Kevin Bridges opens sold-out London run of the Here If You Need Me tour on 1 September
Scottish comedian Kevin Bridges begins the first of two London runs at the Eventim Apollo on 1 September 2026, one of the best-known venues for stand-up and music in the British capital. According to the comedian's official schedule, the shows on 1, 2 and 3 September in Hammersmith are sold out, and the same applies to three additional evenings scheduled for 14, 15 and 16 October. This means Bridges will perform a total of six sold-out shows at the same London venue during the autumn as part of the new Here If You Need Me tour. Eventim Apollo states that doors for the September and October dates are scheduled to open at 7 pm, while Eventim's official sales page for the first September show lists 8 pm as the programme start time. Visitors are therefore advised to check the details on their ticket and the organiser's latest information before arriving.
Three consecutive evenings in Hammersmith
The first London leg of the tour runs from Tuesday 1 to Thursday 3 September, with no rest day between performances. Kevin Bridges' official website marks all three dates as sold out, while his management company Off The Kerb also confirms in its current calendar that regular ticket sales are no longer available for those evenings. After London, the tour moves to Southampton on 4 and 5 September, followed by Brighton, Glasgow, Bristol and Edinburgh, while the autumn schedule also includes Hull, Newcastle upon Tyne, Belfast, Cardiff, Liverpool, Nottingham, Dublin, Leeds, Birmingham, Bournemouth and Aberdeen. A large number of dates on the official schedule are already marked as sold out or with very limited availability, showing that Bridges continues to draw on the audience built during his previous major arena tours even with new material.
For London, it is particularly notable that the three September shows are not the only encounters with audiences at the Eventim Apollo. Bridges returns to the same venue on 14, 15 and 16 October, and all three dates are also marked as sold out. Eventim Apollo states that 15 and 16 October were added as extra dates, indicating that the initial demand exceeded the capacity of the originally offered evenings. A total of six performances in Hammersmith makes London one of the more important stops on the autumn leg of the tour, although Bridges also has a particularly large number of shows in his native Glasgow during the same period. For visitors coming to London specifically for the performance, accommodation offers in Hammersmith and west London may be useful, particularly because of the consecutive dates and the later end of the evening programme.
New tour after a series of record-breaking projects
Here If You Need Me is Bridges' new stand-up programme for 2026 and 2027. In the official tour announcement, his agency Off The Kerb and OVO Hydro recall the commercial success of previous tours A Whole Different Story from 2015, Brand New Tour from 2018 and Overdue Catch-Up from 2022. According to data from Bridges' management, his major tours to date have attracted more than two million spectators worldwide. The same source states that he has performed a total of 63 sold-out shows at the OVO Hydro and SEC venues in Glasgow, more than any other performer in the history of those spaces.
That connection with Glasgow is an important part of Bridges' career. Off The Kerb states that he began performing stand-up in 2004, shortly after his 17th birthday, and that over time he moved from the club scene to major theatre and arena productions. In previous years he has released five chart-topping stand-up specials, the autobiography We Need to Talk About… Kevin Bridges and the novel The Black Dog, and he has also appeared in television formats such as Live at the Apollo and The Jonathan Ross Show. His profile outside Scotland grew in parallel with his tours, so the current schedule is no longer limited to the United Kingdom and Ireland but expands during 2027 to other European cities as well as Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia.
Why Eventim Apollo is an important stop for stand-up
Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith holds a special place in London's entertainment history, and stand-up comedy has been an important part of its programme for decades. According to the venue's official history, the building opened on 28 March 1932 as the Gaumont Palace, a cinema designed in the art deco style according to plans by architect Robert Cromie. It originally had 3,487 seats, a large stage and an auditorium layout designed to preserve good visibility from a large number of seats. From 1962 it was known as the Hammersmith Odeon, and numerous major names in popular music performed on its stage over the decades.
The venue later changed its name several times and underwent renovations, and since 2012 it has been associated with the ownership partnership of AEG and CTS Eventim. The official Eventim Apollo website states that a multimillion-pound refurbishment restored a number of details from the original art deco design, including the restoration of decorative elements and historic parts of the interior. At the same time, the space retained its function as a large contemporary venue that can be adapted for concerts, comedy and other events. The BBC format Live at the Apollo is also recorded there, giving the venue a highly recognisable status on the British stand-up scene. Bridges' six evenings in the same space are therefore not merely a logistically practical London run, but performances in a venue strongly connected with the television and theatrical history of British comedy.
