Peter Kay, the Bolton comedian behind Phoenix Nights and Car Share, played a final charity night at The O2 arena, with every penny of profit going to 12 cancer charities.
Peter Kay, the Bolton comedian behind Phoenix Nights and Car Share, played The O2 arena in North Greenwich on Friday 7 August 2026. All profits from the night went to 12 cancer charities.
Kay was born in 1973 and grew up near Bolton in Lancashire. He took jobs in a cinema and a bingo hall before he won Channel 4’s So You Think You’re Funny competition in 1997.
Phoenix Nights, which he co-wrote and starred in for Channel 4, made him a household name. His 2005 Comic Relief single, “(Is This the Way to) Amarillo”, went to number one.
Peter Kay’s Car Share followed on the BBC, and he returned to touring in 2022. He is the only artist to have held a monthly residency at The O2, a run that began that year.
The London night was one of the final arena shows of that run. Its beneficiaries included Teenage Cancer Trust, Children With Cancer UK, Anthony Nolan and Prostate Cancer UK.