedian returned to the stage several minutes later and carried on his act

McIntyre often uses anecdotes about his marriage as part of his stand-up material but, in 2020, the comedian said there was one joke in particular he regrets making . It was about his wife breaking wind in bed.

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Man Utd legend Eric Cantona performs at London concert as he continues his international tour

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MANCHESTER United legend Eric Cantona is on song again — this time in concert.

The French footie ace, 57, known to United fans as King Eric, continued his international tour at, appropriately, Kings Place, North London.

Cantona released first single The Friends We Lost last June after retiring in 1997.

On starting his music career, he said: “Music has always been a part of my life. I’ve always had music playing.

“Why start today, so many years later? Simply because I lacked the time before”.

He finishes his UK leg in Manchester tomorrow.

Some fans were recently left confused after seeing the former footie ace performing on the Michael McIntyre show.

He was seen in a red cardigan while wearing a hat and glasses.

Reacting to the performance on X, formerly known as Twitter, fans appeared rather confused at the sensational showing.

One fan said: "Why is  Eric Cantona  performing on Michael McIntyre’s #BigShow? I have never been more confused!."

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Man Utd legend Eric Cantona performs at London concert as he continues his international tour

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MANCHESTER United legend Eric Cantona is on song again — this time in concert.

The French footie ace, 57, known to United fans as King Eric, continued his international tour at, appropriately, Kings Place, North London.

Cantona released first single The Friends We Lost last June after retiring in 1997.

On starting his music career, he said: “Music has always been a part of my life. I’ve always had music playing.

“Why start today, so many years later? Simply because I lacked the time before”.

He finishes his UK leg in Manchester tomorrow.

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Some fans were recently left confused after seeing the former footie ace performing on the Michael McIntyre show.

He was seen in a red cardigan while wearing a hat and glasses.

Reacting to the performance on X, formerly known as  Twitter , fans appeared rather confused at the sensational showing.

One fan said: "Why is  Eric Cantona  performing on Michael McIntyre’s #BigShow? I have never been more confused!."

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Earlier in 2024, The Who’s Pete Townshend thrilled fans when he discussed the possibility of the band going on one final tour. Just a few weeks after putting the idea out there, he’s seemingly taken it back, and there’s now a chance that the group may never tour again.

During a recent appearance on the Sound Up! podcast (via Far Out Magazine ), Townshend updated fans as to the possibility of a tour, and he seemed pretty definite in his comments. “I’m not doing a farewell tour,” the guitarist stated plainly.

This declaration seems to go against comments he made only a few weeks prior–ones that many took at face value and assumed meant a tour was perhaps already in the works. Townshend tried to explain the difference between what he said then and what he’s saying now by adding, “I think I was being sarcastic about it.”

In March, Townshend spoke to the New York Times NYT , and he chatted openly about his thoughts regarding the future of the legendary rock band. “It feels to me like there’s one thing the Who can do, and that’s a final tour where we play every territory in the world and then crawl off to die,” he said. That last line caught the attention of many, as it appears to sound decidedly final.

Some older musicians continue to tour because they love it, and because it’s been such a huge part of their lives. Others, like Townshend, are motivated by simpler things, and those may be what push the band to travel again to perform for sold-out crowds.

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“I don’t get much of a buzz from performing with the Who,” Townshend admitted in his New York Times feature. He then shared that, “If I’m really honest, I’ve been touring for the money.” The group must make huge sums on the road with each show, but whether that will be enough to pull the remaining members back to tour is hard to predict.

Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend are the only two members of The Who left at this point. Townshend is 78, and Daltrey is 80, so it’s not shocking that they aren’t as interested in touring as they have been in the past. The band hasn’t released a new album in half a decade, since 2019’s Who dropped.

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Ross Chastain 1-on-1: 'I'm not the same person I was last year'

Ross Chastain has emerged as one of NASCAR's up-and-coming stars over the past three seasons driving for Trackhouse Racing. 

He has brought the philosophy that the only friends a driver has at the track is the driver's team. He races aggressively — sometimes too aggressively — and has had his share of controversy.