September shows are only the beginning of a busy autumn
The official tour calendar shows a very dense schedule after the London opening in September. Bridges performs in Southampton as early as 4 September, then appears in Brighton on 9 September, followed by two shows at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on 11 and 12 September. In the middle of the month, five consecutive evenings are scheduled at the Bristol Hippodrome from 15 to 19 September, while from 22 to 26 September he moves to the Edinburgh Playhouse. According to the comedian's official website, most of these dates are sold out, including all the listed performances in Bristol and Edinburgh.
October brings an even wider range of venues. After Hull, Newcastle and two performances in Glasgow, Bridges appears in Belfast from 9 to 11 October before returning to London on 14 October for the second run at the Eventim Apollo. Three London evenings are followed by Cardiff and two more dates in Belfast, then further returns to Glasgow and a performance in Liverpool. In November, the tour includes Nottingham, Dublin and Leeds, along with another series of evenings in Glasgow, while December brings Birmingham, Brighton, Bournemouth and Aberdeen. Such a schedule shows that the six London dates are part of a much larger touring structure spread across theatres and major arenas, depending on the city and local demand.
A return to the London Palladium follows in early 2027
London audiences will not have to wait for another tour for Bridges' next visit after October. Due to high demand, Off The Kerb announced additional dates for the continuation of the tour in early 2026, including four evenings at the London Palladium from 28 to 31 January 2027. The current schedule on the comedian's official website shows that the 30 January date is already sold out, while the performances on 28, 29 and 31 January are marked as almost sold out. This means Bridges will return to the British capital less than four months after his final October performance at the Eventim Apollo, but this time at another historic London venue.
Before those performances, the tour moves outside the United Kingdom in January 2027. The official calendar lists Gothenburg, Malmö, Stockholm, Helsinki, Vienna, Amsterdam and Munich before the return to London. After the Palladium come Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne and Dublin, while from late February the programme moves to Australia and New Zealand. Among the announced stops in March are Perth, Sydney, Canberra, Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland, Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne, after which performances in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur have also been announced. In this way, Here If You Need Me grows from a major British-Irish tour into an international project spanning several continents.
Practical information for audiences in London
Eventim Apollo is located at 45 Queen Caroline Street in Hammersmith, west London. According to the venue's own directions, the nearest London Underground station is Hammersmith, served by the Piccadilly, District and Hammersmith and City lines, while a large bus terminal is also located nearby. The venue has no private car park and explicitly advises visitors to use public transport rather than arriving by car, partly because the surrounding area is predominantly residential. For travellers coming to the city from other parts of the United Kingdom or from abroad, Hammersmith is well connected with the rest of London, so the performance can be incorporated into a stay without needing accommodation immediately next to the venue itself.
The organiser lists an age restriction of 14+ for Bridges' performances and warns of strong language and content intended for a more adult audience. Visitors with specific accessibility requirements should use the venue information and contact channels listed on the official websites, particularly if they require a specific seat or assistance with entry. As the September and October London dates are marked as sold out, it is useful to be cautious about offers on unofficial channels and to rely on information from the promoter and authorised ticket outlets. Alongside regular sales, Bridges' official website also directs visitors to a partner channel for ethical ticket resale, which may be relevant if individual seats become available again before the performance dates.
London as one of the tour's central stops
Six sold-out evenings at the Eventim Apollo during September and October, together with another four announced performances at the London Palladium in January 2027, make London one of the most frequently represented destinations on the published tour schedule. Nevertheless, official data show that Bridges continues to place a strong emphasis on Glasgow, where during his career he has set his own attendance records at SEC venues. This combination of major home-city runs and international dates reflects the development of his career from a young Scottish stand-up comedian into a performer who fills large venues in multiple countries.
For audiences in London, the focus is now on the first three evenings: 1, 2 and 3 September at the Eventim Apollo. They are followed by a break of just over a month before the second London run from 14 to 16 October, while in the meantime the tour continues almost without interruption in other British and Irish cities. According to the currently published schedule, Bridges will then perform at the London Palladium on 28, 29, 30 and 31 January 2027. For a tour that already has a large number of sold-out dates, the London series at the beginning of September represents one of the most visible autumn stops and an introduction to a months-long run of performances continuing well into 2027.
Sources:
- Kevin Bridges, official website – current tour schedule, sold-out status of London and other dates, and schedule for 2027 (link)
- Eventim Apollo – official Kevin Bridges: Here If You Need Me event page, dates, door-opening time and age restriction (link)
- Eventim UK – official venue sales page, start time of September performances and ticket information (link)
- Off The Kerb – Kevin Bridges biography, career details, previous tours and audience figures (link)
- Off The Kerb – announcement of additional Here If You Need Me tour dates, including four performances at the London Palladium in January 2027 (link)
- Eventim Apollo – venue history and information about its development from 1932 to the present day (link)
- Eventim Apollo – official information on travel, public transport and parking in Hammersmith (link)