Dave Gorman announces Ireland tour dates

Dave Gorman announces Irish Tour Dates.

Not to be confused by our own Dave O’Gorman, Dave Gorman announced a lengthy tour for 2014.

With his current show on Dave TV going down really well it is a welcomed return for those who have seen the funny man.

Not only has he agreed to come to Ireland, in his online Blog he explains the reasoning behind the venues he is performing in, and incredibly explains the few he is not and why. See the following from his site –

‘But there is an explanation for the gaps. The reason is that I don’t book venues, they book me. Sometimes it might be that they tried to book the show but didn’t have dates that worked. Sometimes it might be that a venue didn’t have the right technical set up for one of my shows. And sometimes it might be that they didn’t want the show or thought it wouldn’t sell. Venues tend to know their own market so I have complete respect for that.

But that’s the reason. If I’m playing somewhere it’s because they booked me. If I’m not… it’s because they didn’t. Like most performers, I’m a gun for hire… I go where the work is.

There are two places on this particular tour where venues did want the show but it hasn’t worked out for another reason. Those venues are in Glasgow and in Oxford. In both cases I’ve said no to doing the show there because the venues concerned charge punters booking fees etc that I think are unreasonable

They’re both venues that are run by The Ambassadors Theatre Group. At every other venue on the tour, I think the booking fees are between 50p and £3 but somehow in an ATG venue it works out at an extra £6 to £9 per ticket.

I’m not the only performer to take exception to them. As you can see here, Sarah Millican refuses to play ATG venues while this story tells you how Jason Manford felt when he discovered the cost of his tickets in Oxford.

I am sorry not to be playing those venues. But it’s a simple choice to make. I don’t think the charges are fair. So I don’t want to condone them by playing there. I had been trying to avoid making a stink about it – and would still like to do so – but I’ve been asked the question about Glasgow so many times in the last ten days and always answered honestly and so it makes sense to put something here that I can point people towards when next I’m asked’ Dave Gorman Blog – http://gormano.blogspot.ie

We really appreciate his honesty and understand where he is coming from with those pesky booking fee’s!

We will keep you posted on ticket releases and will do our best to get an interview with him in due course.