For most of 2024, he has been out of the limelight, although he was involved in a last-lap wreck Sunday at Texas when battling for second and getting turned by William Byron . Whether it was a late block by Chastain or an overly aggressive move by Byron has been the subject of debate.

A couple of days prior to the race at Texas, Chastain talked to FOX Sports about his season, his April 2022 win at Talladega Superspeedway (site of the race this weekend) as well as his recent participation in the Bassmasters Classic Celebrity Pro-Am.

I was curious about your fishing excursion a couple of weeks ago. Are you a fisherman or anything? Or was that totally new when you were with the Bassmasters?

I'll be honest, growing up, dad had a boat. Dad's rule was no fishing poles in the boat. So casual fishing at the farm a little bit, maybe a lake here, a ditch there but nothing like that. No sonar. No proper trolling motor ever before. Logan Parks, who I went with, had to coach me a bit, to be honest.

Was it fun? What did you learn?

It was fun. The front-facing sonar changed the game. I never used that. So the trolling motor, it's scanning under the water. We were fishing in this shallow water with a bunch of trees under the water. So I only lost three lures maybe that I got caught and he had to break off. It was fun. Just being with somebody that does that professionally, ... I didn't completely birdnest the string and it was OK.

What's more difficult: Catching a fish or fuel mileage at Talladega and Daytona?

The fuel mileage is more difficult when I had an expert like Logan coaching me. But I have experts at Trackhouse that coach me as well. We work on it. We worked on it for years, even before I was driving the Trackhouse cars, I was doing fuel mileage stuff, and obviously with the new [Next Gen] car [debuted in 2022], when it was new and when it was on its way into production when we were about to race that — we were trying to figure out what the best way for it was going to be. So I've done many hours of DIL [driver-in-the-loop] simulation to practice that and see what it says. And then we've fact-checked it at the track. We've had a few [races] over the years that we weren't sure if we were going to make it and I ended up having half, two-thirds of an extra lap. So we continue to find that cadence of what is enough, what are our tools telling us? We just had it at Phoenix. Turns out I could have pushed a little harder, maybe finished fifth, but we saved a little extra and finished sixth. So we'll continue to evolve that.

Ross Chastain describes the key element to his April 2022 win at Talladega

What do you remember most about the win at Talladega besides the seas parting a little bit?

For sure. The pivotal moments were speeding on pit road. We left our pit stall after a stop and [Ricky] Stenhouse came out, and he had a really bright-colored car and I thought he was going to drive into my door. I kind of gassed up and went around him and just sped — it was just a mental error that I got spooked by a car. He left me plenty of room. And then they were lapping [ Michael] McDowell and I — and I pulled up into the middle lane to create a disturbance so that I could get the draft so I could pass Michael and be the free pass [for the first car one lap down]. And that was ultimately — if I was behind him, we would have just blended in together and he'd have been the free-pass car. I wanted to be in front of him. I got the draft first and was able to get that and that set us up to be third taking the white flag. And then I had just committed to the bottom. They just came off Turn 4 and they started turning right [into the wall] and  Austin Dillon and I just stayed on the bottom and he pushed me to the win.

It seems that this year going into Texas, you're finishing sixth to 14th. Is that where you feel like you guys are?

There's definitely been races, yeah. Yes, that's absolutely spot on somewhere in that range. But there's also been races— Las Vegas comes to mind — that we had a real shot to win. I sped on pit road. I had that string at the beginning of the year where I just couldn't go fast enough on the track, so I tried to go faster on pit road — and sometimes I was even trying to go slow there and just sped. I feel like at Vegas, we had a top-three car, could have raced with the 5 [of Kyle Larson ] and the 45 [of Tyler Reddick ]. And we still finished third — we were on two tires and hanging on. We weren't on offense. We were on defense. From there, sixth to 14th is very accurate for a lot of our raw pace for some of the races this year.

So do you feel good about this year so far? Or are you frustrated?

