Look who's coming to Athlone!

Jimmy Carr is not the sort of name that you associate with a performance in Athlone.

But thanks to the Radisson Blu Hotel, the famous comedian will perform in the town during a mammoth Irish tour.

‘The Best Of, Ultimate, Gold, Greatest Hits Tour’ will kick off in March 2018 at The Opera House, Cork.  Tickets the Irish Tour will go on sale this Friday at 9am with Carr due in Athlone on Friday, March 23.

With an astonishingly vast repertoire and lightning-sharp delivery honed from fifteen years at the top, Jimmy is gathering a selection of his very best jokes along with brand new material for the ultimate comedy show.

Jimmy Carr’s new tour will distil everything we love to laugh at and be shocked by, into one night of entertainment.

Jimmy Carr has been on the stand-up scene for a decade and a half. In that time he’s performed nine sell-out tours, playing nearly 2,000 shows to over two million people across four continents. He’s won the British Comedy Award for ‘Best Live Stand-Up Tour’ and been nominated for the Perrier Award. Now all that experience is being put to good use – you can see all the greatest material from his extraordinary career in one show - this is the very best of Jimmy Carr.

The tour will also take in Wexford, Kilkenny, Carrick on Shannon, Sligo, Letterkenny, Galway and Killarney.

Tickets available from Ticketmaster: In person: From Ticketmaster Outlets Nationwide; By Telephone (24 Hour): 0818 719 300; Book On Line: www.ticketmaster.ie