Flight of the Conchords have just announced that they will be touring the UK and Ireland next year with ‘Flight of the Conchords sing Flight of the Conchords Tour’. This will be the folk comedy duos first UK and Ireland headline tour in over seven years, and will cover the dates March 19th – April 1st 2018.
The geniuses behind the double act are New Zealand born Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie. The Grammy-award winning boys were noticed by heavily popular American TV channel HBO in 2005 after seeing them perform at the Aspen Comedy Festival, in Colorado, USA as well as hearing their six part comedy series for BBC Radio 2.
HBO offered them the opportunity to film a half hour performance for a stand-up comedy show called One Night Stand, which only lead to bigger and better things for them, getting to star in their own HBO show, which lasted two seasons and the sitcom was a hit.
But this wasn’t the only thing they were up to over the four years of taking TV by storm. They released an EP named The Distant Future which went onto win a Grammy for ‘Best Comedy Album’ in 2008, and then a full length album The Flight of the Conchords in 2008. Following this they got to tour North America, and then go onto release a second album I Told You I Was Freaky in 2009. Both Clement and Mckenzie have also expressed their acting and voice over skills appearing in countless films and productions, and winning a couple of awards to go with it. All of this together, rocketed the duo to international fame and success.
It was even said that earlier this year, Clement and Mckenzie could potentially be appearing on the big screen after discussions of a possible film. They told Press Association “The ideas we have are quite different to the TV show. It’s still music, still a couple of idiots and another idiot and some music.”
It’s been announced that both Jermaine and Bret will make their come-back in both arenas and theatres on the tour, and can be seen in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Dublin, Glasgow, Leeds, and Liverpool.
Here is the tour dates you need to know, including two nights at London’s Eventim Apollo:
Mon 19 March – Eventim Apollo, London
Tue 20 March – Eventim Apollo, London
Thu 22 March – Genting Arena, Birmingham
Fri 23 March – Manchester Arena
Mon 26 March – SSE Hydro, Glasgow
Tue 27 March – First Direct Arena, Leeds
Thu 29 March – O2 Arena, London
Sun 1 April – Echo Arena, Liverpool
Tickets will go on sale, Friday 27th October at 10am here.
