Peter Kay, the comedian behind Phoenix Nights and Car Share, played The O2 arena on the first of three extra 2025 dates of his tour Better Late Than Never.
Peter Kay, the comedian behind Phoenix Nights and Car Share, played The O2 arena in North Greenwich on Friday 16 May 2025. It was the first of three extra dates the arena added to his tour Better Late Than Never.
Kay grew up in Farnworth, Lancashire, and was working the Manchester clubs by 1996. Channel 4 gave him That Peter Kay Thing in 2000 and Phoenix Nights a year later.
In 2008 he co-wrote Britain’s Got the Pop Factor, a satire of television talent shows that won a BAFTA. As its fictional winner, Geraldine McQueen, he released “The Winner’s Song”.
The O2 announced the date alongside two more, on 20 June and 26 July. Kay said then that it had “been wonderful doing what I love most, stand-up comedy.”
The arena calls his run there the first monthly residency it had given any artist. By early 2025 he had played 45 shows in it, more than any other act.