In 2006 he performed his first full-length solo show titled ‘What Chance Change?’ A year later, he was nominated for the Best Newcomer award at the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Awards. That is exactly the case with Flanagan, as he announced in February 2023 that he will be going on tour once again later this year. He joins the likes of Peter Kay and Michael McIntyre as top comedians returning to stand-up this year.

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was the start of his soon-to-be bustling career, as he would embark on his first nationwide tour, ‘The Out Out Tour’. It was the biggest comedy event of 2017, playing to over 600,000 people across the UK and Ireland, breaking box office records nearly everywhere he went. One thing he did on the show released to DVD was explaining to the audience ‘where he is at’ following his year off. In the comedy world, when a comedian is performing work-in-progress shows, they are workshopping new material to smaller audiences, usually with the end goal of being used in a brand new tour.

Flanagan’s big break came in 2009 when he appeared on ‘Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow’. The show was a huge success, and Flanagan’s performance was particularly well-received. This tour would end up being one of the biggest the UK had ever seen. He sold out every venue once again, but bear in mind that this time he was playing to some of the nation's biggest arenas. Caution: Video contains strong language and adult themes

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One of the sets was filmed and used for his later-released DVD. The set chosen was from one of his sold-out shows at the London O2 Arena. He performed 11 sold-out shows here, and considering the venue has a capacity of 20,000, you can see just how popular he was (and still is).Over the years, Flanagan has become a household name, and his fans are always eager to know what he is up to next. Flanagan started off in the world of comedy in the 1990s when he took a comedy course in 1996 and began performing at local comedy clubs. Flanagan worked multiple jobs over the years to pay the bills including a kitchen porter, a furniture maker, and he's also a trained teacher, although he never pursued a career in the field. The tour, named after his famous joke made popular during his appearance on the ‘Comedy Roadshow’, proved immensely popular with fans as it ended up selling out at every venue he went to. It eventually ended in 2011.