Peter Kay, the comedian whose stand-up DVDs have sold more than 10 million copies, played a June night of his tour Better Late Than Never at The O2 arena.
Peter Kay, whose stand-up DVDs have sold more than 10 million copies, played The O2 arena in North Greenwich on Friday 20 June 2025. The show was part of his tour Better Late Than Never.
Kay was born in Farnworth in 1973 and worked in a cinema, a petrol station and a video rental shop before comedy. Those jobs later inspired episodes of That Peter Kay Thing on Channel 4.
His sitcom Phoenix Nights followed in 2001. By 2011 his DVD sales had passed 10 million, a British record for a comedian.
In 2006 he appeared in Doctor Who as Victor Kennedy, a villain revealed as an alien in the episode Love & Monsters. He has also won two BAFTA television awards and three British Comedy Awards.
The June night was one of three extra dates The O2 added in 2025. The arena calls his run there the first monthly residency it had given any artist.