American stand-up Doug Stanhope is to play the UK later this year.

He will touring from October 12 - 25. Buy tickets here.

He will also be doing a gig in Dublin at the Olympia on October 11. Buy tickets for that show here.

Stanhope was recently seen on television in the second series of Sick of It, starring Karl Pilkington. Stanhope crops up as a long lost relative in the final episode when 'Karl' travels to New York. Watch Sick of It on Sky One and NOW TV.