I feel good. If sixth to 14th is our just getting going and continuing to evolve with another package change that we have on short tracks and other OEMs [manufacturers] have different bodies and we're all learning, I'm good. Obviously, I want more. We are doing the work. We're doing different and what we feel like is more efficient things than we've done the last three years that I've been with this group. Phil Surgen, I've had him as my crew chief since 2021 with CGR [Chip Ganassi Racing] and the 42 car, we transitioned to Trackhouse [when it bought CGR] and the 1, kept most of the group together. I don't want to go to battle with anybody else. This is my group. We're going to be together. And we will continue to figure this out. We came out and won early races in other years, but I like where we're at. I feel the speed and the grip and the cars, if we just get the balance tuned in, we'll be right there.

We're at a Kubota [farm equipment store], but I wanted to ask, what's it like being the beer guy this year, having a as big of a company such as Anheuser-Busch? I am guessing they gave you a list of what you can drink, and what you can't?

We're at Kubota. And this was a conversation at the L.A. Clash in 2022, with Andrew Lukanich, one of our sales guys and he asked my dad and I what do we want and my dad said, "Tractors" and Kubota has been a great partner and just let me be me. And then you look at Busch Light and Anheuser-Busch, ... A-B and the Busch Light brand that they transitioned to [from Budweiser] on the NASCAR side several years ago with Kevin [Harvick], it's just so iconic. But for me personally, I drank Busch Light before they sponsored me. And I'm going to drink it long after they sponsor me and the No. 1 car, so they didn't have to tell me what to drink. I was already drinking it. My buddies and I, we've got pictures and texts in old text threads that have been brought back to life — which is scary sometimes to think about the texts live on this long — but I sent a picture of a Busch Light to Cody Efaw [of] Niece Motorsports in 2019 when the stuff happened at Iowa [when a truck win was taken away after failing tech] and to a group with [crew chief] Phil Gould and sent them a picture of the beer and I was like, "Let's go win again." And we went and won Gateway World Wide Technology [Raceway] the next week. Long before I was ever in Cup, when I was in the Truck Series, I was probably mid-20s. And we were at a bar back home in the offseason and we were drinking it and laughing and the Kevin Harvick banners are hanging on the wall. And they were asking me what would it be like if they sponsor me? And [I said] "I don't know what that would be awesome." And now in that bar, we were back there in December, and now my posters hanging up. It's so cool. 

Ross Chastain describes the full circle moment of being sponsored by Busch Light

You've kind of almost flown under the radar, no big brouhaha yet this year. I'm curious, do you have better relationships with drivers or just haven't been in really a position to maybe make anybody mad?

You said, "Yet." Are you trying to manifest it?

Well, I don't know.

No, no better relationships. I mean, I don't go out of my way to do anything. I'm not mean to anybody off the track. On the track, it's questionable sometimes. But, no, nothing different. I learn. I'm not the same person I was last year, the year before or even at Daytona this year. I'm continuing to learn this stuff and be the best NASCAR Cup Series driver I can be. Nothing changed drastically.

I want to say, this say Talladega will be your 197th Cup start — you're close to 200. You have now over 500 starts in the national series.

It started with one. It was one start — I had raced asphalt limited late models and crate late models in South Florida and we just wanted to do basically, what it would cost us to run the whole season, we just wanted to go do one NASCAR truck race and one turned to four more turned into a season with [team owner] Bobby Dotter and we just kept it going somehow. That's wild.

Are those numbers surreal to you?

My first Cup start was coming up for Dover in 2017. And I told the group that was putting it together that I didn't think I was ready, and I didn't want to do it. And they tried to reason with me, and I just got up and left and said, "I don't want to do it. I don't think I'm ready. I'm not gonna do it." And I slept on it that night and went back down to the shop the next day — I realized I better take this opportunity because it might not ever come again. I took those two races at Dover with [owner] Jay Robinson, Premium Motorsports and ended up running the bulk of the next two seasons for him. I guess this is now the start of Year 4 of a competitive Cup car. But what a lot of people don't remember is I had two almost full seasons in last — 29th was good, 27th was a win out of the 36 cars that would show up. If we could stay single-digit laps down, finished 29th or 27th, that was our goal. Attrition [in my] first race out, I finished 20th. It was a super-mega win. It didn't happen ever again except the Daytona 500. But, yeah, I've got a lot of starts in the back, watching Cup races from the back of the pack. And that's not lost on me.

Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has spent decades covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Scene magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @ bobpockrass .

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