Broadcaster, writer and all-round funny man Danny Baker has extended his latest tour into 2019.
The new batch of dates for Good Time Charlie's Back! includes Scottish dates and an eagerly anticipated London show at the Hackney Empire on May 19.
Baker's previous Cradle To The Stage tour, his first-ever live shows, had to be repeatedly extended due to his phenomenal popularity. The length of each show was also extended as the tour went on. What started as a one hour off-the-cuff chat with his audience ended as a three-hour epic taking in anecdotes about his childhood in south London, his fanatical obsession with music, his colourful family and much more.
On officially announcing the new tour earlier this year Baker issued the following statement:
“My fellow Vaudevillians, following the extraordinary success of the Cradle To Grave tour I was asked to reconsider my initial statement that I would never undertake such a venture again. The applause of the public can be a seductive narcotic and weaker souls than I would be tempted to repeat the thrills harvested during that ‘uproarious whirligig of joy’ simply to bolster their already outsized egos. After much reflection, I have decided that I cannot allow such rampant narcissism to cloud my judgment. I said ‘one farewell’ tour’ and I meant ‘one farewell tour’. There will be no more.
Therefore I am pleased to announce that, to mark this momentous decision, I will be embarking on a nationwide, high-principled, peppy series of one-night-stands...These shows will be startling, high kicking, fresh, eruptive and often under three hours long. On this, once again, you have my word. To help me mark the festivities I will be joined on some nights by both Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan – two of the nicest dogs I have ever owned.
I hope people will understand my resolve never to tour again and also why these upcoming performances are absolutely necessary to mark such a declaration."
Baker has also published the latest volume of his autobiography, Going on the Turn. Buy it here.
Tickets for the new tour are on sale now here. Dates here.
